Cozy Grove Review (PS4, also on Switch, Xbox One, Steam, Apple Arcade) | Backlog Battle
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2021
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There's been a myriad of different experiences lately that venture far and away from what's considered traditional. Cozy Grove borrows some of the ideas behind games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and takes it on a whole other level, and it's perhaps the most chill and relaxing games I've played this year! Watch my review and find out more about it!
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Another very well thought, written, and narrated review! I've been playing since release and, like you, I use the game at the end of a busy/hard work day to chill and unwind. (Also, like you, I have over 40 years of gaming experience, but who's counting right?!) Two things that set this apart from Animal Crossing for me are the character's stories and that the game gives me direction. There's some very wry, witty humor going on aside from the silliness of Allison the Baker Bear and her cooking antics! Enjoyed the review!
I love Allison Fisher! She’s crazy! And thank you so much! I was hoping you’d chime in!
It sounds so much like a cross between Spiritfarer and Animal Crossing. I'm intrigued!
It’s got a pretty good price point top, and their Discord is active with new updates and what not! Highly recommended!
Ouf I am in love with this game! I cannot believe that people are not aware of this game. I definitely recommend it. So chill and relaxed 😍
Agreed! I’d love it if more people played the game!
Ah, it’s good to hear that it has a different approach to AC regarding time management !
That is a game changer for me and I can’t thank you for this, Alex.
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy the game if you pick it up!
This may not be my jam, specifically, but the visual style here is simply gorgeous.
Also, rectangular spirit bears. Yes.
It really is! You can definitely tell how it evolved, especially when you look at the footage of Triple Town I inserted in there!
Awesome review! I really have enjoyed Cozy Grove so far as I find it relaxing at the end of a long day. Hope more people can become more aware of it from your review :)
I hope so too! It's such an incredibly fun game!
The art style is so good. This is right up my ally for chill games.
Yes! Let me know if you pick it up and what you think!
Best review for this game I've found so far! I love this game. Hope it gets more popular.
As soon as I heard spirits are in the game, I'm like "Oh no, it's like Spiritfarer. I'm gonna cry again"
It won’t be sad!
I thought I was the only one that had been gaming since games began. Finally purchased Cozy Grove last week (I’m on the slow boat) and love it. ACNH lost me a while ago.
They just announced that they’re making a Part 2!
Awesome video! This game looks absolutely adorable. Obviously not my thing but I could see someone who likes sims being all over it.
One day, we'll get you to play a sim. And you'll ENJOY IT!
I love this game. So cute. Planning on buying it for my cousin. Thank you for the Discord giveaway that I won the PS 4 copy of this game.
You’re welcome! Glad you’re enjoying it!
Slightly weird question but I'm assuming quest progression isn't limited to the day it's given so you don't have to do everything the game gives you in a single day on the same day? So if I don't have as much time or energy on a given day to pick up all the quests I'll be good for getting them later?
It’s definitely not limited to that day! There are some non story quests that are limited time wise, but all story quests can be completed at your own leisure!
Has anyone finished the game? Once you finished the game and start up a new one is it the same characters or do you get different one's upon the new game file?
It really looks nice and relaxing. How much time a day it took you to do the majority of the thing you had to do before you could'nt do anything else ?
It depends on what I want to do. Typically it’s between an hour to two hours if I wanted to grab everything on the map since I like doing multiple rounds just to make sure I’ve gotten everything! This includes the tasks they already give you. Either way, still low impact!
Oh and I should say that resources do come back over time, and since some crafted materials take an hour to get mailed, you can come back later and check to see what’s available!
I'm so late, I am NOW learning about this game!! Would you recommend that I play this for the PC or the switch? I read somewhere that it runs in real-time and that you only get one-two hours of gameplay.
I think the Switch would be a great platform to play it on!
@@BacklogBattle Alrighty Thank you, can't wait to try this out :)
@@BacklogBattle Do you know if the game will take up a lot of space on the switch lol? I also have Animal Crossing installed too :)
It’s quite small, so I wouldn’t worry!
@@BacklogBattle I'm LOVING this game, but I'm stuck. I'm doing a quest where I have to feed an imp their favorite food in order to retrieve an envelope from them but I don't know how to give them the food. I tried dropping it but they wouldn't pick it up and whenever I go near them, they would disappear :/
I stopped playing and now that I have come back I am stuck :( . I need iron ore and can’t get any idea of how to get it
Isn’t that just finding a node, mining it, and burning what you got from it?
@@BacklogBattle yea discovered that, but 1) I can’t tell which stones are harvestable and 2) once can’t harvest unless they are coloured .
The game has its quirks which need relearning :)
Love this game, but I want to play when I want lolz, I really didn't like to wait a day to keep playing:/
Hm, it looks like this game has a response to many things that I disliked about Animal Crossing, I might give it a shot!
I think you'll really enjoy it! There's some ideas that I was afraid wouldn't work - like the limited gameplay time - but given how I chose to play it, I managed to incorporate it in my daily life easily!
Another great content as always. Well done #kapatid
You're welcome! What do you think of the game?
@@BacklogBattle it's def a chill game that's easy to pick up. I've got my hands full with work and kids and online classes so it's nice play even for 15 minutes.
As someone who's put a little over 16 hours into it over a dozen in-game days, I can't say I agree that it respects your time because it gatekeeps questing on a per day basis rather than whether you've completed one quest and are ready for another. The game will literally say to come back the next day for more.
That's not respecting my time, that's the game forcing me to play to ITS schedule. It's extra frustrating as certain quests can feed into each other, in that one can require an item that takes several days to grind out and then that very item might be one part of ANOTHER larger quest that'll take days in its own right.
You even concede in your review to this, which is confusing. Clearly, we see "respecting time" very differently. I'd so far as to say you constantly contradict your points by going into the many ways the game forces you to either wait instead of playing or grind through its systems to achieve a simple goal.
The game will wait for you to come back rather than continue without you, yes. But, I feel this is an example of one step forward yet several steps back. Asking you to grind and grind and grind AS WELL AS wait a literal day (or days) to complete quests, a literal hour for a food item to be baked and delivered to you, etc. doesn't exactly scream intuitive or accessible gameplay design.
I do really like the game nonetheless, but it's got a plethora of maddening design decisions that mostly stem from this single one. Not helping is how shallow the """"story"""" and characters are (another aspect I don't agree with your points on). The rare two sentences worth of dialogue which reference a character's past life is far from sufficient. Adding to that, most (if not all) the characters are written with the same cutesy-quirky personality. Their unique predicaments aside, how they address said predicaments is 95% homogenized between each. No character is more/less excitable, depressive, naïve, charismatic, etc. than the others. They all feel the exact same to me.
A single quest can take you 20 or more LITERAL days to complete. It's a nightmarish grind I don't wish on anyone. Don't waste your time here!
So glad I watched this. The daily limit makes this an avoid like the plague game. HARD PASS.