![]() To me, this feels like the developers are padding the game out, they don’t have enough content to keep you busy. I love Animal Crossing and can happily play it for hours on end, but I don’t get that same feeling when playing Cozy Grove as I know I’m going to be told very soon to “check back tomorrow”. I understand the concept of making you take your time, but surely that should be the players choice to decide when they have finished playing. Well, there would be months of gameplay if you are limited by the game to only be able to play as short as 45-60 mins or so a day. Bring colour back to the Grove 40+ Hour Campaign!?ĭevelopers Sry Fox says the Cozy Grove has a “40+ hour campaign filled with side quests, designed to span months of playtime”. Certainly, you can keep grinding these things but it all seems kind of pointless especially when the main objective is put on hold for the next day. Sure, you can fish and hunt for resources, but that only lasts for so long. However, since the game runs on this system, there’s only so much story-related stuff you can do each day.Įach day’s activities are about 30-45 minutes long, and you’re meant to come back day after day to do what you can as the story slowly progresses. As Cozy Grove runs in real-time, you’re able to pop into the game each day to speak to the islanders and receive new tasks. I enjoyed speaking to the quirky spirits to learn more about the island and complete various fetch quests for them. The decorating of your camp is very limited, the furniture is for decoration only as you can’t use it. But I think that’s where the similarities stop as far as I can see. ![]() Though there isn’t a day or night cycle, you can craft furniture and place it around your tent, a tent which you can not enter. Catching bugs, fishing and listening to the islanders is similar to AC. Looking for resources Compared to Animal CrossingĬozy Grove has been compared to Animal Crossing, and in a way, I can see that in the game too, it also reminds me of Spiritfarer. There are only a certain amount of Spirit logs you can collect in a day, Flamey will let you know how many you can collect so when there’s zero he will be like ‘okay that’s it for today, come back tomorrow. Doing so will earn you some spirit wood, which you then feed to your campfire, and the island will grow. You can do a handful of these tasks each day. You can be asked to find an item, that is hidden in the surroundings, making some of the quests feel more like you are playing a hidden object game. The ghosts will ask for very specific things, like finding some lost earmuffs or catching a particular fish for dinner. Aside from doing the quests, you can catch fish, gather fruit, collect seashells, and craft new tools and items to decorate your campsite. A spirit-sensitive sentient campfire called Flamey, who constantly wants to eat spirit wood which you get from the ghosts for completing quests. Customise your character Chat to the Sentient Campfire There are coins to be earned, the ability to upgrade your camp, and a shop that has new items every day for you to take a look at and sometimes buy. As your inventory and storage at your camp are limited, you might find yourself with too many items anyway. You’ll find objects that you can log with a sailor bird spirit on the island, who will then give you rewards and document the items for you. To do that you talk with them, complete quests, and learn who they are. The hearts fill up as you complete pieces of their story. Each islander has a series of hearts over their heads, empty at first. The ghosts can’t pass on until they come to terms with something in their past lives, so you’ll need to restore the island and help them find their way to the afterlife. When you begin, the island is full of sepia tones, but as you explore and complete tasks for the spirits each day, vibrant colours return to the world. ![]() Flamey the campfire Bring Colour to the Island Many spirits, such as a merchant who is a fox, a stranded seagull and a ranger who is a bear and more. In Cozy Grove, you play as a Spirit Scout that’s sent to an abandoned, haunted island in order to soothe the spirits of local ghosts, who just so happen to be animals. Landing on the island Become a Spirit Scout We published an article on Cozy Grove last month when the game was announced for the Switch and you can find that here. No review code used, I purchased the game myself.Ĭozy Grove is a life-sim game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island. ![]() System: Nintendo Switch (also on Steam, PS4, Xbox One & iOS)ĭevelopers | Publishers: Spry Fox | The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild Genre: Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Lifestyle ![]()
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