One thing I did notice with my time playing Calico is that, while fun, it is incredibly buggy, which can alter the experience significantly. Yes, you can mount any animal big enough to get on, and if it isn’t big enough, you can make it big enough! This makes traversing the area a lot easier and quicker. Animals you come across that aren’t currently owned by anybody else can be claimed as your own and renamed.Īs well as everything else, you’ll also be able to create various potions that have different effects, such as making a smaller animal – eg. You’re allowed up to five animals following you at any given time and ten animals roaming in your cafe. All of which you will become accustomed to using as you will be switching your animals around at all times when you discover new ones (if you’re anything like me). You can pet them, play with them and give them commands – of which there are three. I wish I could say this is the weirdest thing you will see.Īs I stated earlier, all animals you come across are interactive. Despite being unusual, it’s a lot of fun. Doesn’t sound so unusual right? Well, you will think differently when I tell you that your character shrinks and you gather your ingredients looking like a scene from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. This leads me on to perhaps the most unexpected feature I came across playing Calico: making items to sell in your cafe. To continue further updating your cafe, you’ll need to purchase more items with money earned from completing various missions from your new neighbours and selling delicious food items in your cafe. You’re also able to purchase new clothing items for your character, which is a nice touch. At the start of the game, you’re given the option of choosing from ‘cute’, ‘spooky’ and ‘cool’, and you’re also given a few items from the particular set you have chosen. Furniture items are placed into themes, of which there are a few. The animal selection is something in particular that I love, as it makes me feel like it is mine. You have full control of how your cafe looks, where every table and chair is placed, and what animals go into it. I never thought I would make friends with a Polar Bear… or several.ĭecorating your cafe is a gift that keeps on giving. Want to wear a cat like a hat? Sure, it’s do-able. What’s more, you’re able to interact with each and every one of these animals. Oh no, in Calico there is so much wildlife to see birds, fish, arctic foxes, polar bears and, of course, cats, to name a few. I had expected, given its title, there only to be cats to find and give love to. The first thing I wanted to do was to explore the environment, and it’s beautiful. From there, your journey begins.Ĭalico will start out by giving you brief tasks to complete in order to help you get to grips with the game’s mechanics and open up the game’s world – but you’re pretty much free to do as you please. You’re greeted by Mayor Kive, who gives you a brief tutorial of how things work, how to place and move furniture, and how to lure in your animal friends. The characters speak in the same jumbled up way, and if you’ve played Animal Crossing then you know exactly what I mean. Upon starting the game and after creating my character, I was quickly reminded of Animal Crossing – which was a blessing. Now it’s been left to you to restore this once loved kitty paradise to its former glory. After your Aunt retired, the cafe was inevitably closed down. Spoiler – there are dogs.Ĭalico is described as a day-in-the-life community sim game in which you are given the task of rebuilding the town’s very own cat cafe. Add in the fact that you can decorate your own cafe and, well, let’s just say I was sold on Calico from the get-go. I’ve always been more of a dog person than a cat person, but I can never pass up the opportunity of reviewing a game where animals take the forefront.
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