I’ve been playing
Cozy Grove for the past 3 weeks! My thoughts on it are pretty much still the same from my post in the Your Most Recent Gaming Purchases thread, so I hopefully won’t go on a tangent here xnsjxnd, but I’m still enjoying it a lot! It’s the kind of game that you check in on each day, and you can’t really play for longer than 1-1.5 hours at a time, but I like that. It made starting to play and my first week of playing a little less overwhelming, even though I’m impatient and want to help all of the bears and learn all of their backstories
now.
I’ve met 11/17 of the bears in the base game so far, and I love the diversity in their appearances and personalities! It’s made meeting each new bear and unearthing their areas that much more exciting! I still have the softest spot for Jeremy Gruffle, but Captain Billweather Snout and Octavia Cubbins are slowly but surely growing on me. I honestly love all of the characters so far, though!
The pros definitely outweigh the cons for me! I love all the little animals I can have, especially the Spirit Deers and the cats! Catching critters has been so fun. I’ve loved adding to Captain Billweather Snout’s collections over time, and am proud of how much I’ve gathered in just 3 weeks! I’m also proud of all the Merit Badges I’ve earned so far. Fishing can also be fun, but I like it less than fishing in
Animal Crossing for some reason. Finding out more about the bears has been both endearing and heartbreaking, and I like that the island gets bigger with each new one I meet! I am forever grateful to the developers for letting us hug the bears, because I fear I’m gonna need it more than they do the deeper I get into their stories.
The only cons so far are very minor ones. The game can be a little laggy at times, especially when a new bear’s area is being unearthed and when I’ve fed Flamey the final Spirit Log they needed in order to unlock a new bear. It’s not anything horrible or that causes the game to crash so far thankfully, but I’m a little worried that it’ll get worse the bigger the island gets and the more areas that become unearthed. My character’s inventory also feels insanely small? I expanded it fully recently and unlocked 12 additional spaces, but I’m still running out of room quick between materials, things I have to gather for the bears, and fishing/critter catching. Item customization also feels tedious as hell? It’s much more tedious than customization is in
Animal Crossing. You have to gather a certain amount of one material, then turn it into a different material, and
then you can customize an item. I wish it was as simple as just buying a customization kit from the shop xnsjdnhd
But overall, for a game that I got on sale for $10.92 CAD, it’s incredible. It’s such a calming game to relax in bed with, or to wind down for bed with. It’s also been a big comfort for me during my tough moments these past couple weeks. It’s definitely worth the price considering it looks like I have months of content and new stuff to discover ahead of me, plus the New Neighbears DLC that I haven’t gotten yet! So excited to keep playing and discover more!
okay i went on a tangent LOL, but hey it’s envelope money