Review: Little Kitty, Big City Makes Every Day a Blissful Caturday

Did you play Untitled Goose Recreation and like it, but in addition want that possibly you didn’t must be so imply? Effectively, Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis gives the identical form of animal antics, solely with extra harmless mischief and an array of further critters that make a metropolis really feel like a welcoming, residing group.

Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis begins with a comedy of errors. A small cat residing in a penthouse condominium is lounging exterior the window, sleeping. Throughout this nap, they slip. A collection of outdoor interference, corresponding to a canine barking and a crow flying by, outcome within the animal touchdown on the road under. Too sapped of energy to decide to the arduous climb again to their dwelling, it’s as much as the cat to search out fish to construct up stamina and return dwelling. Finally.

Like Untitled Goose Recreation, Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis is a sport that entails a small animal exploring a city and interacting with the people who love there. Nevertheless, whereas the goose was an antagonistic pressure decided to disrupt the peaceable village, the cat is an harmless, well-intentioned sweetheart who desires the perfect for the creatures round them as additionally they try to search out some fish to eat. Nevertheless, within the strategy of doing issues for others and themselves, they… mainly also can find yourself ruining a human’s day. Consider it as this being a hero of 1 story is the villain of one other form of scenario.

Given the kitty is simply, properly, a cat, there are a handful of choices for interacting with and exploring the world. If you first land within the metropolis, you’ll be able to swat together with your paws. This may be an efficient means of batting balls locations or pulling down folks. You will get the zoomies, which lets the kitty run round. It’s a sooner technique to transfer round or barrel into folks or objects. Objects will be picked up in your mouth to take them locations. You possibly can pull sure bins. It’s also doable to leap, which might mean you can attain increased locations or pounce on birds. Finally, you acquire entry to a Petwork, which helps you to quick journey through manholes, and consuming your first fish grants the flexibility to climb up ivy-covered areas so long as your stamina permits. Additionally, as this can be a world the place apparently all animals, birds, and bugs communicate the identical language, you’ll be able to converse with creatures you come throughout to get quests.

Which frequently results in the elements of Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis that convey a participant essentially the most pleasure. Not solely the kitty, however each critter you encounter is a delight. The script is totally unbelievable. It’s lovable, intelligent, and hilarious. Every animal, chicken, or bug has their very own character, making it a delight at any time when somebody new enters your digital life. The animations for animals, particularly the cat’s emotes, are enjoyable. Whereas I respect what’s there, it made me want there have been double or triple the variety of supporting characters, given they’re dealt with so properly. To not point out, each single one in every of them seems superb. I like all of them.

The actions are additionally a ball. I relished enterprise every quest. Even when it ended up being one thing of a fetch quest, the actions wanted to perform it normally made it really feel extra particular and entertaining than it will in a traditional sport. Particularly since in some instances, you do must suppose, “Okay, how can I, as a cat, get this achieved?” Understanding find out how to discover and eat fish, get the shinies wanted for brand new hats, or attain a spot for a reward was by no means boring or tedious. 

There’s just one factor that obtained to me and hold me from contemplating Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis an ideal sport. The platforming components will be awkward. Some challenges contain fast strikes with a human in pursuit and both small areas or water hazards. Getting the leaping or zoomies timing good in these moments generally is a bit tough. I additionally encountered some points whereas scaling a sure condominium constructing and transferring between platforms. One leap involving some scaffolding led to a significant drop and misplaced progress, and my shortly loading a previous save to make sure I didn’t find yourself with a save that misplaced lots of work. One dialog involving some NPCs in that very same constructing additionally displayed awkwardly, not exhibiting the kitty or any NPCs and slicing off the textual content bins a bit as a result of positioning. Nonetheless, these are minor points, and a patch got here in after that occasion phase that makes me suspect that one difficulty might have already been fastened.

Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis makes me blissful. It isn’t essentially the most addictive sport I performed in 2024. (That’s Balatro.) It isn’t the one I spent essentially the most time exploring. (FFVII Rebirthtakes that title.) What it did do is convey me a way of solace and pleasure as I savored the antics of an especially personable cat and their mates. A lot in order that my best want is an enlargement that opens up much more of the town to discover and extra animal encounters.

Little Kitty, Huge Metropolis is on the market for the Nintendo Change, Xbox Sequence X, and PC.