Mineko’s Night Market is a narrative-driven, social simulation adventure game that celebrates Japanese culture and invites players to craft whimsical items, eat delicious snacks, and ultimately enjoy all the cats. Mineko's Night Market is a game that celebrates Japanese culture while introducing a heartwarming story about friendship, tradition, and many, many cats.
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DNF: Gorgeous art and some cute characters, but so far the core gameplay loop is so boring. I end up just sleeping through days to get to the market, and then still can't buy the items I need to progress. Ingredient collection is too easy and simple to be enjoyable, and most of the characters are shallow beyond simple fetch quests. Haven't been able to find much fun, wouldn't recommend.
What can I say, but: Cats don't safe a game from being boring. The writing was surprisingly sharp, ironic and funny for that kind of game. Yet it did not safe the game from feeling hollow and superficial. Throwing you into the story of moving to a foreign forest village with your dad, I found it impossible to connect with the other characters. The art-style is handsome and cute and reminded me of the puzzle adventure Carto. But seriously, this is a bummer through and through, that I had to jump off.
So I've been waiting for this game for years, and it was a total disappointment to me… The art is perfect, and it had a lot of potential, but you need gameplay to have a good game. I really dislike the game design of Mineko's Night Market, it is slow, tedious, and repetitive. So sad because I was hyped for a long time and I couldn't even finish it.
there few games that make me feel the way "It Takes Two" did. You can really feel the love the developers put in this gem, an incredible game with a very heartwarming story. It can get repetitive, especially if you're not into japanese culture, but overall i enjoyed every single bit of it
how the freak do i fit a treehouse in my backpack
It's not bad per se... but it has a lot of things that could be better.
The minigames and puzzle are easy, has some interesting crafts but it gets annoying that you need to wait until an specific season to get some flowers (or be lucky and get them in the market) otherwise you cannot finish the story...
Enjoyable early and mid game, annoying late game.
The minigames and puzzle are easy, has some interesting crafts but it gets annoying that you need to wait until an specific season to get some flowers (or be lucky and get them in the market) otherwise you cannot finish the story...
Enjoyable early and mid game, annoying late game.