positive wildlife conservation themes and pretty wholesome.

the gameplay isn't anything too insane. most of it is just taking pictures and pressing A until you've interacted with everything in a given area, but it's clearly created for a younger audience and so i don't think its fair for me to say "wow gameplay chugs" or anything like that. definitely the best part is trying to get all of the animals scanned on your phone, as you can listen to the sounds they make in the wildlife guide and then recognize that sound in game to figure out where they are if you can't easily see them.

unfortunately, i feel like so many birds look like each other (lmao) and that's kinda just a fault of reality, i guess, but when they're flying in the air and such it's very difficult to actually tell what a bird is unless you're pointing the camera at it. as such, a large portion of this game is spent looking at birds with your camera that you already have logged, which ends up feeling a little silly. totally could be a me problem though for sure. also, the wildlife guide is disappointingly bare. it has all of the creatures, what they look like, their scientific name, and their sound, but that's it. there's no fun fact or diet or wingspan or anything listed about the creatures, and that ends up making them feel more like checks on a checklist as opposed to creatures that you should strive to conserve, which i feel reduces the effect of this game overall.

there is a website called Ecologi that supports reforestation, and the creators of Alba, Ustwo Games, commits one tree to that mission for every game downloaded or sold. as of my time of writing, they're currently in place 5th on the leaderboard for businesses with just over 1 million trees funded, which i think is pretty neat. to conclude: Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a cute and simple game without much mechanical depth, but one for a good cause. i think it's pretty easy to get behind, and definitely deserves to exist.

Tremenda aventura mediterranea.

Con un gameplay que se podria definir como un Pokemon Snap pero sin rieles y poco mas este juego consigue en poco mas de 2 horas mucho mas de lo que esperaba. Da gusto recorrerse esa isla haciendo tanto la mision principal como simplemente limpiandola y buscando especies que fotografiar.

Entre el tono y los graficos consigue perfectamente trasladarte a la situacion de Alba, una niña que visita a sus abuelos una semana y simplemente disfruta de ser una niña en un pueblo mediterraneo, que si sois de la zona vais a reconocer de algun momento de vuestras vidas. Desde las especies y las zonas que visitas, hasta la misma arquitectura de las casas del pueblo que aun siendo graficos lowpoly creo que es la recreacion mas ajustada de ciertas casas que he visto nunca. Todo transmite un cuidado y amor tanto por la cultura que representa como por el entorno natural que muestra que se te pega al instante.

No he podido resistirme a hacerlo todo, porque entre que se hace muy rapido, muy ameno y con muy buen ritmo y que el propio diseño creo que es muy acertado dirigiendote para que siempre tengas un objetivo claro pero a la vez dejandote a tu rollo y disfrutar tranquilo he tenido que completarlo y me lo he gozado muchisimo.

I really enjoyed this game. The narrative wasn't the most captivating aspect to me, rather the atmosphere built through the world and characters; the game feels so "familiar" and childish at the same time. I do recognize that I may get this feeling because my country of origin has great cultural inheritance from Spain. The island is beautiful and it's packed with details. It feels amazingly natural to explore it.

Just for that I consider it worth playing.

I wished it had more little mechanics to interact with the environment, small activities, cooking and that kind of stuff would make wonders for the game. Also a run button.

Still, it's the first game I played were the credits rolled with cumbia in the background, so it has merit for that

a very cute little educative game but i would say it's suited more towards children, i wish i had this kind of games to play when i was a kid... i would absolutely love it. but now as an adult, i would say it lacks many things - my biggest complaint being the lack of description / information on the guidebook. it would be amazing if every animal had their description (i think it should be a default with this kind of game, i thought i just didn't know where to check but turns out the option is simply not there) - this way we would be able to learn actually cool facts and possibly memorize them but the way it is in the game, i forgot about most of the birds 20 minutes after scanning them. one other thing that struck me as weird: there is no achievement for scanning every animal? i am not saying this is bad, it just felt like a different choice to me since i was 100% sure there would be an achievement for this from my previous gaming experiences. to end on a good note, the sound design was absolutely amazing and i loved learning about each animal's unique sounds!

C'est cool d'avoir un jeu qui sensibilise à la préservation de l'environnement et de la faune et on se prend vite au jeu de photographier tous les animaux de l'île. Il y a une petite intrigue qui sert de fil conducteur, c'est pas fifou mais c'est raccord avec le sujet du jeu. Graphiquement, pas de quoi se taper le cul par terre mais c'est mimi dans l'ensemble. La jouabilité, là c'est mon souci. J'y ai joué sur mobiles et ça se passe à peu près bien dans l'ensemble, le gyroscope fonctionne etc... Sauf que régulièrement, le jeu a tendance à centrer la caméra vers le bas et ce qui fait qu'on avance en regardant le sol bordel. On peut recentrer la caméra, la bouger et ça se remet correctement à force d'avancer mais c'est bien bien relou.