I was late to the party. I knew about this game as soon as it came out because I saw that Jacksepticeye played it and everyone was talking about it. However, my dumbass had the impression that the cat died at the end so I avoided this game. People dying? No problem. Animals dying? I hate you. CATS dying? I hate everything and I’m sobbing.
So I finally got it because it was on sale and this is literally the BEST purchase I have made in 28 years of life. The game starts out with two of my absolute favorite things – rain and cats. This is my dream game, bro, I get to be a cat that can destroy pottery and mahjong games and go around meowing every half second. This is literally the best game ever created.
If you wanna see how my playthrough went, you can check out the playlist here. There’s no commentary and I’m still uploading the episodes c:
By the way, this review will be filled with my favorite screenshots on my blog which you can check out by clicking the link on my profile c:
I was surprised by the futuristic/sci-fi themes. I usually don’t like these but this was really interesting and cool. I love how he formed a bond with B12 to try and find his way home. And the little details, bro! The way he reacts when the jacket is first put on him, the little footprints when he walks through paint… they’re so small and most people wouldn’t notice them but I appreciate them sooo much.
For the most part, this game is pretty chill. There’s no giant bosses you need to outsmart or enemies to fight, but there are enemies you need to run away from – mainly those bastard zurks. They’re like these weird half-maggot half-spider things that eat EVERYTHING. And if you’re going for the plat, you have to spare them in the sewers and at the start of the game you can’t be grabbed by them – this trophy made me want to commit die. It was terrible and took multiple hours to finally get it. This is the only terrible trophy imo.
The rest of the trophies are easy and another detail I really enjoyed was that when you collect all of B12s memories, his jacket changes from black to this colorful chromatic jacket and IT’S SO COOL. I love it and wish I could have wore it in my second playthrough.
Speaking of playthroughs, my first playthrough was nearly 8 hours long because I was exploring everything – and still somehow missed a few memories lmao I talked to every robot, too, though most of them didn’t have much to say. Because of this, I thought there was NO WAY I could get the speed trophy, which requires you to play the game in under 2 hours.
I made so many mistakes even following a guide and I died a bunch of times, but I still had plenty of time left by the time I reached the end. It’s really forgiving, which I’m thankful for. With that, I was able to make this beautiful game my first platinum of 2023.
I think they really got the cat to act perfectly. He reacts just like a cat would and I just love it so much. I like to imagine what my cats would do in an apocalyptic world filled with robots. Honestly, I doubt they’d care lmao One thing I am confused on is the story, but that might just be because I’m slow.
I don’t understand what happened to the humans or what those creepy ass eyeballs are in the sewer. Where did the zurks come from? What about the robots? How did they gain sentience?
I just wanna pat him on the head and tell him he did a great job.
I love how the robots interact with him, too. Like, they are scared of him at first because they think he’s a zurk but they’re so nice to him afterward. When Momo patted the stool beside him and then patted his head when he jumped up and the guardian patting him are so precious!
This baby deserves all the pats in the world. He’s the best cat ever. Give this baby some damn cat food!
Also, RIP every carpet in this game.
Also also, Seamus best boi. Just look at how happy he is to – well, I was gonna say something but I think it might be a spoiler so I’ll let you just imagine why he’s so happy 😉 We need a DLC featuring Seamus, come on lol
(spoiler incoming)
Also, I’m not quite happy with the ending. I love the ending shot where he finally returns to the outside, it’s a beautiful shot. And the little screen that lights up giving us hope that B12 is still alive – which I didn’t notice until my second playthrough.
However, HE DIDN’T FIND HIS FRIENDS. That was the whole point, reuniting him with his family and it was a let down that that didn’t happen. I’m holding out hope that there will be a Stray 2 where we have to navigate the outside world to try and find them!
(spoiler end)
Overall, I’m really happy with this game and have no real complaints aside from the ending. It’s a beautiful story, a rich world with interesting characters. The world is beautiful and you just wanna run around and explore while also causing havoc by knocking over everything in sight and making robots drop paint lmao
In my opinion, this should have been game of the year, but I also don’t like Elden Ring and God of War is okay. I’m totally biased toward this game and I’m glad it won best Indie. This will forever be one of my absolute favorite games and I would love to be able to experience it for the first time again.
Please play Stray ❤ It’s a beautiful game that deserves all the love in the world. Like, come on, you can be DJ Cat for feck’s sake! How can you say no to that?
I added the trophy pop over a screenshot from the beginning of the game because my platinum trophy screenshot is just the black loading screen 😦 Plus, the sleeping kitty seems like the perfect ending shot even though it’s from the beginning of the game haha It’s like he’s resting after his grand adventure.
So I finally got it because it was on sale and this is literally the BEST purchase I have made in 28 years of life. The game starts out with two of my absolute favorite things – rain and cats. This is my dream game, bro, I get to be a cat that can destroy pottery and mahjong games and go around meowing every half second. This is literally the best game ever created.
If you wanna see how my playthrough went, you can check out the playlist here. There’s no commentary and I’m still uploading the episodes c:
By the way, this review will be filled with my favorite screenshots on my blog which you can check out by clicking the link on my profile c:
I was surprised by the futuristic/sci-fi themes. I usually don’t like these but this was really interesting and cool. I love how he formed a bond with B12 to try and find his way home. And the little details, bro! The way he reacts when the jacket is first put on him, the little footprints when he walks through paint… they’re so small and most people wouldn’t notice them but I appreciate them sooo much.
For the most part, this game is pretty chill. There’s no giant bosses you need to outsmart or enemies to fight, but there are enemies you need to run away from – mainly those bastard zurks. They’re like these weird half-maggot half-spider things that eat EVERYTHING. And if you’re going for the plat, you have to spare them in the sewers and at the start of the game you can’t be grabbed by them – this trophy made me want to commit die. It was terrible and took multiple hours to finally get it. This is the only terrible trophy imo.
The rest of the trophies are easy and another detail I really enjoyed was that when you collect all of B12s memories, his jacket changes from black to this colorful chromatic jacket and IT’S SO COOL. I love it and wish I could have wore it in my second playthrough.
Speaking of playthroughs, my first playthrough was nearly 8 hours long because I was exploring everything – and still somehow missed a few memories lmao I talked to every robot, too, though most of them didn’t have much to say. Because of this, I thought there was NO WAY I could get the speed trophy, which requires you to play the game in under 2 hours.
I made so many mistakes even following a guide and I died a bunch of times, but I still had plenty of time left by the time I reached the end. It’s really forgiving, which I’m thankful for. With that, I was able to make this beautiful game my first platinum of 2023.
I think they really got the cat to act perfectly. He reacts just like a cat would and I just love it so much. I like to imagine what my cats would do in an apocalyptic world filled with robots. Honestly, I doubt they’d care lmao One thing I am confused on is the story, but that might just be because I’m slow.
I don’t understand what happened to the humans or what those creepy ass eyeballs are in the sewer. Where did the zurks come from? What about the robots? How did they gain sentience?
I just wanna pat him on the head and tell him he did a great job.
I love how the robots interact with him, too. Like, they are scared of him at first because they think he’s a zurk but they’re so nice to him afterward. When Momo patted the stool beside him and then patted his head when he jumped up and the guardian patting him are so precious!
This baby deserves all the pats in the world. He’s the best cat ever. Give this baby some damn cat food!
Also, RIP every carpet in this game.
Also also, Seamus best boi. Just look at how happy he is to – well, I was gonna say something but I think it might be a spoiler so I’ll let you just imagine why he’s so happy 😉 We need a DLC featuring Seamus, come on lol
(spoiler incoming)
Also, I’m not quite happy with the ending. I love the ending shot where he finally returns to the outside, it’s a beautiful shot. And the little screen that lights up giving us hope that B12 is still alive – which I didn’t notice until my second playthrough.
However, HE DIDN’T FIND HIS FRIENDS. That was the whole point, reuniting him with his family and it was a let down that that didn’t happen. I’m holding out hope that there will be a Stray 2 where we have to navigate the outside world to try and find them!
(spoiler end)
Overall, I’m really happy with this game and have no real complaints aside from the ending. It’s a beautiful story, a rich world with interesting characters. The world is beautiful and you just wanna run around and explore while also causing havoc by knocking over everything in sight and making robots drop paint lmao
In my opinion, this should have been game of the year, but I also don’t like Elden Ring and God of War is okay. I’m totally biased toward this game and I’m glad it won best Indie. This will forever be one of my absolute favorite games and I would love to be able to experience it for the first time again.
Please play Stray ❤ It’s a beautiful game that deserves all the love in the world. Like, come on, you can be DJ Cat for feck’s sake! How can you say no to that?
I added the trophy pop over a screenshot from the beginning of the game because my platinum trophy screenshot is just the black loading screen 😦 Plus, the sleeping kitty seems like the perfect ending shot even though it’s from the beginning of the game haha It’s like he’s resting after his grand adventure.