I have no idea what the hype was all about. This does not deserve awards and accolades.

What it is, is a perfectly serviceable and fairly enjoyable little adventure game where you play as the duo of a cat and a trusty bot. It's a fairly good looking game though nothing too special. There's some really nice music along the way though I didn't find the background score to be particularly memorable. Gameplay is mostly light puzzle solving, some stealth sections and some chase sequences. There's a few emotional moments along the way and a couple of memorable characters but most of the story beats don't really hit as well as they could have. The plot is simply a classism allegory which is executed fairly clumsily and treads on a lot of heavily trodden tracks. What makes it hit even less is you play as a cat that should really be completely disconnected from any of what's happening. This is not your concern at all. The game tries and, personally, fails to have any stakes for the cat itself because you are consuming the story beats and character dialog through a robot instead and well, you're a freaking cat.

All in all, this did not deserve all the fuss but is by no means a bad game. It's perfectly enjoyable for what it is

Reviewed on Jan 22, 2023


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