Octopus Overlords

Stray is out today and is included with PS Plus Extra.

It's been a long time since I've installed a game on release day.

I would be in day 1 but I don't want to pay full price for a 4-5 hour game unless I hear a bunch of brilliant reviews.

Thank goodness!!!
I've been looking for something to fill the void ever since I finished Elden Ring!!!

Downloaded this with the hope my wife will dig it. She wants to play games, but is convinced she cannot handle the controller. This looks like a nice, low-pressure game that will perhaps change her mind.

My wife is a big reason I'm installing today. She's watching though, not playing.

She feels the same way about controllers and was going to give Astrobot's Playroom a try. It took so long to get a PS that she lost interest.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:17 pm I would be in day 1 but I don't want to pay full price for a 4-5 hour game unless I hear a bunch of brilliant reviews.

I've mostly been avoiding any p/reviews, but it looks like it's getting positive attention.

Full price for this one on Steam is $30.

I also didn't watch anything about this and just <jump>ed into it.

I'm about 30-50 minutes into the game.

It's beautifully done. The motions of the cat feel great. There is a meow button.
So far, it's very easy - almost more of a tour... but I can see it's very slowly ramping my world up a bit... But I can't tell how hard it will get (I'm actually happy just jumping around as this cat!!)

If you like cats, this will charm you from the first 5 seconds of play.

I agree completely.

Cats watching Stray started trending...

https://twitter.com/CatsWatchStray

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:29 pm Cats watching Stray started trending...

https://twitter.com/CatsWatchStray

Lol......although I do like the dog one too.

I started it tonight and agree - cat owners will immediately notice the attention to detail of the cat's animations and behavior.

My cats weren't in the room when I started playing, but I can't wait to see if I can trigger them with the meow button.

It looks like a lot of fun. Not $30 fun, but maybe $15.

I guess we should be expecting a lot of copycat animal games in the near future.

A billion years ago there were two games by Sanctuary Woods, “Lion” was one and the other was “Wolf”.

I loved both of those games back in the day, so I would love to see more, especially if they are realistic.

Stray still keeps one foot in the human RPG pool, and it would be fun to drop that entirely.

ChaoZ wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:35 am Apparently cats love Stray.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatswatchingStray/

I am so 100% in on this. They really need to get this out on the Switch. I assume it's a Sony/PC exclusive for now.

I upgrades to PS Plus extra for $31 so the kids and I could play Stray. Hopefully, we'll find something else in the library between now and next April to justify that cost.

Finished the game in just a hair under 4 hours. It was entertaining and the puzzle bits were fine. It was a worthwhile experience, but in no way worth $30.

Well, this is probably one reason why it was at the price point. I really liked it!



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