Its world lore also supports this cuteness with some quirky details like the Mart Mart keeping a food called carrot dogs in stock. Like a kid at a carnival, I marveled at everything happening around me. Between bright pastels, cute animal characters, and sharply shaped cookies, the art direction is simultaneously cozy and awe-inspiring. It reminds me of a long-lost cousin to the Animal Crossing series, just with more spunk and depth.Button City’s look had the biggest impact on me. Honestly, though, I really enjoyed the design of Button City. The effects themselves also lend a lot to the tone of the game, even though there’s no voice acting. The musical tracks are low-key and appealing and can get somber when the mood calls for it. As far as sound design, that’s pretty great too. Despite that, I found the visuals very appealing, even when they occasionally showed rough edges. The extremely colorful palette hides the fact that there are technically no light sources in the game. I don’t know if this was the intentional design, but it added unnecessary seconds to the clock. Oh, and though I’m not docking any points for this, it was a bit irritating how the camera slowly pans dramatically to display them every time you talk with someone, and then it is momentarily obscured by scanlines. Paired with the game’s finicky targeting issues, it meant I spent more time staring at bare walls than getting from point A to point B. My only complaint with regard to fetch quests is you can’t actually run. It’s fun talking with the citizens and getting to know these characters. As Fennel, you’ll be racing about most of the time, but I wasn’t bothered by this too much. This helped me get around, gathering items for Chive to tinker with, or for Lavender to craft with. When you need a break, why not spend some time playing Lavender’s VN? Just keep in mind you can’t warp from the inside of a building, just from the outside. You can even spin the little dioramas around, ensuring you warp to a different side of that area. Scroll up or down to a new location, and then warp right there. By pressing the B button at any time, you can bring up a vertical layer. Thankfully, there’s one handy feature that makes this less of a pain – warping.
When you aren’t playing games, much of your time is spent fulfilling fetch quests. This is invaluable since making lemonade is the only consistent way I found of earning more buttons (the game currency) needed for buying items integral to progressing in the story.
I found out you can play that as often as you like by paying off Garlic, the security guard in the park. Sadly, almost all of these are one-time events, with the exception of the lemonade-making game. And one of my favorites has you turning handles to adjust water levels to bring a toy boat to your friends. Another has you manipulate conveyor belts to get through a junkyard. One has you slicing, juicing, stirring, and then pouring lemonade in glasses. It was just more clear what the goal of each was, and the controls were more intuitive. I actually enjoyed these much more than the arcade games. I would have been a happier camper if there were far more mini-games like this.īesides those games, you’ll also come across some puzzles and mini-games in Button City. Fortunately, you only have to be passable at Gobabots to progress through the plot. As for the rhythm game, Prisma Beats, it starts simply enough but ramps up way too quickly. Nevertheless, it repeatedly kicked my butt.
rEVolution Racer is a stripped-down racing game. Unfortunately, I had a hard time with the other two. Mostly because I was actually able to beat it. But of the three main arcade games, it’s definitely my favorite.
You can also attack the opposing team and steal their fruit, or spend your time protecting your allies. The main draw is Gobabots, a sort of arena brawler where you and a team of 3 other robots work to gather the most fruit before the clock runs out. Since the story is about arcade culture and how it can draw us into groups, it’s no surprise you’ll be playing some games. It really left me reeling and made me care about how the story ended. And when I found out, it was a gut punch. Button, though you won’t find out what until the very end of the story. He’s a soulless consumer driven solely by greed. Well, technically, he’s skinny, but you know what I mean. Button, it’s suddenly in danger of being bought and replaced by a literal corporate fat cat, Peppermint Pepperbottom. Much of the action of the game centers around the titular arcade, Button City. The fattest of fat cats, Peppermint Pepperbottom.
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