Nov 162 min read

Review: Petopia

[Originally December 07, 2023]

You start as a fox with a gun
There are two game modes to choose from adventure and campaign, the game loop is relatively similar across both.
You load into level 1
The map will be walled in with various obstacles across the map
Vicous fruits will spawn to attack you.
Each fruit type has a different attack, with warnings shown with red outlines.
Your primary attack is your gun, which you control the fire of.
The gun has a limited magazine and takes time to reload.
As you run around the map dodging fruits you also have 3 special attacks.
A fire dash, a grenade, and an aoe attack surround the character.
Once you defeat all the fruits of a level you collect gold, hearts, and equipment before moving on to the next level
You also receive XP. As you level you get to choose 1 ability from a random pool of 3 abilities
These abilities range from hero stat increases to balls of fire that circle you throwing out fire grenades.
You play until you clear all levels or you die.
Between each game, you can equip and level up any equipment. This equipment provides stats boosts.

The game loop and mechanics are very common across mobile games, without offering anything unique
The graphics and animations are acceptable but the sounds is lackluster
You hero feels sluggish as you run around the map.
The maps have a low level of variation.
Some of the map obstacles are too “flat” making it unclear they are obstacles.
The gun’s limited magazine and reload time can leave you without anything to do for a few seconds, without really adding any strategic depth.
Even though each run gives different abilities on level-up, this did little to reduce the repetitive feel
They have implemented several progressions and upgradeable to encourage players to keep returning.

Nothing new to the genre

Torn between Didn’t enjoy, would recommend avoiding, and Too early to tell

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