Bobo Bay

legally distinct chao garden from Sonic Adventure 2. play this if you're a real one

I have more hours in this than this steam account says but while this is a great game it has a big issue with repetitivity. you end up doing the same routine pretty much every single day. nothing really mixes it up.

peak

i love my bobos

I want to like it, but it's so heavily rng based. There was an update with the goal of giving players more agency, but it still feels very far off. Along with everything being rng based, the grind is just very slow and so each day feels like it has no impact. The UI is also clunky and it can be very tedious tracking each bobo's stats and you have to navigate to different menus a lot and it just feels bad. Love the art and dialogue and story, so I'm planning to return and hope I can one day recommend this game :) Also this is just for the dev I know the field rations are the idea for auto feeding, but I'd love if there some was some kind of like mid to late game coconut autofeeder for all the bobo's who I'm actively indifferent towards. I want to own several bobos just for their aesthetics for breeding, but it gets so overwhelming to have more than like a max of 4 bobos per shift.

As Sega continues to spiral into failure due to recent events at the time of writing this post, one brave indie dev gave us all the project Adventure 2 fans have craved for years on end. countless friends of mine who grew up on Adventure 2 say the same thing: "if they just released a chao garden mobile game, i'd play it." and it fell on deaf ears. until now. Bobo bay is the game we've all been waiting for. no microtransactions, adorable creatures, addictive gameplay loop, and updates that bring this game closer and closer to reliving our childhood. if you didn't grow up on sonic adventure 2, i don't expect you to give a damn about this game. maybe you play it once or twice, call it cute, and move on. but for me? i'm happy to be a father again. my children will throw galaxies. and if you invest in this game, so can yours. (galaxies not included)

I talk as someone who was absolutely obsessed with the Chao garden on SA2B on the GCN. This game is a cute, relaxing and amusing time waster. There isnt that much to do, but doing things isnt the point. You'll find little buddies, feed them fruit to improve their many stats and then enter them in little competitions (you don't control them) to earn money to buy more fruit. As the in-game days pass, you'll have enough money to improve the tiny town or get little accessories for your buddies (sunglasses, hats, shoes, etc). Then there's the jetski where you can go to a small batch of randomly generated islands to hunt for treasures (fruits, accessories, other stuff) each day. Its fun, its chill, and you can give your little buddy a sword to beat up the other guys in the competitions. 10/10 would recommend.

Everything I wanted from a Chao Garden successor.

Pretty good, I just think there could still be some improvements to be made, like the economy, because I never felt yet like I have the spare money to spend in public funding

THE BOBO'S ARE SO CUTEEEE!! THEY'RE ADORABLE WHEN THEY DO TRHE LITTLE RACINGTHINGS MY HEARTS GONNA EXPLODE ITS SO CUTE !!! ITS LIKE CHAO GARDEN FROM SONIC ADVENTURE 2 (OR 1) BUT WITH A FRESH COAT OF PAINT !