Mail Time

To be clear: I recommend this game if you get it at a huge discount!! My playtime from start to finish of the entire game was 2 hours. (The extra .2 on record shown is from me eating food without turning the game off). It was an absolutely adorable game and I genuinely enjoyed it. I only wish there was more. If I bought the game full priced, I would have been p*ssed because of how short it is. But because I got it as part of a fanatical bundle for only a few dollars with a bunch of other games, it was worthwhile for me. Pro-tip if you're a completionist like me: Make sure you do absolutely everything before delivering the letter to Greg.

it's cute but incredibly short and absolutely not worth the full price it's listed as.

I was hoping for something more polished, but the game felt clunky and unfinished. Parts of the environment weren't done, there were characters with dialogue that hinted for more, and there was even a category of deliverable collectables, which weren't part of any quest. If you want a similar, but more complete experience of a game like this, try Smushi Come Home or Re:Fresh

Yes BUT Obviously there is the problem everyone has about the game being way too short for the full price My bigger complaint is that the controls are actively terrible. The gliding mechanic is good, but jumping is difficult to control. I get why it's floatier than most platformers, but a lot of the time the hit box of the place you are trying to jump to bounce your character back so you can't land... I almost rage quit in the first half hour, while playing a cozy game. Also, I personally could have done with a mini map. There are lots of other small quality of life changes that would be nice, like maybe part of the journal could track the characters and their locations and stuff. But the game is short enough these things aren't necessarily required. Overall, the game is very cute and charming, and I think people who like cozy games would overall consider it worth it (on discount at least). But be warned the game is not as perfect as you might expect given the high ratings.

(Disclaimer: I got this game in a bundle. I'm not too sure if I'd still recommend it if I paid all 20 dollars for it.) A Short Hike, an Etsy shop that sells stickers of capybaras with oranges on their heads, and my tumblr dash circa 2018 all fused together in a freak teleporter accident and somehow made a 3D platformer with a two hour runtime. You get a glider too. It's a quick and benign way to spend an afternoon at least. It's, for lack of a better term, very millennial in its both its writing and art style but I enjoyed these characters and their various adult problems like "why won't my kids write to me" or "I need my landlord to yell at my neighbor on my behalf". I also found it funny that a game that's billed as both "wholesome" and "cottagecore" also has your mailman deliver noise complaints and bills for a good portion of the game like I'm the secretary for the woodland's HOA.

I had this game sitting in my library for the longest, waiting to play it because I truthfully wasn't expecting much from it. While it isnt my usual kind of game, it still ended up drawing me in and being fun to play. There isnt much to the gameplay itself HOWEVER, everything else compensates for that in my opinion You can tell so much love was put into the characters, their dialogue was always fun to read. This also goes for the environment, I didnt expect it to be so full of small details but they were there! Speaking of I will give WARNING if anyone is easily motion sick like myself, take caution when walking through any areas of water bigger/taller than you are- screen gets pretty warped and it definitely made me dizzy! Aside from all that my only other complaint is the HUD randomly disappearing, making you seem stuck. TIP: If this does happen to you, hitting escape to force your patch collection to open then reclosing brings the HUD back. Overall very cute game, not super long, I would so recommend for a cozy chill time. I see the love put into it! Sidenote, I will be trying fries dipped in pickle juice now, thanks Shelby.

The controls are killing me

Cool exploration + collecting game, the dialogue and characters are fun, definitely not worth the full price though (It's 2-3h long), buy on sale !