Matching Cats

Fofo demais, mas perdi a paciência um pouco tendo que mover um por um.

There's a cat in the game that is grumpily sitting next to a glass of wine, contemplating drinking the whole thing in one go. That cat is now me after playing this game. It's clear that the devs wanted to make a unique puzzler game that featured cute and iconic cats. They succeeded in illustrating some iconic and cute cats. However, the game itself is a nightmare. "Matching Cats" asks you to match cats, yes, that's true, but what it doesn't tell you is that this is an amalgamation of blind puzzle tile sliding and memory, with required single-card flips for EACH SPACE. The result is something that feels like you have to brute-force two potentially enjoyable genres of game at the same time, spending an absolute unnecessary amount of clicks to move one card to where you want it to go. I've had to break up my playtime of this game not out of enjoyment but because it's absolutely infuriating to have to input so much for basic movement, tile by tile, instead of being able to click any tile not adjacent to the current selection, or being able to slide a tile through, say, multiple empty spaces instead. I committed to 100%ing this game and I don't feel like it's worth it. The pluses are really the cats they included in their illustrations. I think the devs made some good choices in which cats to include, selecting images that feel iconic and differentiated enough - for the most part - that the matching part feels fun. I definitely found myself referring to different cats by different made-up names or pertinent descriptors after a while. "Mafia cat," "dancing cat," "Walter making you a deal," "Goofy Walter," "lil orange boi," "alien," "void (puff)," "sad birthday cat," "salad," and similar names feel very familiar and intuitive after a while. Again, I do think the selection and illustration choices are the one good thing in the game. My overall review: If you want to waste your time, if you want tendinitis in your clicking hand, and if you want to forego any amount of actual mental effort or stimulation in favor of simply mindlessly flipping cards even if you already know where their match is, go ahead and play this. Otherwise, I'm gonna recommend you steer clear and find another cute cat puzzler. I'm gonna go get a drink.