Little Kitty, Big City is an adventure game where you play as a cat. The premise is that you’re an indoor cat living in an apartment. The apartment is on a high level from the ground. Unfortunately, you get a shock and accidentally fall to the ground. Now, you need to find a way back up by exploring the city and talking to others for help.
The moveset is limited. You can jump and are able to adjust the height to a certain degree. Although you cannot really jump that high. You can also use your paws to knock things around or over, and you can cause quite a bit of mischief this time. As a cat, you’re free to explore the various small areas, which are usually cordoned off by water or high fences. As in any city, there are a lot of people walking around and you can nuzzle up to them, or be a bit evil and knock them over, before stealing whatever they are holding.
The explorable area gets bigger as you play. The early areas are small, but there are a lot of nooks and crannies that reveal yet another small explorable area. You don’t have as much freedom as you would hope, as there are still many places where you’d think you should be able to go but can’t. The only new ability you’ll gain is climbing, and even that is very limited to the stamina you have.
The way the game is structured is that it doesn’t hold your hand nor give much of a tutorial. You’re let loose to try things out. You’re supposed to do various mini sidequests where you help others along the way. These are usually fetch quests, finding one of the many collectibles that are scattered around the city. The game can therefore feel a bit aimless as a result. The goal is to explore enough to find the items that give you the stamina required to climb back up home.
There are a few quality-of-life features, such as fast travel points even though the map isn’t too big. There is a pretty artstyle where it’s simplistic, bright and colorful. It suits the tone of the game well. The movement unfortunately remains restricted and limited at times. Given you’re a cat, you’d think you will be a bit quicker, elegant, and nimbler. The humor is subtle, where the animals give flack to the cat.
At its core, the main appeal of the game is playing as a cat. None of the game mechanics, nor the story, are innovative. In fact, the gameplay design can be described as generic and only saved by the appeal of the cat. It’s a short game, taking around two to three hours to complete the ultimate objective of reaching the apartment. All the side content is available by the time you finish the game, and you’re free to finish off the content at your own pace afterwards.
Overall, Little Kitty, Big City is a relaxing game, which is a bit too short to be able to fully get yourself into. The content can be uninspiring but playing as a cat is fun and novel at first. The climbing and jumping mechanics can be awkward, oftentimes you will accidentally jump off something you didn’t want to. It’s a good game to play in between longer serious games, although the pricing is a tad bit high for what you get.
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