Well, I finished the story portion of Cozy Grove. At least until they release more content.
Cozy Grove, as I’ve written about before, is a video game that is best describe as Animal Crossing with ghosts for villagers. Not a 100% accurate but that’s good enough for you to know if you’d want to play it or not.
Before the social and pandemic strife that has been the last couple years, I’d never heard of Iyashikei as a genre at all, let alone one for video games. And now that’s just about all I play :D
Iyashikei is a Japanese term for healing and is used to refer to works that are decompressing and soothing. Man, it’s a handy concept to have found out about.
Okay. Spoilers
Spoilers
You have been warned
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Okay, the story part of the game (as opposed the decorating and landscaping part of the game) has you interact and council seventeen different ghosts. Getting through them all will take between three and four months since Cozy Grove has slow paced, daily gameplay.
The first fourteen ghosts are relatively recent passings and their stories are interconnected. However, the last three are ghosts from ancient times.
And, while their stories were interesting enough, I did not find the ancient ghosts as evocative or as engaging as the other ghosts. It was like the last chapter of a book was actually from another book.
That said, I got literally months of relaxation out of Cozy Grove. It was well worth the playing for me. And if they add more ghosts, I’d play some more. But, for the moment, I’m back to being focused on Animal Crossing :)
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