Some of the areas you’ll explore are people’s homes, downtown for your shopping goodness and the local park. Players will navigate the town by travelling to different vignettes and sets. Painting a low-poly world that’s video game obsessedīutton City’s art style is minimalistic but it works for the warm and cozy feeling that it’s going for. One I highly recommend indulging in is a story that sees you unravelling a conspiracy to track down a video game character that looks to be existing in your world. The same can be said for the side-missions. Jumping in a tall trenchcoat with one of your friends to infiltrate a meeting from the greedy, money-hungry investor looking at purchasing Button City, running a lemonade stand to earn funds for the arcade… the charming activities are endless. It’s padding in an already brief game that doesn’t need it. The only complaint I have here is the back-and-forth nature of visiting and revisiting areas for these missions.
You’ll definitely get to aid Chive in assembling a peripheral for their favourite racing game so that they can play while remaining in their wheelchair. Maybe you’ll explore Lavender’s room and get to play the cute little visual novel game they’re creating but are too shy to share. Missions in-game will have you visiting other characters’ bedrooms. “What Button City also does well is capture what it means to be a lionhearted kid, wearing their heart on their sleeve.” It’s very cute as naming conventions go, clearly. The supporting characters feature names such as Licorice, Cilantro… the list goes on. If you’re noticing all the main characters are named after herbs, it’s on purpose.
Now, Fennell is partied up with a group of friends that include a panda by the name of Lavender, a cat named Sorrel and a bunny by the name of Chive. These are people like Fennell, and finally, they find a home.
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Before long our hero explores the town and stumbles upon Button City, the beloved local arcade full of many others their own age, whether they’re punks or your typical geeks. Like many kids, they’re kind, find it hard to make friends, love video games and hate doing chores. In-game players take up the role of Fennell, an adorable fox that’s moved to a new town with his mother.
I just wish it were also a product that had a little more time in the oven to shine brighter than it currently does.īutton City is an adventure full of quirky writing, video game nerds and fighting against gentrification It’s true that it is a certifiably cute and wholesome game that I needed more than ever, fresh into Melbourne’s sixth lockdown. Some fifteen months later and I’ve finally gotten my hands on Button City. It’s also possible that we were in the thick of some form of global crisis at the time and I needed that level of comfort. Showcasing friendly and adorable anthropomorphic characters on a quest to save a closing arcade, it’s easy to see why I was drawn in. A little over a year ago I first became aware of the indie adventure game Button City. In May 2020, a Wholesome Games Direct dedicated exclusively to showing you cute and cuddly games was the first time I laid eyes on it.
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