Main game
4.00 average rating based on 7 ratings
As always with Humongous Entertainment, the coziness and excellent music shine. I was just going to give this an honorary 3 star and move on, but I found myself playtesting each of the minigames/activities (and there are a lot!). And to me, perhaps I'm biased because I was raised on HE games and loved Putt Putt in particular (tho was never a Fatty Bear guy), this is a highlight for early minigame collection games. So many of them felt tedious to switch around the games: this was seamless and quick. Speaking of seamless, the way the music just keeps playing as you shift around really makes it flow nicely. The games are varied and surprisingly solid and well-programmed, with nice QoL features and a surprising amount of customizability (you can tell a game is loved by the programmers when there are little touches like able to change how Go Fish cards are shown). I feel like a lot of the games in this can be played in the actual HE games, several felt familiar, Go Fish in particular, but I am quite positive I didn't own this as a kid.
Overall, impressive and cute and well-made. Not sure if it …
As always with Humongous Entertainment, the coziness and excellent music shine. I was just going to give this an honorary 3 star and move on, but I found myself playtesting each of the minigames/activities (and there are a lot!). And to me, perhaps I'm biased because I was raised on HE games and loved Putt Putt in particular (tho was never a Fatty Bear guy), this is a highlight for early minigame collection games. So many of them felt tedious to switch around the games: this was seamless and quick. Speaking of seamless, the way the music just keeps playing as you shift around really makes it flow nicely. The games are varied and surprisingly solid and well-programmed, with nice QoL features and a surprising amount of customizability (you can tell a game is loved by the programmers when there are little touches like able to change how Go Fish cards are shown). I feel like a lot of the games in this can be played in the actual HE games, several felt familiar, Go Fish in particular, but I am quite positive I didn't own this as a kid.
Overall, impressive and cute and well-made. Not sure if it really should warrant a 4 star but I'll just rate it and see how it ends up.
Look: 8/10 That classic HE Look
Sound: 8.5/10 Not as incredible as the official HE games but still has that indelible touch
Play: 7.5/10 I did a whole word search and playtested all the minigames
Feel: 8/10
Attachment: 8/10 Ugh fine I'll give this a 4 star lol. If I had this as a kid, this would've been decidedly great. As for now, it's nice to remember and another cozy example of how excellent HE games are.
Overall: 8/10