{"id":76,"date":"2025-05-23T19:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/2025\/05\/23\/review-little-kitty-big-city-ps5-forgettable-feline-sim-offers-short-lived-fun\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:58:50","slug":"review-little-kitty-big-city-ps5-forgettable-feline-sim-offers-short-lived-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Review: Little Kitty, Big City (PS5) – Forgettable Feline Sim Offers Short-Lived Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little Kitty, Big City is the latest in an expanding litter of animal-themed sandbox games. Much like Goat Simulator 3 or Untitled Goose Game, this is a cosy game with vague objectives and no real consequences if you make a mistake.<\/p>\n

As the name implies, you assume the role of a feisty feline, who\u2019s fallen from his\/her high-rise apartment and is looking for a way home. Set in a Tokyo-inspired cel-shaded city \u2013 complete with konbinis and distinctive pedestrian crossing bleeps and bloops \u2013 you\u2019ll interact with other animals, nuzzle the shiny shoes of salarymen, and generally make a nuisance of yourself.<\/p>\n

Your primary goal is to find four fish, so you have enough Breath of the Wild-style stamina to climb the vines leading back to your house. But along the way you\u2019ll reunite a family of ducks, recycle discarded soda cans, and even help a local artist make a masterpiece.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t really have to do<\/em> anything, and the game\u2019s designed in such a way where you\u2019ll simply stumble into the solutions to your objectives. The gameplay is playful, with the cat being largely well animated, although the platforming \u2013 which relies on a precision jumping mechanic \u2013 is unrewarding, and the frame rate makes the gameplay feel stiff at 30fps.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, while there are some<\/em> creative puzzles in the campaign \u2013 like one where you need to turn off a gardener\u2019s hosepipe in order to steal the food from their kitchen \u2013 there\u2019s a lot<\/em> of filler, like finding boxes and bins to lie in. Yes, it\u2019s all very playful, but we\u2019d have liked to have seem some more in-depth puzzles as opposed to all of the filler.<\/p>\n

You can blast through the story in under two hours, probably less if you\u2019re not fussed about your feline\u2019s optional objectives. But you\u2019ll probably get the most out of it if you approach it with a sense of playfulness: this is a game that\u2019s designed to be prodded and poked \u2013 curiosity may have killed the cat, but your inherent inquisitiveness will do a lot of heavy lifting here.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cute and colourful, then, and something you can zone out with while you listen to a podcast or watch something else. But it won\u2019t live long in the memory, even if its urban backdrop and light-hearted style offers an appreciated change of pace.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n