Playing games, fighting over petty things, getting into trouble, and battling against the tyranny of unbridled monetary gain. Like The Goonies, except entirely different, the antics of the Fluff Squad are reminiscent of a picturesque Summer of fun and frenzy.
If not that, it’s generally broken up into two primary foundations: rambunctious and somber. Specific characters will twist the immersiveness of the world to showcase the writing’s partialness to breaking the fourth wall. Though some humorous breaks can be found throughout, particularly memes, that provide winks to something more meta. A gentle, nurturing approach to narrative that makes it easy to see this from a child’s perspective, given most of the characters. Most of the writing throughout is the same way. It’s a nice approach to normalizing the implementation of alternative groups of people without alienating them as ostensibly “different.”
One major character is paraplegic a character in a rival group is referred to as nonbinary Sorrel’s parents are referred to as “Mommy and Mama.” Despite these differences to the norm, Button City never addresses these as anything outside of commonplace. There’s also a substantial focus-though not obtusely-on underrepresented groups of people in society that gives the story a more inclusive touch. This decision was one of a few surprises that met with me during my playthrough. The writers may have been keen on showcasing life precisely as it can be, rather than a glossed tale of simplicity. Cute, goofy, wholesome, and vaguely dark, some may be surprised at the flexibility of the story’s writing. Something that should be noted early on is that Button City is prone to a variety of different tones. After finding his place in the world, disaster strikes: Button City is in danger of being sold to a big businessman by the name of Pepperbottom! It’s up to the kids of the arcade family to put a stop to his malicious profiteering. Meeting with more knowledgeable peers, he’s quickly initiated into a group called the Fluff Squad, with their leader, Sorrel, showing him the ropes of the arcade’s premiere game: Gobabots. When he learns of an arcade in town named Button City, he races there immediately the course of his life will change forever with that decision.
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Does this side content and generally-optional variety in gameplay serve as a conditioner for a walk-heavy escapade? The game’s writing becomes all the more crucial to holding the player’s good graces.īutton City is available to purchase on Nintendo Switch, Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X for your regional pricing.ģ) Graphics & Audio – Low-Poly Power Story – All Manners of Lifeįennel is new to town and doesn’t have any friends. A majority of the game will consist of the travel generally skimmed over in stories of grand journeys. Trailers will showcase a variety of different mini-games available to play, but when it comes to the main “adventure,” they’re only so relevant. Though it should be noted that this is every bit a “narrative adventure” as the term implies. For that alone, it may be worth diving into. Button City is another stylistic representation of the colorful world that games can provide, and the relationships they can help forge. So when I think of “arcades,” I have a limited interpretation of what that conveys. Though given the area I grew up in, I was never provided much opportunity to access a “true” arcade scene-the most I can recall were a few machines at a far-off Chuck E. Being born in the early ’90s, I have a vague memory of the arcade era of gaming.
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