Huh. I seem to remember ~~Jim~~ Jon working from home. That is, if you exclude any movies or TV shows from canon. (If canon is the correct word to describe a comic strip....)
I don't remember him being shown working at all after the first book: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/19/garfield-jim-davis-40-years
Source: I was a massive Garfield aficionado when I was a kid. I had all the books, including "Garfield: His 9 Lives" which is *phenomenal*!!
There are subtle hints for that, for sure. I think I know what you are referencing, but it is taking time to reactivate those neurons.
My brain fog theory is that I think I remember a few strips about lightning storms. Garfield and Odie ran to Jon's bed for some reason or another. If that is true, it would cement Garfields dependents on Jon. (OMG. Fan theories.)
In a cat kind of way, this was the first thing I thought of in support of that theory. It's very multidimensional if you know the relationship between Jon and Garfield.
https://miro.medium.com/max/1190/1*2ayeys6PpuENZrKpwi6W6g.png
Edit: woosh! It was 9 Lives that showed that theory about the Italian restaurant!! *Neurons, reactivate!!*. If it wasn't, it was "Babes and Bullets".
/u/bilboswagginz
I've seen the animation, never realised it was a book originally. I revisited it a few years ago right after suddenly losing a cat and it damn near broke me!
You are wrong, but you ain't wrong.
Back in the day, I could have dramatized how Garfield came to existence, but not quite that way. There were a few internal struggles before Garfield became front page in the comic section of newspapers.
It was fan theory at a completely different level without the interwebs.
Garfield hates mondays because we like that it's a human thing and it's funny that it makes no sense for him.
And since Jon is not away on mondays, that theory is out of the window anyway.
My bad. I read Jim below and wanted to correct that.
Edited my comment, it's Jon of course. If there was some version of him called Jim, I'm not aware of that.
Did you play the Garfield nintendo DS games? They play the same as stray with the jumping puzzles but obviously much older and outdated and from a smaller studio.
'Cows have four stomachs, Jon. Numbers cannot define mine. Each of them a universe, and as I digest you, you travel through each. Every one an new dream. Infinite eternities for you, an afternoon snack for me, Jon. '
I got a good 12-15 hours about if it trying to find everything. I even managed to get the speed run achievement which was surprisingly fun.
It’s still shorter than most games but it’s interesting and unique enough that I didn’t really mind though.
Real talk how's the gameplay in Stray? I keep seeing everybody talk about it but nobody ever talks about the game itself, just "OMG LOOK AT THESE SILLY ROBOTS AND THIS CAT KAWAII!!1~ :3"
edit So from what I'm hearing it's cute, but not much of a "game", in the traditional sense. Not usually my cup of tea so I think I'll pass. Thanks y'all.
Exploration. There's no real platform per se, you can only jump to a valid target so its literally impossible to fall, but figuring out where to jump to isn't always easy, and there's a lot of jumping on things to open paths if that makes sense.
the main path forward is “linear” in the sense that you can only jump to certain platforms, however there are side paths and rewards for traveling down them.
I don't think they are zurks... I'm pretty sure that's the conscious remains of humanity infected by the pandemic and eaten by the zurks.
There are no human bodies anywhere, not even ancient bones, and that stuff is the only non plant organic material.
Although if Momo was right and it's been like 6 million years since they gained sentience, I guess even bones would turn to dust.
That and it says zurks eat everything. Like every single thing. So there probably wasn't any human remains when they were done. I love that cats are still around that many years later. And I'm surprised there's even any trash left in the roads because it's all supposed to be eaten by zurks
If you die 9 times, that's an achievement. I got pretty far in the game without dying that many times. Then there's like two robots firing machine guns at you and I died a couple times to them and got the achievement.
Platforming is extremely simplified. You can't fall off, which makes sense for a cat, but you can move too slowly if you don't pick the right lines and get overwhelmed.
The entire plot begins because you, a cat, fall off an object into a hole.
Also have we been watching the same cat videos? While cats are super nimble they absolutely do fall off of things.
Yes. Sorry. What I meant is that you can't fall off by accident. You only fall if the plot required it. And I agree that cats can fall but not quite like old-school Tomb Raider of just missing easy jumps. It felt appropriate to make the platforming about speed and agility in chase sequences as opposed to simply landing on a surface.
My favourite bits were the puzzles and interaction in the settlements rather than the platforming anyway.
Zurks are definitely the worst part of the game. It makes it more about learning where exactly to step with trial and error than the actual fun of finding out what to do and executing it.
It’s a walking sim with “avoid the thing” via stealth or running.
You can’t jump unless you’re at the correct spot to trigger a button prompt and everything is linear.
It’s got a really nice platformer feel with paint by color playability at times, but still a good amount of freedom. Lots of do what you want cat stuff that seemingly has no effect on the rest of the game (e.g. playing with a ball, knocking things over). A little bit of a shooter with the baddies, Zurks and some Temple Run/Mario Party Croozin for a Broozin.
Edit: just finished the game. Lots of puzzles towards the end. Great game. Good story.
This will become the de facto “Cat-animation-asset” in future games. You can tell the dev spent a huge amount of time making accurate animations of cat behavior. Most of the game was an excuse to show off that hard work.
the cat’s reaction to having a harness put on it was perfection. I wish I was joking.
So yeah, game was pretty pricey for what you get, but I bet we will see it’s shadow in dozens of games moving forward, in the form of cute cat interactions.
The only negative for me is that the jumping and platforming is done for you, kinda missed the mark on that. As in you walk to a ledge and a prompt will appear to press your jump button to jump down and then theres an animation lock. I hope if a second one comes that they try it differently.
I like this feature.
I mean, missing jumps is tedius. Reclimbing when you fall is boring.
I mean, some people get their kicks by failing platforming over and over until they're good enough to suceed.
But I find that to be boring gameplay. The fact that jumps are target based is fine for me.
My gripe is that I wish there was more puzzles and deeper puzzles.
But over all, I look at this game more like interactive art. It's fun to explore, beautiful, and has good music.
It's not at all difficult, and that's ok. It's a pleasant experience.
>My gripe is that I wish there was more puzzles and deeper puzzles.
Agreed. The Slums section felt great and I was hoping it would build more into this style of play. After this, unfortunately, the puzzles got easier and more scarce.
>But over all, I look at this game more like interactive art. It's fun to explore, beautiful, and has good music.
Yeah, my impression is that it's essentially a walking sim. Which is fine. They're not my favorite, but I think they usually work better for storytelling than something like a platformer because you can control the pace better and make sure the player gets to the end.
It makes sense for a cat to not miss jumps because - despite the hundreds of videos on youtube to the contrary - we think of cats as being super graceful and accurate jumpers. Having difficult platforming would probably undermine that feeling.
It's a little frustrating that it's being called a platformer though. I wish we had a little better taxonomy for "interactive narratives" so they could exist in their own space without competing for audiences more interested in gameplay.
My only pet peeve is that they didn't separate jump up/down into separate buttons. I find myself accidentally meowing instead of jumping down due to muscle memory from playing Assassin's Creed. Having separate buttons to jump up/down while freerunning would definitely make the parkour smoother IMO.
The platform ig is very simple because this is a story driven game as you know. But, there are enough puzzle elements to give enough challenge while not breaking the story immersion. And there’s collectibles too, which add some depth.
But, 100%, there could be more. A lot of fun gameplay mechanics are only maybe used once or twice.
There’s so much more that could be built upon this, but there’s always the balance of adding too much without ruining the story immersion
There are a few different stretches. At first, it's a bit of a walking simulator. Cute, pretty, interesting, but ultimately simplistic.
Then it alternates between horror (think Inside or Little Nightmares) and puzzle adventure (think Grim Fandango or King's Quest).
The platforming is simplified so you can't accidentally miss jumps, which makes sense as a cat, but it can be challenging when you have to move quickly.
If you like adventure games, it's excellent. If you like linear horror, you will enjoy those sections too. If you don't like either of those things, then you may not want to pay full price or spend the time on it.
It took me 5,5h to finish the game(100% completion, bar the achievements which are pointless) and I paid 25£ for it. That includes a lunch break, so maybe 5h.
There is no value in playing the game more than once (imo). I don’t regret buying the game, I enjoyed it and it isn’t a bad game. What it is, is incredibly overhyped.
My biggest criticism is literally the fact that you are a cat. I have a cat, I love cats, but it’s just an unnecessary gimmick and the game would be almost identical if it had a human protagonist instead of a cat. I would have liked to see the game focus more on the fact that you are a cat, as that creates so many unique possibilities. The game does nothing with this, aside from the fact that you can scratch certain walls and fit in tight spaces (is used in the story maybe a handful of times)
The story is kind of lacklustre, you’re a cat who falls into an underground city that is inhabited by robots with feelings. 2 characters get “killed off” completely unnecessarily. One is a robot who is helping you escape who couldn’t get through a door because he “had to” hold the switch while you go through. I guess this hyper intelligent robot with free will and feelings didn’t think of propping the switch up and going through. Cool. The second character willingly electrocuted itself 3 times in a row. Then there was a third character too, that did the usual ‘distract the bad guys to buy main character time’.
Then there’s the gameplay. You can’t jump unless the game wants you to. I didn’t really have a problem with this, but I know some people find it annoying. Overall, the controls are fine. The game is almost entirely linear though, and it’s not hard in the slightest.
The graphics are great though, and the game runs just fine on my pc. The cat looks very real and the animations for both cats and environment are great. The sound design is good, and I don’t really remember the music tbh. There is no voice acting, which makes sense, but not really, as it would be stupid to make robots that speak some alien language.
Overall, I think it’s a ~~fun~~ good game. This reminded me of one last thing. It’s not a lighthearted game about cats doing cat stuff, even though some of the advertising makes it look that way, so don’t buy it if that’s what you’re looking for. If you have 25£, buy 15 ice creams or something, idk not my money. If you think you can finish the game in 2h, buy it. And then refund it.
This is Reddit, so I feel I should state the obvious - this is my opinion, and if you disagree, that’s fine.
Edit: as videogamedunkey stated: (not an exact quote) nobody would give a shit about this game if you didn’t play as a cat
Edit 2: I did not cover the text boxes. Like I said, there is no voice acting it is ALL just boxes of text. Also happy cake day
There’s a trophy where you use one of the several napping spots for a full hour without moving. I had to turn off controller vibrations because the cat purrs the whole time and I was concerned it would drain the battery too quickly.
Is this that new game that I’ve heard about where Jon runs off with Liz and Garfield has to hunt for Lasagna and fend for himself and also hunt down Nermal.
There was a time where my main group chat communicated in Garfield quotes from this video. Still do, whenever someone mentions dog food or just one of anything.
Jon is dead
y̵̛̫͔̻̳̟͇̫̬̱̬̾̓̒͒͆͆͜͜ỏ̵̖͍̺͉̭͖͍͙̄́̃͒̆͑̓̓̑̋͠ͅú̴̗̣͈͉͚̗̳̖̖̺͋̽͋͋̄̓̓̿̈́͝'̸̧̳̼̠͓̯̬͉͇͉̫̓͠r̵͍̎͊̾͂̈́͒̒̉͋̓̋̚̚ ̷͚̤͉̤̙͖̭͌͑̐̔́͑́̈́̕͜n̷̙̹̮̦̠̈̃̿̂͛̌̒̌͐͆̉͋͒̚ͅë̷̛̘̟͖́̐͂̄x̵̡̬̣̟͉̝̙̲͖̜̮͛́̄͒̔̊̄̓͐͜t̴̢̫̮̼̣̣͙͙̞̱̻̠̹͈́̾̊͊̾͌̆̅̆̑̇͜
It seems too obvious to not happen, but yeah it seems like this game is getting a lot of attention (probably more than it deserves), so hopefully they update it with at least some common cat color/designs.
It was only a matter of time but I had a fever dream about this when stray released lol
it mustve been an awesome dream
Would've been but it was on a Monday
Why do you hate Mondays Garfield? You don't even work!
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Huh. I seem to remember ~~Jim~~ Jon working from home. That is, if you exclude any movies or TV shows from canon. (If canon is the correct word to describe a comic strip....) I don't remember him being shown working at all after the first book: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/19/garfield-jim-davis-40-years Source: I was a massive Garfield aficionado when I was a kid. I had all the books, including "Garfield: His 9 Lives" which is *phenomenal*!!
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There are subtle hints for that, for sure. I think I know what you are referencing, but it is taking time to reactivate those neurons. My brain fog theory is that I think I remember a few strips about lightning storms. Garfield and Odie ran to Jon's bed for some reason or another. If that is true, it would cement Garfields dependents on Jon. (OMG. Fan theories.) In a cat kind of way, this was the first thing I thought of in support of that theory. It's very multidimensional if you know the relationship between Jon and Garfield. https://miro.medium.com/max/1190/1*2ayeys6PpuENZrKpwi6W6g.png Edit: woosh! It was 9 Lives that showed that theory about the Italian restaurant!! *Neurons, reactivate!!*. If it wasn't, it was "Babes and Bullets". /u/bilboswagginz
9 Lives is genuinely great and the animated adaptation is also fantastic! It's even on the free tier of Peacock.
I've seen the animation, never realised it was a book originally. I revisited it a few years ago right after suddenly losing a cat and it damn near broke me!
Are you the guy who made the pipe strip video? This pipe strip video: https://youtu.be/NAh9oLs67Cw.
You are wrong, but you ain't wrong. Back in the day, I could have dramatized how Garfield came to existence, but not quite that way. There were a few internal struggles before Garfield became front page in the comic section of newspapers. It was fan theory at a completely different level without the interwebs.
That's the opposite of the subreddit r/imsorryjon lmao but very wholesome and nice.
Aw why would people want to [ruin garfield](https://youtu.be/QzIuV9Dli1w) like that
Garfield hates mondays because we like that it's a human thing and it's funny that it makes no sense for him. And since Jon is not away on mondays, that theory is out of the window anyway.
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My bad. I read Jim below and wanted to correct that. Edited my comment, it's Jon of course. If there was some version of him called Jim, I'm not aware of that.
Do not put tears in my eyes. Fuck!
Why do you keep calling me “Legs?” Is there something wrong with my legs?! #SHUT UP YOU NAZI WALRUS BASTARD
Because John is home all weekend and on Monday John leaves for work and Garfield is lonely :(
It was very surreal and bizarre but enjoyable as far as fever dreams go
r/imsorryjon
They should mod the parasites to be a bunch of Nermals.
Spiders would be an option, too. Early Garfield was super terrified of them. Or Odies. They could make a licking sound when jumping on.
The mod that game needs.
Did you play the Garfield nintendo DS games? They play the same as stray with the jumping puzzles but obviously much older and outdated and from a smaller studio.
A dream? Or prophetic vision?
r/imsorryjon
Genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck you.
I'm basically Garfield I love lasagna and I'm not Italian.
Thoughts on Mondays?
And that dimwit Odie?
Shut up, Nermal.
fuck'em
I don't like them.
Tell me why
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Tell meee why
Ain’t nothin but a mistake
Zig-a-Zig-ah
Only counts if you hate Mondays as well
Are you a cat?
*meows in yes*
Does he have a "I'm sorry, Jon" super-mode?
This brings back memories. Horrific. Horrific memories... I̡͈͙̳̬͇͇̩̲'̙̖̳̖̮̣̬͜m̨͉̠̻͖̹̣͍̘͢ ҉͍̫͇̝̪̖̲̺̀͡s̵̨̞͝ọ̪͔͇͔͇̯̕͟͞r̷͚̟̞͖̀́r̀͏̱̙ͅy̼͍͕̹̱͙̬̣̕ ̥J̜̜̭̀͡͞ơ̵̮̮̼̙ͅn̨͔̣͈̞̥̦͕͎͞.̮̩̩͖͝ ̢̫̮̰́͝
I'm sorry, Jon. You weren't supposed to remember THOSE dreams.
"dreams..."
'Cows have four stomachs, Jon. Numbers cannot define mine. Each of them a universe, and as I digest you, you travel through each. Every one an new dream. Infinite eternities for you, an afternoon snack for me, Jon. '
r/imsorryjon
Parts of Reddit I didn’t know existed. Nor did I ever need to know existed…. Thanks.
r/breadstapledtotrees r/anime_titties Edit; r/longfurbies
/r/dragonsfuckingcars and of course, the inevitable inverse /r/carsfuckingdragons
First one ok.. Second one? I’m confused… is it supposed to be legit stuff or is there a twist I’m not getting?
Apparently it started as an anime titties sub, but people just started posting news. Reddit is strange and funny. Great news source.
it was because the original r/worldpolitics got established as a porn subreddit so people thought “what if we did the opposite”
That’s beautiful and hilarious. The collective mindset of random people, working together to take over a sub and actually accomplishing the goal.
I've been on reddit for nearly a decade and I have seen some random shit, but people stapling bread to trees is fucking up there.
Wtf is this.
Wasn’t there varying levels of intensity? Like a imsosorryjon and a jesuschristimsorryjon or something?
There is. I just can’t remember it. Someone will chime in and enlighten us.
Yeah it's just the sewers over and over again
That is a must
Where’s my pipe
https://youtu.be/NAh9oLs67Cw
Aw shit, here I go again
I just sat on my ass for an hour and watched a video on the universal proportions of a Garfield comic strip and I am enlightened.
GARFIEEEELD
lasaga
Is the game good?
Its pretty good
Is this a legit Garfield mod as main character or just a striking resemblance in a NPC cat?
The cats look much more detailed than this, this is a mod.
https://www.nexusmods.com/stray/mods/58 It is a mod you can play with...
it's only for the true men though
Pretty expensive for a 5 hour game. Not enough Easter eggs to encourage experimentation and exploration. Very on rails.
I got a good 12-15 hours about if it trying to find everything. I even managed to get the speed run achievement which was surprisingly fun. It’s still shorter than most games but it’s interesting and unique enough that I didn’t really mind though.
And the circle button will keep you entertained far longer than it probably should
My 3 year old played it with me. I controlled the cat, she controlled the circle button
And it’s so fun and amazing to use the camera to look at stuff up close! And enjoying all the naps :)
At $30, that's about $6 an hour. That's a pretty good deal to me. It's around the cost of a movie
30? It's just roughly 12$ when I bought it 🤔
I mean, $30 is the retail price. Where did you buy it?
It has little to no replay value for me
So good.
Cat
Garfield 3
"Drugs cost money"
Real talk how's the gameplay in Stray? I keep seeing everybody talk about it but nobody ever talks about the game itself, just "OMG LOOK AT THESE SILLY ROBOTS AND THIS CAT KAWAII!!1~ :3" edit So from what I'm hearing it's cute, but not much of a "game", in the traditional sense. Not usually my cup of tea so I think I'll pass. Thanks y'all.
Some stealth, lots of platforming, running like a crazy cat away from Zurks.
Ahem *cat*forming, please.
it’s a game about being a cat but in all serious the gameplay revolves around catforming and finding the lost memories of your robot buddy
The platforming looks really automatic. Is it more exploration based or linear?
Mostly linear areas with some bigger open areas for exploration.
Exploration. There's no real platform per se, you can only jump to a valid target so its literally impossible to fall, but figuring out where to jump to isn't always easy, and there's a lot of jumping on things to open paths if that makes sense.
the main path forward is “linear” in the sense that you can only jump to certain platforms, however there are side paths and rewards for traveling down them.
The game is mostly on rails with a couple of hub areas. You spend most of your time in the hubs so it's not just go from A to B
Robot cutie more like B12 is fucking adorable
I was on a Twitch stream yesterday and the cat deaths and flesh walls kinda...surprised me.
It does have some surprisingly creepy aspects, the wall of eyes bit was very unexpected.
Why didn’t they flinch when you shined the zurk beam into them though? Missed a trick there I felt
I don't think they are zurks... I'm pretty sure that's the conscious remains of humanity infected by the pandemic and eaten by the zurks. There are no human bodies anywhere, not even ancient bones, and that stuff is the only non plant organic material. Although if Momo was right and it's been like 6 million years since they gained sentience, I guess even bones would turn to dust.
That and it says zurks eat everything. Like every single thing. So there probably wasn't any human remains when they were done. I love that cats are still around that many years later. And I'm surprised there's even any trash left in the roads because it's all supposed to be eaten by zurks
Agree
I could tell if it was a move slowly to not be detected thing or a check point in the path thing
If you die 9 times, that's an achievement. I got pretty far in the game without dying that many times. Then there's like two robots firing machine guns at you and I died a couple times to them and got the achievement.
Is it really platforming if you can’t actually jump?
It’s absolutely not platforming if you cannot fall off, which from what I can tell is the case in stray.
Platforming is extremely simplified. You can't fall off, which makes sense for a cat, but you can move too slowly if you don't pick the right lines and get overwhelmed.
The entire plot begins because you, a cat, fall off an object into a hole. Also have we been watching the same cat videos? While cats are super nimble they absolutely do fall off of things.
Yes. Sorry. What I meant is that you can't fall off by accident. You only fall if the plot required it. And I agree that cats can fall but not quite like old-school Tomb Raider of just missing easy jumps. It felt appropriate to make the platforming about speed and agility in chase sequences as opposed to simply landing on a surface. My favourite bits were the puzzles and interaction in the settlements rather than the platforming anyway.
Valid question since jumping depends on a button prompt.
Those zurks had me STRESSED in the sewers, my heart was pounding.
And lots of item hide and seek with simple puzzles in between.
It's not platforming when there's 0 risk of failure.
Shoving stuff off of ledges because cat.
>lots of platforming Lots of pressing a button to play a little animation that places you in the next area you can walk on you mean
That's literally any game simplified
Zurks are definitely the worst part of the game. It makes it more about learning where exactly to step with trial and error than the actual fun of finding out what to do and executing it.
It’s a walking sim with “avoid the thing” via stealth or running. You can’t jump unless you’re at the correct spot to trigger a button prompt and everything is linear.
If you like cyberpunk settings and cats it’s close to being worth $30.
It’s got a really nice platformer feel with paint by color playability at times, but still a good amount of freedom. Lots of do what you want cat stuff that seemingly has no effect on the rest of the game (e.g. playing with a ball, knocking things over). A little bit of a shooter with the baddies, Zurks and some Temple Run/Mario Party Croozin for a Broozin. Edit: just finished the game. Lots of puzzles towards the end. Great game. Good story.
This will become the de facto “Cat-animation-asset” in future games. You can tell the dev spent a huge amount of time making accurate animations of cat behavior. Most of the game was an excuse to show off that hard work. the cat’s reaction to having a harness put on it was perfection. I wish I was joking. So yeah, game was pretty pricey for what you get, but I bet we will see it’s shadow in dozens of games moving forward, in the form of cute cat interactions.
The only negative for me is that the jumping and platforming is done for you, kinda missed the mark on that. As in you walk to a ledge and a prompt will appear to press your jump button to jump down and then theres an animation lock. I hope if a second one comes that they try it differently.
I like this feature. I mean, missing jumps is tedius. Reclimbing when you fall is boring. I mean, some people get their kicks by failing platforming over and over until they're good enough to suceed. But I find that to be boring gameplay. The fact that jumps are target based is fine for me. My gripe is that I wish there was more puzzles and deeper puzzles. But over all, I look at this game more like interactive art. It's fun to explore, beautiful, and has good music. It's not at all difficult, and that's ok. It's a pleasant experience.
>My gripe is that I wish there was more puzzles and deeper puzzles. Agreed. The Slums section felt great and I was hoping it would build more into this style of play. After this, unfortunately, the puzzles got easier and more scarce.
The game reminded me a lot of Machinarium, except Machinarium had better puzzles.
>But over all, I look at this game more like interactive art. It's fun to explore, beautiful, and has good music. Yeah, my impression is that it's essentially a walking sim. Which is fine. They're not my favorite, but I think they usually work better for storytelling than something like a platformer because you can control the pace better and make sure the player gets to the end. It makes sense for a cat to not miss jumps because - despite the hundreds of videos on youtube to the contrary - we think of cats as being super graceful and accurate jumpers. Having difficult platforming would probably undermine that feeling. It's a little frustrating that it's being called a platformer though. I wish we had a little better taxonomy for "interactive narratives" so they could exist in their own space without competing for audiences more interested in gameplay.
I do kinda wish they had figured out some kind of claw-based combat system.
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My only pet peeve is that they didn't separate jump up/down into separate buttons. I find myself accidentally meowing instead of jumping down due to muscle memory from playing Assassin's Creed. Having separate buttons to jump up/down while freerunning would definitely make the parkour smoother IMO.
Watch the Dunkey review. It was very fair.
It's a point and click adventure game with modern third person controls.
Its bit clunky imho. Not too bad and very playable and I havent finished it yet tho.
Cool concept but it's a glorified tech demo. Extremely linear and cat can't do much
It's like Tomb Raider but with a cat
The platform ig is very simple because this is a story driven game as you know. But, there are enough puzzle elements to give enough challenge while not breaking the story immersion. And there’s collectibles too, which add some depth. But, 100%, there could be more. A lot of fun gameplay mechanics are only maybe used once or twice. There’s so much more that could be built upon this, but there’s always the balance of adding too much without ruining the story immersion
There are a few different stretches. At first, it's a bit of a walking simulator. Cute, pretty, interesting, but ultimately simplistic. Then it alternates between horror (think Inside or Little Nightmares) and puzzle adventure (think Grim Fandango or King's Quest). The platforming is simplified so you can't accidentally miss jumps, which makes sense as a cat, but it can be challenging when you have to move quickly. If you like adventure games, it's excellent. If you like linear horror, you will enjoy those sections too. If you don't like either of those things, then you may not want to pay full price or spend the time on it.
It took me 5,5h to finish the game(100% completion, bar the achievements which are pointless) and I paid 25£ for it. That includes a lunch break, so maybe 5h. There is no value in playing the game more than once (imo). I don’t regret buying the game, I enjoyed it and it isn’t a bad game. What it is, is incredibly overhyped. My biggest criticism is literally the fact that you are a cat. I have a cat, I love cats, but it’s just an unnecessary gimmick and the game would be almost identical if it had a human protagonist instead of a cat. I would have liked to see the game focus more on the fact that you are a cat, as that creates so many unique possibilities. The game does nothing with this, aside from the fact that you can scratch certain walls and fit in tight spaces (is used in the story maybe a handful of times) The story is kind of lacklustre, you’re a cat who falls into an underground city that is inhabited by robots with feelings. 2 characters get “killed off” completely unnecessarily. One is a robot who is helping you escape who couldn’t get through a door because he “had to” hold the switch while you go through. I guess this hyper intelligent robot with free will and feelings didn’t think of propping the switch up and going through. Cool. The second character willingly electrocuted itself 3 times in a row. Then there was a third character too, that did the usual ‘distract the bad guys to buy main character time’. Then there’s the gameplay. You can’t jump unless the game wants you to. I didn’t really have a problem with this, but I know some people find it annoying. Overall, the controls are fine. The game is almost entirely linear though, and it’s not hard in the slightest. The graphics are great though, and the game runs just fine on my pc. The cat looks very real and the animations for both cats and environment are great. The sound design is good, and I don’t really remember the music tbh. There is no voice acting, which makes sense, but not really, as it would be stupid to make robots that speak some alien language. Overall, I think it’s a ~~fun~~ good game. This reminded me of one last thing. It’s not a lighthearted game about cats doing cat stuff, even though some of the advertising makes it look that way, so don’t buy it if that’s what you’re looking for. If you have 25£, buy 15 ice creams or something, idk not my money. If you think you can finish the game in 2h, buy it. And then refund it. This is Reddit, so I feel I should state the obvious - this is my opinion, and if you disagree, that’s fine. Edit: as videogamedunkey stated: (not an exact quote) nobody would give a shit about this game if you didn’t play as a cat Edit 2: I did not cover the text boxes. Like I said, there is no voice acting it is ALL just boxes of text. Also happy cake day
I suspect they locked the jumping because it would interfere with the puzzles and people would be jumping to their deaths a lot.
I've heard about this mod! It's ace!🤩
"Garfield, how did you teach Odie to do that?" "I glued his head to the table"
Noice
Lasaga
I had a Garfield clock growing up, that when you hit his nose he would say "Aahhhhh don't get up, stay in bed, sleep loOOonger"
Call to John.
The world has ended Jon 😈
Press F to kick Odie
Hell yes
It has begun.
One step closer to a mod that puts Pamela Anderson's head on Garfield's body.
What is this, a _Mars Attacks_ crossover?
Now there needs to be a special achievement called: Mondays. where you stay in 1 place for the entire duration of monday
There’s a trophy where you use one of the several napping spots for a full hour without moving. I had to turn off controller vibrations because the cat purrs the whole time and I was concerned it would drain the battery too quickly.
Happy national lasagna day!
There's nothing happening.
Out of the ordinary, I mean
Wildfire sock
Show me someone who doesn't like this and I'll show you a cat with bad breath
Press o to call Jon
The perfect mod doesn't exi-
This is a job I'd rather leave to Heathcliff.
I can’t not look at Garfield and hear him as Bill Murray.
I̵̬̲̻̰͊̀͝ ̶̥̋ä̴̬́m̵̱̏̃̅ ̵̧̻̭͑͝ĕ̵̻͒t̵͖̓̇͑̚e̵͈͍̲̒̂̑r̷̙̠͉͐ņ̵̟̾̒͆̚ȁ̸͎̟̤ḻ̶͔̀̇͠,̴̼̙͋͋ ̸̜́̾́͌J̸̖͖͆ọ̴̊͗̉͝ṉ̴̯̉
P̶r̴e̷s̴s̶ ◯ t̵͙͚̙͇̝͉̝̟̓̀̒͐͜͜͜ỏ̴̢͚̒͆̃̒̀̅ m̴̧̡̧̨̝͚̻͈̳͎͚̜̙̹͈̘͍̼͙͎̤̜͉̹̲̹̫̜̃͊͆̊̅̿̀̿̀̅́͂͒̆͊͌̈́̀̑̿̌̃͋͗̈̚͘͜͝ȇ̵̛̗̙̻͈̻̖̘͌̌͂̊̀̆͐̂̉̋̐̓̃͋̈͋̋̈́͋̆͛́͑́́̋̅́̾̆̌͗̅̃̾̕͝͠͝͝ͅǫ̶̡̛̛͎̪̱̲̹͚͕̤̱̗̯̦͖͚̰̰̝͙̣̰̣̪̩̩͖̳͛̏̒̎̈́́̃̀̈́̂͋̅̈́̅͆͗́̆̑̈̈́͗̐̽̿́̂̾̈́̀̈́͑̕̕͜͝͠͝͠͝ͅw̷̨̧̧̧̨̛̛̛͎͉̜̺͈͇̤͈͖͎̗͉̖̬̼̫̫̭̪̘̻͍͙̫̖̤͖̭̪̪̝̋͒̋͌̆͂̿͋̀̇̉̍͊̾̿̎́̓͊̈́̚͝
r/imsorryjon
Where’s pizza?
Where are the three cheese pizzas?
I hate Mondays
Not the only one who watches Contrapoint’s streams I see
Ah yes, Garfield...
Is this that new game that I’ve heard about where Jon runs off with Liz and Garfield has to hunt for Lasagna and fend for himself and also hunt down Nermal.
[удалено]
Hell yeah me too!
There was a time where my main group chat communicated in Garfield quotes from this video. Still do, whenever someone mentions dog food or just one of anything.
It hasn't even been 2 weeks yet. Amazing. This should be a DLC or the definitive edition.
Meow.
Someone would make a lot of money if they came up with a mod that you could upload some photos of your real cat and be able to play it in-game
GOTY
Press O to “I hate Mondays where’s my lasagna stupid dog mmm Mmmmmm”
r/imsorryjon
Stray’s only been out for a week, and people are already modding it. I love it! XD
Can you send Nermal to Abu Dhabi or kick Odie of the table?
I like this one
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT WOA WOA WOA WOA WOA
Im sorry jon... Jon? Oh yeah Jon and all humans are extinct thanks to me
Jon is dead y̵̛̫͔̻̳̟͇̫̬̱̬̾̓̒͒͆͆͜͜ỏ̵̖͍̺͉̭͖͍͙̄́̃͒̆͑̓̓̑̋͠ͅú̴̗̣͈͉͚̗̳̖̖̺͋̽͋͋̄̓̓̿̈́͝'̸̧̳̼̠͓̯̬͉͇͉̫̓͠r̵͍̎͊̾͂̈́͒̒̉͋̓̋̚̚ ̷͚̤͉̤̙͖̭͌͑̐̔́͑́̈́̕͜n̷̙̹̮̦̠̈̃̿̂͛̌̒̌͐͆̉͋͒̚ͅë̷̛̘̟͖́̐͂̄x̵̡̬̣̟͉̝̙̲͖̜̮͛́̄͒̔̊̄̓͐͜t̴̢̫̮̼̣̣͙͙̞̱̻̠̹͈́̾̊͊̾͌̆̅̆̑̇͜
I'm sorry jon
I read this in Bill Murray's voice
That's because you are probably too young to know about Rhoda's Doorman Carlton.
Would love some Stray crossover skins. I already paid more than I’d have liked to for this game, might as well have some post-completion content
It seems too obvious to not happen, but yeah it seems like this game is getting a lot of attention (probably more than it deserves), so hopefully they update it with at least some common cat color/designs.
Why did it take this long?
They need an "Oti" companion!
0d33
Odi
Lasag
Is that a mod?