COZY GROVE GAMEPLAY UPGRADE

There’s nothing here that will make you want to stay on Cozy Grove after you’ve ticked off your day’s to-do list. Sure, you can continue to scavenge the island for anything you may have missed, or go fishing with what appears to be a limitless supply of fish, but those activities get boring very quickly. Limiting the amount of activity you can complete in a day is a purposeful design choice from developer Spry Fox, but without much else to do to pass the time, I’m not sure it was the right decision. It’s not a major problem, but it is irksome. There’s a perpetual feeling that you don’t want to get rid of anything in case you might need it another day (maybe I already had a boiled egg and got rid of it…) but you need to keep clearing stuff out to make room for the stuff you do need.

COZY GROVE GAMEPLAY UPGRADE

You can upgrade your storage, but it’s costly. It also means that inventory space becomes an issue very quickly. But sometimes, you have no way to complete it within the time simply because you don’t have the required item, and you have no option but to pass on it, missing out on the reward of relationship-building with the island spirit that presented it to you. It’s no problem if it’s an easy task requiring items that you have to hand. A task that will no doubt halt progress of the game at large in the meantime.Īnd so whilst some tasks have no time limits, happy for you to take almost two weeks to complete them, others have strict timers on them, allowing you only a few hours. That means it’s going to take me 12 real days (providing I play every day) to complete one task. I have no way of gathering eggs other than buying them one per day from the island’s vendor. The recipe for a boiled egg? Twelve regular eggs. Tasks that are something more than simply find-and-seek often take too long to complete I have one, for instance, that requires me to craft an item that requires several ingredients, one of which is a boiled egg. Those once-fun tasks start to become monotonous, and there’s little to mix it up. And by gathering resources, you’ll accrue an arsenal of tools – a shovel to dig with, a pickaxe to mine rocks with, a fishing rod to fish with, and more.īut six or seven days into your island getaway, you’ll reach something of an impasse. For the first few days, the twee tasks the game has you complete are fun – you’ll scavenge for hidden items that the island’s spirits ask you for. I’m two weeks in to my Cozy Grove adventure, only able to spend about 30 minutes with the game each day. No you can only play for a small amount of time in one sitting. However, this isn’t the sort of game you can sit down with for hours at a time, racing through its story. Progress through the game by completing tasks and you’ll meet more and more new spirits, growing Cozy Grove as you do. These spirits will set you tasks to complete, and by doing them, you’ll grow bonds with each spirit.

It turns out you’re not quite alone, though the island is inhabited by a number of spirits, all of whom need your help in some way.

Taking on the role of a ‘spirit scout’, Cozy Grove sees you arrive on the titular island, seemingly deserted apart from your own fire and tent. A game that takes cues from Animal Crossing, but is set on a haunted island? Count me in.

Cozy grove gameplay