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One pretty cool little social feature the game has is when you catch a fish an online scoreboard pops up comparing the size of your fish to others. There is also certain kind of bait you can use to attach to your rod to catch other types of fish. When it bites you’ll have to tap Square in the green section of a bar that pops up to catch it. When fishing you’ll cast your rod near a fish and then wait for it to approach. For bugs you’ll need to slowly creep up on them before swinging your net. You can spend your time catching bugs or fish for instance using the in game net and fishing rods.

Outside of doing quests and decorating there there is quite a bit more to do on the island. Between tons of furniture and clothes and accessories there is plenty here to satiate the appetite for the decorating aficionado.

While it’s fun to flip through it can also be a little confusing and cumbersome to find specific things you may be looking for. There is also an in-game catalogue that you can browse divided up into different categories. Shops on the island have new stock every day so it’s always worth going around and checking them out in case there is a cool new item you may want.

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Pearls are the in game currency here and you can use them to upgrade your house as well as buy new things to decorate with or customize your looks with. For every quest you complete you earn some XP which helps you level up which then unlocks more and more things for you to buy and in Castaway Paradise there is no shortage of new and interesting things to buy. Quests also reward XP which is important for leveling up your character. For one when you complete quests you will be given puzzle pieces that you then use to build bridges to open up more of the island. Regardless doing quests is important to other systems in the game.

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Upon looking into this I found that on PC there is the option to cancel a quest for a small price so I found it odd how this isn’t a thing already implemented on the console version. Over time they do repeat themselves a lot so in that sense the game can get quite repetitive and I would’ve liked to see a bigger variety of things to do.Īnother issue I have with the quest system is that if you get stuck on one there is no way to get rid of it. The objectives vary but they can be things such as grow a certain amount of a crops, catch fish, or buying certain things. Every character will constantly have new quests to give you and you can take on up to three at a time. They all also offer you the quests that you will spend a lot of your time in this paradise doing. All of the characters are interesting to go and talk to just to listen to what they have to say or what things they might reference. As far as the looks of the characters they feature more of a block style like something you’d see out of Minecraft then Animal Crossing but the overall art style is colorful and charming making it appeal to gamers of all ages. There’s the Baker, Gustave, who happens to be a Moose and Angus who’s a Baboon. You’ll wander around the island meeting all of your neighbors which are also all animals.

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Don’t worry, this home is free of charge and there is no conniving character here that you are forced into debt to. You’re also given a home which at the start is simply a tent but can be upgraded later.

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The game then puts you through a brief tutorial teaching you a few basics like how to pick up trash around the island and how to plant and water crops. You’re the only human on this island and you’re given a choice of playing a boy or a girl. The game then cuts to you having washed up on an island covered in seaweed where you then meet the mayor named Viktoria who happens to also be a pig. The game opens with your character getting caught in a storm out somewhere in the ocean. It is heavily inspired by that Nintendo game as well as the Harvest Moon franchise but did that inspiration lead to a worthy outcome? Castaway Paradise from Stolen Couch Games pretty much is the Animal Crossing game on those platforms that you have always wanted. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a proper console Animal Crossing game but if you’re a PlayStation or Xbox gamer it’s something you haven’t gotten to experience on your console pretty much ever.

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One of my favorite Nintendo franchises is the Animal Crossing series due to just how fun it is to live in that world with all those crazy animals.