Developer: Little Cat Feet
Publisher: Degica
Rrp: £6.99 (Steam)
Released: 9th December 2016
Available on: Steam
Played Using: An Xbox 360 Control pad
Approximate game length: 5 hours
So you’ve just discovered you’re the saviour, the messiah of a dying world, a world that isn’t your own. You’d argue but even the god of that world is calling you that. All you want is to go home but apparently that means saving the world.
At face value OneShot looks like a top down puzzle game that has been made with RPG Maker and you’d be absolutely right it is a top down puzzle game that was indeed made with RPG Maker. But there’s also far more to it than that.
You control a cute cat-like character called Niko, note that I didn’t say you play as Niko, the game is quite specific about that. You are you, Niko is Niko, you merely guide Niko through the world and help him solve the puzzles on his quest to save the world and return home. Why make that distinction? Because the game and even Niko will occasionally address you, by name.
This is a game that plays best (and even says so itself) in windowed mode rather than full screen and I advise you do as the game asks. The reason for this being that sometimes the game will sometimes put things required to progress outside of the game. As in it will leave clues, hints etc within your computers folders (nothing invasive just a few text documents and images).
While not an amazing looker this game oozes charm. I fell in love with Niko and really wanted to help him with his plight. In fact it wasn’t just Niko that I developed a bond for, most of the characters had something about them that made me care which in turn made me want to strive to help them.
The game saves automatically when you shut down the game. However there are some in game beds that also save the game and will give a small piece of the story when you reload. You can only use these beds once though.
If you want a game that is heartfelt, gets you to play beyond the usual confines of a game and features no combat at all then I highly recommend OneShot. I do have to mention that this is a game that really requires more than one playthrough to fully understand everything that’s going on. I know that sounds like work but it really is worth it. The game is quite short, even with several playthroughs but I loved every moment I spent with it, to the point that I kind of don’t want to delete the program even though I likely won’t play it again for quite some time.
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