Over the past year, an idyllic myrtle tree with anthropomorphized animals has quietly evaporated. No, it’s not new Mule. It’s an under-the-radar game called Hokko Lifeand it’s coming to consoles next month.
At first glance, Hokko Life It undeniably has a strong resemblance to Mule, Nintendo’s life sim series. Both games are set in an idyllic small town, where animals gather, walk, talk, and live cute, human-like lives. Both place an emphasis on cultivation and decoration. Like the villager player character from Mule, you have a small ax. The obvious similarities, you’ll note in the video above, don’t end there.
But Mule was once only playable on Nintendo consoles. There’s a gap for that particular flavor of game in the mainstream console and PC ecosystem, Hokko Life intended to fill in. Last year, shortly after it became available in early access on Steam, Australian Kotaku note that it doesn’t quite feel meaty enough to justify public availability.
That was then. It’s time. During its one year in early access, studio Game of Wonders– nickname for game developer Robert Tatnellwho is doing Hokko Life solo — rolled out several updates, to the point of Hokko Life more or less a full game. One person added a ton of new items. Another person added a system of privileges, like the system it is present in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. But Hokko Life not an exact 1-1 redraw of the game that determined the initial course of the pandemic. Customize in Hokko Life eg much more powerful.
Hokko Life It is currently playable in early access on Steam, where it has a “mostly positive” rating based on approximately 1,000 reviews. It will be released in full on PC, but also on Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, on September 27.
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