Aka

Aka is a thrilling yet simple game that will have you asking yourself about the choices you have made in life, and if they may have impacted others without you realizing it. Though there isn't a great deal of challenging content, it is refreshing and just overall a lot of fun.

Aka brought along three things with him on his journey: a letter from a faraway friend, a sword he swore would never cut limbs again, and a war-torn past. Aka,

Nothing about the game is so awful as to render it unplayable, and there’s a core of something interesting here. A cute exploration game with farming elements about recovering from the aftermath of a war is a great pitch. But Aka fails to match similar games in quality, despite its unique ideas.

Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora... ...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forget. Switch version reviewed.

I remember first seeing Aka during the Nintendo Indie World Showcase and immediately thinking, “this looks like the perfect, easy-going, slice of life type of game that I could use during the chaos of the holiday season”. To be fair, my instincts were mostly correct, as Aka from Cosmic Gatto is in fact a cathartic, relaxing adventure… in most regards. I will say that after playing it, Aka is not quite the game I expected from the trailers. For good or bad remains to be seen.