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But it's also one of the kindest games to come out all year.","2024-12-04T07:16:27.711303-05:00","2025-07-08T15:29:32.397862-04:00",{"id":365,"logo":379,"name":380,"slug":381,"tags":382,"bluesky":26,"twitter":383,"youtube":384,"facebook":383,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":385,"website_url":386,"score_format":47,"average_score":158,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":387,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":387,"editor_in_chief_email":387,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","game-skinny","[  \n  'independent',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","GameSkinny","@gameskinny4737","Video game guides, reviews, news, and culture.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","N\u002FA",{"id":389,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":390,"author":391,"original_score":397,"normalized_score":398,"review_url":399,"review_date":400,"summary":401,"created_at":402,"updated_at":402,"author_id":392,"last_edited_at":402,"outlet":403},85705,82,{"id":392,"bio":26,"name":393,"avg_score":394,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":395,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":396,"claim_token":26,"article_count":362,"claimed_by_user_id":26},4003,"Michael Leri",70.58823529411765,"2025-01-18T12:10:18.021691-05:00","2025-03-31T05:40:23.962572-04:00","6\u002F10",60,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamerevolution.com\u002Freview\u002F623997-wattam-review#spot-im-comments","2019-12-16","While some video games have their gameyness constantly questioned, famed designer Keita Takahashi has embraced that space with his titles. 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However, it is a great, zero-stress experience that wants to show how great friendship can be. If you’re looking for a game to test your skills or provide you with a mature narrative that makes you think, Wattam ain’t it. 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Its loop of using ridiculous, anthropomorphic characters to complete simple tasks in order to gather more ridiculous, anthropomorphic characters succeeds thanks to the silly and fun situations it puts you in, even if it’s not the most complex or challenging loop to begin with. 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