Platform:
PC, iOS, Android
Publisher:
Cognosphere
Developer:
miHoYo
Release:
(PC,
iOS,
Android), 2027 (Switch 2)
Petit Planet marks Hoyoverse’s maiden voyage into the life sim genre popularized by games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and, most recently, Pokémon Pokopia. The creators of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero have crafted well-received, lucrative free-to-play gacha games across several disparate genres; Petit Planet, fittingly, sees it try to attract yet another world of players. It’s been a year since I first played Petit Planet’s initial alpha test, and I spent a couple of more hours exploring its cozy cosmos at the Hoyoverse Media Tour in Seoul, South Korea. Although what I played has not dramatically changed my opinion of the game – it remains a delightful, if familiar, good time – speaking to its lead designer who goes by the single name Murphy and lead artist Yunli Huang helped shed light on how Petit Planet will differentiate itself from contemporaries and its approach to multiplayer, storytelling, and monetization.
The game’s premise centers on a customizable protagonist who sets out to populate their own personal planet (which is about the size of King Kai’s world from Dragon Ball Z ). Although you are ostensibly human, everyone else is a talking animal. ” The business-minded Glenn the Squirrel is a shopkeeper and seems like a cuter, less aggressive Tom Nook. Yunghou is a shy fox who enjoys farming and has the slightest hint of a southern accent.
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