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Review: Cozy Grove – A Great-Looking But Flawed Animal Crossing-Alike, With Ghosts

Animal Crossing over to the other side.

Back in the Wii and DS era, Nintendo tried something new: telling its players to take breaks. We’re no strangers to the Animal Crossing all-nighter, and it seemed like Nintendo was finally starting to worry about our health, but very few people actually heeded the gentle warning. You’re not our mum, Nintendo. In any case, we don’t listen to her either when she tells us to go outside and play.

Cozy Grove is an extension of that ethos: it really, really wants to make sure you’re not playing video games all day. It cares about you. As the CEO of developer Spry Fox puts it: “Cozy Grove doesn’t make you feel like you need to play for 8 hours in a single sitting to “maximize” your experience, and it doesn’t make you feel like you’ve seen everything there is to see in a few days either.” To put it succinctly, Cozy Grove respects your time.

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