Haven Park

This obviously seems heavily inspired by A Short Hike, which I love, but it falls short on basically every aspect. The movement just isn't fun. In A Short Hike it feels absolutely awesome, but here it's just wonky. Jumping is awkward, and it's weirdly hard to get around. The map is also very strange. I spent way too long looking for the stupid cable car and ended up in some super weird spots (mostly awkwardly swimming around empty coasts). Managing the camps was bland, and the characters just weren't very charming. Visuals are fine but lack A Short Hike's charm, and the music is sparse and kinda mid. I also ended up with an absolute ton of resources while most of my quests were still unchecked, so the progression felt pretty off. Add camera clipping and some questionable control choices on top of that. It's not terrible, and I went in really wanting to like it, but I just can't be bothered to finish it, even though it's apparently pretty short.

This was such a fun game, on many levels! I enjoyed the aesthetics of it- the park, visitors, and quests were all super cute and fun. The art is great. The feels are there, though I didn't totally understand the urgency, and figured that Grandma must be making her final migration, if you know what I mean, and had the wherewithall and foresight to handle her estate this way? Well, anyway, being a little birb was amazing fun. What works: + A fun park with clear goals: set up camps, speak to campers, finish quests + This park was really fun to explore and had a lot to see + items are readily found, and respawn + at night the drops seems so scary, really fun without lanterns, still fun with them + a good mixture of story-driven tasks and if-you-want-to + My kid played this through the family library and loved it too Improvements: -I played the entire game with my mouse and keyboard (for good or ill LOL) until the Heart of the Mountain Quest in the mines- then I had to break out the controller. I think the jumping mechanic is tough to time, or maybe I am just not ♥♥♥♥ at jumping challenges in games (100% true LOL). - Some people report bugs with the achieveme…

it is a small game that be finished under 5h but totally worth it

A cozy little adventure game in which you explore an island, it's secrets and set up camping sites. It takes 4-5h to complete it with all the achievements done. Easy to get into and easy to pick it up again.

For $10 CAD this is a pretty good game! Surprisingly puzzling at points, and reminds me of one of my favourite games, A Short Hike. I'd probably recommend waiting for a sale or a bundle, since there's only about 5-6 hours of gameplay if you're a completionist like me, but overall I'd say it's worth it. More cozy games need to be aware of this title for sure.

Nice cozy exploration game. 100% easy.