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[Moogie]

Definitely tickles my roguelike fancy. I've been playing it lots too. My best so far was as the goat: I reached 67 years after a string of 5 embarassing failures that convinced me that the animal was cursed. Go figure. xP

Same thing happened with the porcupine. After thinking to myself "This is impossible... this animal has -nothing- going for it", I lasted some 40-odd years and broke 100k score when it died.

I'm enjoying playing as the grazers more than the predators, though both are a lot of fun and have a suprising amount of strategy once you wise up from the rookie habits of eating every piece of food you run across, or mating before getting your stat boosts/resetting area food levels inappropriately. The one thing I wish was different, somehow, is the Challenges in survival mode. I dislike that I can fail a challenge, but I don't get a retry. It makes completing the rest of the challenge list feel like a pointless endeavor, because even if I complete all of them successfully, that one failure makes the final reward unachievable.

Favourite animal to play so far? The goat ended up being suprisingly fun, especially in the later years where every street was filled with roaming cheetah and packs of lions. The horse was also amusing due to its 'stomp' attack that can squash mutliple toy dogs in a single brutal strike.

All in all, I'm very glad I got this game. If you're curious or on the fence about it, I'd highly recommend it. It's addictive!

[DeKaFu]

My first try with the sheep of all things netted me my first 100-year run. Don't mess with the sheep, man. I made it to 104 before dying. After that, my first try with the Lycaon got me 107 years AND a Tuxedo. Which I burned half the durability on before realizing you can't buy another. 

A couple tips for late-game survival:
The sewer/underground is your friend. Underground areas never get polluted, which means they're the only place that isn't overrun with toxicity and poisoned food in the later years.

Also: Sleeping (using a nest with no mate) seems useless at first, but it actually reduces your toxicity level to zero and restores your health. It's a lifesaver if you're stuck at 100% toxicity and can't find any unpolluted food.


I'm finding that a lot of the large late-game animals like the horse are actually harder, because they can't climb buildings, go underground or hide in grass. Sure, they're big and fast, but they end up having a lot fewer options when they run into trouble.

Then again, horse + chicken party event + "kill 25 animals" challenge = the most hilarious/bizarre moment I've had in the game yet. Especially since I was alternating between playing this and Harvest Moon at the time.

[nenjin]

I had no idea the game was awesomely sandboxy. I was toying with the idea of getting a PS3, but now I think I might actually have to commit.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I finally have a reason to use my PS3 other than MGS.

[Moogie]

I just wanted to say that playing as a Japanese office worker is fricken' hilarious. He doesn't breed (thankfully?...) but it's great fun listening to his soundbites and watching his attack animations. He's herbivorous, which I guess makes sense. It'd be a bit weird to see some guy eating raw cat meat off the sidewalk.

[MarcAFK]

I just wanted to say that playing as a Japanese office worker is fricken' hilarious. He doesn't breed (thankfully?...) but it's great fun listening to his soundbites and watching his attack animations. He's herbivorous, which I guess makes sense. It'd be a bit weird to see some guy eating raw cat meat off the sidewalk.

I'm sorry to necro this, but that image just strikes me as being exactly the kind of thing you would see in a japanese game.