
Similarly, you’ll need to dig up various items, and the critter does the digging for you as well.Įven more intriguing, your critter has an always-on display of its personal stats that represent the current level of its abilities. Only then will you be able to pick it up. For instance, to grab the fruits from the trees, you’ll click on the fruit, but your critter will climb the tree and shake the branch, causing the fruit to drop to the ground. Now, for tasks that involve procurement of certain types of items, you’ll use your little critter friend to help you out. I’m not sure exactly what this will turn into exactly, but it’s always good to have friends. Completing a task rewards you with the local currency, and Friendship Points, which affect how you interact with the various town members. You won’t even have to buy the seeds or the watering can you just kinda have ’em on you.
#THE GAME WANDERING WILLOWS PATCH#
The first thing you’re asked to do in the tutorial mode is to plant some wheat for one of the town’s characters, and this process involves nothing more than dragging a seed out of your inventory directly onto a patch of garden dirt and watering it, waiting for a bit, and grabbing the plant that develops. But let’s dive in and examine how it plays. Looking into your character’s various tabs and options - clothing, recipes, and the like - indicates that there may be some depth to the game that casual gameplay might otherwise keep hidden. But this is not a ding against the game on the contrary, it’s a strength! Not since Diablo have you clicked so frequently. Click, click, clickclickclickclickclickclickclick cliiiiiiiick. Click on the UI to open menus, and click again to choose elements. Now, depending on your personal outlook, you’ll either find the cute cast of characters reassuringly non-threatening when they keep telling you that, or you’ll start hearing the strains of “Hotel California” the entire time you’re playing Wandering Willows. One of the first bits of dialogue you’ll encounter informs you that you’re not the only person to have crashed down on the island, and that, who knows? You might just want to stay after all. In order to do this, you’ll interact with the island’s populace, fulfilling their missions to gain access to the tools you’ll need to repair your craft. You’re in a little town called Wandering Willows, and your hot-air balloon is busted up, so you’ll need to fix it in order to escape. Your character never bothers to question why it’s following her around, so neither will you. The critter bears a slight resemblance to something you might find in Viva Piñata, and that’s just fine. When you come to, you’re on a strange island with a cute little animal following you around.

The story here is that you’re a hot-air balloonist who’s being forced down due to a storm.
