This article explores the author's personal journey of embracing 'girly' games like Infinity Nikki, despite past feelings of shame and social pressure to conform to a narrow definition of gaming. It delves into the influence of childhood YouTube Let's Play videos, dominated by action-packed titles, and how they contributed to a sense of exclusion for players who enjoyed more lighthearted and aesthetically pleasing games.
, then I'll try and break down as easily as I can. Long story short, it's an open world adventure game with a heavy emphasis on dress-up. It's not a challenging game to describe, but when you're trying to explain what makes it good to someone who's never even heard of it, making it sound like a game worth playing rather than something you quickly load up on your browser during a lunch break is hard.
It ticks every box for what we would now refer to as a cozy game, which childhood me would quickly label cringe. Simple combat, an easy storyline that revolves around saving, rescuing, or restoring something, and an animal companion. The world is bursting with flora and fauna and adorable critters to pet and play with, but the main appeal is the outfits. Everything is so glittery and cute—no matter which outfits I've been stringing together they still look great.
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