They also mention that Stray is ‘the adventure of this particular cat’, so no customisation will be available. I love the idea of playing a game as a cat, but you can only be a cat for so long. As pictured, you can also ride in bucket zip-lines.Īccording to Annapurna Interactive, the gameplay is roughly 8 hours for the story, and a little more for completionists. As mentioned prior, you do all the things a cat would do such as meowing and knocking stuff over. Stray looks like it’s going to be a mixture of exploration and puzzle-solving, as well as collecting things such as ‘memories’ for B-12 to learn more about the city. Stray‘s gameplay and game length Image: Annapurna Interactive The neon signs and string lights also give Stray its cyberpunk-like feel, but it looks to be a mixture of overgrown wasteland and cybercity. Using the concentration of buildings, the world of Stray is also a vertical wonderland making it the perfect place for a cat to fuck around and perhaps find out. It translates the robots for you, acts as your inventory, helps you fight yucky monsters, and lights the way. The introduction states, “It’s not immediately clear why B-12 is helping, but it’s worth knowing that the little companion drone has its own motivations and is an important character in the story.” Ominous.ī-12 basically provides all the necessities that just being a cat cannot. All of these actions have their own unique responses via the Dualsense controllers haptic feedback.ī-12, who is possibly named after the developer themselves, is a little drone that joins the little cat on its adventure. You do cat things like scratch up furniture, push things off ledges, meow, explore, and sleep. Your objective is to find your way back home through a dim world of weird robots.Īs we’ve mentioned prior, in order to platinum Stray you must truly become a cat. You play as the cat, and are notably ‘nameless, injured and alone’.

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