Littlewood First Impressions
Littlewood is a game that seems to take inspiration from many others but presented in a way I have never seen before. This game technically starts at the end. There was already turmoil in your world. Your character defeated the Dark Wizard. The world of Solemn is finally at peace, but at what cost? You can’t quite remember.
You start the game with pretty much a blank canvas, you are greeted by your friend who instantly gets you up and working after your three days of slumber from your battle with the Dark Wizard. You have what looks like at the surface a landscape similar to something you would see in Stardew Valley, except you are literally building everything. Someone comes to town? You have to build them a house, you need stores, taverns, marketplaces so on and so forth. You meet many different townsfolk right off the bat who give you objectives to improve your town, and in some cases help unlock your memories. You can chop wood, mine ore, and collect items to help you upgrade your town or sell for profit. Many of the townsfolk also have things they would like, some might want to live near you, or have a special desk or item in their home. The more you can grant their wishes the more is unlocked in this magical game.
Eventually, as you begin to develop your town they put you officially in charge in a mayor-like role giving you access to perks and other things. It’s like a hybrid of Animal Crossing and Happy Home Designer in these aspects. As you start to run out of resources, you find a way to discover other areas to meet new people and get more items like enchanted forests, fishing towns, and mining caves to name a few.
After only a few hours of this game I am already hooked, it is a VERY low-pressure game with a great twist on a familiar gameplay mechanic. I am interested to see what secrets are in store for me as I go deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole.
My full review will be to follow of course, but I just had to give you all a sneak peek at a GREAT game. Available now on Nintendo Switch and Steam.
Article By Kevin Austin
Kevin Austin has been in gaming journalism in one way or another since the launch of the Nintendo Gamecube. Married and father of 3 children he has been gaming since the ripe age of 6 when he got his first NES system and over 30 years later he is still gaming almost daily. Kevin is also co-founder of the Play Some Video Games (PSVG) Podcast network which was founded over five years ago and is still going strong. Some of his favorite gaming series includes Fallout and Far Cry, he is a sucker for single player adventure games (hence his big reviews for Playstation), and can frequently be found getting down in one battle royale or another. If it's an oddball game, odds are he's all about it.
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