Cat Rescue Story: Game Review (PS5)

I had waited for a long time to get my hands on the video game Cat Rescue Story (affiliate link). It was released for PS4/PS5 on September 26, 2024. Its regular price on Playstation Store is 40 euros, which is way too much for a game that is free on mobile. So I was very happy to be able to loan this game's PS5-version from my local library.  

 

 

Cat Rescue Story Pet Game

 

In Cat Rescue Story the player's great aunt Olivia has left them a house. (For me personally the choice of that name is rather unfortunate, since Olivia was my late cat's name. And that name is repeated in the game a lot.) Then the player's role is to clean up the house, and rescue stray cats to fill it.

 

At first you have to create a character. There aren't many customization options, but at least you can choose the gender of the player.

 

The cats need water, food and a litter box. You can pet the cats, but you also need to take care of the cats' needs. These minigames can be quite frustrating. I hated especially the grooming one. Or maybe I just didn't get the gist of the controls.

 

 

The cats need forever homes. You have to match the cats with suitable owners. You can only put the cat up for adoption if its needs are met. And do notice that there are multiple traits of the cats, and what the new owners want. The more of these you match the more points and money you get.

I wonder if it's possible to softlock yourself out of the game? If you run out of money? Because without money you can't do the minigames, and without them you can't adopt the cats. I realized the answer to my own question: You can play with the cats free of charge, and you get money from it. So you can't run out of money.

Is Cat Rescue Story worth it?

Cat Rescue Story is a very repetitive and horribly grindy game, and it's certainly not worth 40 euros. For a free mobile game it might serve its purpose, but for a costly console game no. I got tired of the minigames very fast, and eventually they even started to hurt my fingers, especially the grooming minigame. I don't know if children would like this game more than I did. I'm glad that I didn't pay any money to play this game.

I wish I could say that I enjoyed Cat Rescue Story, but no. There are more versatile and more fun cat games out there. Tip: I'd suggest you start with Annapurna's acclaimed Stray (affiliate link).

 

 

There are actually people who have played this game for so long that they have achieved all the cats, all the fur colors and all the achievements/trophies in the game. I wonder for how long would that take? For me that sounds crazy. I mean I have no life, but still I wouldn't even dream of the platinum trophy. Cat Rescue Story is so boring and repetitive. The grind and the cats to be rescued never end.

 

 

 

Cat Rescue Story Gameplay (PS5)

 

 

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 Endings Spoilers

I have written before about my hate for the game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 1. Compared to that I must admit that Tape 2 was a pleasant surprise.

 

1. It was shorter. It only took me only a couple of hours in one sitting.

2. All my dreams about a bully getting his comeuppance became true.

Quite early in Tape 2 I started wishing for something that seemed impossible: That the bully Corey would be thrown into the Abyss. I never thought that the game would take that path, but it did.

 

 

 

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 Endings 

There are several different endings to Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2, but they all have one thing in common: In all of them Corey ends up in the Abyss. Only the way he ends up there differs.

 

 

In my ending all the four girls pushed Corey into the Abyss. It was beautiful, it was perfect. When Kat was beating up Corey and I as Swann had the option to go beat him aswell, of course I chose that option.

Already before I had stabbed Corey on the back with a knife. The knife I had been looking at for the whole game, hoping to be able to do with it just that.

But of course my ending was the worst one, because in it in the present day Swann ended up alone. Both Nora and Autum left before opening the box. Such "friends."

 

What was in the box? 

The whole purpose to play the game through for me was to find out what is in the box. And the answer is so boring: Just some of Kat's mementos from the summer of 1995. The ones that were thrown in the Abyss. How did they get back to our reality? Who send the box? It's supposed to be Dylan, but why did she do it 27 years later?

 

 

 

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 3?

Some people wish for a sequel. They feel that many questions were left unanswered, and many mysteries unsolved. In my opinion revealing the mysteries often ruins everything. Some mysteries are better left as mysteries. The explanation to them might not be reasonable at all.

 

The Animals of Tape 2

The best part of Tape 2 for me? The Prison Break. The breaking free the deers, especially Gertie. And you even get to pet him! And the deers end up saving the girls from the bully!

 

 

And of course the cat Snowy was still there, familiar from Tape 1.

 

 

So the animals were adorable and great, and a bully got what he deserved! For me Tape 2 of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (affiliate link) was far more enjoyable than Tape 1.