Hidden Cats in New York: Review & gameplay (PS5)

Hidden Cats in New York is a sequel to Hidden Cats in London. They both are hidden object games, where you have to find cats. Lots of cats. And now, in real life New York just happens to be one of the few places I'd like to visit... So to put it mildly, I was very eagerly waiting for this game.

I previously wrote about the long struggle to find out the release date for Hidden Cats in New York's PS5/PS4 version.

 

 

And I was so anxious to play the game right when it comes out, but then to my horror I realized that the release would be at 2am my time.

 

I do go to bed late, but starting a new game at 2am would be too crazy even on my standards.

Then the game was actually released earlier than promised. I'm not sure when, but it was available before 1am my time. Just when I was about to go to bed... I should put that Gage gif here again...

And then, adding insult to injury, I noticed that I missed a giveaway for this game. Yes, in my current financial situation even that 2,95€ is too much.

But finally, like 12 hours after the game came out, I was finally able to play it. And was I disappointed? No.

Hidden Cats in New York has two difficulty levels: normal and advanced. The fun really only begins with advanced mode, only there you start unlocking hidden bonus levels. And only on advanced mode you can find special hidden cats.

 

There are a couple of things that make finding the cats easier.

First of all there are the sounds. The cats meow when you are near them. You can even adjust the sound settings, that you only hear the meowing.

Then there's the coloring of buildings/areas where all the cats have been found. There is no such feature in for example other series of similar hidden object cat games, A Building/Castle Full of Cats.

 

 

One warning though. On advanced mode at least for me towards the end of the level I had three uncolored buildings left, but the remaining cats were not in these buildings. I don't know if it's intentional or a bug. Hint: Special cats might appear only occasionally, and they could even be airborne...

And another tip: If you want to get the platinum trophy for this game, you can't use any hints on normal and advanced mode. On hidden bonus levels hints are allowed.

There are total of 757 cats to be found, so if you really love finding cats, this game is for you.

 

Here's a gameplay video of Hidden Cats in New York (PS5):

 

I wonder why the first game in this series - Hidden Cats in Paris - hasn't been published for PS4/PS5? 

There are many more Hidden Cats-games on PC, at least seven so far. I guess we'll just have to wait patiently to get more games of this series to consoles.