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The stray cats have found: Merge Catgirls
This game has a very short and not very helpful tutorial. This game is pretty standard. Merge the same catgirl together and gain more power to buy more catgirls. Every so often you can do a tap event on the top half of the screen to get free rainbow tuna cans, the game's premium currency.
Here is the basic game screen you see the most. You start off with a very limited number of reserve platforms to hold your catgirls while you merge them or have them on the main floor. You have to remove the cat from the cafe before you can merge them and this really slows down the game vastly. You also do not gain any tuna while they are idling on the reserve pad. These are two things I feel slows down the game and force you to focus on them just to progress.
After a point, you can buy specific levels of catgirls directly. No matter which level you buy, the cost to buy the next one increases permanently. Sometimes you can get a free catgirl from watching a video or by using rainbow tuna to buy the highest level cat available. You can see a note about catgirls here. There is a special level to every catgirl that only increases as they physically work. The total time of hours worked shown in a later
Even further on in the game, you can see the whole 'cat'alog. You get a second button that shows you secret cats. It appears merging certain cats will give you these special cats but there are no hints of which catgirls to merge.
Lastly, as you progress you can unlock outfits for your catgirls. Certain cats have unique outfits exclusive to them. You can also do a few tasks to raise the affinity of a catgirl that makes them more effective workers and earn you more.
Overall:
3 of 5 cogs.
This game is visually appealing and had some fun ideas but it falls just a bit short. The game feels very incomplete and there is no point in really merging anything unless you try to get more catgirls. Since there are a limited number of reserve bays you can't really save cats to try merging for these secret cats. I have not unlocked any secret catgirls yet but I feel these cats give you a lot of tuna production or even rainbow tuna.
Story:
0 of 5 cogs.
Beyond the tutorial, there isn't a story or focus to this game. You can get small tidbits about each catgirl but there is no epic sweeping story here.
Amount of ads:
Optional Only.
You have the option to watch videos to earn catgirls or premium rainbow tuna. There are no in-game ads to interrupt you.
Accurate Advertising?:
💯%
The ads for this game do not really show you too much and do not show any gameplay at all.
Graphics:
5 of 5 cogs.
Fairly standard anime-style art. Though this art has a noticeable vector style to it.
Gameplay:
3 of 5 cogs.The gameplay is just too common for any merge game. There is no unique aspect that will keep players playing this game for long except maybe trying to unlock secret Catgirls.
Free play:
💯%
This game is easily one to play without paying anything into it. You have many optional videos to help you along but you must play this game while online.
Fun factor:
😾 Missed opprotunity.
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