Chiikawa Pocket
I was introduced to this game by a friend, and I initially dismissed it. I thought it was boring and that there were too many things going on to the point where it was confusing. But when Star Trek: Lower Decks's idle game announced that it was shutting down, I needed a replacement. So I redownloaded Chiikawa Pocket and I have to say, I was wrong. This game is perfect. It's an idle game, but it has so many features and things to do that its hard to get bored. and its just fun watching Chiikawa and friends fight the creatures in their little costumes. I think the main reason I didn't like it at first was because progression felt meaningless, but I wasn't paying attention to everything you can do in the game.
The main feature of the game is the battle mode, where you watch Chiikawa and friends fight monsters, which nets you coins that you can spend to improve your stats. This is the main gameplay loop, and the battles at first are easy, the game literally plays itself, but at a certain point you do reach a difficulty spike. There isnt much you can actually do besides continuing to play until you can progress again. I dont know what it is, but I am addicted to this game. I definitely wouldn't play it if not for it being Chiikawa themed, though. And it is definitely a cash grab, theres microtransactions everywhere (though I haven't made any yet) and ads all over the place. Though sometimes they literally just give you ad block in game, which is really fun. Then it becomes more like a game and less like a chore. Still, not gonna stop playing it I think.
My favorite character is Momonga, with the most recent event I was able to get a ice-cream costume for him. its so so cute. This game just makes me want to get more chiikawa plushies. which I might do.
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