Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Review – IGN: 7/10
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Review – IGN: 7/10
by Turbostrider27
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Gallicah
Before people moan about it being IGN, Logan is one of the site’s few good reviewers. He’s pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Nintendo, and I’ve found most of his reviews consistently reasonable. The reason he docked the game points is A) It’s missing a lot of features from the last game B) They took away the online mechanic that lets you share Mii’s / town ideas with other players.
Basically, if you aren’t great at making custom characters or towns, then you might not love the game. While I get that’s kind of the point of these games, even Animal Crossing let’s you take from other creators/creations. So I do kind of get it (as someone who sucks at creating things lol).
EDIT: A 7 isn’t even a bad score. And if you don’t care about online features or creation sharing – then consider the game’s score being closer to an 8 or 9 for you. Because he did enjoy it. His main issue is that after a while, the game felt isolating/ small. But again that is largely because he’s not great at creating things so his town and characters were more on the vanilla side.
Given how whacky Tomodachi is, it does seem like a missed opportunity to not let you borrow citizens from other creators.
259tim
Seems like he really enjoys the game and is just bummed that there is no online sharing and knocked down the score because of that. Which, fair enough, I get why people are bummed about that, I personally don’t really care that much about it so I think I’ll enjoy this game despite that flaw.
And I’m sure there will be quick customization tutorials popping up all over the place in no time
No_Personality6824
The criticism over the sharing restrictions is pretty valid especially since the Miitopia port got it right
AngryLars
I don’t see how people expect higher score, this is a very niche title
Nahobino_kun_899
I think it lost a few points cause of the sharing restrictions. Based on what I skimmed through the article and the final score blurb
bajanga1
I’m glad they restricted sharing as all my miis are running around saying the most ghastly things imaginable and it’s still so funny. Plus it looks and sounds so good I just like hanging out on the island watching what my peeps are up to. It does require you to put in a little creativity but you get a lot out of it.
Manor002
Damn, the lack of sharing options killed my interest in this ngl
ahnariprellik
7/10 too much water
BortGreen
Reminder: if you still like the game this doesn’t mean you should feel guilty for it
kahabraham
Eh, I 100% take the lack of online sharing in favor of no filter and no restrictions. I don’t see this as negative.
MarcsterS
The game leaked and reportedly >!the concert hall is NOT in!< and considering the recent interview revealed the game have been in real development for 7 years, the idea of >!not having all of the base content from the previous game kinda sucks.!<
No_Sail_6576
I think it’s a completely fair review.
I can understand why the sharing features are very limited. Like for example imagine waking up and a video of you getting married to Epstein is going viral just because it’s funny. Like I can see why Nintendo would want to avoid headlines like that. But then u also completely agree it takes a lot away from the nature of the game. I think the hoops around character sharing is also a bit much but maybe in the future they’ll look to redo the system around that.
But I think a lot of reviews will be like this. Excellent solid game held back by social limits
I also hope Nintendo look to profit on the drawing features of the game and release a stylus for the switch so you don’t have to use your finger all the time
rofaheys
I honestly feel like the lack of sharing will challenge me to be more creative with my Miis and it’ll actually lead to me playing the game more, but I can see why others want the option.
MyUltIsMyMain
Based just on the demo I played 7 seems like a fair review. Its not gonna be a game alot of people are gonna enjoy but those that do will love it. So an average of 7 makes sense to me.
GassoBongo
The classic IGN 7.
NeighborhoodPlane794
I get why the score is deflated by the sharing restrictions. A big part of games like this is showing your friends what you’ve done and the majority of people sadly won’t be able to do that.
I might still get it because I don’t share content. But it’s hard for me to tell if this game is worth it for me, need to see more reviews. I’ve disagreed pretty heavily with some of Logan’s reviews in the past
Soft-Jello9902
Tomodachi life is not for everyone
zestysnacks
Yeah as I suspected it’s mostly the same as the first game. A cute game for a weekend. Except now it’s $60
Due-Training2100
Is this another Animal Crossing situation, when there’s a lot of missing features from previous game and instead heavy emphasis on decoration and visual customisation? New Horizons was huge letdown because of this, and it would be really disappointing to see same thing happening with another life sim I’ve been waiting for years to come out
MMuller87
I think not being able to share, but allowing the game to be unrestricted is the way to go. It’s not like you can’t just share it in other media.
ChudSampley
Huge bummer about the lack of online Mii sharing, but with 0 content filter in creations, I can understand it. catching every racial slur or penis drawing hidden on Miis would be a difficult task, which is (I would guess) partially why CoD stopped allowing fully custom emblems and such. Just impossible to moderate.
The old game didn’t allow drawing on Miis, if I remember correctly. Maybe they could implement a sharing system that removed all player created drawings.
wentzformvp
Modern state of Nintendo is just great ideas/IP and terrible backwards thinking that still infests their products . Lack of social features makes this game DOA.
Link2999
The 3DS version was quite limited. It was very funny and I had a great time posting my experiences online, but I got much less out of the game than I expected and things got stale quite fast. I’m not going to buy the new one.
ryu5k5
This is maximum $40 game not $60 Nintendo is getting too greedy…
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Before people moan about it being IGN, Logan is one of the site’s few good reviewers. He’s pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Nintendo, and I’ve found most of his reviews consistently reasonable. The reason he docked the game points is A) It’s missing a lot of features from the last game B) They took away the online mechanic that lets you share Mii’s / town ideas with other players.
Basically, if you aren’t great at making custom characters or towns, then you might not love the game. While I get that’s kind of the point of these games, even Animal Crossing let’s you take from other creators/creations. So I do kind of get it (as someone who sucks at creating things lol).
EDIT: A 7 isn’t even a bad score. And if you don’t care about online features or creation sharing – then consider the game’s score being closer to an 8 or 9 for you. Because he did enjoy it. His main issue is that after a while, the game felt isolating/ small. But again that is largely because he’s not great at creating things so his town and characters were more on the vanilla side.
Given how whacky Tomodachi is, it does seem like a missed opportunity to not let you borrow citizens from other creators.
Seems like he really enjoys the game and is just bummed that there is no online sharing and knocked down the score because of that. Which, fair enough, I get why people are bummed about that, I personally don’t really care that much about it so I think I’ll enjoy this game despite that flaw.
And I’m sure there will be quick customization tutorials popping up all over the place in no time
The criticism over the sharing restrictions is pretty valid especially since the Miitopia port got it right
I don’t see how people expect higher score, this is a very niche title
I think it lost a few points cause of the sharing restrictions. Based on what I skimmed through the article and the final score blurb
I’m glad they restricted sharing as all my miis are running around saying the most ghastly things imaginable and it’s still so funny. Plus it looks and sounds so good I just like hanging out on the island watching what my peeps are up to. It does require you to put in a little creativity but you get a lot out of it.
Damn, the lack of sharing options killed my interest in this ngl
7/10 too much water
Reminder: if you still like the game this doesn’t mean you should feel guilty for it
Eh, I 100% take the lack of online sharing in favor of no filter and no restrictions. I don’t see this as negative.
The game leaked and reportedly >!the concert hall is NOT in!< and considering the recent interview revealed the game have been in real development for 7 years, the idea of >!not having all of the base content from the previous game kinda sucks.!<
I think it’s a completely fair review.
I can understand why the sharing features are very limited. Like for example imagine waking up and a video of you getting married to Epstein is going viral just because it’s funny. Like I can see why Nintendo would want to avoid headlines like that. But then u also completely agree it takes a lot away from the nature of the game. I think the hoops around character sharing is also a bit much but maybe in the future they’ll look to redo the system around that.
But I think a lot of reviews will be like this. Excellent solid game held back by social limits
I also hope Nintendo look to profit on the drawing features of the game and release a stylus for the switch so you don’t have to use your finger all the time
I honestly feel like the lack of sharing will challenge me to be more creative with my Miis and it’ll actually lead to me playing the game more, but I can see why others want the option.
Based just on the demo I played 7 seems like a fair review. Its not gonna be a game alot of people are gonna enjoy but those that do will love it. So an average of 7 makes sense to me.
The classic IGN 7.
I get why the score is deflated by the sharing restrictions. A big part of games like this is showing your friends what you’ve done and the majority of people sadly won’t be able to do that.
I might still get it because I don’t share content. But it’s hard for me to tell if this game is worth it for me, need to see more reviews. I’ve disagreed pretty heavily with some of Logan’s reviews in the past
Tomodachi life is not for everyone
Yeah as I suspected it’s mostly the same as the first game. A cute game for a weekend. Except now it’s $60
Is this another Animal Crossing situation, when there’s a lot of missing features from previous game and instead heavy emphasis on decoration and visual customisation? New Horizons was huge letdown because of this, and it would be really disappointing to see same thing happening with another life sim I’ve been waiting for years to come out
I think not being able to share, but allowing the game to be unrestricted is the way to go. It’s not like you can’t just share it in other media.
Huge bummer about the lack of online Mii sharing, but with 0 content filter in creations, I can understand it. catching every racial slur or penis drawing hidden on Miis would be a difficult task, which is (I would guess) partially why CoD stopped allowing fully custom emblems and such. Just impossible to moderate.
The old game didn’t allow drawing on Miis, if I remember correctly. Maybe they could implement a sharing system that removed all player created drawings.
Modern state of Nintendo is just great ideas/IP and terrible backwards thinking that still infests their products . Lack of social features makes this game DOA.
The 3DS version was quite limited. It was very funny and I had a great time posting my experiences online, but I got much less out of the game than I expected and things got stale quite fast. I’m not going to buy the new one.
This is maximum $40 game not $60 Nintendo is getting too greedy…