Add in the talkative helper, the meeting and greeting of every robot who doesn’t try to kill you, and the quid pro quo quests, and you have a fairly traditional adventure game despite its unique hero. We can’t really think like a cat, and technology has not advanced to the point where we can play videogames without the use of our own human thoughts and emotions. B-12 is navigator, translator, hacker, weapon, flashlight, and more, all in one-and with a mystery that becomes crucial to Stray’s story.Īlthough you play as a cat, there’s no way to really play like a cat. And since a cat will need some way to interact and communicate with the world around it, Stray quickly teams your little buddy up with its own little buddy: B-12, a small drone with a big brain and a bad memory. Obviously this game is going to have to become a game, though, so as the tutorial ends your kitty is separated from its clowder, introduced to fearful robots (who are, themselves, strays) who need the help of a (very small, very furry) stranger just like you, and Stray starts to introduce its sad yet hopeful themes. The promise of an open-ended cat exploration game is palpably exciting. There’s no clear motivation, no clear goals, just curiosity and the joy of movement. Your cat and a few of its fellow strays strut about some overgrown industrial site, just being cats. Stray’s first few minutes feel like a revelation. Stray captures the mischief, aloofness, and sweetness of a cat, while also uncannily recreating the way they look and move. It’ll also purr and meow, rub itself lovingly against the legs of those it likes, and even snuggle up against a robot as it takes a nap. This cat will even jump onto a table in the middle of a game of dominoes, knocking the pieces all over the floor. This cat will get its head stuck in paper bags, hang out in empty boxes, or idly swat balls back and forth, if you want it to. This cat will nonchalantly knock glasses, vases, and even open cans of paint off shelves. This cat will scratch on rugs, walls, and furniture. Stray absolutely understands what it’s like to be a cat-at least from a human’s perspective.
No, this generally well-meaning cat has to navigate a post-apocalyptic underground city populated by the robotic helpers left behind after climate devastation and a pandemic destroyed humanity years earlier, and you get to help it. It’s not like the goose game, where you’re an asshole to people, or the goat game, where, uh, you’re an asshole to people, even if cats are nature’s most lovable and snuggleable assholes. If you pay attention to games you’ve heard about the cat game-the game where you play as a cat.
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