The real focus here is on the story and characters. It should be clear that Button City isn't coming forward with a great array of gameplay to offer, but honestly, despite the arcade setting, it doesn't really feel like that gameplay is the point. This screenshot from the opening just screams 80s or 90s from every corner. A 4-player affair that's a bit like a MOBA but with only 1 map, a racing game with basic controls and again a single map, and a rhythm game that is insanely difficult to play until you get used to it.
As the story revolves around an arcade, you'd better believe there are some arcade-esque minigames involved as well. You walk around small 3D environments in your new town, solving puzzles and talking to other characters to advance the plot. Gameplay-wise, Button City is mostly a 3D adventure game where all the characters are blocky little chibi animal characters and are mostly named after different herbs. Now it's up to you and the other kids in town to band together and do what you can to stop the coolest place to hang out in town from being shut down, all while dealing with some of the foibles of childhood along the way.
#THE BUTTON CITY MOVIE#
On a trip outside, he comes across the local arcade and makes a new group of friends, only to discover that the arcade is going to be bought out by a rich 80s movie villain. Either way, you know you're in for a trip down memory lane as soon as you turn on the game and have to check your calendar to make sure you didn't fall into a wormhole at some point.īutton City is a cutesy adventure game that tells the story of a boy called Fennal who moves to a new town and spends his entire summer playing games instead of going out and making friends. The joke was on me in the end, as the game seems to have just as much to do with 80s movie tropes as it does with the arcade culture of the 90s.
When Button City opened with a background that was taken directly from a 90s arcade carpet but with a little more pastel and a little less ultraviolet, I was sure I knew what I was in for. Sometimes a game will wear its influences on its sleeve.
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