トロともりもり
Title: Toro Let's Party
Platform: Playstation 3
Developer: Sony
Genre: Party Game
CERO: A
Toro Inoue is back for another quest to become human! Sony's feline mascot has a party game ready for you to play and enjoy!
Gameplay
Toro to Morimori is a party game, up to 4 players, and is loaded with mini games! You start out the game with a few that are playable right away, but the rest you unlock through the story mode.
Story mode is set up like a children's story book, a narrator explains whats going on, then you have dialogue between Toro and his many furry friends, and then the featured minigame (everything is set up episodically)
The minigames are fun! There is quite a variety to choose from including archery, basket ball, centipede, ninja....ing?, and much more. You will have plenty to play with your family and friends, as well as by yourself!
Impressively Toro takes full advantage of the Playstation's famed Sixaxis motion sensor that's built into the the Dualshock 3 controllers. For example, the ninja star game (pictured above) you use the shoulder buttons to aim, and then flip the controller to throw; or in the basket ball game you use the controller in the motion of shooting the ball to play. Now this works out really well for some minigames, but it feels hard to control on others (not like Lair bad, but still clunky). Now not all of the games use it, so don't expect this to be a Wii game by any stretch, but the use of the Sixaxis definitely adds to the variety this game has to offer.
overall, this plays like a very solid party title. If only it got released stateside, we might have a world competitor to Mario Party.
Score: 8/10
Presentation
As with most PS3 exclusive game, you can expect this game to look gorgeous. And your expectations will not betray you! Not quite to the level of Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy XIII, or The Last of Us but still smooth, shiny, and polished! Toro takes that cartoon style that normally only looked appropriate on the PS2, and reshapes it to fit well with the PS3. Take your polygonal cats, round out the edges, and add some beautiful textures, and you got Toro! The appeal to these graphics, really, is just how sharp and smooth everything looks! the subtitles, the menus, characters, backgrounds, everything just blends so well together.
The menus are simple and easy to follow, the voice acting is great, the graphics are smooth, really no complaints here! this game is very well presented.
I think really the only thing holding it back from a perfect presentation score would be it's "just average" soundtrack and it's lack of animated cut-scenes in the story mode... but I mean these are small complaints.
Score: 8.5/10
Story
Toro is a cat, he wants to be human, so he plays games to earn his right to humanity. That's the basis, the rest of it is just wacky Japanese humor. And it is VERY Japanese humor, if you have no sense of culture you will get lost.
This is a party game, so the story really isn't a huge focus (and I find myself saying this a lot, so I'll review a story game next) but it does have a fun cast of characters, and a good enough story to get the game going.
As previously stated, the story mode is set up like a children's book, and it can sometimes feel kinda strange playing through the story as an adult, because when the narrator talks you feel like you're watching Nickelodeon Junior, which admittedly challenges your masculinity. but just do some push ups and drink a beer and you'll be fine! (You will have this same feeling if you have played Scribblenauts: Unlimited) But, in truth, some children's games are just plain fun for everyone, and that's what this is.
Overall though, the story is cute and the characters are good, nothing to in-depth, but hey, its a party game right?
Score: 7/10
Import Friendliness
I'll just start by saying straight up, this game was released in China with a complete English option. It's region free, the menus are in English, subtitles are English, the instructions the trophies, IT'S IN ENGLISH. So that's why it gets a perfect score here.
If you buy the Japanese version you will have a bit of trouble, because it is text heavy, but if you don't know Japanese just buy the Chinese+English version, its cheap, its English it is 100% Import friendly!
Score: 10/10
Final Thoughts and Score
This game is great, its fun, it social, its English, its pretty, this is a high recommendation for anyone looking for a good fun time with friends and family.
FINAL SCORE: 8.37/10
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