Erika: 9
In this light-hearted RPG/Adventure/Simulation game, you play the role of a young boy/girl returning home after studying abroad. Unfortunately you arrive home to discover your parents are missing and your ranch partially destroyed. Your job is to find your parents and rebuild the ranch. Outside of that, very little of Wildhollow should be taken seriously. The game is very tongue-in-cheek making for an incredibly charming experience. The game progresses primarily through conversations which unlock new areas to visit. Wildhollow was a fun experience and definitely worth checking out. Considering how much there is to do in this game, it’s definitely worth the time and money.

Sam: 5
Wildhollow is a fantasy adventure game where you raise animals. Your parents disappear and their ranch burns down, so you set out to rebuild and find your parents. You earn the money to rebuild the ranch by doing quests, most of which involve finding an item or completing a mini-game. Quests run out pretty quickly, so there’s a point where you’ll have to grind the mini-games so you can buy items you need to progress in the story.The tone is campy – lots of the dialog is composed of jokes or cheesy puns. There’s not much interaction beyond the mini-games, so I’m not sure it’s worth $20.

Peter: 5
While Wildhollow has pretty gorgeous hand-drawn backgrounds, there isn’t much to do in the demo. It seems to be half adventure game and half animal-raising simulator, but the adventure part is all one-step fetch-quests, and the animal herding is simple and tedious. I spent as much time fishing and picking up apples as I did exploring the world, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere because making money seemed to take forever.

Stew: 7
I will give Wildhollow one thing, it entertained me. Unfortunately, it had little do with the gameplay and more to do with amusing writing. The gameplay isn’t bad, it just lacks the kind of meat I look for in a game. While the fantasy setting, and questing elements all but scream RPG, it generally falls into the overly simple, point and click adventure category with a few pseudo mini-games for good measure. Despite this not being my style, I could see others enjoying it. Wildhollow doesn’t do anything overly wrong; its graphics are colorful and attractive, its soundtrack is solid and it has a nice sense of humor. It’s just more of a light snack when I’m
looking for a steak dinner.