Giraffe and Annika is an adventure developed by Atelier Mimina, released 18 February 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Giraffe and Annika is
Giraffe and Annika is an adventure game developed by Atelier Mimina and released in 2020. It was published by NIS America. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Annika, a young catgirl, awakens on the mysterious island of Spica with no memory of who she is or how she arrived. With the help of a boy named Giraffe, she sets out to recover her lost memories by seeking out three special star fragments hidden across the island. Along the way she explores Spica's dungeons and meets its inhabitants, facing challenges resolved not through violence but through music and rhythm.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Giraffe and Annika holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Giraffe and Annika launched on 18 February 2020, within three weeks of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams and Call of Duty: Warzone. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams, Call of Duty: Warzone.
Official trailer
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