My Little Universe Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For this My Little Universe Review, where we are stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don’t forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

My Little Universe Review Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 851MB download size.
  • You can set actions such as attacking and mining to manual or automatic.
  • Horizontal splits screen option.
  • Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, manual switch tool, and manual actions.
  • Supports all types of controllers.
  • 3 save slots.
  • Unlock new characters to play as.
  • Local multiplayer support.
  • Opening tutorial section to introduce the basics.
  • A full 3D world with full 360 camera control.
  • Trees and other minable resources regrow over time.
  • To move around er the hexagonal world use resources to make new tiles and connect the already created tiles.
  • As you create new tiles, a random item or piece of equipment can spawn and be used.
  • Different tools make farming/mining easier or harder.
  • With auto actions on you can stand in a group of trees and just keep farming.
  • You can manually hold down a button to charge up your whack or attack doing a wider area of damage.
  • The Hud is very clear and easy to read.
  • Radical menu for quick access to things like inventory or the map.
  • The map fills in as you create the world.
  • Different resources are needed to build different tiles.
  • Earn EXP as you play, level up, and pick one of three upgrades.
  • A real-time sink of a game.
  • You can swim in the water.
  • Find random rewards around not only tiles but in the world already on both land and sea.
  • Machines will show a progress bar for every action.
  • Your health bar shows when you are fighting.
  • Simple hack-and-slash combat.
  • There is always a choice as to where you travel.
  • Find upgrade stations for improving your gear.
  • Overall game completion shows on your save file.
  • I like how I can almost play it like an idler and have my guy next to a resource and he will just go and go.
  • Nine planets to unlock.
  • Create a portal (stargate-looking ring) and fast-travel between planets.
  • Each planet has at least one hidden challenge room.
  • Boss and mini-boss encounters.
  • Collect ALL Gaia orbs on a planet to unlock a new character/suit.
  • Craft/buy new parts of your armor to increase your stats.
  • Planets may have you rescuing people to unlock new workstations.
  • You can farm/mine/attack with any weapon you like as sometimes a more powerful sword is better than a low level axe.
  • Dungeons start being more a thing, seperate from the world and usually housing a boss.
  • Plays like an interactive clicker.
  • The more upgraded a tool/weapon is, the more resources you get.
  • Full freedom to play how you want.

My Little Universe Review Cons:

  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • No touchscreen support.
  • You can only create tiles in certain places, it’s not a case of creating one anywhere.
  • The game teaches the very basics then it’s all up to you to figure out.
  • Takes ages to get going.
  • The initial impression is it takes a long time for the game to express and tell you what it’s about.
  • Playing with manual switching of tools and weapons is not that great especially when ambushed or you have a lot going on.
  • Never sure when it was saved.
  • Makes grinding a necessity.
  • Registering an enemy or resource seems to have an exact point otherwise nothing happens.
  • The Hud only shows three resources at one time.
  • Switching of weapons is so slow.
  • Every planet is just the same loop over and over.
  • Seeing a massive resource requirement fill in just one tile and the next four are the same, it’s not fun.
  • Level up rewards start to repeat.

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My Little Universe:

Official website.

Developer: Estoty

Publisher: SayGames

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  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Sound - 6/10
  • 8/10
    Accessibility - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Length - 8/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
7.2/10

Summary

My Little Universe is a game with nice graphics and a full 3D world with full 360 camera control. It supports all types of controllers and has local multiplayer support. The game features an opening tutorial section to introduce the basics and three save slots.

In the game, you move around the hexagonal world using resources to make new tiles and connect the already-created tiles. As you create new tiles, a random item or piece of equipment can spawn and be used. Different tools make farming/mining easier or harder.

The game has a clear and easy-to-read HUD, a radical menu for quick access to things like inventory or the map, and the map fills in as you create the world. However, it lacks touchscreen support and does not allow for rebinding controls.

The game starts slow and takes a long time to express what it’s about. It also makes grinding a necessity and registering an enemy or resource seems to have an exact point otherwise nothing happens.

Despite its challenges, “My Little Universe” offers an engaging experience with its simple hack-and-slash combat, boss and mini-boss encounters, and the ability to earn EXP as you play, level up, and pick one of three upgrades. It also allows for swimming in the water, finding random rewards around not only tiles but in the world already on both land and sea, and finding upgrade stations for improving your gear. My initial feelings were that I just didn’t want to invest the time but now after putting it down I have a hankering to jump back in, It must just be because you can just mindlessly potter around and farm resources than when you are more with it you can go explore. It is a good game for the Switch and occasional multiplayer.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!