Review: Birthdays the Beginning (PlayStation 4)

Birthdays the Beginning—a new sandbox game in which players interact with a cube-shaped world and give rise to diverse and unique lifeforms.

Pros:

• Nice bright graphics.
• 949MB Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Extensive tutorial at the start with help given throughout.
• God game- You can manipulate the land and temperature of the world in order to spawn/create new life/species. Mix species to further create.
• Name your avatar.
• Save when you like.
• You can fast forward time.
• Three modes- Micro-you are in the land, Macro-You watch from afar and first person view. Each mode can be switched on the fly.
• Macro view-Here you can heal and use the life stream which is a scrolling table of new life created and any deaths of your creations.
• Capture new species/items to earn EXP and level up to increase HP.
• Three cursor sizes to help raise or lower the ground.
• Collect items that randomly spawn in the world.
• HP is used up for actions like land manipulation and fast forwarding time.
• Can invert camera controls.
• You can sit back and just watch life be created and the world evolve, It does look really good.
• Items can help create new life or speed up the process of creating life or add weather like rain clouds that change the temperature.
• You have a lot of control over the game.
• Full stats breakdown of your world.
• Deep rewarding gameplay.
• Surprisingly a lot of fun.

Cons:

• Really slow starter.
• A lot to take in initially.
• Controls are awkward especially when trying to do precise actions.
• Menu layout can be confusing.
• The later game takes a while to get going.