You Should Be Very, Very Wary Of Disney Dreamlight Valley

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So I guess going after predatory Disney games is just my thing now. I’ve been throwing myself at free-to-play games like Mirrorverse, Magic Kingdom, and Speedstorm out of professional curiosity and personal interest (Disney Adult, guilty) and everything I’ve seen so far has been the worst of the worst that f2p has to offer. I wasn’t particularly surprised to find aggressive and manipulative sales tactics and systems designed to appeal to gambling addicts in the mobile games from studios like Gameloft, Kabam, and Netmarble (looking at you, Future Revolution), but I am somewhat surprised to see Gameloft bringing its mobile design sensibilities onto PC and console with games like Speedstorm and Disney Dreamlight Valley. This new generation of free-to-play is nothing more than the worst of what mobile has to offer, now on the Nintendo Switch. As someone with intimate experience in spending lots of money on Gachapon games, I offer you these words of caution: Dreamlight Valley isn’t what it looks like.

There was a new trailer for the upcoming Disney Dreamlight Valley during this week’s Nintendo Direct Partner Spotlight, and I’m seeing a lot of enthusiasm for it again. The headlines are calling it Disney Animal Crossing - a cozy life-sim where you travel around to different Disney worlds, farming, building, designing, and helping your favorite Disney characters regain their lost memories. You can take selfies with Ursula. You can cook soup with Remmy. You can go fishing with Olaf. What fun! What Whimsy! I’m not saying you can’t do all those fun things, I’m just saying you’re probably going to have to cough up the cash to play this game, and the longer you play the more it’s going to cost.

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