When I sit down to play Floatopia at Gamescom, I have no idea what to expect. I'm running on the sparse details I've received from NetEase, so as far as I know, I'll be playing just another "cozy life sim."
Imagine my surprise when the cozy life sim in question turns out to be one of the cutest upcoming PC games I've ever seen. Floatopia has everything you'd expect from something most easily described as Animal Crossing with Toytown vibes: a vibrant, stylish world populated by NPCs to befriend, a strong case for its optional multiplayer capacity, and plenty of design crafting mechanics to boot. But my favorite thing about the 25 minute demo session has to be Floatopia's incredible character creator menu – so much so that I spent at least half of the demo changing my doll's hairstyle.
