Go Vacation is a bit of a messy game overall. For those who aren't aware of it, it's a game in the vein of Wii Sports Resort, but with a lot more sports available. It was seen on release by some as shovelware and it does suffer from very annoying music as well as quantity over quality when it comes to a good number of its activities. It was originally a Wii game but was ported to Switch in 2018.
The game's saving grace, and the thing that has kept me coming back to the game more regularly than I thought I would, is its open world resorts - there are four world hubs which house different activities for you to try but the area you have for to wander around is actually quite wide, open and there's some interesting topology on display, and it allows players to traverse it via a number of transportation methods (rollerskates, off-road truck, jetski, horse and others). Its origins as a Wii game are on show here as the environment are definitely of that era but it's still decent enough that I've been able to just boot up the game and enjoy exploring each area.
If the Wii Sports series ever manages to make a come back (and I seriously hope it does), it would be a great move to incorporate an explorable world into the game and with a bigger budget behind things it could end up looking really nice. I know things aren't super easy for lower budget games and things aren't as simple as 'add open world', but I really do feel that some kind of world building, no matter how minor, in these mini-game/sport compilations can do wonders to make players want to stay there a bit longer. I also just really like games where you can explore a setting with no worries about combat or conflict, so the more of those the better.
The game's saving grace, and the thing that has kept me coming back to the game more regularly than I thought I would, is its open world resorts - there are four world hubs which house different activities for you to try but the area you have for to wander around is actually quite wide, open and there's some interesting topology on display, and it allows players to traverse it via a number of transportation methods (rollerskates, off-road truck, jetski, horse and others). Its origins as a Wii game are on show here as the environment are definitely of that era but it's still decent enough that I've been able to just boot up the game and enjoy exploring each area.
If the Wii Sports series ever manages to make a come back (and I seriously hope it does), it would be a great move to incorporate an explorable world into the game and with a bigger budget behind things it could end up looking really nice. I know things aren't super easy for lower budget games and things aren't as simple as 'add open world', but I really do feel that some kind of world building, no matter how minor, in these mini-game/sport compilations can do wonders to make players want to stay there a bit longer. I also just really like games where you can explore a setting with no worries about combat or conflict, so the more of those the better.
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