It’s hard not to love the result, even if it could be a lot tighter.
Oh, and the mascot business?
That already went under, leaving its sole employee, Pinky, to turn it into a love hotel.
Doing so means combining a management sim with open world vehicle exploration.
Not a common combo.
Mascots in this world are people like you or I not cute suits.
Which isn’t to say there are no throughlines at all.
Otherwise, the most DNA the two share is how eclectic and hard to pin down both are.
Here, like in Paradise Killer, there is still a lot of exploration.
Everything you do increases your fans, and levelling up gets you access to higher paying jobs.
Rinse and repeat as you earn enough money to keep progressing through story milestones.
Which can be easier said than done.
It can be genuinely tense.
“At its heart, Promise Mascot Agency is all about the vibes.”
The management aspect of the game becomes meaningless.
At its heart, Promise Mascot Agency is all about the vibes, and there it’s nearly flawless.
That’s one important promise kept.
Promise Mascot Agency was reviewed on PC, with a code provided by the publisher.
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