Pupperazzi is puppy perfection
If there’s one thing that you should know about me, it’s that I absolutely adore dogs and would willingly talk to them over people if given the choice. So with that in mind, you’ll understand what I mean when I say that developer Sundae Month truly made Pupperazzi a game that ticked each and every one of my boxes.
The concept of the game is a simple one: you play the role of a very special creature – a camera – that’s destiny is to follow dogs around the wonderful city of Muttropolis and take pictures of them. Only, it isn’t good enough just to take random photos of dogs, you need to take special photos with the dogs performing different stunts, or wearing different outfits. This seemed fair enough to me, because you are part of the pupperazzi after all, and you do want your dog photos to be the talk of Dogstagram, right?
After you finish taking the select photos of the puppers you find around the area, you must post them onto the net in order to earn fame. Once you’ve gained enough, you unlock the next area and new objectives to complete. The first area I started in was a beach by a lighthouse where I painstakingly followed a dog with wide eyes around, desperately jumping around to get a shot where I could see his stupidly cute face making a derpy expression. As you can see below, it was absolutely worth it.
However, as funny as it may be to take pictures of dogs making funny faces, there are some very small rules that you slowly uncover through playing. For one, DogNet doesn’t like it when you spam photos. This seemed a bit bizarre to me at first – who doesn’t want thousands of copies of a dog squinting up at you while riding a motorcycle? – but I soon came to realize that this was Pupperazzi’s way of stopping players from speeding ahead to the last area of the game.
These unspoken rules may seem like a lot to take in at first, but the tutorial you get at start-up will gladly guide you through anything too complicated. But let’s be honest: it’s a game where you take photos of dogs – there’s really nothing too complex about it.
Because of this lack of complexity, it’s easy to see why some people might find Pupperazzi utterly boring. While the challenge of what you need to do raises the stakes with each new area, it’s still a game that doesn’t really follow a cohesive, narrative journey outside of taking photos of dogs. As someone who does that anyway in real life with my own dog, what might bore someone else became the sole reason for me playing. I freaking love dogs, and I want to take pictures of them all – especially if they’re riding a skateboard or napping on a towel in the afternoon sun.
If you’re looking for something outside of hanging around with dogs, petting them and changing the different lens of your camera eye, Pupperazzi might not be for you. But if you’re a dog lover who finds joy in doing nothing but hanging around with our loyal canines – in real life, and/or in your virtual one – then there’s no reason not to give this game your time.
Score: 5/5
A copy of Pupperazzi for PC was provided to Gayming Magazine by the publisher
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