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The Best (and Most Adorable) Reactions to Stray
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Stray has officially arrived, and the early reactions are just as wholesome as to be expected. The game that lets you play as a feline adventurer is a hit with cat lovers and gamers alike — and it’s even captured the attention of real cats.
I’ve been playing a lot of Stray and I love it SO MUCH. My cat Totoro likes to watch me play and then he tries to catch the cat on the screen. pic.twitter.com/XPyuJWQHB3
— Elise Favis (@elisefavis) July 18, 2022
The early Stray gameplay reactions share a few similarities: people are delighted by how many ways the game lets you play as a cat. Not just running around in a cat’s body, but indulging in some classic feline behaviour. There’s a dedicated meow button, tapping the left and right triggers let you scratch the wall, you can knock bottles over and walk across a keyboard, typing a random string of letters on a screen in the process. It’s the kind of naughty behaviour anyone who’s lived with a cat will recognise, and there’s a perverse pleasure in it.
But Stray is more than just a cat simulator or a gimmick game. The story, although short — it will take you around eight hours to finish it, or 10 hours maximum to 100% it — is being praised for its subtle but effective storytelling, and the city around you feels as realistic as you can get in a game.
Even the way your kitty moves when it’s not being naughty adds to the sense of inhabiting the world. Stray is full of platformer puzzles that you complete by climbing and leaping, occasionally pausing to do that wonderful wind up motion cats do before they pounce, or chirping when you land.
There are a handful of sequences where you have tense encounters with Zurks, vicious swarms of robots that will hunt anything that gets too close. But beyond running from the Zurks, there’s no combat in Stray. Compared to other major releases this year like Elden Ring and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Stray focuses on peaceful exploration. The outpouring of love the game has already received proves that people are hungry for more experiences like this. Defeating a boss twice your size after learning their move set is satisfying as hell, but there’s something to be said for a game that acknowledges not all adventures are violent.
So it’s no surprise that people have been sharing their reactions to Stray online with pictures of their own cats and lots memes. Let’s get into it!
Here Are the Best Stray Reactions So Far
*The Cat game launches*#Stray #PS5 pic.twitter.com/YszpyRhAYI
— Bot Thunder ⚡️ (@BT_BlackThunder) July 19, 2022
Hey @PlayStation, my copy of #Stray isn’t working!
— Tom Campbell (@TomCampbell) July 19, 2022
I’m pressing every button as you can see but the game is non-responsive. Is this a known bug?
Many thanks! pic.twitter.com/HwbUZ11EcB
I streamed #Stray on @outsidextra today and the little cat was so cute that I fully cried.
— Ellen "I don’t post here anymore" Rose 🐀 (@icklenellierose) July 19, 2022
Multiple times. pic.twitter.com/IN1EqANf6y
Head empty, Cat game only.#Stray #PS5 pic.twitter.com/FsuEmYW7B4
— Bot Thunder ⚡️ (@BT_BlackThunder) July 18, 2022
You can nuzzle the cat as the cat in Stray pic.twitter.com/wYJPsRcZVM
— Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog) July 18, 2022
You can take a nap on the cowboy robot in Stray pic.twitter.com/KKL2ks5vku
— Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog) July 19, 2022
no talk me im playin stray pic.twitter.com/nqAaUFO7IW
— Coolmath Games (@TheRealCoolmath) July 19, 2022
this must happen. #Stray #MilesMoralesPS5 #SpiderCat pic.twitter.com/8iUcENA1B4
— Brian Horton (@BrianHortonArt) July 19, 2022
He's transfixed #Stray @PlayStationUK @A_i @HKdevblog pic.twitter.com/V01LNqlebf
— Laura Varley 🌸 (@RocketMinx) July 19, 2022
A lot of people are asking "what's the appeal of stray" or "why are you all hyped?"
— Pyo 5️⃣ (@mrpyo1) July 13, 2022
So I decided why not make a tweet to explain in detail what's so special about this game coming next week:
You literally play as a cat. pic.twitter.com/Amd92XWeMi
My favorite part of that new Stray game is when the cat said "IT'S STRAYIN' TIME" then strayed all over the place
— SuperNerdLand || 👴Oyaji Club (@SuperNerdLand) July 19, 2022
MY TURN TO PRESS THE MEOW BUTTON
— cσσkíє 🎮 (@ArcanaLegacy) July 20, 2022
[✨✧゚・:*𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙*:・゚✧✨]#Stray pic.twitter.com/gmiDiJXa3v
https://t.co/WyCVkDtUaD pic.twitter.com/nwjnhTncmb
— Annapurna Interactive (@A_i) July 19, 2022
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