Laid-Back Camp All -in -one!‪!‬ 4+

I was already a fan of Yuru Camp when I chose to download this game. The game definitely has it’s issues: the tutorial cannot be completed, camping can be a little confusing, and the check in feature being locked to Japan only is a bit of a letdown. However, despite these issues, this is a genuinely fun experience. Once you get ahold of the camping mechanics, it becomes quite fun, plus it’s well animated, and all the charm of the original anime and manga is preserved here. Plus, the gacha system is one of the better ones out there, making it much easier to acquire SR Costumes and Cards than other games of its kind would allow. All in all, I do recommend this game, and I hope more improvements are on the way to make this game even better.

Once you get into the swing of things, it can be pretty fun, but I do have some complaints:
- The tutorial is very long, and it doesn’t teach the gameplay loop very well. It took me a bit after it finished to really understand the camping sequences and how the other elements of the game tie into them. - The game crashes and hangs quite a bit, particularly on loading screens and on the Summer Gacha. I have to force close the app between story sections because of it. EDIT: Latest updates make the game buggier and even more prone to crashing.
- The translation is spotty. It’s understandable, but there are parts of the game left untranslated, some spots where certain phrases are translated incorrectly/are translated in a way that uses confusing phrasing (this is especially noticeable with camping skills), or translation notes left in that shouldn’t be visible. It feels like a rushed machine translation, which is serviceable but not great. If there were some more polish and QC put into it, it wouldn’t be an issue.

Be warned that this is also a Gacha game. The monetization practices are inherently predatory and those that are prone to impulsively spending on Gacha (especially kids and teenagers) should stay away from it. That said, the game itself is still fine without participating in paid Gacha. After playing it a few days, it has failed to really grab me, though, so I probably won’t play it longer than a week or two. Just watch the anime.

This game is amazing when it works. It reminds me a tiny bit of animal crossing but you don’t have to put in as much work which I really like. The only downside is it’s constantly crashing like every 20 mins and I have a newer iPhone. It’s also poorly translated here and there, some things don’t even get translated. I can’t view my collection without it crashing and every time it does crash, it resets the “new” tags. In the campsite even if the “new” item is placed it still shows up as new. Did I mention it crashes a lot. Camping takes like 30 mins and it’s not explained well partially because the translation. They definitely phoned some parts in though and it’s infuriating to see the potential this game has squandered for whatever reason(s). I hope this game will last but I’m worried that because of this mess of a release pushed a lot of people away from a potentially great game and now it’s hindered instead. Get it together.