A Perfect Day takes you back to the turn of the millennium for a nostalgia-fueled experience
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- A Perfect Day is out now for iOS and Android
- It takes you back to the turn of the millennium before the year 1999
- Experience the last day of school on this epoch of a day, and relive it in the pursuit of perfection
If there's one thing about nostalgia, it's that it can be very specific to a single person, yet somehow so universal. For example, I seriously doubt many (if any) of you reading were a small Chinese child in 1999; but even if you aren't you can still experience the strangely relatable feelings on that turn of the millennium date in The Perfect Day.
As you might've guessed from that description, A Perfect Day takes you back to 1999 the day before school lets out for the Lunar New Year. Featuring 7 time segments, 11 main characters, 20 event cards and 1 free DLC, you'll explore different time loops and multiple branching narratives in your pursuit of that perfect day.
It's not just this narrative aspect that you'll get to explore either. A Perfect Day also features various minigames to while the hours away with, be that the Gamicon console (no relation to another famous console), Mini 4WD racing, or even the humble arcade.
A Perfect Day seems to be following developer Littoral Games' previous releases like Growing Up: Life in the 90s by offering a slightly more idealised view of the past than most might realise. But while the setting is unusual, I feel this one has more of a universal appeal, weirdly enough.
I think most of us have had one day that stands out for being an epoch in our life, one which changes everything for us and makes it seem like nothing will ever be the same. And haven't we all wanted to go back and change that special day? Well, some of us at least.
In the meantime though if this is either a bit too deep or a bit too slow-paced for you, why not try out some of the top releases on our latest edition of the top five new mobile games to try this week? With the best launches from the last seven days to see!
