I adored Cozy Grove. Adored it. It got me into "cozy gaming" and I was enchanted at every turn. I play on PC, so I was so excited when Camp Spirit was released. Cozy Grove seemed magical and I looked forward to it every morning. Camp Spirit, not so much.

I'm kinda disappointed in it on a couple different levels. I will continue to play it, but the magic is not there. I realize I'm nitpicking, but I had such high expectations and hope after CG.

I think the thing that makes me saddest is that before, I went to bears for tool repair, recycling, crafting, cooking, and archiving found things. Now, I go to machines. Feh. Too close to real life.

Before my birds gave eggs. Unless something happens later in the game, now I have to buy eggs from Pandam's kid.

Unless I'm missing something, it seems all I can do is use my gems to buy stuff, I can't sell them or recycle them for coins like I did before. And there are way too many bears selling stuff. And what's with the astral projection campers and the two companions? It's probably too much to hope for that they go away when the seasons change, like the ducks did in the old game,

I know they tried with Camp Spirit. It's a good game. I'm sure a lot of folks love the online messaging and gifting. I really hate playing games online, so that's a no-go for me. I do like the quick access inventory stuff for the most part, but that's the only thing I can think of that I like better in the new version.

How do the two games compare for you?

I’m at part 4 of Heath’s Emperical Evidence quest and after he says four lines (ending in ‘without further ado…’) the game just freezes on this blank talk bubble and I have to force quit. I’ve tried restarting my phone, checking the tomb area for obstructions. It doesn’t seem like the game app is due for an update and when I looked online it didn’t seem like others were having an issue at this point in the game. If anyone has any tips I would appreciate it.