02-28-2025, 01:33 AM
Played a bit of Promise Mascot Agency. Thought it was going to be a Persona battle system but it's more of a mascot management and town sim. I'll be focusing on the mascot part.
So all plot aside, the mascot management is a simple yet interesting gameplay loop. First is the "setup" where we have to find the Mascot and Clients. When you find a mascot, you can offer them bonuses via cut of the paycheck and/or breaks, with more bonuses making them more likely to join. While it is possible to change these bonuses later, this can affect the Mascot's happiness.
After finding a Client, jobs from them will pop up from time to time. Jobs prefer certain mascots that know their stuff, and obviously the mascot needs to have enough stamina to perform the job. And if thing go well, the job is complete in a couple of in-game hours.
...But the mascot may encounter situations like tight doorways and malfunctions, and that's where Mascot Heroes (people willing to help Mascots) come in. If you choose to help the Mascot, they will do a bit of "damage" to the situation and then you have one turn to deal with the rest of the situation, normally with at least 2 Mascot Heroes helping out. Each Mascot Hero has 5 stats but one stat is used for the situation (mechanical, animal, etc) and may have extra actions like drawing another Mascot Hero. Dealing with this situation will mark the job as complete, and you will gain the job reward minus any faults (and Mascot bonus). It is also possible to feed the Mascot beforehand so they can avoid this situation.
So all plot aside, the mascot management is a simple yet interesting gameplay loop. First is the "setup" where we have to find the Mascot and Clients. When you find a mascot, you can offer them bonuses via cut of the paycheck and/or breaks, with more bonuses making them more likely to join. While it is possible to change these bonuses later, this can affect the Mascot's happiness.
After finding a Client, jobs from them will pop up from time to time. Jobs prefer certain mascots that know their stuff, and obviously the mascot needs to have enough stamina to perform the job. And if thing go well, the job is complete in a couple of in-game hours.
...But the mascot may encounter situations like tight doorways and malfunctions, and that's where Mascot Heroes (people willing to help Mascots) come in. If you choose to help the Mascot, they will do a bit of "damage" to the situation and then you have one turn to deal with the rest of the situation, normally with at least 2 Mascot Heroes helping out. Each Mascot Hero has 5 stats but one stat is used for the situation (mechanical, animal, etc) and may have extra actions like drawing another Mascot Hero. Dealing with this situation will mark the job as complete, and you will gain the job reward minus any faults (and Mascot bonus). It is also possible to feed the Mascot beforehand so they can avoid this situation.
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