My Talking Tom is provided by Outfit7 Limited., and this game falls into the casual pet game category, available on Android and iOS platforms with further sequels lining up. Players can also play this game via webpages. The game is centered on an adorable main character: a funny and cute virtue kitty—Tom. The game content for players is focused on taking good care of your pet Tom in all aspects. This includes his happy mood, nutritious food and its physical health and leisure entertainment. Players can be rewarded with in-game tokens and stars if they successfully accomplish the given tasks mentioned above. With those rewards, they can further unlock new objects and game features to progress through the gameplay. As for the game mechanics, they are fairly simple and minimal to understand. On players’ main interface of their device, five icons are presented, indicating five categories of daily tasks players need to pay attention to and accomplish when they are tending Tom. To start with, keeping Tom happy is a top task which can be done via different means, including playtime in the front yard, entertainment with toys and participation in mini games. Sometimes, it is as simple as showing a small gesture like petting and rubbing. Meanwhile, it is equally crucial to keep Tom well-fed. This is important because all the playing and entertainment consume a lot of energy and the pet is likely to be hungry after that. Apart from meals, Tom’s hygiene and health needs should also be taken care of, usually after playing and meals. At times, Tom might catch a bit of ailments so that medicine treatments are necessary. Finally, after a productive and joyful day, Tom needs to have a good sleep to regain its energy. Sleeping can actually take place anytime in the game, depending on the game play of the players. Furthermore, when players have earned enough tokens via playing mini games or leveling-ups, they can take Tom on a flight trip where players can explore and discover new items that might be useful for better attending to Tom’s needs. Last but not least, players can also randomly and occasionally get Stars as their rewards. Those rarely gained trinkets can be used for other rare things in the game.

Review

My talking Tom is quite family friendly and parents and children can easily enjoy the relaxing gaming together. It helps to better connect the family relationship and nurture a loving and caring atmosphere. In terms of gameplay, the pace of the game progress is rather casual and slow. Players can decide their own gaming progressions. Pausing or resuming the game is quite simple and there are not really difficult challenges throughout the play. Even though this game is not intense in its rhythm and challenge levels, it integrates quite a lot of mini games, which definitely adds up the playability of this game. In general, children are the targeted gaming group for My Talking Tom and parents can easily participate in or supervise the game experience of their kids. As a matter of fact, parents are suggested to participate in the game with their kids even if they don’t play directly. Yet it is better to have parents keep an eye on the ads during the intervals in case inappropriate contents pop up. Besides, another security tip is to deny the game the access to the gaming devices as it might cause potential security and privacy concerns.