The demo for Grandma, No was incredibly small and gave about 7 minutes of content. So, it was kind of hard to judge what the actual gameplay was like. Grandma, No puts you in the driver’s seat of the eponymous Grandma. Your son’s babysitter was murdered, so he comes and drops off the baby with you while he and his wife head to a nude beach. Odd, but funny.
This game is best played on the controller, so you’ll want to be sure that you have one available and connected for this game. Overall, the controls were fine. Grandma is a bit wonky, but that’s more due to the ragdoll physics than the controls being an issue.
Grandma, No blends the comedy vibe of Thank Goodness You’re Here! with the visual appeal of old Cartoon Network shows. Everything seems to be an explosion of color and really leans into that cartoony vibe. It’s something that I can certainly appreciate.
However, I’m not sure what the aim of the game is. You were given the baby, but the demo doesn’t have you do anything with them at all. So, if you have to tackle minding the baby with doing tasks, I’m unsure.
Once you’re given the baby, you can go into the living room with them and that starts a 5-minute timer for Grandma to do whatever she wants before she has to take a nap. At this point, it’s all chaos. You’re given a singular task of watering the plants, but getting her to aim in the right place is kind of wonky (again, due to the ragdoll physics more than controls) so you’re likely to break things.
Grandma, No! – Grandma, Yes? – Grandma, Maybe?!
Good thing for you that breaking vases is a task that pops up once you’ve done that. Dotted all around the room are quests that Grandma can complete. For instance, there are 5 records around the room and if you play them all, the task is complete. There’s a nest in the cuckoo clock that’s empty and needs to be filled.
There’s a long list of tasks that seem impossible to finish in 5 minutes. Is the point of the game to try to speedrun the tasks and figure out the order to do them? Will you be able to come back to this room after Grandma naps? Will the baby throw a wrench into things and need to be tended to?
It was fun to run around and cause chaos, but I’m left wondering what the actual purpose and goal is. I’m on the fence about this one simply because I’m left with more questions than I started with.
If you want to experience the chaos of Grandma, No for yourself, you can try out the demo on Steam.
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