Papo & Yo is an adventure developed by Minority, released 14 August 2012 on PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Papo & Yo is
Papo & Yo is an adventure game developed by Minority and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs. The minute he sees one hop by, he’ll scarf it down and fly into a violent, frog-induced rage where no one, including Quico, is safe. And yet, Quico loves his Monster and wants to save him. As Quico, players will build their friendship with Monster by solving puzzles together and adventuring through a magical, surrealist world. Players will need to learn to use Monster’s emotions, both good and bad, to their advantage if they want to complete their search for a cure and save their…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Papo & Yo holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 71 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz dual core or better, 1 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT, ATI Radeon X1800 or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Papo & Yo launched on 14 August 2012, within three weeks of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Papo & Yo yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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