Edward and Eric: Joey's World

**Edward and Eric: Joey's World** is a 2016 action-adventure open world game that was developed and published by Chatterbox Games. Being based on Edward and Eric and serving as a spiritual successor to 2009's Edward and Eric: Lakeside City Stories, it was released on May 3, 2016 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles. It was a launch title for the Nintendo Switch on March 3, 2017, and was released for PC nearly two weeks later on March 14.

The story is set within the fictional town of Oak Creek in Louisiana, and it follows Joey spending his summer break at his dad's vacation home, all while having to deal with three of his older brothers (Cheesy, Phillip and Fancy Pants), as well as attending a corrupt summer camp that only reminds him of what Lakeside City School used to be like. The game serves as the "definitive, no-loose-ends finale" for the Edward and Eric franchise altogether, taking place one year after the events of The Edward and Eric Movie.

## Plot

Set one year after The Edward and Eric Movie, Joey takes it upon himself to bond more with his father, and the perfect opportunity emerges when Floyd decides to pay a visit to his vacation home all the way down in Louisiana. Oak Creek is a town Joey has grown up at; not to the extent of Brooklyn, but he definitely considers it his second hometown thanks to the amount of summers he spent over there. In spite of his accomplishments in the movie, three of his older brothrs (Cheesy, Fancy Pants, and Phillip) simply do not care. They are apathetic at best and try to harp on the worst parts of Joey's previous school years as if they're recent.

Now that Joey is technically home for the summer, back in the town where everybody sees him as the bad kid on the block who's a loser at Lakeside City School and had a mother who ran through husbands like a day job, Joey explores his family relationships, old friends, real closure in finding his mother's last known whereabouts, what it takes to feel love and acceptance from his family, and most importantly, attending Camp Itchyrump, where he must power through antagonistic campers and corrupt scoutmasters so that he can stand up for any of the defenseless children put an end to the camp's notorious reputation. Not only that, but he also has to stop the main scoutmaster from performing his master plan of taking down neighborhoods to make way for supermarkets and industrial factories.

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## Gameplay

The game is presented through a third-person perspective. Unlike Lakeside City Stories, the player is in control of only one protagonist, with that being Joey. The world of Oak Creek can be explored on foot, bicycle, skateboard, moped, scooter, and even go-karts. A 'fast travel' system allows the player to take a bus to Camp Itchyrump and go there within the span of a loading screen.

Oak Creek is split within four boroughs: the residential district, Camp Itchyrump, Clinton Heights, the business area, and a more run-down area. The map is almost twice the size of Lakeside City, but is nowhere near as big as South Carolina in The Angry Grandpa Video Game. To make up for the small size, there are far more interiors than in LCS, which can either be accessed normally or through forced entry. The remembrance system in LCS and TAGPVG is also expanded upon (one example being that you can join the camp counselors, which highly depends on your acts).

While the game is obviously not as realistic as The Angry Grandpa Video Game, another feature that has been expanded upon is the grass system. After finishing a lawn mowing job, the grass will gradually grow back within real time. Factors like rain, or simply choosing to manually water the grass, will affect how fast and how long patches of grass will grow. (WIP)

This isn't to say Joey's World is the same as Lakeside City Stories. One major difference Joey's World has is that instead of going to class, you do activities at camp. Part-time jobs are also prioritized more. As expected, lawn mowing makes a return. One new addition, however, is beekeeping. (WIP)

Activities at Camp Itchyrump include archery, woodworking, tennis, swimming, crafting, (WIP)

## Trivia

* The game's title is based on the *Yu-Gi-Oh!* deck, Joey's World. This ties in with Joey (Maldanado) being based on Joey Wheeler.