The Magnificent Trufflepigs (Switch eShop)

Review: 6/10
Completion time: 2 hours

I'm the kind of person that likes to sit down and do a mindless task to take my mind off life. Trufflepigs offers this for about...10 solid minutes. After that amount of time, you realize the game stops you from enjoying the beautiful music and scenery while metal detecting in order to talk to Beth. The game drags you away from detecting whenever Beth talks to you. You have a walkie and can continue to move without the detector while the conversation moves on, and that's my main issue with this game. You can't continue to detect while talking with Beth. You are locked to a spot while Beth talks to you about her problems, then shuts down any suggestions or points Adam gives.

I love story telling but this game doesn't do it right for me. The story left me wanting. There is closure to every story point the game has except for one. Though, the closure for some parts of the story aren't even satisfying. I'm not going to truly spoil anything but, Beth is a frustrating and selfish character. You start to realize that quickly. She is the kind of friend that vents about their problems to you but never takes your advice, and then puts you on a shelf so she doesn't have to see you until she needs to vent to you again. Her personality leaves little closure for you and your character by the end of the game, meanwhile you still might be hungry for metal detecting and aren't willing to sit through the story again to get some more in.