Overview
- Number of Players
- Single Player
- Genre
- Adventure, First Person
- Release Date
Switch eShop
26th Aug 2021
26th Aug 2021, £8.99
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Reviews
Mini Review The Magnificent Trufflepigs - A Metal-Detecting Sim Short On Magnificence
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From day one, The Magnificent Trufflepigs — a game about metal-detecting and romance — came out swinging for the fences with prestige TV powerhouse AMC (of Walking Dead, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad fame) as publishers. But is it the equivalent of a stash of rare Roman coins, or just another rusty bottlecap? The story...
About The Game
It’s a game about trying to find something.
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game designed to be played in a single evening. You play as Adam, a sharp-witted but compassionate man returning to his childhood village of Stanning. There he'll help a woman named Beth on her mission to unearth a local treasure. As cracks begin to appear in Beth’s fairy tale plan for everything, you’ll delve into her history and discover all may not be as it seems. And you’ll have to choose how Adam responds to Beth as she faces her demons.
Gameplay combines laid-back metal detecting and exploration with a strong interpersonal narrative, all set in a beautiful English countryside. The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a game about trying to find something, and the tone it sets is like a typical English summer: mostly pleasant, but with stormy moments that threaten to ruin everything.
Comments (1)
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.
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