The Magnificent Trufflepigs

 PC
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Jun 4, 2021
    After its two hour run-time ended with a little bubble burst of hope and sadness, I rather wished I could have sent Beth on her way and stayed behind with Adam - if only 'cos I didn't finish detecting half of those fields. There's gold in them there lovely hills. I can feel it.

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User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. akabret
    Jun 6, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Having finished the game, I found myself relating to the protagonist in a profound way that I have never experienced.

    The protagonist is a guy named Adam who wants nothing more than to rekindle a romance with endlessly self-centered Beth who literally talks about herself the entire game while he (at her behest) digs up junk in a field. He is ostensibly trying to find an expensive earring that Beth insists is there, but she later admits it’s not.

    Then at the end, she friendzones him really harshly, saying that he (the one friend that agreed to meet her, when her other friends blow her off at the beginning) is “part of the problem”, when he asks if he could accompany her, she says “that’s not how this works.” (Apparently “how it works” is that she gets what she needs and he can go f*ck himself for all she cares.)

    And then she glibly makes plans with her other friends moments after kicking him to the curb. Are we supposed to be happy for her? I felt the same way. I thought, “Yes, I will literally dig up trash on a farm. And yes, I will serve as an inert sounding board for this terribly dull person, where my dialogue options clearly have no impact to this ceaseless prattle. But I’m the end it will be worth it! Something good will happen, for sure!” But it never did, and I left feeling just as downtrodden as Adam, and just as much of a sucker. To whomever made this game: Screw you.    … Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 6, 2021
    5
    The Magnificent Trufflepigs
    Trying to detect the point
    The Maginificent Trufflepigs is a 2 hour long metal detecting game Here you play as    The Magnificent Trufflepigs
    Trying to detect the point
    The Maginificent Trufflepigs is a 2 hour long metal detecting game
    Here you play as Adam, helping beth look for a second earing to a pair she found detecting years ago.. here youll be slowly walking until your metal detector beeps, dig up whatever it is, take a pcture, send it and youll get a little chunk of the story… this whole game is just finding stuff to learn more about beth and her family.. its just a shame she isn’t really interesting.. I found nothing about this game to be interesting.. im thrown into a fenced in area to find items, walk at a snails pace so I would lift my metal detector to run, throw it down see if anything pops up rinse repeat until lunch time while I get to hear this girl cry about her fiance and friend zone me for 2 hours… and there just isn’t anything to uncover..
    at th end of that day youll be thrown into a new fenced in area that barely feels different from the last.. and there is just no excitement when you find something new.. no mystery to solve.. youre just finding junk and reflecting on your friendship and listening to her boy problems.
    his is more of a friendzone simulator, and I was bored of it from start to finish…
    I give The Magnificent Trufflepigs
    a 5.5/10    … Full Review »
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