The Magnificent Trufflepigs

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  • Summary: The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, romantic, metal-detecting game. 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 inThe Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, romantic, metal-detecting game. 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.    … Expand

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  1. Nintendo Life
    Sep 7, 2021
    50
    Then again, there's the possibility that this is all a thought experiment for Beth, and Adam isn't real at all, which makes the story marginally more bearable — but overall, Trufflepigs is a little too short, a little too slow, and a lot too much of the unlikeable Beth. As a proof-of-concept of what Thunkd can do, it's promising, but limited graphics, poor accessibility options (although text size is changeable), and unskippable dialogue that grinds the entire game to a halt make it hard to recommend. Unless, of course, you're looking for a tranquil-ish three hours of pleasant pastoral mundanity, sporadically interrupted by a self-involved rich kid having a quarter-life crisis and making it your problem.
  2. Gaming Age
    Jun 7, 2022
    42
    I can’t help but shake the feeling, though, that it could have been done in a way that was interesting, or at least tolerable. Instead, The Magnificent Trufflepigs makes the prospect of spending a few hours in this world seem like a dreadful slog. The whole thing feels like it was tailor-made to win awards and win critical acclaim, but like the worst kind of awards bait, they forgot to make the game interesting enough to merit either.

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  1. BleepBlorp
    Feb 1, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a little slow paced, and if you're the kind of person that doesn't want to delve into a young woman's quarter-life crisis, you're not going to enjoy this one. From time to time, I enjoy a slow narrative game. Some reviewers say that the protagonist is Adam and you're listening the whole time, she's selfish, blah blah blah "friendzoned," BS, but that points to the fact that they didn't finish the game, and they're probably kinda a little sexist. Adam doesn't exist. It's an imaginary friend/alter ego that comes around when she's at her lowest points. Anyway, it hits the spot for a low key sort of story.… Expand
  2. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 17, 2021
    5
    This is one of those titles that’s very difficult to explain in a way that establishes a decent value proposition for purchasing it but hereThis is one of those titles that’s very difficult to explain in a way that establishes a decent value proposition for purchasing it but here goes: Only lasting a couple of hours, the “action” is you methodically using a metal detector on the ground of an old farm in search of something. These efforts are then broken up by the real focus, which is an ongoing conversation between two old friends who at one point had some romantic entanglement and are slowly revisiting the topic of what happened and perhaps how they can move forward. Your interest and enjoyment likely will hinge on whether such an exploration sounds interesting, and the dialogue and nature of the relationship is at least handled well and in a way that feels pretty realistic as well. Obviously it won’t be for everyone, but that isn’t to say it isn’t a unique and compelling experience in its own right.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/09/mini-reviews-september-1st-edition.html    … Expand