When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers! You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes. Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole. I think that the game leans into internet speak a bit too often, if I had to critique the writing anywhere, but it hardly detracts from the script as a whole.Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. You know your writing is good when I take in every word, laughing the whole time, instead of mashing the X button to reach the next gameplay beat. The dialog and trash encyclopedia entries are cuttingly witty, and laugh out loud funny. I’d be remiss not to talk about the game’s sense of humor also. Simply being in the world of Donut County is a pleasure. The music is some of the best I’ve heard all year, and the game’s aesthetic is simultaneously minimalistic, and brimming with personality due in large part to the game’s excellent character and location designs.
It is really a testament to Ben Esposito’s level design that something as ridiculous as using a water balloon’s explosion to power a raccoon-themed water park attraction, all while playing as hole, mind you, never felt out of place or difficult to understand.Donut County’s gameplay is just steeped in whimsy, and that sentiment extends to every other aspect of this game.
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