![]() Swallow up a fire and some corn cobs and you'll soon have popcorn shooting back out, which must then be collected again. Swallow up two rabbits, for instance, and love hearts will spring from the hole before a swarm of newly-born rabbits shoots back out. The game instead focuses on the impact certain objects can have on the hole, often with clever or comical effect. Whereas you would sometimes roll up the entire world in Katamari games, levels in Donut County peak with you swallowing, at most, a building. The game clearly isn't striving to offer a deep narrative experience, but there are quite a few 'story' scenes and most of them aren't particularly engaging or funny.ĭonut County lacks scale, too, with most levels feeling like they're ending prematurely. BK is not particularly likeable, and his friendship with Mira-his human best friend, who encourages him to face up to what he has done-feels one-sided. The flippancy of the script is charming at times, but it also means that Donut County is difficult to get truly invested in. The plot goes in some strange directions as it casually works through and untangles its own strange internal logic, and the script is full of irreverent 'Internet' speak-the term 'lol' pops up frequently in the dialog, which is very casual throughout. Most levels play out as flashbacks, with cutscenes showing the people BK has swallowed up reminiscing about what has happened to them while gathered around a fire in their new underground home (the earth, as it turns out, is hollow). The in-game explanation for these holes is that BK, a raccoon who works in the county's donut shop, is controlling them via an app. Donut County is not as deep as the holes it contains. But while controlling a malevolent hole that sucks in objects, people, and eventually buildings and structures is satisfying, there's not a whole lot to the game beyond these mild pleasures. When you're finding the tipping point of an object-seeking the moment at which it'll teeter over and tumble sideways through the hole, or when you're trying to make an object fall over so you can nab the items sitting atop it-Donut County can be a lot of fun. It's focused on the simple pleasures of manipulating in-game physics and the inherent fun of making objects and living beings fall into holes. The control scheme is extremely simple, and the game's laidback attitude is reflected in its pleasantly chunky art style and folksy soundtrack. You start small, grabbing rocks, pieces of fruit, and inconsequential detritus, but the hole grows as you gather more items into it, letting you nab bigger objects and eventually, swallow everything in the level.ĭonut County is, for the most part, a lackadaisical and gentle game. You drag the hole across the ground in each of the game's 22 short levels, swallowing up any items that will fit. Much like that PlayStation 2 classic, it's all about absorbing increasingly large items, although in this case you're sucking them into a hole rather than rolling them into a ball. All rights reserved.Donut County must be inspired by Katamari Damacy, one of the most important 'weird' games of the last 15 years. One-time license fee for play on account’s designated primary PS4™ system and other PS4™ systems when signed in with that account. Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service and applicable privacy policy (/terms-of-service & /privacy-policy). Software subject to license (us./softwarelicense). You can use it to solve puzzles.or just destroy stuff.ĭonut County was created by Ben Esposito, designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. MOVE the hole to swallow up their stuff, growing bigger each time.EXPLORE every character’s home, each with their own unique environment.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. Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. ![]()
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