Between each level you’ll read a conversation between the different inhabitants and these are both funny and charming – and sometimes a little long-winded. Now, you might wonder why in the world would a raccoon want to swallow up the entire county? Well, there’s an entertaining story behind it all, and you’ll find out all of the sordid details one townsperson at a time. You’ll need to experiment to figure out the various stages and how to proceed through to the end. This is where the game really takes on a more puzzle-like approach. Later on in the game you get the ability to catapult objects back out of the hole.

Sometimes you’ll have to finagle the object just right to have it begin to tilt and then quickly move the hole to capture the entire thing. At first you might only be able to swallow a soda can or pieces of rolled up paper, but before long you’ll devour vehicles, trees, and even huge boulders and houses! Since some of these objects are strangely shaped, they may not go in without a fuss, and that’s where the game’s physic engine kicks in to make the levels even more interesting.

It starts off relatively small, but as you place the hole under different objects it sort of eats them to make the hole grow larger and larger. You play as a raccoon named BK who can remotely control a hole in the ground. The idea behind Donut County is rather simple, and in some ways reminded me of Katamari Damacy, which also just released earlier this month on the Nintendo Switch. I can see some gamers really taking a liking to this one! Much to my surprise it’s a wholly unique experience with some funny writing and creative gameplay to boot. A code showed up in my inbox and I had a few days of downtime so I figured I’d give it a shot. With Donut County I had no idea what to expect. Have you ever jumped into a game sight unseen, knowing absolutely nothing about it beforehand? In today’s day and age with information and videos just a click away, I almost always know at least a little of what I’m getting myself into before diving in.

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