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    Donut County

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Aug 28, 2018

    A "whimsical physics" game in which players have control over a magical hole.

    mexisushi's Donut County (PlayStation 4) review

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    [iOS] The Little Hole That Could (Create and Destroy Friendship)

    Note: The game was played on an iOS device.

    "Donut County" is a brief and heartwarming story about a girl, a racoon, and a hole.

    The game's hook is very straightforward and easy to understand. You start each 'story arc' as a tiny hole and its size gets bigger as the hole continues 'eating' objects littered throughout the stage. The game will occassionaly shift and expand its perspective, while adding new gimmicks of "hole + object = new way to interact" as the story progresses.

    The game sometimes feels puzzle-like and you can feel the creator's intent of how to solve each stage. There were a few 'moments' where the game literally felt like trying to put a square object into a round hole, but they were very scant so I think they could be forgiven, thanks to the shortness of each stage.

    Speaking of short, I managed to finish the game in two sittings, lasting no more than four to five hours. This may sound short at first, but given the scope of the story and mechanics, $4.99 on the U.S. App Store felt 'just right' for me.

    A recommended 'buy' for me if you don't mind dropping some cash for brief entertainment and supporting an adventurous game developer. The game will likely win you over with its charmful story, simple mehanics, and holes. Lots of holes.

    Other reviews for Donut County (PlayStation 4)

      Donut Create Push 0

      Allow me to fall into the trap of talking about what this game isn't.I had high hopes for Donut County, a Katamari-style game where you control a hole that grows as things fall into it. Only, it's not done in the style of Katamari at all, not really. It's more of a puzzle game with Katamari trappings. Sure, Katamari games are split into discrete levels, but this goes even further, with fairly minute levels containing a couple of puzzles involving a specific set piece. There's no freedom to expl...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      A short charming adventure that feels much more at home on a phone than the PS4 version I played. 0

      But before I get into that let me give you a quick recap of what’s going on in the small town shop Donut County. Our protagonist BK the raccoon has a app that he has been using to deliver “donuts” to customers. But what they really get is a controllable hole in the ground that then gobbles up everything in a nearby radius. Things start to spiral out of control once most of the town gets sent underground. Thus most of the story is told via flashbacks and has a lot of silly qui...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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