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I also didn't perceive the game as using mental health as an 'enemy', something to fight against, a negative flipside to a sunny disposition and affirmative outlook. Which isn't to say those other 'takes' are wrong at all - I just didn't read the story in the same way that they did. While some PC-release coverage of this game, back in June 2021, spoke of a romance unrealised between the pair, and criticised never physically showing the characters, my takeaway from Trufflepigs is very different - and, I think, mine is the takeaway its makers were aiming for. It's a pastoral paradise where the only pressure on you, on Adam, is to remember where you left your detector should you set it down and wander off while using the walkie-talkie. For between 90 minutes and two hours, you'll be transported to a part of Britain tucked away from motorways and mass transit hubs, coffee shop chains and reliable wi-fi. And it's lovely, it really is, to slip on headphones and immerse yourself into the beeps and blips, the scrunch of the trowel in the dirt, the twittering birds and the gentle sway of the grass. It is the very definition of a walking simulator, because that is pretty much all you do. With stunning visuals, brilliant acting and a world-class score, Little Orpheus is a subterranean epic you’ll never forget.The Magnificent Trufflepigs asks little of you except: move around this beautiful place and point your metal detector at things sometimes send photos of your discoveries (or snap the local landmarks) and swap some text messages and very occasionally choose between a couple of conversational options that have no bearing (so far as I can tell, anyway) on the pre-credits conclusion to the story. Gasp as he battles the subhuman tribe of the Menkv and escapes the clutches of dreadful monsters! Cheer as he triumphs over impossible odds and untold dangers in the subterranean worlds! Join our bold yet hapless hero Comrade Ivan Ivanovich as he explores lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles and lands beyond imagination.
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