Going in, I never expected Bugsnax to get me thinking about my fellow humans. The buzzy game’s first trailer hinted at fantastical beings and a hunt for Pokémon-like critters that are also snacks. So imagine my surprise when I fired it up and met an entire community of Grumpuses in the central village of Snaxburg, all of them with rich inner lives and entirely relatable problems.
Everyone in Snaxburg wears their flaws and struggles openly. Filbo, the de facto mayor, understands that he needs to lead but he’s so immobilized by indecision and doubt that no one respects him. Wiggly clearly cares for Gramble, but she also betrays his trust on a nightly basis when she steals his bugsnax in the name of finding inspiration for her music. And Beffica has dedicated herself to rooting out every Grumpus’s secrets because she’s stopped seeing them as individuals worthy of thought and care. Read more…
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