Donut County

For the most part, Donut County presents a laid-back puzzle that has more in common with jigsaw puzzles than something like Katamari Damacy or Islanders. In a normal stage, there is no time limit and there is no scoring at all. All you have to do is move your hole back and forth until something falls in. However, there's an odd stage here and there where an actual challenge is presented. The first time I encountered such a stage I found it to be extremely jarring when compared to all of the brainless stages that had come before. There’re even 2 boss fights for some reason. It's clear to me that Donut County could have been more arcade focused, or it could've been completely challenge-less and focused on the story. However, the Donut County we got is split between these 2 directions, and it's not better for it. On the one hand, you have the characters and the story. The story is trying for funny nonsense, and isn't particularly funny or interesting. The characters are strictly 1-note, and the twists are obvious from a mile away. The cutscenes are unskippable. On the other hand, you have gameplay that fails to change much despite a later increase in challenge. In fact, the gameplay changes so little that it becomes dull. This would be fine if the game let you veg-out, but as previously mentioned Donut County will randomly try to challenge your skills just enough to potentially shake you out of whatever stupor you may be trying to fall into. Overall, not worth it.

Game works and is low priced, both very good things. As other reviews have pointed out, the game's full of chat speak and it grated on me towards the end of the experience.

The art and story were good (as if you needed an excuse to suck down a town using a raccoon piloted hole). Even though it's short and there are some puzzles, the gameplay gets repetitive. Also, I hope you like chat speak. Because they use it all the time. Should've waited for a better sale..

Unique concept and pretty good execution, but they could squeeze more out of it.

I will be honest, I had high hopes for this game, even after some people told me it was just a dumbed down version of Katamari damacy, which I am a huge of, and sadly it's exactly what this game feels like, gameplay consists of little more than dragging your mouse across the screen to guide the hole, which is not bad in and of itself, but that's the whole game, sometimes there's some light puzzle elements but that's about it, it being short is a major advantage, in fact the short length was the only thing that got me through it. That said, it is a beautiful game, it took years to make and you can see all the love that was put into it as you play, it looks gorgeous, and the minimalist aesthetic kind of fits it well, the soundtrack is also a high point, it's quirky dialog is quite fun as well. In short, it's a very simple game that just didn't hit the spot for me gameplay wise, do I recommend you buy it? Only if it's on sale.