Introduction
Today we are going to look at a very cute game. There are lovely creatures that are also snacks, we are going to look at Bugsnax the game! In this game, there is a race called the Grumpus. A few of them are adventurers and found an island called Snaktooth Island where snacks roam around. These bugsnax are in the form of any food that you can think of. Can you collect all the bugsnax?
What did I think before playing Bugsnax?
Bugsnax is a game that we had our eyes on for a while. The creatures look very cute, and you could just eat them up, which is exactly what we see the Grumpus race does in the trailer. This also changes their appearance a little. There are cute strawberries, running cookies, and a lot more bugsnax, for more information we went to the Steam page!
The Steam page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/674140/Bugsnax/
You can see mostly the features that you will have access to in this game. What jumps out the most, is the different biomes that you will need to explore. All the biomes have different bugsnax to capture. There are also many side quests to complete. When completing certain quest, you can gain items for your own house.
Rating
I rate Bugsnax with an 8.0 before playing.
This seems like a fun game to play!
Story
The story starts with you as a journalist getting ready for a new story to present. It seems you are headed for the island that is supposedly riddled with Bugsnax.
When you arrive at the island, it seems something went down as the town is empty and the person that you are looking for, Lizbert, is gone. It is your goal to find everyone, and in the meantime find out what Bugsnax really are.
Rating
I rate the story of Bugsnax with a 10.
Holey moley, play this game, even if you do not like the gameplay. The story is amazing, with great twists that had me and my wife spinning. I will not spoil anything, but things are not what they seem.
Gameplay
It is your goal to help the Grumpus people on Snaktooth Island by feeding them bugsnax. There are also requests like finding a certain bugsnax and donating them. As you can only hold a few bugsnax, it is a good idea to donate a few since that will upgrade your backpack. To catch the bugsnax, you will need tools that you will unlock while progressing the story.
The hard part is capturing the bugsnax, you need to learn how to catch each bugsnax. There are a few hints, but usually they are useless. For a lot of the Bugsnax we got stuck for an hour before looking it up on the almighty internet. This is why we did not capture all Bugsnax, but we rather just finished the amazing story.
It is important to keep completing side quests for the story. As you find more Grumpus for the village, more of these special side quests become available. This game is a creature collector, however it is also a horror as seen in the genre list. Why a horror with these cute critters? Play this game for yourself to find out!
Rating
I rate the gameplay of Bugsnax with a 9.1
The gameplay is great, but the biggest problem is that certain bugsnax are hard to capture.
Sound and Graphics
Graphics
The graphics are amazing in Bugsnax, especially the hamburger like bugsnax, it keeps saying, bonger bonger bonger bonger. For some reason, this is hilarious and made me laugh. There are also bags called Snackpods, which resembles a bag of chips. The transformed Grumpus race also looks good graphically wise.
Sound
The sounds department is not in the soundtracks, but mostly the amazing sound effects of all the different bugsnax. The voice acting is also done correctly!
Rating
I rate the sound and graphics Bugsnax with an 8.7
Bonger bonger bonger bonger bonger!
What did I think after playing Bugsnax?
There is simply one word for this game, mind-blowing. The story is just insane, the gameplay is also very good, despite some bugsnax being hard to capture. If you enjoy horror games or creature collector games, then Bugsnax is perfect for you! My wife and I did donate a lot of the bugsnax to upgrade our backpack.
We did miss some side quests since we were too busy with completing the story. This almost cost us greatly in the end, but why? You can only find out by playing this game. The house building is very minimal, and you can only put up some minor decorations, however the map is useful.
Rating
I rate Bugsnax with an 8.9 after playing.
This game was a lot of fun to play!
What are my personal thoughts about Bugsnax?
While the gameplay was fun despite some issues. The story was just amazing.
Rating
My personal Rating of Bugsnax is an 8.9
I also enjoyed the flying puff bugsnax!
Last Words
Pros
- Explore Snaktooth Island and uncover hidden secrets
- Use special tools to capture bugsnax
- Explore different biomes whom all house different bugsnax
- The sound effects are amazing.
- The story is amazing.
- The characters are great and have fun sidequests.
- Build your own house, sort of.
Cons
- Some of the bugsnax are hard to catch.
- The hints are not very clear.
If you like creature collector games, you really need to play this game!
Final Rating
8,9
Let me know what you think of Bugsnax in the comments!
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8-9 star is good i think too.
Cool!
Good review
Good review! This game seems to be a real gem.
The Bugsnax song in the PV is wonderful!
Good review
Excellent for the youngsters!
Not really, they would be horrified, why? Play the game and find out!
Thanks for review
cute game, love it 🙂
You are what you eat, literally.
You should play this game, you will regret saying that lol.
A weird yet cute game. Thanks for the review
thanks for review, added it to wishlist because i didn’t knew this game.
Didn’t know this game, looks pretty cool and fun.
Added to wishlist! Great review sven!
Glad to hear that!
Looks cute
funny game
bonger bonger bonger bonger 🙂
Do you want a hamburger?
This seems like a super unique take on a creature-collector! The art style is really cool! Thanks for showing this game! You can get it in a bundle with Octodad on the Steam sale right now for cheaper than the original price!
this game sure has a lot of bugs, get it?
Do you dare to eat them?