Lookin’ Like a Little Snax: ‘Bugsnax’ Review

At first glance, Bugsnax seems like an odd mix between The Muppets and Pokemon packaged together to pad out the PS5’s launch line up with some shovelware. Run around, catch weird fruit creatures, rinse and repeat. However, much to my surprise, Bugsnax is a charming little game that’s more about the character depth and the quirky story than the mechanics. Running around 6 to 10 hours long, it’s short and sweet and the perfect little in between game to pace yourself between the AAA games. It’s not the technical demonstration that Astro’s Playroom is or the graphical showcase Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is, but it finds a nice niche that is worth playing.

You, as The Reporter, are invited by the illustrious adventurer Elizabert Megafig to explore the mysterious Snaktooth Island and learn about her new discovery, strange creatures called Bugsnax. These Bugsnax are creatures made of food that when you eat them, your body transforms and takes on the properties of said food. As you arrive, you are attacked by a mysterious creature and marooned. You find that Lizbert has gone missing and it’s up to you to solve the mystery of her disappearance and unite the people of Snaxburg who are lost without her. This, is a strange little game… but in a good way! You and the characters are Grumpuses; colorful, fur-covered creatures that look like Jim Henson Muppets. The characters themselves are quirky and peculiar yet endearing and their story is well told for a short 10-hour gam…