At last, we have finally wrapped up our time with Resident Evil: VIIIage. While the series is billed as a horror game, by the end of each of them we’re always so well equipped that it’s hard to be truly frightened. We need a game that will bring in the kind of terror thought impossible in a video game. Something so horrifying that it haunts us.
And that is why we have chosen to play… BUGSNAX!
Now that I’m playing it again, maybe this isn’t a terrorizing as I remember. I mean, just look at the Bugsnax. How could anything that adorable and delicious-looking be anything but wholesome? Just ignore the fact that they transform and mutate whoever eats them. That’s perfectly normal and not a sign that something more insidious is afoot.
In all seriousness, the game already starts to hint that it’s aiming to be more than another throwaway children’s game. We’ve already started hinting at the fact that the people who have come to Snaktooth Island are all deeply emotionally damaged people, for whom this is their last chance. Wambus, as an example, was unable to build the farm of his dreams, so he came here hoping to. Beffica has also alluded to similar troubles, noting that even international laws don’t apply here. And that’s nothing compared to Gramble’s desire to be part of a family. Each of them has a reason they don’t want to return to the outside world, beyond the Bugsnax. They came here for more than just an island vacation, and it’s rare that premises like this explore that aspect in a video game.
And none of the matters. The only thing that matters is BUNGER BUNGER BUNGER!
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