Nuts

Nuts

February 4, 2021

AdventureSimulation Nintendo SwitchPC

Gear up your research caravan, boot up your GPS, spread out your map and head for the depths of Melmoth Forest. As a rookie field researcher, you’ll place cameras during the day, and watch the footage at night, tracking the movements of a scurry of squirrels. Where do they hide …

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Ashley Mercia LadiesGamers.com Feb 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

80.0

"NUTS is an adorable walk through a forest of tranquillity. The gameplay is fun and unique, and nicely paced. The game doesn’t feel too hectic or too slow, and the specific requests from Nina players must achieve for each level …"

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Blake Grundman PlayStation LifeStyle Feb 2021
90.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

85.0

"Games like Nuts don&s;t come along very often. A compelling storyline and intriguing puzzles combine to create my favorite gaming experience of 2021, so far. Don&s;t let it&s;s simple demeaner fool you. There is far more going on under the …"

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Chris Baldwin Cultured Vultures Feb 2021
65.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

65.0

Story

70.0

"A unique art style is marred by underdeveloped gameplay and inconsistent story beats. Nuts had the potential to be something really special, but can&s;t quite see the forest through the trees."

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Christian Donlan Eurogamer Feb 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

85.0

"Embrace the bucolic life as a grad student tracking some squirrels across a forest in this unique narrative puzzler."

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Daryl Leach Rapid Reviews UK Feb 2021
85.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

85.0

"NUTS offers a unique and memorable experience that kept me completely hooked in from the get-go – who would have thought that tracking squirrels would be so fun? Whilst I have no doubt that its peculiar gameplay premise and slow …"

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David Gill DualShockers Feb 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

90.0

"With its interesting story and unique art style, Nuts is a narrative puzzle game worth exploring a forest of squirrels for."

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David Wildgoose GameSpot Feb 2021
40.0 /100

"Nuts is a short hike through mostly uninspiring terrain."

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Daymon Trapold Hey Poor Player Feb 2021
80.0 /100

"Everything in NUTS revolves around discovery. Discovering what these strange, fascinating squirrels are up to; what secrets are hidden in the ancient Melmoth Forest; discovering the past, as well as the future. Short without feeling short, simple without feeling simple, …"

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Dylan Blight Explosion Network Feb 2021
60.0 /100

Graphics

50.0

Gameplay

60.0

Story

60.0

"Nuts is an interesting game where the story fairly quickly overshoots the gameplay in scope."

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Harrison Tabulo WellPlayed Feb 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

75.0

"Busting a nut-based mystery such as this one involves two parts: clever thinking and intuition. NUTS is a beautiful game, in aesthetic, design and atmosphere"

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Heidi Hawes WayTooManyGames Feb 2021
50.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

30.0

"I feel like I was completely duped by its misleading trailer. The concept does have potential, but they didn’t go dark enough or weird enough with it. The story never gets terribly interesting and it leaves you with a lot …"

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Jon Andoni Ortiz 33bits Feb 2021
75.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

85.0

"NUTS is an interesting title, with different ideas, but it may not be for everyone. Strange puzzles and amazing visuals accompanied by a detailed storytelling. Its playability can become a bit dry, something that is compensated with the rest of …"

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Joseph Barrood Rapid Reviews UK Feb 2021
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

65.0

Story

80.0

"NUTS is a story focused adventure game, with a heavy emphasis on exploration and developing lore. As a recently hired employee, you will traverse the wilderness and collect data about the endangered squirrel population. As data is collected, the world …"

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Justin Nation Nindie Spotlight Feb 2021
68.0 /100

Graphics

72.0

Gameplay

64.0

Story

71.0

"With a focus on the mischievous little woodland creatures, the squirrels, this is a pretty unique adventure you&s;ll undertake as a wildlife observer of sorts..."

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Keith Stuart Guardian Feb 2021
60.0 /100

Graphics

20.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

90.0

"Springwatch fans who crave mystery may enjoy this slow-burning minimalist adventure"

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Lucca Cardoso The Game is a Lie Feb 2021
85.0 /100

"Developed by a team working remotely, NUTS is a unique and surprisingly effective experience for what seems to be, at first, a mere squirrel-photographing simulator. The attention and care put into each and every aspect of the game are tangible, …"

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Nic Bunce TheSixthAxis Feb 2021
40.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

30.0

Story

20.0

"I cannot, in good faith, recommend a game that I could not finish thanks to game-breaking bugs. Looking past that, on the grounds that said bug can be squashed in time, you have a great concept that is just poorly …"

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Oliver Reynolds Nintendo Life Feb 2021
60.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

60.0

Story

30.0

"The overarching story within NUTS is probably worth experiencing on its own, despite the repetitive gameplay. It’s reasonably well written and is just about compelling enough to hold your attention for its 2-3 hour duration. There’s nothing here that you’ll …"

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Ville Kovanen Fintendo Feb 2021
70.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

60.0

Story

70.0

""Forest of illusion.""

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Willem Hilhorst NintendoWorldReport Feb 2021
50.0 /100

Graphics

45.0

Gameplay

35.0

Story

85.0

"The visual design harms the experience, and there are frequent framerate stutters and hiccups while playing the later levels. I enjoyed the premise and the ideas the game presents, but within this context the Switch version does not do the …"

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