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‘The Spiral Scouts’ is a raunchy puzzle-adventure that earns its badges

by Tanner Kinney One of the most iconic games of the golden days of game developer Rare is Conker’s Bad Fur Day. A game that originally was another collect-a-thon with cute animals and wacky antics, Rare rebuilt the game and made it an M-Rated classic. People always talk about how deceptive the game was, with its cutesy Rare art style combined with well-endowed flowers, heavy drinking, and a reaper named Greg. Yet, the game made its intentions very clear from the get-go, with plenty of warnings for those who aren’t comfortable with its brand of humor. I mention Conker, because The Spiral Scouts is a perfect successor in the line of cutesy-raunchy adventure games, complete with excellent puzzles, incredible music, a lovely art style, and an absolutely disgusting sense of humor that is a treat to experience. What else could be expected from the minds behind Huniepop?

Art like a pop-up book and music like Animal Crossing

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The Spiral Scouts’ Paper Mario Don’t Starve Paper Mario Spiral Scouts
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The double-edged “sword” of raunchy writing

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The Spiral Scouts’ Huniepop South Park: The Stick of Truth.
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Unique, intelligently designed, and fun puzzles tie it all together

The Spiral Scouts
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