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Morgan: Metal Detective is a cosy Steam Next Fest game that I hope can match my favourite BBC dramedy
It's hard to pinpoint when I became middle-aged, but I'm pretty sure it was the moment I watched and enjoyed The Detect…
Her mother gives her his old metal detector, and that starts a quaint adventure to help the islanders find lost items and discover more about said granddad. So far, with one piece of detecting completed, Morgan's more of a solo flyer than Andy and Lance in the aforementioned BBC show ( watch it on iPlayer, it's great, I promise), but this gives her the opportunity to listen to tapes her granddad recorded, which is as lovely as it sounds, as well as collections of music. As Steam Next Fest demos go, Morgan: Metal Detective isn't the most content rich and currently feels a tad clunky with some less than ideal camera movement when playing with a mouse, but if it eventually lets me live out my metal detecting dreams without actually having to get cold and wet in the outside world, I'll be about as happy as when Andy and Lance find the big one.
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