Magical Blush

The game is very enjoyable. The Spell mechanics are well thought out, feeling crisp and refreshing when used. There's a lot of discovery in the game, in both the locations and the gameplay mechanics. I'm having a lot of fun with this game and can't wait to see what the end has in store.

+ Very solid game, leaves you wanting for more. + Music suprisingly bobs in more than one area. + Art can be suprisingly stylish. - Lacking a harder difficulty currently, there is only easy and casual [one locked achievement]. * Enemies, including bosses are overwelmed by spamming starting abilities. * puzzles are quite fair with only a couple requiring a second look, with the few exceptions of some cycle issues which I'm certain can be tuned out. One of those game where just as you start to feel kitted out with upgraded abilities and synergistic gear there is nothing left to do as the collection path takes you right up to the good/100% ending without any difficult encounters to go or the ability to replay boss fights. (The room above the upgrade grimoire seems perfectly setup to reface the four/five major bosses) A cumlitive post-game dungeon, even an area battle section that combined multiple/all of the elementals maybe even set/restricted talisman selction would go a long way to bolster the fleeting end game. Played 18-20 days after release to a small handful of bugs such as bosses not returning to stages, questionable glass platform performance, getting stuck inside props o…

Magical Blush is a game I had high expectations for after trying out the demo in the last Next Fest. It is in a genre that is out of my usual comfort zone, but that didn't matter, because I had so much fun with it. I’m Brazilian and the fact that the game was developed by a Brazilian studio from Ceará, Alkacer, just brings me so much joy. The devs sprinkled the game with many Brazilian folklore references that put a smile on my face as I was playing it. But rest assured, you don’t need to know Brazilian folklore to appreciate the game, these are just fun easter eggs. I was a bit confused by the story, but that didn't take away my enjoyment of the gameplay. The combat is fully elements-based, and I loved customizing my experience before heading to a certain area based on elemental weaknesses and strengths (the game does a good job explaining those). Overall, combat felt pretty fun and dynamic. I quickly got a feeling for which spells were my favorites, due to damage, cooldown times and general easiness of use. Where the game fell short for me was when it came to the platforming in certain sections. The game had fun concepts when it came to introducing different platforming elemen…

Fun initially, but should've been left in the oven for way longer. Combat feels nice at the start. Dodge controls are responsive and sprinting around attacks can be fun, but then the problems start in the first area outside the tutorial map. Several enemies will start swarming you, all firing attacks off that are offset enough to cause you to go through your two dodges that you are allowed to have and then you'll get hit. Spells are not as responsive as doges, so you'll swear you pressed "fireball" and not a ball of flame will be launched, You'll be locked into combat zones where you are stuck on small platforms with enemies whose attack takes up the entire platform and the only way out is to create a bridge to the platform that the enemy came from. You'll get hit and knocked back... off the platform and into the abyss where your lack of post hit invincibility will cause you to take more damage. UPDATE! Thank you Devs for correcting me on my mistake regarding the power of the boss spells. I got confused when looking at the spell menu. Also thanks for replying so positively. Glad to hear that you are working on improving things and not taking the things ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like me say too ha…

I played the demo and put two hours on the game this morning! It's been a fun Magical Zelda-like-vania so far. I've been upgrading my spells and there's a few challenge encounters that feel like enemy rooms you'd like in DOOM. However, overall the game is quite relaxed while still having enough action to keep me entertained. I'll update my review when I've beaten the game to see how the overall experience is. Here's my Stream below if you want to see some of the first two hours of the game! https://youtube.com/live/LWnuluxjYUg?feature=share

7.8 it was fun