Little Witch Nobeta

Little Witch Nobeta captures the essences of its Souls inspirations quite directly and deliberately, including both the good and the bad that comes as a result. While the core mechanics were an excellent foundation for building soulslike combat set apart from the norm, the game unfortunately also brought along the less refined baggage with poor level design, uninteresting bosses, and a mediocre effort at worldbuilding and delivery of the narrative. In my first impressions during the early hours of the game, I thought it was witty for the developers to take a road less travelled by having a magic-focused moveset be the gameplay centerpoint. This is in contrast with typical soulslikes of course, where you're able to choose between several different kinds of loadouts or builds. I think this not only allowed a tighter and much more workable design space for the Nobeta devs, but also gave them the chance to take advantage of new approaches for enemies and bosses that otherwise aren't well accounted for, with mages in mind. To some degree, the 2nd boss, the 3rd boss's phase 1, and Vanessa were able to leverage this. But for some reason, soulslikes can't help but to create attacks with r…

This game is pretty cute and even quite funny.... unfortunately not really fun to play. It feels clunky, cheap and even unfinished at times. yaay for aesthetics - nay for gameplay, level design and overall feel. CONTROVERSIAL OPINION, I KNOW!

A great hidden gem ! I made a VRMod for this game ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LihJJFl5Bx4

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Cutesy anime Souls-like, but with magic. It was a fun experience, though much easier than the traditional Souls game. A tad too short, and lacking in enemy variety, but still fun. Solid 7.5/10 from me.

Very solid Soulslike 3rd Person shooter with an engaging combat system, intricate lore, and an adorable/hilarious heroine. At about 10 hours for a first playthrough, it's short but incredibly sweet.