Mystik Belle

[code]If you enjoyed this review, please consider following my Curator Page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33864135/]Nep's Gaming Paradise (Nepiki Gaming)[/url] for more reviews![/code] [h1]Nepiki's Stats[/h1] [table] [tr] [td]Overall length[/td] [td]Around 4 hours to beat, with an additional hour for the speedrun achievement[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Overall difficulty[/td] [td]Normal difficulty[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Overall score[/td] [td]★★★★☆[/td] [/tr] [/table] [h1]Summary[/h1] An interesting hybrid of the Metroidvania and Point-and-click genres, which works really well. Combat was also pretty good, with a leveling system that mattered. Item management could get annoying though, especially with the amount of junk items. [table] [tr] [td]--Positives--[/td] [td]--Negatives--[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Small- but densely packed map, encouraging backtracking at all times.[/td] [td]The method of using items felt archaic right from the start and never got better.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Simple- but so…

Really liked it. Doesn't overstay.

This is a yes, but only to people who like classic Sierra/Monkey Island style item puzzles AND likes Metroidvanias. If you're not fond of obscure item puzzles and hitting certain dialogue triggers you're not going to have a good time. Visually it looks nice, the sprites are large and animated nicely. There's a good amount of enemy variety and terrain is very detailed, especially outside the school. Sound's fine and music is good if repetitive. Platforming is solid but you are very floaty and move a bit slow until you get a few abilities toward mid-game. Combat is decent, and I do like that even though there's contact damage from enemies to you, you do contact damage back. This damage can sometimes add up and be a very useful thing when you can collect enough healing hearts. That said, some bosses are difficult to tell what hits you and what doesn't, and that leads to a lot of unnecessary damage. Bosses are also very tanky and your thumb will get sore spamming attack on them. There's levels, and your attack strengthens (and at certain thresholds changes) and health increases on each level. If you die, you lose all XP progress toward the next level, so be sure to get your …

FIRST IMPRESIONS (post completion edit already bellow this): It is a VERY competent metroidvania with a female protagonist done right (theres even a bit of humor which reveals why this was possible). The pixel art is on point, the maps are interesting and distinctt, They avoid being pointlessly over bloated like some other examples of the genre (cough cough, Chasm cough cough). The mobility is simple and to the point, it has neither the problems of older games nor the complications of the psycho "everything has to be a souls like" kind of game developer. it ADS to the backtracking aspect of metroidvanias by introducing a puzzle/graphic adventure mechanic to collectibles -the story and the characters are not lifeless, they are endearing, and fun in a cartoonish way. Overall, this game is neither for an adult nor for a child, it is a game for a father to enjoy some (classy) back sit gaming behind his child. --- END OF FIRST REVIEW---- POST COMPLETION: -Two things first: 1-SEE ALWAS AWAKENING (and the other Alwa game)? THIS is how you make an endearing metroidvania about a magic slinging girl 2-i want to say that i forgot to write about the music, this game has ok music, but i …

A fun little mix of a platformer and an old point-and-click adventure. The art, music, characters and story are all quite charming. Some of the puzzles can be a bit obtuse, but nothing too bad. It's on the shorter side but well worth a play through.

Fun puzzle metroidvania that looks like a early 90's Amiga game.