Fateful Mages

Disclaimer: A copy of this game was provided by the developer. Casual and relaxing tileswap puzzle game. The puzzles aren't challenging at all, being a simple tile swap. At first I thought the second and third puzzles of each mage would be annoying due to the partial or full hiding of the tiles, but it was relieving to see that once a tile is in the correct position, it's fully revealed. What adds a lot of flavor to the simple puzzle gameplay is the short and interesting stories for the mages that are unlocked after solving the 3 puzzles. After learning who the mage is and what they went through in life, a fate can be chosen that shows the impact of that decision. There aren't fully good or bad decisions, but some will be less favorable for the future of the mage. The music is relaxing and the art is beautiful, although it feels like a lot of the mages share many similarities in the facial features. And if you are not happy with the decisions, after choosing all 28 fates, the progress can be reset to discover the different outcomes. For achievement hunters: Solve all puzzles and choose all fates, reset the choices in the settings and view the credits.

[b]Summary and Gameplay:[/b] Small puzzle game with short stories. Each level has 3 difficulty levels that progress the story of the mage girl depicted. The puzzles are mosaic-based with simple piece substitution. The second and third difficulty levels increase difficulty by making the pieces partially hidden or obscured. [b]Art and Graphics:[/b] The art is clean and distinct. Everything is very "realistic" for a fantasy setting and there are no gratuitous cleavages or any sort of sexually explicit art. If you appreciate realistic illustrations, then you will likely enjoy the art style. The menus are basic but competent. They respond as you expect and there is no annoying lag. [b]Music:[/b] The game features a serene lo-fi soundtrack that makes the overall gameplay experience very enjoyable. Recommend trying at least a couple of levels with the original soundtrack to experience it yourself. [b]Story:[/b] The writing of each short story is quite good. Most short stories are morally grey, sad/dramatic or bittersweet. Once a level has been fully completed (all 3 difficulties) you can make a choice regarding the "future" of the mage girl in the story (which is the illustration). [b…

nice music, great art, well written short stories. But i still can't recommend this game for 2 reasons: 1-Boring puzzles: i don't know maybe someone out there enjoy this kind of puzzles but for me this is a very boring and brain dead easy puzzles. 2-Very short stories: you get a background about who the character and what her situation is and what she want to do, this will be delivered in 4+ paragraphs and you will get a memory which basically a situation happened in the character life that is related to her and then you get to make a 1 choice and read few more paragraphs to what know what happened after your decision. for me this game sits in a very awkward place if you are here to solve puzzles you will find the puzzles very boring, and if you are here for the story you will find it too short. This game will benefit a lot from having better puzzles or far less characters but more content per story with multiple choices to make for every character in one hand the game price is very low but in another hand i don't feel it's worth it to invest time in the game even if it was free, because i will be doing boring puzzles only to get few more paragraphs in a story that will end ver…

The girls' art style is cute and I liked it. The "puzzle-elements" are not worth mentioning IMO. BUT I actually very much enjoyed reading the stories and choosing their "fate".

Number of mage stories to unlock. Three mosaic puzzles per girl. Second puzzle has some obscurement, third puzzle is completely obscured (until you get the right piece in the right place). Afterwards, you can decide their fates. Interesting.

Really nice game, great story and Graphics.