Ashina: The Red Witch

[h2]Probably my favourite in the series[/h2] I've been playing through most of the Stranga Games, 100%ing them all, I think I've been pretty critical of them, but I think this one is probably the most solid of all of them, it's still a Stranga game, still got jank, still got spelling errors, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to soft lock yourself in one area right before the end, but jank aside, solid experience. The ending could perhaps be a bit more satisfying, I did only get 2 (the ones necessary for achievements), but with this releasing after "My big sister", I think the ending was kind of locked in from the start, so this is definitely part of a larger experience, and I think that could turn some people away, I think games should generally be able to be self-contained experiences, and while this is kind of one, the ending not being as satisfying for the sake of fitting with the story of another game does kind of detract a bit. I liked the bathhouse area, it was pretty small I'll be honest, but you can tell there's some inspiration from spirited away, and it really captured that spirited away atmosphere for me apart from the fact it's so small, it really made me wish there was some high quality spirited away RPG maker game or something just to play for the vibes, because it looked great, the music worked decently with it, great vibe. The sprites in this game really stood out to me, Stranga has come a long way in their sprite work abilities in their time making games, and it shows, the sprint animation for Ashina felt really effective at portraying the motion on such a small scale, which is a tough feat. At times, the dialogue did drag a little, if you're going through every dialogue option at least, it felt like some characters would just go on and on, but it was mostly fine apart from a few moments. The music is pretty good, I don't think it'll win any awards but it works well here for it's purposes, some areas could maybe do with a bit more variety in the music to hold your attention better, but it all works fine. This is a narrative puzzle game, with more focus on narrative than puzzle, as with most Stranga games, so if that's not your thing, maybe skip out on this. I think this is probably best experienced after the other Stranga games connected to it (My big sister and Red bow), but I know it's kind of a big ask to expect everyone to play those before this, so this definitely still works as a standalone experience, the price might be a little high for what it is though, there's not a ton of replay value, so maybe get it for about 40% off if you're not sure about it.

Es realmente un juego interesante, que en lo personal me encanto, al igual que los demas del creador, la narrativa es muy misteriosa en la cual debes prestar atencion para entenderla en su totalidad. Ademas de que la ambientacion es increible no solo en el arte de los entornos sino tambien en las piezas musicales que los acompañan, el cual ciertamente hace que se sienta todo como un sueño. Por supuesto los personajes son unicos y bastante reconocibles, teniendo un gran carisma y su encanto a su modo. Lo unico que no me gusto fue que no esta en español, lo que complica un poco el jugarlo, aunque si sabes alguno de los idiomas en los que se encuentra disponible no hay tanto problema. En definitiva un juego por si solo recomendable y disfrutable, tambien recomendaria jugar los demas juegos del creador para tener una experiencia mas completa. PD: Esto es mas una extraña experiencia mia, y es que cuando juego los juegos de este creador siento un deja vu, pero no es algo que haya vivido sino algo que soñe hace tiempo, pero que por alguna razon recuerdo el juego en si; debe ser por la ambientacion parecida a como seria un sueño, pero sin duda es extraño.

aslında oynadığımız bu oyun bi üçlemenin 2. oyunu olsada yine de ilk oyunu oynamamış biri olarak söyleyebilirim ki kafanız pek karışmıyor (oyun beni sardı o yüzden diğer oyunlarını da oynamaya gideceğim.) oyunun kısaca olayı kız kardeşimizi bulup kendimizi normal dünyaya geri getirebilmek. diğer karakterler olsun mekanlar olsun bana çok keyif verdi özellikle spirited away animasyonunu anımsattığı için artıdan bi hoşuma gitti yani. AMA GEL GÖR Kİ çeviren abi ne hissederek bu oyunu çevirmiş bilmiyorum ama trakyalı olduğundan eminim. kızçe gız vs saçma saçma kelimeleri o kadar fazla eklemiş ki (ayrıca ne alaka ashina trakyalı mı?) oyunu ucuz göstermiş. oyun güzel ama çeviri çok kötü :( onun dışında ekleyebileceğim bir şey yok, kafa dağıtmak için alıp oynayabilirsiniz (tanto i miss you kanka ya)

Lo recomiendo totalmente, es crucial para entender el juego de My big sister, cosa que me doy cuenta ahora. Debido a que yo conocia My big sister antes que este, cuando en verdad este es el que te cuenta la historia principal y por asi decir es el prologo a My big sister. Juegos que puedes jugar independientemente ya que no necesitan ser jugados ambos para entender un juego solo, pero es recomendable jugarlos los dos. Me ha encantado, aunque la rejugabilidad la tiene complicada para sacar todos los finales debido a que se desencadenan mediante decisiones que debes tomar en el primer capitulo, incluso en el prologo, eso lo hace muy pesado para sacar todos los finales; pero quitando eso es muy divertido y tiene una historia muy completa con muchos personajes muy interesantes. 9/10

pretty fun game. part of a much larger story than I realized lmaooo

Finalde hiç bi yere bağlanmıyor. Oynanış namına da zaten bi şey yok. Bi sürü alternafi var. Hikaye güzel ilgi çekici, ortamlar hoş ama hikayedeki hiç bi şey final yapmıyor.

Hace mucho que no jugaba un jueguito de este estilo y lo disfruté muchísimo.

pretty cool indie game loved all the different endings

I love it! This one was definitely my favourite of the saga. I feel like it has clarified some questions that I had after playing Red Bow and My Big Sister, like When did it all start and How things came to be. But to really understand we'd have to know [spoiler] Yoko's backstory with his real daughter's. [/spoiler] It's fun to me that I didn't know these three games were part of the same story when I brought them. I did it separately and I also played them in ramdom order, but it ended up being the right sequence. This means that all of them are pretty enjoyable on their own without having to be part of each other. I will be keeping up with Stranga's works in the future, good job mate.

Perfectly ties in to My Big Sister, as a prequel to that game and sequel to Red Bow.