Mango Mischief

It's always nice to see a polished and finished product with a large amount of fun and humor, even when done by an individual. This is that game.

I like the introductions for all 4 characters and how they meet, they also start off in the usual roles of warrior, rogue, black mage, white mage, but the skill trees and unlockable roles shown in the tutorials after speaking with townspeople show that all 4 characters develop into a lot of different directions with overlaps possible. Battling can be tough if you dont pay attention to which monsters youre facing, and I like how rewarding it is to use spells like raising your attack or lowering your enemys speed instead of only attacking for damage every time, and items are actually useful and used well in this game. Getting a lot of experience is easy so you dont really need to grind if you dont want to, I feel like the characters are always around the right level for the next stage. Update after finishing mango mischief: Im very impressed, specifically with the middle and with the ending, and the way everything tied together, the characters stories especially. Also the combat kept getting better and more varied. Each new set of unlocked skills made me feel a little stronger and the equipment options were always great and made the battles even more strategic. Each weapon, armor, accessory piece always had different bonus stats you could choose from, different boosts to elements like fire, dark, ice, thunder, different protection from confusion, sleep, rage, paralysis, sometimes helping in other mysterious ways too. There was always more ways to change how you battle, and it was very helpful against certain hard bosses and dungeons.

Good music and combat. Funny satire and characters are interesting. World Map is helpfull and shows lots to explore. Good overall especially way better then most other RPG maker games.

Interesting and humorous right from the start, from the very first room the game starts in. We encounter all 4 playable characters individually within the first 30-60 minutes, and then they're off on their joint quest! Main plot starts off as purposely cliche (obviously part of the satire - the dialogue makes that clear) but becomes more complex over time as the characters grow and we learn more about them. Combat is standard turn-based battling, though certain skills can change turn order which is nice for planning strategies (think Final Fantasy 10 with Haste and Slow). The regions and towns don't look to be the best in terms of graphics, but the designs are obviously intentional and creative, and the music works for each place. Talking to everyone is worthwhile - the dialogue is either funny or informational each time. For only $1, buying this game is a no-brainer.

Highly recommend getting this game if you really enjoy old school gaming and alot of 4th wall breaking lol. The game has alot of interesting characters and a ton of references to a bunch of games. If your an old school gamer like me than youll understand almost all of them. Between a mixture of FF and Undertale this game really does its job in keeping you entertained with its music and adventures

The right amount of complexity to stay engaged but relaxed. Great game!

Mango Mischief è un onesto e genuino tributo ai classici RPG di una volta, ma che non manca di divertire con un po' di sana e autoconsapevolezza ironia. Il suo tributare i classici del genere lo porta ad abbracciare meccaniche un po' desuete alle quali ci si può essere disabituati nel corso del tempo, in primis la meccanica del combattimento a turni, per esempio, strizza l'occhio ad un epoca pre-ATB che torna indietro fino al primo Final Fantasy o, per quelli come me che col NES hanno fatto solo a tempo ad annusare SMB 1, 2 e 3 e poco più (The Goonies II mi è rimasto nel cuore e lo cito ugualmente 😊), perché poi sono cresciuti col Mega Drive, ai primi quattro Phantasy Star. Tuttavia, essendo ancora estremamente legato a PSIV, che considero, non senza nostalgia, il miglior RPG che abbia mai giocato, la cosa non mi ha creato alcun problema, anzi, per me è stato particolarmente piacevole cimentarmi con questo ottimo titolo! Il gioco tuttavia non subisce passivamente gli stilemi del passato, come si potrebbe essere portati a credere, ma invece li fa suoi e li incorpora in modo naturale trasformandoli in una sua forza, soprattutto quando bonariamente li va quasi a deridere, sempre in modo umoristico, ricordandoci che, dopotutto, non siamo più in quel periodo. Per trattarsi del frutto della passione e del lavoro di un singolo sviluppatore indipendente, l'opera risultante è molto piacevole ed azzeccata, con una storia avvincente ed un accompagnamento musicale notevole ed azzeccato! Sono piuttosto orgoglioso di averne sostenuto lo sviluppo durante la campagna di raccolta fondi.

W MANGO THANKS FOR CARRYING ME IN STATS In all seriousness its a good game and i appreciate the work that was put into this game considering there were other commitments to deal with at the same time :) I hope you make more cool things in the future

Come for the puns, stay for the fourth wall breaks. Mango Mischief does an excellent job of poking fun at cliches and tropes of role playing games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

Mango Mischief is a solid game overall. The combat is turn-based and you can see the turn order (and change it with certain attacks), so that's good for planning. The monsters are tough but fair, forcing you to exploit elemental weaknesses and sometimes even use spells that poison / sleep / lower monster stats / raise team stats and items instead of just dealing regular damage. You definitely want to pay attention during battle, to see how effective each move is (against the monster and against you)! The game starts off linear with random encounters, and then shifts to non-linear with non-random (voluntary?) encounters over time (with an explanation for the shift that makes sense within the game's satirical framework). Lots of jokes, most of which land well. Lots of puns and math references too, which could be your cup of tea or not. One thing that I think is cool is that each character climbs their own unique class tree, but you need to explore all the lower classes for a character before moving on to the higher classes. This ensures that each character will be somewhat balanced and learn all their own skills (several skills are tied to each class, complete the class and then switch to a new one). At first I was confused by it, but once the game becomes non-linear it made a lot more sense to me - the devs want to make sure you're ready for any dungeon you explore in any order, so the game makes sure you can't "accidentally" spend too much time leveling up in the "wrong" direction (a different part of a class tree) if that makes sense. If your character *can* learn an earth attack, then it *will* eventually learn that earth attack, and so on. Pretty clever and unique design, especially since you can still swap between multiple classes on the same levl (before moving up to the next unlockable "tier" of classes). Maybe one tier requires a character to level up *both* a damage-focused class *and* a buff/heal class before gaining access to the next tier. It could be seen as confusing if not for the fact that the NPCs in the big city (Hargoth) give you tutorials that stay in your journal / quest log, that make the class trees clear.