Mika and The Witch's Mountain

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Incredible game and cozy vibes. I really enjoyed this game, to get it out the way, the negatives. Dungeons, not fun. Missable achievements. And for some reason there aren’t really many hints for collectables or side quests, which I feel would improve the game had they existed. It requires a guide to 100%. Now the positives: Graphically, it’s vibrant and beautiful. It has a great art style, reminded me of N64 days. It’s pretty basic too so I reckon the hardware requirement isn’t too high. Music wasn’t too noticeable, but it was cozy, does the job. Performance I noticed no issues with at all. I have an RTX 3070 and Ryzen 5800x having said that. Story was good, has some interesting moments. I especially like the side stories, it’s a pretty fleshed out world that feels lived in, and almost everyone can be your friend… almost. Also they got the aminals here, so cute! And anthropomorphic characters. Gameplay, it is fun. There’s plenty to do here, it’s around 6-8 hours for 100%. A bit less for just the story. The broom gameplay is good, it controls somewhat well, but there is a lack of a slowdown feature as a minor complaint, you just keep moving forward and rotating. When you start exploring, that’s where the fun is. Best advice for a new player in this is pay attention to the missable achievements. You do not want to miss them because that is another 3-4 hours on top. Overall, this is one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. Fun and accessible too with plenty of options to rebind keys on keyboard. Mouse can also control your broom for more precise movement. I strongly recommend this if you’re looking for something vibrant and not too overwhelming. It’s hard to know the target audience for this in all honesty, because it’s either the most masculine game you’ll play or the one of the coziest exploration games you’ll ever play.

This game was cute and cozy at first and then churro express happened. It's really frustrating. I'm not happy with it at the moment as I'm still trying to finish it. Edit: I'm abandoning this game for now

Jogo muito maneiro! Recomendo bastante ele. Joguinho tem uma historinha bem legal, é bem relaxante e divertido de jogar.

Neat game, moving around the map feels pretty neat even though it's less flying upward and rather paragliding and using wind current. Very nice characters and I generally enjoyed everyone's story arch, down to earth and kid digestible naratives about growing up and living. Still cracks me up that one of the studios that made this game is called Nukefist.

Mika and the Witch's Mountain is a soft cozy game with a strong Protagonist and the right amount of humor and chaos. I recommend it for parents and their kids or if you just enjoy a short little story for a cold, rainy evening. The Story is pretty straight forwards and I could have easily finished the game after around 7 hours of gameplay, but I strived to get all achievements, which turned out to be harder than expected. Mika is a wonderful young protagonist that has to learn a lot about magic and the world, but she is righteous and calls out those who act unfairly. She is still a child and you notice by her quirky behaviour and the way she talks, but it is a nice refreshing kind. She is neither helpless or dumb, she is willing to learn and grow which made it nice to discover this world with her. Especially all the whimsical little collectables, the NPC's and secrets made it much more fun. For my taste the story was too short, I would have loved more lore and hidden gems within the game and maybe a little more "Eat the rich", but as it is a game mostly for a younger group it should be perfectly fine. Tho I have to admit sometimes the mechanics of the broom flying pulled on my nerves, especially when it came to races and spots where you really needed good control. But it was something you could get used to. What really bugged me was the sudden game crashes. I had it around three times during the story, that I activated something or finished a quest and suddenly the game died. If i didn't save before I had to track down everything I had done till the last manual or scripted save. But I managed, the point where I got angry was during my 100% hunt within the fire and water dungeon. During that time the game crashed on me either in the middle of a scene or shortly before the end of the dungeon. As I restarted the game I was back at the beginning. That combined with the "fly and run" parts of the dungeonws nearly caused me to end the game. If there would be some fixes for that I believe the game would be just perfect. I still recommend it and I'll share with my friend how lovely it was, but I will also mention to better save your game a little too often during the dungeons or before activating devices within your run. Enjoy!