Well... what I can say here? This is one of the most cute, astonishingly simple and surprisingly fun games I've seen so far.
+: EXTREMELY cute design and characters (you can choose between three witches with different attack styles).
+: Really good and not annoying soundtrack.
+: The basic idea of the game is a most simple platformer as it is, but with really unusual mechanic - you move yourself with the recoil power from your shots, shooting and flying simultaneously, which is really hard to master at first.
+: Learning curve is very good, almost every level have some new small elements and tricks (well, I've only played through the middle of the second world and there's 100+ levels in total, but it's still feels fresh).
+: The game is simple and absolutely not frustrating in general (it's actually the very opposite of a rage game), but every level could be considered as a small puzzle, with its tricks and traps here and there.
+: Once again, it IS cute. And Daria is the best)
-: I'm playing with a controller and it took me three tries to find good layout for controls. The game doesn't understand the use of triggers and D-pad, so you're left with only LB, RB, sticks and main buttons (and they're just numbered from 1 to 8). My current layout:
LB - Touch
RB - Move
LStick - Flying
RStick - Dragging
Select - X
Start - Pause
A - OK
The rest doesn't matter, I don't use Shoot which is inverted Move, I just fly in the opposite direction when I need to attack an enemy. With this you can choose the mode (flying or dragging) with one hand and move the target with the other hand, and you just switch hands when it needed.
-: It's actually the consequence of the previous one (the partial controller support): the navigation in the menus with the controller is a bit clumsy, and OK button in the options doesn't work, everything just being applied instantly. Well, maybe it's really meant to be played with mouse only, but it's just a little inconvenience.
Overall, it's a really good game. But I bought it on summer sale and... it's OK - I think, I want at least some simple plot for the full price. But even without sale it's a good choice.
There is no story in Miracle Fly. The characters are just having fun in the Dream World. So, let's have fun together. ^^
upd: After clearing world 5, I have to say that many people may need to add <SARCASM> tag here. :P But the review is still actual in its fullest, the game just becomes exponentially more challenging with each level and it is a REAL mind-blowing puzzle now at times. But controller' controls sometimes become a source of big frustration, especially when you need a really precise movement.
upd2: Since I started my own Curator page, I guess I'll add something. I finished the main game and went into NewGame+ long ago, and it's utterly awesome for this game to have GIANT potential for replayability being thoroughly used. It's sad that further development of this game was abandoned, so there could still be some bugs in latest added levels (some people spotted them in NewGame+++, and yes, this game is [i]that[/i] extensive). But still, it's by far the best platformer game I have ever played. And it's one of those rare games where I actually cried when I saw the ending credits... It seems that I fell in love with those cute witches. =)
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