Mystik Belle

FIRST IMPRESIONS (post completion edit already bellow this): It is a VERY competent metroidvania with a female protagonist done right (theres even a bit of humor which reveals why this was possible). The pixel art is on point, the maps are interesting and distinctt, They avoid being pointlessly over bloated like some other examples of the genre (cough cough, Chasm cough cough). The mobility is simple and to the point, it has neither the problems of older games nor the complications of the psycho "everything has to be a souls like" kind of game developer. it ADS to the backtracking aspect of metroidvanias by introducing a puzzle/graphic adventure mechanic to collectibles -the story and the characters are not lifeless, they are endearing, and fun in a cartoonish way. Overall, this game is neither for an adult nor for a child, it is a game for a father to enjoy some (classy) back sit gaming behind his child. --- END OF FIRST REVIEW---- POST COMPLETION: -Two things first: 1-SEE ALWAS AWAKENING (and the other Alwa game)? THIS is how you make an endearing metroidvania about a magic slinging girl 2-i want to say that i forgot to write about the music, this game has ok music, but i handles it perfectly. Too many are the metroidvanias with just one nausiating theme all through the game these days. -Tha said, once again, my eye is a 100% correct, the intended audience IS groups of adults and children. I know this because: 1- things that are beyond children: A- the difficulty spike of the spider boss (i had to touch the keyboard, but it felt great to be able to go "i got you".... still died like 5 times) B-some of the item relationships C- attention span and will power to get the true ending D- the eye to understand how to win the last battle 2- Teens (specially boys) wont be retained by the story, graphics, gameplay, moving on to some other games VERY quick 3- Adults will play it out of nostalgia for the kind of game it plays homage yo, and the simplicity of the game makes it a good time waster piece of escapism from day to day toil 4- I've played games which are full of humor to the point they annoy, this one keeps it in the pocket. Some of the humor is for kids, some is for adults (even some enemies' names)- The only thing i see here just for teenagers is the speed running achievement ....... we're not doing that

El combate es horroroso, por el resto esta guay

this is like every mediocre GBA platformer (if it's even appropriate to call it that) that you saw on the shelf but never bought

One of the most beautiful pixel graphics I have ever seen in a game. You can feel the dedication that has been put into this game.

spider boss too hard this is why i dont buy games anymore cant finish rest of a game ive paid for

This is a yes, but only to people who like classic Sierra/Monkey Island style item puzzles AND likes Metroidvanias. If you're not fond of obscure item puzzles and hitting certain dialogue triggers you're not going to have a good time. Visually it looks nice, the sprites are large and animated nicely. There's a good amount of enemy variety and terrain is very detailed, especially outside the school. Sound's fine and music is good if repetitive. Platforming is solid but you are very floaty and move a bit slow until you get a few abilities toward mid-game. Combat is decent, and I do like that even though there's contact damage from enemies to you, you do contact damage back. This damage can sometimes add up and be a very useful thing when you can collect enough healing hearts. That said, some bosses are difficult to tell what hits you and what doesn't, and that leads to a lot of unnecessary damage. Bosses are also very tanky and your thumb will get sore spamming attack on them. There's levels, and your attack strengthens (and at certain thresholds changes) and health increases on each level. If you die, you lose all XP progress toward the next level, so be sure to get your level before tackling a boss. You cap out at level 8 so it's not too punishing if you die a few times. Some progression paths are difficult to figure out, they require a lot of items found and certain story dialogues triggered before you can proceed. There's two endings, a standard ending and one with a true final boss (with an alternate combat form) if you collect all the lore items. Both endings can be obtained on the same save if you trigger the ending without the lore items, then go get the last lore and do the rest. The true final boss is a frustrating mess and soured me quite a bit on it. It feels really janky to do, and it's very difficult to see what your hitbox is. Overall the game is short, it's in the mini-Metroidvania category like Witch & the 66 Mushrooms or Tiny Dangerous Dungeons. It took me 5 hours to 100% the game on a first playthrough (just missing the speedrun achievement which would need another run). This is with getting stuck getting the right triggers and items together for a late game bit of progression. Finally, if you're a Linux or SteamDeck player, the native version wouldn't run, and I couldn't get it to run properly no matter what Steam runtime I tried. I had to switch to the Windows version and use Proton to play it, which worked fine. Overall, yes with caveats, and you must like both traditional adventure games and combat heavy Metroidvanias to pick it up.

고전감성이라 공략 없이는 막히는 구간들이 많지만 그래도 재밌는 캐주얼 메트로배니아 게임 설정 언어가 영어가 아니라면 "Thundercat is go!" 업적 달성 안되는 버그 있으니 주의

Пару раз пришлось использовать гайд, в паре мест и пара боссов душноваты, игра довольно просто устроена и не глубока, но это всё равно было приятное приключение. Нарисовано симпатично, музыка приятная, написано забавно) Финал и босс в Труъ концовке вообще улёт xD

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puzzles are stupid and hard to solve without the help of google. thats sad, could have been a nice game.