Mika and the Witch's Mountain Review (PhroggyKy)
Ah witchy games, how you have my heart. I had been following Mika since early announcements of the game (big fan of summer in mara) and was very much looking forward to living out my Kiki's delivery service dreams. While I very much loved and enjoyed this games I have a few qualms.
Let's start with the pros:
The game is GORGEOUS. Let's just be honest. The color pallet is beautiful and the design of everything from the water falls to the broom you ride was so well executed. I loved getting to know the characters and seeing all the different packages that everyone was sending, though I do wish there was a friendship system to show your progress with each person. The story was very cute with a wonderful twist at the end (no spoilers) I actually teared up a little. I didn't run into any game breaking bugs or stuck areas. Traversing the map is fairly easy and upgrading your broom just takes a little story work. I loved that I couldn't just skip through the game and had to play out almost the full game (aside a few collectables) before I could finish it. The pacing was very adequate for the content available.
Now for some cons:
Keep in mind this game is EA so I'm sure my qualms will be addressed in future, but for anyone looking to play sooner rather than later be prepared. The broom mechanics are a little wonky at first ESPECIALLY with the first brooms limited actions. You learn a boost move with later brooms that makes things much easier, but flying is a little haphazard. Breaking the big pots was also a huge pain. You have to be up high enough to make sure you "splat" on the the pot. You also have to land DIRECTLY on it or it won't break and depending on how high up you need to be aiming is a little annoying. My last game related con is that in the settings it only shows you controller mapping. I had a hard time figuring out all the keys for my keyboard and couldn't just go look at the mapping to help. My final con I think might just be a little bug, but I played most of the game on my deck and I found everything except the last outfit, but none of my achievements are registering and as an achievement hunter it makes me very sad.
Overall I love this game very much and look forward to any future updates <3