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So far, it's... okay, I'd say 7/10. Get it if you like bullet hell games or heavily action-packed, fast-paced games. Pass it up if you're a cozy/casual gamer. Consider it if you are a fellow collector of witch games, but be prepared for a challenge if it's not your usual cup of brew.
My qualms are these, and this is surely a cozy gamer ranting off:
The pinecone things are too often impossible to collect as they fall into unreachable places, but the fact they're so plentiful makes it passable, just makes me waste a lot of resources, and as such, waste time when I can't collect more than half of them I knock down.
I don't much care for the short distance that arrows have, AND I wasted a bundle before figuring out there is no gravity effecting the arrows (you know, like Skyrim) so they land *exactly* where your reticle points, which is cool and all, but unexpected, considering rpg games with archery (not even as the primary/only weapon) that I've played prior.
Small "loot" chests seem to respawn, and quickly at that, making it hard to tell if I got the teeth already and I'm just wasting my time and energy taking out the constantly-respawning enemies next to this chest that may not contain teeth, but just some other over-abundant resource. I could also be confused in the mayhem, and ALL these little chests could be outright useless and it's just the BIG ones with teeth. Suddenly I'm forgetting.
I'm in STORY mode, not Adventure... so I'm assuming I'm supposed to be given more story and exploring and less/easier combat. Three situations have entirely felt like I was tossed into hard mode - frost gnoll, and two measly sad little bat-infested caves with basic-ass treasure of what's most likely a fancy box of f*****g sticks.
I've reached an area, guided literally by the storyline by the way so I can't possibly be in the wrong area, with a frost troll that I can barely damage and has a few lackeys that all summon lesser creatures that just surround me. I'm assuming I can't face them yet, so I'm running around this zone screaming my lungs out trying to avoid the troll (well gnoll I guess). If I were streaming, it would have been HILARIOUS CONTENT at least. It's really chaotic for a more casual chill exploring gamer, having to stress and worry about making 1 broom at a time, putting 1 broom down, make another, oh shoot I already shot off my whole 9 arrows and only 3 hit because I'm massively panicking as my health just goes down and down and I can't keep enough arrows in stock thanks to the panic and swarm, better make more arrows! Ah crap 2 seconds later I'm trying to make more arrows and put another broom down and struggling to hit enemies outright swarming me, and wow won't ya look at that, the broom also makes me press the dang button 2-3 times before ACTUALLY putting any brooms down, that one took me a few fails to figure out was happening - the broom icon will just FLASH at me or otherwise appear, and do nothing until I keep spamming the button. I've GOT the broom made, PUT IT DOWN, ya witch!
Utter f*****g chaos.
Also, don't get me started on the bats. The game tells me to use my Hocus on them, and both good and evil Hocus had absolutely NOOOOOOOOO effect on the bats every time I attempt them, making any caves impossible, plus they continue to swarm you even when you run into the sunlight. What a glorious death. Not.
I'm trying to "git gud," and it's overall fun, though not my usual style of game. I guess I'm on the fence to keep playing as it surely gets harder for a shitty gamer like me, but I can tell others will love this game and would likely rate it much higher. I'm a HUGE fan of witchy titles, so that drew me in. I love historical witchcraft and this is exactly that, with a touch of humor slapped in - but lots of action. I'm not at ALL an action/fast paced/bullet hell gamer, I'm ONLY here for the Baba Yaga story which is highly enjoyable so far.
Maybe close to 7 hours into the game isn't far enough to take on some little oddly CUTE bats, or swarms of little lackeys, or frost gnolls... maybe 7 hours in, you're meant to still be a whelp who can barely fend for her witchy self.
That means it's a long game, right? With a second replayability, because you can either be totally good or totally bad. At least the chaos and stress is worth the money for the hours of game you get. Plus, there's a side-scroll goat game that surprised me while getting Drag's memory unlocked. PLUS PLUS the music while matching up the witch memory was "FIRE" as the kids say, too.