Little Witch in the Woods

休闲神作

I often struggle to put my feelings for games into words and, as such, rarely write reviews. In this case, the studio deserves its accolades. This game is charming. Simply charming. It knows exactly what it is and does it beautifully. The music is subtle but appropriate. The atmosphere is cute. The art direction and style are gorgeous. The writing is simple but effective. The payoff at the end of the game is satisfying and enchanting. It isn't perfect. Getting all of the achievement can be a bit of a grind. The game loop doesn't change much as the game progresses. However, it is all executed well and fits the atmosphere and story to a T. This game isn't for everyone. But if you like cozy, sipping a hot beverage on a rainy day type games, you will enjoy Little Witch in the Woods.

The art is lovely and the story is nice... it's a good little crafting/cozy game where you're a young witch fresh out of school in her apprentice gig. Instead of going to Highlion where she should be, Ellie gets off the train in a forest and finds a witch's house, a town that needs restoring, and similar to other games, sets about restoring the town, making candy and potions to sell, etc. It is a very cute and family friendly game, so parents, this one is probably okay for a kiddo to hop on. HOWEVER, some of the gameplay is confusing. It is not always clear what to do or when to do it or where to go. I am having to look stuff up as I go. I am into Act 2 now, but... sadly that issue does not improve. Some of the translations from Korean to English are off (saying you haven't accepted a delivery when you actually have, etc.). Ellie is also obnoxious in her need to talk to her little hat companion, Virgil, and they talk too much sometimes. I love a good story, but if it is not riveting and if the translated dialogue is off, it irks me (I played Pokemon Violet, lol, so I have a good idea of how much is too much). There is no need for Ellie and the hat to continue for five minutes after a quest has been accepted or turned in. NEXT... because of some of the "where do I go and what do I do" issue, not sure how this should fare with really young kids. I'd say parents should probably play with the kiddos or have older siblings assist... because the internet is full of people like me asking where a delivery quest is once another stage of the shop function has opened up (you have to wait for the weekly reset, but... the game never tells you that and acts like stage 2 of the shop that says deliveries are now open means that deliveries can be fulfilled, but that stage 2 shopkeeper goes, "Nah."). Likewise, though there are several tiers of candy delivery once they open up, you can only take 2 at a time and if you mess up and do the least profitable two, then that's it for a long while until you unlock more. Oh, there was a quest to cash in an award, but it never let me cash the award in? I was very confused by that, maybe a bug. Collecting ingredients is sometimes not intuitive either, as some ingredients require using various potions... one of them makes sense, some of the other ones less so except by ruling out other potions. I do like the art design and the story overall seems cute, plus it does progress, so that's good. I dislike Ellie flouting her responsibility and the fact that her mom is likely worried and going, "Why isn't my child in Highlion?" Indeed, Ellie's motivation for staying in the forest seems... thin at best, but that could be translation and interpretation issues.

So goated

아니 무슨 게임 설명은 거의 없고 누굴 위해 만든 게임인지 모르겠음 공략마저 루트가 다르면 일반 시청자 돈 빼먹을라고 만든게임임? 진짜 마녀가 따로 없네

very relaxing cute and cozy game

길치라서 힘들었던 것만 빼면 재밌어요 그리고 대화할 때 스킵 기능이 있으면 참 좋을 것 같네요 할게 많아서 시간 가는 줄 모르고 플레이 하게 됩니다