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Hello, this is Mashuang .

The third game review is "The Fox's Return" .

It's a game like Exit 8 where you often have to find anomalies.

It's a game where you closely observe the shaman sister while she dances and determine whether or not she has changed .

First of all, the regular price is 17,500 won , which is expensive compared to the game itself.

The game itself is really a game that fills up the anomaly encyclopedia somehow. If you're not that kind of person, then this is just a game for simply appreciating the models .

You can buy it when it's on sale .

Here's a rough outline of the game's plot.

The protagonist wanders around and ends up at a shrine, where the fox priestess personally performs a ritual to return the protagonist to his original world.

However, the ritual must be performed eight times in a row , but the monster disguises itself as your older sister or other factors to interfere .

You must answer correctly 8 times in a row to determine whether the ritual is true or false in order for the ritual to be successfully completed.

Once you start the game for the first time, it shows true consciousness .

Yes, I'm telling you to memorize this in its entirety.

First of all, the ritual itself lasts about a minute and cannot be accelerated or skipped.

So, later on, when you try to find the lie, there is the unfortunate event of having to watch the whole dance .

And if you make a mistake, of course you start over from the first ritual .

Don't worry, until you clear the first round, only easy monsters will appear.

Things like this often come out that are really easy to spot .

At this time, all the bells stopped ringing and the atmosphere became quiet, which was a bit creepy. Other than that, there were no scary elements at all .

And there is one thing to keep in mind .

Only my sister's appearance does not change.

Changes in the weather, such as rain or darkening skies

Changes in the movement of your sister's dance moves

Changes such as the size of the conscious mind becoming smaller or the shadow disappearing, etc.

At first I thought it would be easy, but there are more malicious abnormalities than I thought.

And one thing you need to know is that the moment you click on the lie, the screen doesn't change, so you have to find it within the frozen screen and click on it.

Here, you may believe that you have to click exactly on the wrong part, but even if it is obscured by something , you can just roughly click on the location and it will be processed as correct .

If you successfully perform the ritual 8 times in a row , the ritual is completed .

As the game ends, the older sister also gives off a nuance of wanting to go with the main character.

Because of the taboo of not associating with the living, I cannot go out.

It is said that if you find all the monsters, you can erase this taboo.

The true ending condition is to fill out the entire monster encyclopedia .

So from now on, I'll tell you about all the monsters .

If you want to try it yourself, just go back !

From now on, there will be spoilers for all the monster walkthroughs !

When you discover all the monsters, you will be shown the True Ending special .

I found them all. Hahaha

It took me 8 hours to find all this.

First of all, there are some things you should know when creating a Pokedex .

Since the dance is basically one minute long, it takes a very long time to find the monster at the end of the dance .

In particular, there is a strange thing where the last movement of the dance involves taking out a fan, and this fan turns into another object.

It just doesn't make sense to spend a minute every single ritual checking this out.

The monster guide doesn't give any hints about monsters you haven't seen , so without a guide, you don't even know what monsters are left.

Even though there is no unseen monster in the last movement of the dance, you have to watch it carefully until the last movement of the dance without knowing that fact.

Just like Schrödinger...

So I sacrificed myself for you all.

I'll give you a list of all the monsters .

I spent more than half the time looking for a few more prime numbers.

The most difficult ones to find are the ones that appear later in the ritual .

Some of these include changing debt, changing dance moves, and the floor getting narrower .

I couldn't find the floor narrowing at all, so I spent a long time looking for the ones that came out later.

After that, I just kept putting lies on the floor and barely managed to find it.

Don't bother searching for the monster you don't even know about.

Please take a look at the table I've compiled and try to figure out what kind of weird numbers you can't find.

It was like a game of spot the difference.

I don't know how many hundreds of times I've watched my sister dance now.

Now it's time to send it away.

I already saw the true ending, so my sister left the shrine and came to me. Hahaha

It was Mashuang who wasted time trying to see the true ending.

1. Forcepoken

I was waiting to buy it when Fanatics or Humble came out with a bundle...

The used price is already... up to 8,800 won?

If the maximum additional accrual is 916 won, then the game is equivalent to purchasing it for 7,900 won.

Since the shipping fee is 3,000 won, I bought it for about 11,000 won.

The release price was 79,800 won, but it is currently being sold for around 15,000 to 30,000 won.

Of course, I bought it cheaper because it was used...

Anyway, the package or CD isn't important, but since the game uses the CD as an authentication key, I bought it used for a much cheaper price.

And the advantage of this package is that you can sell it later...

2. Tekken 8

Is Tekken 8 a failure?

I heard the regular price was 69,800 won, but even if it's a used product return, it's come down to the early 20,000 won range.

Reviews on Steam are mixed too...

It was already on sale for 39,790 won with a 43% discount.

There are also comments saying that it has become a game of rock, paper, scissors, perhaps because of the features added for newbies.

Anyone should be able to win lol

I think this game could sell for around 15,000 won if you play through the story mode and then put it up on Carrot.

I can't raise the age rating to 18 on Carrot (I don't think I can raise Force Poken), but I guess I'll have to raise it since it's 15.

I bought it cheaply because it was in the 'return-in-process' condition, but since it says 'in-process', I guess the title case was damaged...

Well, as long as there's no problem with the CD...

The new product is also around 25,000 won. Getting a 3,000 won discount is a steal...

I ordered it for early morning delivery, so I'll have to turn on the Plus and enjoy the story mode tomorrow for the first time in a while.

PS

Ah, there was a pressure incident.

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When there is no Harseti
I was comfortable in the arena
It takes too long these days

『A story of commotion with cute witches』

※ This review was written based on the early access version.

💎 First impressions of the game

First of all, how much do you know about the genre called 'roguelike' ?

You've probably heard the term "roguelike" a lot, but not many people actually know much about this genre.

I also didn't know why it was named that way until I looked it up separately.

According to 《Rogue》, which is the origin of the genre name, 1) there is a random element , 2) the player's choices are irreversible , and

3) The roguelike genre is characterized by minimizing the benefits of repeated play . (There are other characteristics, but let's skip them here.)

It is not difficult to produce compared to the amount of content, and it is also famous as a genre with a large fan base.

Some famous indie games include the Hades (Hades I, II) series, Enter the Gungeon, and Skul.

That's why most of the recently released indie games are of the roguelike genre.

But with so many roguelike indie games coming out, it's becoming harder to get noticed.

This is especially true as there are already many games known as masterpieces.

Meanwhile, in March, a domestic indie game developer called Team Tapas introduced a new roguelike game.

The Witch's Garden is an action roguelike game that tells the story of witches who create, decorate, and live in their own world.

⌚ Gameplay

『It's neat and fun! If only the title was "Witch" 』

<You can feel the game atmosphere created by Team Tapas through the drawing style>

The game we're introducing today, "The Witch's Garden," is Team Tapas' third title .

Drifting Girl and Warrior Restaurant were both idle mobile games, and I personally remember enjoying Warrior Restaurant quite a bit.

The overall theme of the two games is quite similar: they are both idle games that can be enjoyed without the burden of paying.

All of them have a fairly slow tempo so it takes time to get going, but they have received a lot of favorable reviews because there are no ads or in-game elements.

However, unlike the previous two games, 『The Witch's Garden』 was released as an indie game for PC.

Because of this, the perspective or viewpoint from which the game is evaluated has completely changed to fit the fact that it is an indie game for PC .

<Unlike the previous two games, the difficulty level was quite high>

First of all, since it is an action roguelike , let's first take a look at the combat-related systems.

Unlike the previous two games, it has a fairly high difficulty level for casual enjoyment.

This can also be confirmed on the difficulty selection screen that appears when you first start the game.

In the descriptions for each of the Story/Normal/Hard difficulties, there is a section that says ' Immunity to all damage for a short time while dashing '.

"

It's not too spicy though

A game with some degree of challenge.

"

Normally, no matter how difficult it is, dash invincibility is included as a basic function of the system.

If you play this game on Hard difficulty, you'll need to be quite careful because your dash invincibility will be gone.

However, if you think the difficulty is a bit too difficult, you can freely change the difficulty at the starting point at any time, so you don't have to worry.

I really liked how you could easily see when a new feature was unlocked at a stronghold via an exclamation point bubble.

<You are given two chances to choose one of the three skills. After choosing, you can proceed with your desired key settings.>

There are a total of 4 skills related to combat.

There is a scissor skill for basic attacks, a dash skill for evasion, and two skills that can be freely selected .

The two free skills allow you to specify the skill you want through two selections, but

You have to choose the right combination for the situation, as there is no guarantee that you will always get the skill you want. (Or you can just get lucky.)

You can skip skill selection if you want, but it is not recommended unless you are an experienced player.

At first, you can just look at the performance of the skill itself, but as you progress through the game to a certain extent, the 'synergy' system is unlocked.

You can enjoy playing by trying out various combinations of attributes attached to skills.

I'll talk more about synergy later.

< You must carefully decide which is more advantageous between passive enhancement (left) and skill effect enhancement (right) >

<Let's check the map to choose what to strengthen in advance>

There are two main ways to strengthen your character: magical strengthening and passive strengthening.

Magic strengthening is a method of strengthening the effect of the skill itself , such as increasing damage or granting additional effects.

Passives are a way to enhance the effects of basic attacks or overall skills, such as reducing the cooldown of all skills or increasing the damage of scissor attacks.

"

If you are focusing on one skill, strengthen your magic

If not, I recommend passive enhancement

"

There may be some variables depending on the situation, but if you are a player who mainly uses a specific skill, use magic strengthening.

If you play primarily using basic attacks like Scissors or using a variety of skills, it is advantageous to choose passive enhancement.

However, due to the nature of the roguelike genre, you cannot expect the desired effect every time, so you must choose a strengthening effect that suits the situation.

However, since I don't really care about balance in single games, I actually like the fact that I can use a variety of skills.

<You can use gold to strengthen your abilities such as health and basic attack power>

In addition, you can also strengthen your abilities through the gold you collect until the character dies or you clear the stage.

Not only does it increase stamina, but it also increases the attack speed of scissoring,

Because it also has additional effects, such as reducing the cooldown of the dash or increasing the number of charges.

The difference in perceived difficulty depending on the level of basic ability enhancement is quite large .

It is noticeable that repeated play is semi-mandatory unless it is a penalty play that allows you to play without reinforcement.

However, this point can be understood as a characteristic of the genre rather than a shortcoming of the game itself.

<The real fun of the game starts when the synergy system is unlocked>

Now, shall we talk about synergy?

Once you clear the first stage of the first chapter, the synergy system is unlocked.

If you paid attention when you first started playing, you would have seen that skills and passives have icons attached to them.

Apart from the skill's effect, various effects are added depending on the synergy tag attached to each skill or passive.

"

Depending on the selected synergy tag

Various strengthening effects

"

For example, when strengthening the vampire skill, if you choose the 'burning' strengthening effect or the 'crow' strengthening effect,

It can grant a burning effect equal to a portion of the blood sucking damage, or it can summon a crow while the blood sucking hits.

If you strengthen the Burn tag 6 times here, some of the excess will be burned immediately, or

Powering up the Crow Tag 6 times will grant effects such as firing a projectile that deals increased damage when the Crow is killed.

And if you strengthen both the crow tag 8 and the burning tag 8, it will have the same effect as the crow burning the enemy's health by a portion of the damage done.

It also has a dual synergy effect, so combining them is quite fun.

<You can enjoy the small stories of various witches that the main character invites>

The combat part was well-received, but the story part was somewhat disappointing.

As the title suggests, The Witch's Garden, there is an interesting keyword called 'witch', but there is not much of a story about the witch itself .

As of Chapter 3, the main story of the chapter is the story of the tea party between the main character, Sil, and other witches.

There are quite a few interesting storylines that can be developed, such as what kind of being is a witch and what witches can do.

Nevertheless, it is regrettable that the story is summarized in one short keyword, 'tea party commotion among witches' .

However, since it has been announced that there will be some reinforcement of the game content after the official release, we expect the story to be reinforced as well.

<Various patterns shown for each stage and boss>

There are also some disappointing aspects to the stage boss's pattern.

I was able to fully enjoy the cute character design and the fun of the battle itself, but

Unlike Chapter 1, you must enjoy the same stage bosses in the same order in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.

It's a shame that it leads to the thought, 'Isn't the game too repetitive?'

The patterns you see when fighting stage bosses are also connected in a similar way.

Chapter 1 is fun to watch because it is the first time you see this pattern, but

The boss pattern of Chapter 2 is composed of the connection between the patterns of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, and the boss pattern of Chapter 3 is composed of the connection between the patterns of Chapter 1 and Chapter 3, etc.

Only the stage boss's health increased, but the boss pattern itself felt like a lot of repetition .

This point, as mentioned above, is connected to the fact that you have to enjoy all the stage bosses in the same order, which I felt was very disappointing.

📌 Game Review

『 Gameplay to look forward to after Early Access 』

The roguelike genre is often underrated because of its repetitive nature.

However, there are quite a few people who are fascinated by the depth of the game that comes from these characteristics.

The roguelike genre is highly accessible to game developers, but it is a genre that players have very different opinions about.

That's why I was worried that I might look at the game from a somewhat biased perspective.

Enjoy various skills and synergies, and various elements that create reasons for continuous gameplay.

Despite being Early Access, I was quite satisfied with the gameplay.

However, it seems that there is still room for improvement in various areas such as story, content, and balance patches.

The developer is also aware of this and is consistently sharing update plans through community announcements (link) .

So, personally, I'm looking forward to seeing how much fun I'll be having with it when it's officially released!

The action roguelike game that has its official release date even more anticipated is 『The Witch's Garden』 !

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