Reviews

[Abu Hajaar]

Any clue when reviews drop? Curious whats the general consensus and if the late game is bug free etc.

[_Oin_]

They started appearing today. Two Polish websites gave the game 9/10 (gram.pl and lowcygier.pl)

[Abu Hajaar]

neat! ill have a look

[Omni]

A WIP review from IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-review

The reviewer is only 6 hours in so far, and has high praise for everything about the game except for its combat. He chose Nightblade, and it sounds like he's somewhat bored with its basic attack-roll-repeat playstyle. TBH, I had the same experience with the Nightblade and Vanguard during the demo, but I figured it would get better later in the game as access to various skills increased. Perhaps that's still true or perhaps not, but that concern is one of the reasons I'm going pure spellcaster where, after a certain point, I shouldn't need to basic attack at all.

[Ringo]

Yeah, the combat loop was the only thing I wasn't sure about after the demo and was part of the reason I didn't spend any time with the playtests after preordering. But I can deal with somewhat basic/repetitive combat as long as the rest is intriguing. Of course if it never really gets better further in the game it'll kill replayability for a (supposedly) long game.

I had high hopes after finding out Brian Mitsoda was narrative lead so it's great to hear people enjoying the story and characters.

Excited for tomorrow!

[Iorveth]

Omni eredeti hozzászólása:

A WIP review from IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/mandragora-whispers-of-the-witch-tree-review

The reviewer is only 6 hours in so far, and has high praise for everything about the game except for its combat. He chose Nightblade, and it sounds like he's somewhat bored with its basic attack-roll-repeat playstyle. TBH, I had the same experience with the Nightblade and Vanguard during the demo, but I figured it would get better later in the game as access to various skills increased. Perhaps that's still true or perhaps not, but that concern is one of the reasons I'm going pure spellcaster where, after a certain point, I shouldn't need to basic attack at all.

Lol, there are still people who believe in and "listen to" IGN after all the embarrassing reviews they've done for "some games."

[Omni]

Iorveth eredeti hozzászólása:

Lol, there are still people who believe in and "listen to" IGN after all the embarrassing reviews they've done for "some games."

You do realize that not all IGN reviewers are unreasonably biased, right? Did you actually read the review? To me, this one reads very reasonably and aligns with my experience with the demo.

[VonFIDDE]

Played through the preview with both vanguard and nightblade and sure it's repetitive but it also makes the game easier when you there is less to think about. Tried caster but i can't aim with them in the heat of battle, i guess i played it wrong or something not sure.

[Omni]

It's perfectly fine if you like spamming basic attacks, but personally I liked the chaos beam much more and got better with aiming it after a short time. I also like that mana isn't dependant on basic attacks like adrenaline and combo points are, which probably means at some point it'll be possible to only use spells for combat.

[ClassicVinyl]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G7tCTJaAew

[Ringo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0q8U0iXxk

Edit: This reviewer says their first run took over 30 hours and he didn't complete all the side quests. Seems like the devs completion time estimate is fairly accurate.

[Blowfeld]

Ringo eredeti hozzászólása:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0q8U0iXxk

Edit: This reviewer says their first run took over 30 hours and he didn't complete all the side quests. Seems like the devs completion time estimate is fairly accurate.

Speaking of side quests:

How long is the "exclusive quest" that is behind the paywall? And what are the rewards?

[kome360]

Over the years, video game reviewing companies have lowered their integrity; there's a clear disconnect in many mainstream games between company reviews and actual customer reviews.
I'd say this game gets 7/10, maybe even 6; it has smooth combat and gorgeous visuals, which is why I bought the game in the first place, but everything else sucks. The EULA is disturbingly invasive, the 'story' is ridiculously cliche, the materials grind for vendors is annoying and so are the prices, there's multiple bugs that make getting some achievements impossible while other achievements are so ridiculous that no-one has collected them in almost a week... I could go on.
Glad I didn't get the 'exclusive' quest, I've heard it sucks brooms.