Firstly let me say, before Steam Nextfest, I had never even heard of the Maliki series at all so I was coming into this with completely fresh eyes, and i won't lie, I kinda want more! And I also want to put a massive Thank you here to Souillon for stopping by to watch me play this! I hope you enjoyed someone having fun with this (even if I voiced all the girls badly lol).

To the Review!

The game whilst cutesy looking with fantastic 2d art and cute 3d art, has serious undertones that the story navigates quite well throughout! The world and characters feel so alive, Nothing feels like its forced, out of place or added just to check a box and it feels natural! And even though the world is at stake, it never feels like an overbearing rush! characters are able to have these personal times and comedic relief! Even random NPC's feel full of life in the situations they find themselves in.

The Battle system is simple turn based RPG with an emphasis on being able to manipulate turn order to set up Combos! I'll admit it is a fun mechanic but it took me a while to stop making it my sole focus in battle, because it can get you in trouble as much as you can do damage. I kept neglecting it can also be used to get you out of trouble or even let a character go before the enemy just to heal or something!
TP (mana) didn't really feel like an issue to me EXCEPT when going to a duoturn! I would like to see in future iterations the option to use an auto attack on a character if they don't have the TP for a skill in the Duo turn! it could also offer another combo option of 2 normal attacks, maybe even allow module usage during this for free!

There is ONE boss that made die inside a little, the power spike was like a cliff to climb. He was the one that made me change my entire game plan from "always do Duo skills" to "try to make him go as little as possible while poking" but he still humbled me! However off I went to fight other enemies a little and BOOM one and a half levels later, 3 new skills gained and we trounced him (we barely pulled through lol) so always be willing to change your tactics!

The farming is a relaxing breath from the harsh enemies that want you to become plant food but sadly there wasn't too much to do with it outside of the few side quests for people needing specific vegetables, making Buff food (of which i didn't need many) and naturon STONKS!
I think 2 things that may help this issue is firstly, not allowing the day to change while in the domaine UNLESS you take sand to bed! This would remove the rush to plant everything in the closest plots only and people could take their time to just make their entire domaine look how they want even if not for food! and for this maybe in future games add a bunch of flower types you can Trade vegetables for, just for cosmetic looks. The 2nd thing would be a toggle so that you could Snap Plants next to another like a grid system, as some times you could dtak a step too far and the plant would end up further distance than others and i love symmetry!

I can't say this enough... THE MUSIC *chefs kiss* I found myself humming along in the worlds or openly bopping to the boss music so many times!

There were a few bugs throughout the game, but they seem to be known and I would assume being worked on, but none of them were game breaking nor interrupted the flow of the game!

Overall a pretty fantastic little game, the story and the world definitely sold this on me even when I struggled with some of the fights at times, Honestly worth a playthrough! This was the 13th game I have beaten so far this year and it's up there as one of my most enjoyed! And i can't wait for the sequel!! FOR TIKOOOOOOOO!!!!!