Leaving aside its main goal, which is little more than a placeholder for MyIne to walk around and talk to people, the characters and their personality (and the stark difference in appearances) made the game more enjoyable than it should’ve been.
Not that it was terribly funny, but it gave a level of goofiness appreciable for a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously (for now). Its straightforward exposition fairly trite, its only saving grace was through its comedic writing. Märchen Forest opens with a lot of dialogue, some necessary, some which made me think the game was targeting children. Such paths are dictated by the number of ingredients MyIne is required to bring home to her grandfather, which increase by the quantity of area one is allowed to explore. Though something important of note is that the game plays Part A in three acts: a very short tutorial passage that elaborates on the controls and expectations of the game, a slightly-less shorter version which opens the surrounding area a little more, and a final act that gives the player every opportunity to finish Part A. The path is particularly linear, only inhibited by the order in which a player takes on various tasks. All that follows is woven by other denizens of the forest in need of something (or someone). This is the base foundation of Part A’s driving motivation. The task is simple: bring some ingredients to mix into a cauldron to create reality-bending potions. She gets to the point in age (roughly nine-years-old) where her grandfather brings it upon himself to teach her the basics of alchemy, something MyIne looks forward to with an expected sense of naivety and excitement. She wanders through life at her own pace, gracefully enjoying whatever her carefree life can afford her. MyIne is a little girl living in an enchanted, fairy-tale-like forest with all sorts of talking animals and inanimate objects (like a rock), under the tutelage of her grandfather, the primary alchemist of the woods. Märchen Forest: MyIne and the Forest Gift is available on Steam for your regional pricing. With such a drastic change from one “Act” to another, the intrigue surrounding the game only boosts the hopes of its potent potential. It’s no stretch to say that each part could serve as its own game, as the relation to each other is akin to a prequel-sequel narrative with almost nothing else about the gameplay alike. The former will discuss the part of the game that’s in some ways atmospherically comedic with puzzle elements and some ways slice-of-life sim, the latter will tackle the dungeon-crawling JRPG addition that directly follows. So what does this mean for the review at hand? With the way the game is structured, this spiel will be chopped into two parts for most of the review: Part A and Part B. First-time players will experience the game in its carefree, almost childish difficulty firsthand, before being brought back to some realm of reality with its more ambitious JRPG continuation.
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As far as my research (and language) can provide, Märchen Forest: MyIne and the Forest Gift was originally published as a game for Android in 2016, and that the Steam port is a more polished version on a better engine. Something interesting about the Märchen Forest currently under review is that it has a two-in-one approach to its whole. For the recent re-release, read our Märchen Forest review.) (This is a review for the original build of the game.
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