Mika and The Witch’s Mountain
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About the GameMika and the Witch’s Mountain is a fantasy adventure about an aspiring witch who delivers packages to the townspeople of a small island. Explore every nook and cranny and soar through the sky with your magic broom.
This coming-of-age journey will take us to the top of the mountain through a story of effort, friendship, and community; and will let our hearts fly free.
Take your magic broom and discover all the secrets hidden in the mountain while getting to know its charming inhabitants. Work hard and get a magic broom good enough to achieve your goal: to go to the top of the mountain.
The heart of the game is a pleasant and fulfilling fly sensation. Mika will soar the skies while exploring the beautiful landscapes of Mont Gaun in her journey to the top of the mountain.
Mika will deliver packages to the villagers all over the island and they will rate her service. That way she will earn money to get new brooms with unique flying capabilities.
- Fly over a beautiful island. Explore a mini open world full of secrets and magic.
- Protect the packages from the elements as you fly around the island.
- Play as a little witch who works delivering packages on a small island.
- Complete your collection with different outfits, trails, treasures and more.
- A cozy light-heart story for you to unwind and relax.
Steam User 75
Mika and the Witch's Mountain is such a cute game. I had a smile on my face the whole time I was playing it, and I finished it in a day because I just couldn't stop playing. It has 2 missable achievements and takes around 8 hours to complete.
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 8 hours
Estimated achievement difficulty: 2/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Is there a good guide available: Yes, I used this guide
Multiplayer achievements: No
Missable achievements: Yes, for getting only green stamps and handing out your witch items to the locals
Grinding Achievements: No
DLC-Only achievements: No
Speedrun achievements: No
Time-gated achievements: No
RNG-achievements: No
Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty setting
Unobtainable/glitched achievements: No
What a lovely adventure game! A game inspired by Kiki's delivery service while still being so wholesome and so freaking cute. You play as Mika, who is ready to get her Witch training. She is a bit overconfident, and when she shows up at the Witch's house, she gets a rude awakening.
During the starting cutscene, your broom will break, and you need it repaired. You end up helping out the locals by delivering packages to and from them. However, delivering packages is a delicate thing ( I wish the real-life postal services would take that into account a bit more), so some packages have breakable things in them while others can't get wet, and a small amount of them are time-sensitive. You can see the package's status, and I highly recommend checking that before handing them over. If it got damaged in some way, you can delete it and try again. I highly recommend doing that if you want to unlock all the achievements, as this is one of the missable achievements.
What I find a very bold move that totally makes sense story-wise is that your first broom is hard to handle. It just doesn't work and feels janky. But this is on purpose. After just a few deliveries, you'll get an upgraded version, and another after more deliveries. The last broom will feel so good, but by getting a horrible broom at first, they really hammer home that feeling of how good the later brooms feel, not just faster but less janky as well.
The achievements in Mika and The Witch's Mountain are great. I wish there weren't missable achievements ( getting all green stamps + giving away your Witch items) but I can see story-related how it makes sense that way and not adding an option to change the outcome. All the other achievements are for exploring the island and doing all possible things. That just feels so great! It rewards you for exploring the world while also being able to tell you what you have missed when later on checking which achievements you're missing. The only achievement that was less clear to me is for the races. You not only need to finish them all but receive a gold cup in them as well.
I give Mika and The Witch's Mountain 4,5 out of 5 stars.
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Steam User 21
Very strong Kiki's Delivery Service vibes right out the gate with a beautiful animated sequence. The Ghibli magic is, however, short-lived. Mika and the Witch's Mountain puts a bit *too* much emphasis on deliveries without adding enough supplementary content. This makes gameplay feel repetitive and the charm fizzle. Chibig needs to create interest with more mini games and further encourage exploration. For instance, more secret areas (behind waterfall *cough*) and doors that are accessible like Zelda games, which sometimes let you snoop on NPC diaries and find extra currency as a reward for that effort. The Churro Express races were a fabulous addition and are a nice throwback to Mail Mole without any of the fiendish difficulty. Mika and the Witch's Mountain doesn't reach its full potential, but that ending was a lovely twist indeed.
PS - Unless you are a completionist or enjoy very cerebral puzzles (think OOT Water temple) please avoid the dungeons! Extremely convoluted and huge difficulty spike. Need to be more balanced (wind dungeon is perfect) and included as main quest prerequisites (better game direction) to reach Mount Gaun.
Steam User 24
I was initially very intrigued by this game because I am a huge Legend of Zelda fan (especially of Wind Waker, which this game reminds me of!), so I decided to give it a go, and I was not disappointed!
Normally I am someone who does not like to back track, and this game definitely does include back tracking, but it handles it in such a good way that I was barely even cognizant of the fact that I was having to back track quite a few times. I wish more games did this so back tracking wasn't a chore. There were plenty of things to do that the back tracking felt like a true exploration of the island itself.
The music was fantastically done and fits each area very well. Additionally, the Churro mini-game, in particular, added a bit of difficulty that I think balances very well with the fact that the deliveries themselves are not difficult to complete. The writing is definitely more on the "kiddie" side style of writing, but I will admit that some of the dialogue from characters definitely got me to laugh due to how real it was from such a character.
Also, as a side note, I am a huge fan of the achievement names! (I think my favorite was Leap of Faith or Cho, Co, Bo as a Final Fantasy fan). It is a good nod toward other well-known games/franchises.
Reading through other reviews, there were some that noted a crashing issue. I had no crashes the entire time I played. So if that is something that might be holding you back from getting this game, don't let it!
If you are a fan of cozy games or trying to find a game for a cozy game enjoyer, get this game!
If you are a fan of Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, get this game!
If you are looking for a low-stress game, get this game!
If you are just looking for a new game to play, get this game!
Steam User 19
Adventure game, exploratory, female protagonist, delivery management, open world, early access.
PLOT
Mika is a little aspiring witch, she would like to be trained by Olagari, a veteran in this profession.
But alas! Unfortunately she is not well received, this grumpy teacher mistakes her desire to learn for arroranga,
and decides to immediately start with a severe lesson: he throws her down the mountain with his broom, and tells her to come back
when he will be able to fly well and climb to the top of the mountain.
Blind and with a broken broom, what can Mika do now?
He decides not to give up, a good idea is to look for work to earn money and get a super broom that everyone will envy!
And so she began her career as a parcel delivery service, which would take her to explore the whole island and see wonderful views
from above and get to know different inhabitants who will help her, while she will make beautiful friends.
PLAYABILITY
Our task is to deliver packages to various inhabitants of the island, but it will not be an easy task, we must pay attention
not to get wet, avoid hitting the packages while flying, otherwise the contents will be damaged.
This is very important because our customers will evaluate our work positively or negatively.
Of course we don't have to waste time because deliveries also have a limited time.
If your delivery ends badly, there is no problem, you can collect the package again and make the journey again.
There is no shortage of collectibles scattered throughout the island, explore carefully everywhere because some are hidden.
In addition to work we can accept quests as a diversion, we will offer our help to the inhabitants.
The work will also be rewarded with different clothes and uniforms to change the look of the protagonist.
The graphics are very beautiful in cartoon style and rich in colors, the soundtrack is suitable for the game.
I recommend it, it's a nice story and the protagonist is nice, the only problem is that it's not easy to fly because you can move around
left and right, but don't go up, to go up you have to use the air currents to get push or get up high;
you have to evaluate the route carefully, understand which currents to use to get to the destination and do it without ending up bumping into obstacles that
they ruin the packages.
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Steam User 14
a very cute and chill game where you pull a Kiki and become a delivery girl flying around on your magic broom to help make everyone's day better
Steam User 7
Cute game, but can be disorienting at times. The map isn’t super detailed, so you don’t always know where to go. I’m supposed to deliver food to a cat on a beach. I’ve checked all the beaches and found 0 cats. I don’t know. I’d give this a neutral if I could. For now I’ll vote positive, I may change after trying some more.
Steam User 27
Ведьмина служба доставки. Буквально.
Внимание! Игра находится в раннем доступе, так что все, сказанное в обзоре, будет актуально лишь на момент написания!
Предисловие:
Mika and The Witch’s Mountain буквально сразу захватила мое внимание своим милым визуалом и трейлерами, от которых так и веял вайб “Ведьминой службы доставки”. Оно и понятно, ведь игра буквально построена на том, что нам нужно развозить различные посылки, летая на метле как настоящая ведьмочка. Интересно ли это делать? Давайте разбираться.
Геймплей
Геймплейно Mika and The Witch’s Mountain представляет собой адвенчуру от третьего лица, в которой вам, как я уже написала выше, предстоит развозить посылки жителям острова, летая на метле. Занятие это непростое, ведь в процессе нужно следить не только за тем, чтобы посылка не была повреждена, но еще и грамотно маневрировать на метле. Управление метлой здесь поначалу может показаться очень трудным и непонятным, однако спустя несколько доставок начинаешь понимать, как тут работают полеты. Сама доставка здесь делится на два типа: основные заказы и дополнительные заказы. Основные заказы вы будете получать по мере продвижения по сюжету игры, а дополнительные активируются, когда вы находите на острове предмет, который необходимо доставить. По мере прохождения вы также будете получать новые метлы, которые позволят перевозить больше предметов, а также добавят новые способности для полета. Кстати об исследовании, на острове можно найти не только предметы для доп. заказов, но также коллекционные предметы, вроде карт таро или маленьких фигурок, которые тут выступают в роли валюты. За эту валюту вы можете приобретать в определенных местах острова костюмы для главной героини или брелочки. Также на острове вы сможете найти ветряные потоки, которые значительно упрощают перемещение между точками доставки.
В общем-то… это весь геймплей. Он до безумия простой, каких-то сложных механик в нем нет, а перевозка грузов после того, как вы привыкнете к управлению, станет достаточно простым занятием. И это неплохо, если вы ищете крайне чилловую игрушку на пару вечеров.
Сюжет
История начинается с того, что главная героиня по имени Мика прибывает на вершину горы Монт Гон, чтобы стать настоящей ведьмой. Она встречает там ведьму Олагари, которая должна ее обучать, но первым же уроком стал урок полета, и Олагари буквально сбросила Мику с вершины горы! Благо Мика уцелела, но вот ее метла - нет, и теперь ей нужно отремонтировать ее, чтобы вернуться на вершину. В местной деревушке Мика встречает Аллегру, которая помогает с починкой метлы, но на этой метле Мика никак не доберется до вершины, поэтому ей нужно подзаработать деньжат, чтобы купить новую. Лучшее место для этого - работа курьером на почте! И здесь начинаются приключения Мики по возвращению на вершину горы.
Основная сюжетная линия здесь построена на взаимодействии с жителями острова, каждый из которых будет рассказывать вам свои истории и делиться переживаниями. Слушая эти истории, Мика будет помогать жителям и расти эмоционально как человек, за чем достаточно интересно наблюдать.
Графика
Визуальная составляющая игры - это самая ее сильная сторона. Все в игре выполнено в милом мультяшном стиле: персонажи, окружение, даже анимации, что погружает в атмосферу доброй сказки. В игре также есть очень крутые нарисованые вставки, в которых чувствуется вайб мультфильмов Миядзаки. Единственный минус, который я заметила, так это наползающие на текстовое окно спрайты персонажей, из-за чего некоторые диалоги трудно читать. Работает игра при этом замечательно, хотя я не представляю, что тут может лагать. Несмотря на достаточно высокие требования по видеокарте, на намного более слабой видеокарте игра работает со стабильно высокой частотой кадров.
Звук и музыка
Звуковое сопровождение в игре сделано нарочито милым, чтобы подчеркнуть атмосферу игры. Озвучки в игре как таковой нет, в определенных диалогах только проигрываются звуки, передающие настроение персонажа и его характер. Музыкальное сопровождение здесь особо не выделяется, хотя оно и выполнено под стать атмосфере игры, при путешествиях по острову будут играть милые и позитивные мелодии.
Итог:
В итоге Mika and The Witch’s Mountain влюбляет в себя очень милым визуалом, но в плане геймплея или истории она не предлагает чего-то уникального, хотя чем-то плохим обе эти составляющие у меня просто язык не повернется назвать. Как игру на пару вечеров, если вам хочется без лишнего напряга полетать на метле и почувствовать себя ведьмочкой, взять по скидке вполне себе можно, с этим игра справляется на ура.
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