Analysis of Mika and the Witch's Mountain

From witch to mail delivery girl

The little one Mika is about to start his first day at the Great Magic School. To master the witch Olag. She does not lack desire, because she is a very motivated, courageous and self-confident girl. It even comes with a letter of recommendation from his mother! However, he did not expect that his first lesson would be to jump into the void from the top of Mont Dress. What a hard blow!

With the broom completely destroyed, Mika will have to fend for himself to return to the top of the mountain. To do this, we will explore the town located at the foot of the hill, the Windy Island. Here Mika will meet Lightena, the local craftswoman, who repairs our dented and special flying vehicle. However, repairs are not enough and to completely repair our means of transport we will be forced to work. As? Well, as a delivery girl for the courier company Amazing deliveries.

Here is your package. Can you give me a stamp, please?

Although it is classified in the 3D platformer genre, Mika and the Witch's Mountain is more of a “delivery game». That is to say a distribution game.

The gameplay is mainly based on make deliveries from one end of the island to the other, flying on our broom or on foot. These orders will have their own requirements (such as that the package not get wet, suffer damage, or arrive at its recipient within a certain time) that determine the difficulty of the game. Depending on the condition and delivery efficiency, customers will give us a different stamp. in our booklet. Depending on whether the stamps are green, orange or red, we will earn a lot or no money.

Flying I go, flying I come

The key to doing a perfect job will be knowing when to use the broom and when to walk. Although the most important thing will be to understand how drafts.

And the Windy Island is called that for a reason. We will have to learn how Mika's flight works and know how to manage updrafts or tailwinds to control height and speed. Understanding elements such as physics, distances, impulses or verticality is really essential to achieve perfect work.

Nevertheless, Mika and the Witch's Mountain is not a game that is characterized by its difficultyfar from it. Although some missions are more demanding than others and we may have to repeat them, the vast majority of missions are very affordable. Some even allow the story to continue, even if the package does not meet delivery requirements.

With all the charm of the “chibigverse”

In this way, Chibig makes it clear that he wants to give us a calm experience. During the 6-8 hours Throughout the duration of the game, we will be able to travel across the island on our broom, exploring every corner and every secret. In addition, the Valencian studio has once again placed its new title in the same universe as its other games. Which mainly translates into little discoveries and nice winks to his previous adventures.

For his part, at the graphic level, Mika and the Witch's Mountain recreates the style of the 128-bit golden age. The colorful and bright decors are very pleasant when we travel here and elsewhere. Likewise, the cinematic animations accompany the aesthetics of the game without clashing. All the characters have their own personality and are endearing.even if they don't speak. Even NPCs that only have one sentence are original. The translation of the dialogues is full of typical Spanish expressions, which makes us want to stop and talk with them all to find out what they are telling us.

Concerning the sound part, we will have a very nice group composed of very relaxing songs and some more cheerful melodies that change depending on the area of ​​the island where we are.

I would also like to say that in terms of performance, the game runs quite well in Series X and there are no frame drops. Unfortunately, it automatically closed several times while I was testing it to write this review. This issue will surely be fixed with an update within a few days of release, but I wanted to let people know.

Eventually

Between so many triple A and so many demanding video games, Mika and the Witch's Mountain feels like a breath of fresh air. A video game created to let our minds fly and simply enjoy its superb graphics or its friendly protagonists.. It is true that at the playable level, it does not offer much variety. But sometimes you just need to deliver packages flying through the skies on a flying broomstick to be happy.