{"id":24954,"date":"2024-10-16T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24954"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:05:52","slug":"mika-and-the-witchs-mountain-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/16\/mika-and-the-witchs-mountain-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mika and the Witch’s Mountain (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mika is a young girl who aspires to be a witch like her mother, so she enrolls in Witch School which is held at the top of a mountain on an island.\u00a0 But when she gets there, for her first lesson the witch on the mountain pushes her off!\u00a0 Luckily Mika lands safely, but her broom breaks and she can\u2019t fly high up to the top of the mountain anymore.\u00a0 She meets an artist who can repair her broom, but it\u2019ll cost money so Mika gets a job in town delivering packages to people while flying on her broom.\u00a0 To say this game is \u201cGhibli-inspired\u201d would be an understatement, as there is a Ghibli Studio cartoon movie called \u201cKiki\u2019s Delivery Service\u201d that has nearly the exact same plot.\u00a0 Mika and the Witch\u2019s Mountain is a 3D action adventure game and it\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll control Mika in 3D space as you zip around the island.\u00a0 Press the X button to jump and the A button to pick up and put down objects.\u00a0 The Y button lets you fly on your broom, which is how you\u2019ll spend most of the game.\u00a0 Once you meet the artisan and the post office worker, you\u2019ll be tasked to deliver things to others on the small island village, as well as others living on the rest of the island.\u00a0 Here\u2019s where performance is key.\u00a0 Certain items you deliver can\u2019t get wet or banged around too much, and some of the items you must hurry and deliver before they melt.\u00a0 So it becomes an exercise in logistics.\u00a0 If you mess up or bang up a package too much, you can hold down the B button to reset the delivery, but sometimes I couldn\u2019t get it to work for whatever reason.\u00a0 If you deliver an item perfectly, you\u2019ll get a happy stamp and some money.\u00a0 When you fill out your stamp card, the day ends and you\u2019ll usually get a new broom the next day which will let you explore more of the island and move the story along.<\/p>\n

The game has a few problems and at first they didn\u2019t bother me but ultimately they reared their ugly head and caused me to stop playing.\u00a0 Which is a shame because the game is so gosh darn charming otherwise.\u00a0 First problem is that even though the game gives you a map and a description of where you need to go, sometimes the goals are still a bit unclear.\u00a0 For instance, later in the game you need to put out fires, and they tell you to get a sponge to do so.\u00a0 But they don\u2019t tell you where to get the sponge.\u00a0 Play control isn\u2019t bad but it\u2019s not precise enough for this type of game.\u00a0 I could soar over one cliff with no problems, only to slightly nick a corner of a ledge and ding my package next time.\u00a0 And the constant fetch quests did get more tedious than fun in the end.\u00a0 But if you are very patient, you might still like this game.<\/p>\n

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Nothing violent or objectionable here, although reading skill is a must.\u00a0 Younger gamers may have trouble with the difficulty, controls, and unclear goals and get frustrated, though.\u00a0 Mika and the Witch\u2019s Mountain is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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