Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree demo

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ClanOfNone

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I stumbled across this while browsing the Xbox store, I'm assuming it's available on other platforms as well.
I was pretty impressed, looks great visually with a kinda Moon Studio vibe. Looks to have plenty of depth with different classes/builds/skills.
Full game drops later this month and I'll definitely be picking it up.
 

Get Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree - Demo | Xbox

Slash, burn, and rage your way through Mandragora, a 2.5D side-scroller action-RPG with deep Metroidvania and Soulslike elements. Light your Witch Lantern, enter the dark realm of Entropy, and tear reality asunder.
www.xbox.com

"souls-like"

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"souls-like"

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Last I checked they were still only offering an outdated build as the demo. Seems they updated it a couple days ago. And for denuvo haters, the dev removed it after feedback (complaints) about the drm.

This one has been on my wishlist since one of the indie fests or whatever for a while now. Brian Mitsoda is the writer as well so there's some potential for great characters/story which has been a frequent shortcoming in the genre.
 
gonna check this out right away
 
ssringo said:
"souls-like"

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Last I checked they were still only offering an outdated build as the demo. Seems they updated it a couple days ago. And for denuvo haters, the dev removed it after feedback (complaints) about the drm.

This one has been on my wishlist since one of the indie fests or whatever for a while now. Brian Mitsoda is the writer as well so there's some potential for great characters/story which has been a frequent shortcoming in the genre.
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The writing in the demo was pretty good, it was one of the things that stood out for me.
I'm kinda surprised this game snuck by me as this was a one of my go to genres. The demo of impressed me for sure, it pushes all the right buttons.
 
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ngl that was one of the better 2D Metroidvania+Soulslike I've played in a while. Went instantly on my insta-buy list
 
ClanOfNone said:
I stumbled across this while browsing the Xbox store, I'm assuming it's available on other platforms as well.
I was pretty impressed, looks great visually with a kinda Moon Studio vibe. Looks to have plenty of depth with different classes/builds/skills.
Full game drops later this month and I'll definitely be picking it up.
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Nice, I have this on my wish list.
 
40$ price is out of touch price for side-scrolling metroidvania. And this kind of combat loop where you just roll to the enemies back become old and boring pretty fast, I played plenty of games like this. Won't deny though that visually it looks good and "high budget" for a 2D game.
 
It's running well on Deck. Voice work and writing is pretty solid so far.

Hope it does well and is a success for the devs.
 
accidentally bought it on steam when i was gonna download it on my ps5 pro lol

oh well, bought both and i guess i'll refund steam one day
 
No ultrawide support, which the devs claim is a design choice.

It really looks awesome, though. I may just snag it on PS5 Pro.
 
Both PRO (performance/quality) look great

 
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Why do so many YouTubers sound like their balls haven't dropped? It makes it tough to listen to them, their voices are, often times, just grating.

OT: this game looks great. Recently finished Blasphemous 2, and white it wasn't as good as the first one, it was definitely still damn good, so I'm in the mood for something that scratches that itch again. I think 2D action RPG's might be my favorite genre now.
 
poodaddy said:
Why do so many YouTubers sound like their balls haven't dropped? It makes it tough to listen to them, their voices are, often times, just grating.

OT: this game looks great. Recently finished Blasphemous 2, and white it wasn't as good as the first one, it was definitely still damn good, so I'm in the mood for something that scratches that itch again. I think 2D action RPG's might be my favorite genre now.
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Try the demo, better than any review.

I got no info on the balls situation though lol.
 
Had my eye on this for a while as I'll play any Metroidvania type. But I'm so fucking burned out of Soulslikes. Just burned out beyond belief. I think I'll hold off especially at 40 bucks.
 
I've played some of the demo. Your character feels good to move around and the combat feels nice and polished. The music and some of the voice acting are good quality as well.
 
Yeah, the writing and voice work are quite good and the character art is certainly a style choice but I love it.
 
Does this game use AI to create assets?

I'm playing and something feels super off putting from this games art style…
 
Arsic said:
Does this game use AI to create assets?

I'm playing and something feels super off putting from this games art style…
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Try turning off depth of field and motion blur
 
Great, the update that dropped for this game borked my saves, haven't had that happen in quite some time.
I had multiple saves, with a level 30 character and most of them were just wiped. The only save remaining was way back at level 7.
I like your game dev, it's good, but I'm shelving it for a while.
 
Disappointing that this game does not launch in south east asia region (at least on console), was ready to day one, looked great. Seemed like a publisher issue. Apparrently its launching sometime in Sept instead...interest might be long gone by then.
 
Neolombax said:
Disappointing that this game does not launch in south east asia region (at least on console), was ready to day one, looked great. Seemed like a publisher issue. Apparrently its launching sometime in Sept instead...interest might be long gone by then.
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Can't you just make a psn or xbox account with a random address from another region? I buy games this way all the time
 
I really enjoy the demo. Two minor grips I have …

1. I wish you could preview the skill trees of the other classes not in the demo. I love theory crafting.

2. There is a bandit midboss next to a prisoner I'm supposed to save and he must of not been hugged enough as a child because he is a real asshole.

Regardless, I'm probably buying this game soon. Waiting on how Expedition 33 reviews before purchasing.
 
I thought that the game was pretty meh in the first 6-8 hours. But then I encountered rift levels. Oh my, it could be the worst gameplay mechanics and level design that I've seen in many years. Whoever designed this garbage should totally re-think their approach to game design or to stop making games altogether.
Overall so far the game is pretty generic product from a creatively bankrupt studio trying to ape fromsoftware, who think that annoying trash is the equivalent of "challenge".
 
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The skill tree is laughably disappointing. Level up to increase your weapon damage from 134 to 136. Unlock these three nodes to get a special additional bonus... -1% Mana Usage on Fire Spells (the starting fire spell costs 10 MP to use, so no change).

When hanging from a ledge, having a neutral 'A' press cause your character to drop instead of climb is bad design. Having that in a Souls game where it will make you fall in to instant death pits and lose lots of progress is criminally bad design.
 
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