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Journey into a decaying world full of monsters and secrets in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic dark fantasy action RPG.
Create your Inquisitor from one of six unique Classes, and wield blades and magic against nig...
Journey into a decaying world full of monsters and secrets in Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, an epic dark fantasy action RPG.
Create your Inquisitor from one of six unique Classes, and wield blades and magic against nightmarish creatures. Craft hundreds of weapons and items and learn powerful Talents to define your combat style. Explore a vast, interconnected world and unearth its mysteries in a journey that will push your skills to their limits
DEFY YOUR FATE
Faelduum teeters on the edge of ruin. Dark forces seep into its reality through tears in the fabric of existence, unleashing monsters upon it.
You are an Inquisitor. Tasked with rooting out heretics and enforcing the King Priest’s will, your devotion has never wavered… until now. One fleeting moment of defiance sets you on an irreversible path that leads to the heart of Faelduum’s unraveling fate.
From the towering majesty of Crimson City, through festering darkness, and into the horrors of Entropy... what will you become at journey’s end?
SUCCUMB TO A DARK FANTASY WORLD
Fall into a sinister tale with multiple endings woven by Brian Mitsoda, set in a dark fantasy world stunningly realized in a rich painterly art style, and soundtracked by the haunting original compositions of Christos Antoniou (Septicflesh) and the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague.
60 quests and 75 unique locations await your discovery, with new secrets, hidden treasures, and intriguing characters hidden across Faelduum’s vast expanse.
MASTER SOULSLIKE COMBAT
Choose from one of six unique Classes, including the Vanguard, Flameweaver, Spellbinder, Nightshade, Wyldwarden, and Vindicator.
Whether by blade or magic, master your craft in brutal battles. Combat is simple to grasp with nuanced depth—dodge, parry, and strike with perfect timing to avoid a pitiful fate.
Hunt in pursuit of wild wolves, vampires, and a whole bestiary crawling with relentless creatures and nightmarish bosses.
SLAY YOUR WAY
The road ahead is yours to pave. Create your Inquisitor and develop them through six Talent Trees, with hundreds of skill and combat upgrades available. Craft powerful weapons and gear to define your playstyle, die less, and deal death faster.
If you’re new to action RPG or Soulslike games, you can also tune the difficulty to your skill level in the settings.
In "Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree," players are immediately faced with a punishing difficulty that quickly proves more frustrating than rewarding. While the art and atmosphere are undeniably beautiful, the core gameplay loop feels less like a challenging journey and more like a cruel test of patience. The game's relentless difficulty, especially in boss encounters, feels less like a deliberate design choice and more like a crutch for a lack of creative depth.
The experience improves drastically with community-made mods that address the punishing difficulty, suggesting the developers' vision was flawed from the start. It's a shame that a game with such potential relies on this outdated and frankly lazy design strategy. The industry needs to move beyond using extreme difficulty as a substitute for genuine innovation and engaging mechanics. This approach is a clear sign of creative bankruptcy, and "Mandragora" is a prime example of a game that suffers for it.
This review was written using AI after 30 hours of gameplay.
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is an atmospheric metroidvania-"RPG" that captivates from the very first moments. One of its greatest strengths is the beautiful visual style of environments and hand-painted designed NPCs, which create a dark, fairy tale world that draws players in. The game features a variety of locations, each with its own identity, which pleases the eye.
The character development system allows players to mix abilities from different skill trees, offering a high degree of freedom in shaping one’s playstyle. Class and weapon choices significantly impact combat, encouraging experimentation and multiple playthroughs.
Unfortunately, the game also suffers from some notable flaws. Enemy and boss recycling quickly becomes apparent, reducing the excitement of progression. The controls often feel clunky and unresponsive, which is especially frustrating during platforming segments. Level design can be aggravating. Most disappointing is the game's disregard for the player's time—like having to trek a long, repetitive path to a boss, only to be swiftly defeated and forced to repeat the sequence all over again or the exciting quest not to move for 2 minutes. Another incomprehensible decision is how you obtain more advanced traversal skills. It was done fine only with hook, other skills is simple notification after you reach certain checkpoint, which is disapointing at the same time.
In the end, the true measure of any game should be the fun it delivers. Despite its tremendous potential and unique artistic charm, Mandragora too often replaces enjoyment with frustration, mainly due to questionable level design.
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