Crafting a trap, set it down, then wait patiently for an animal to wander over and explode into fountain of blood. The primary activity during the Witch’s quest is collecting reagents to build spells, which frequently involves catching and killing super adorable animals.
Even so, actions of the witch can still seem horrible as Wytchwood embraces black comedy with an almost inappropriate glee. From slave-driving farmers who feed their exhausted workers to the animals to bankers that sabotage their patrons so that they’ll default on their loans and lose their land, they’re all the worst of the worst.
From there the player heads out into an open world and follows a series of quest chains to collect these souls and save the woman! It would be an entirely heroic endeavor if the witch’s methods weren’t so frequently monstrous.Įvery villain the game presents is rotten to the core. A demonic goat explains that she’s been entrusted with saving the life of a sleeping-beauty-style lady, and the only thing he’ll accept for his part of the bargain are the souls of twelve local villains. This cartoon-styled 2D adventure kicks off when the Witch - a bird-limbed monstrosity with a cauldron for a head - wakes up and finds her memory has been erased. Wytchwood proves that crafting can stand on its own, and tells a charmingly dark story while doing so. The crafting genre frequently goes hand-in-hand with the survival genre as developers try to pad out the amount of time players will spend in barren wastelands, but the pure joy of finding items and transforming them into something new can be a good time on its own without constant interruptions from hunger and sleep meters. LOW The lack of closure on a particular plot point. HIGH Getting the Three (not-so) Little Pigs Their Just Desserts