The Last Elixir

Приключенческая RPG в фэнтезийном мире: игрок ищет легендарный эликсир, способный спасти королевство от увядания. Путешествует по разнообразным локациям, выполняет квесты, сражается с монстрами и взаимодействует с персонажами, влияя на судьбу земель. Плюсы: атмосферный мир — живописные пейзажи (заброшенные руины, зачарованные леса, горные перевалы) создают ощущение живого фэнтезийного мира; гибкая прокачка — можно развивать боевые навыки, алхимию или дипломатию, выбирая стиль прохождения (бой, крафтинг, переговоры); интересные побочные квесты — задания не сводятся к «убей/принеси»: встречаются головоломки, дипломатические миссии и истории с несколькими исходами. Минусы: долгие загрузки — переходы между крупными локациями сопровождаются заметными паузами, что прерывает игровой процесс; неочевидные подсказки — в ключевых моментах игра почти не направляет игрока, из‑за чего легко упустить важные зацепки или ресурсы; дисбаланс сложности — некоторые противники резко превосходят по силе персонажей того же уровня, особенно при выборе небоевых веток развития. Итог: понравится поклонникам классических RPG и фэнтези‑приключений — впечатляет проработанным миром, свободой выбора пути и содержательными побочными историями. Может разочаровать из‑за технических задержек при переходах, недостатка ориентиров в сюжете и неравномерной сложности противников.

Short little game, perfect for when you have somewhere between 30 - 90 minutes that you want to kill. 7/10 SOME SPOILERS AHEAD Positives: Nice puzzles that don't require too much thought, but still feel good when you figure them out. The art style is nice and suits the game well. The soundtrack - which is more ambience than actual music - helps set the mood without being too eerie, preventing it from turning into a horror game. Its a small game, with only a limited number of potions and ingredients, so you never feel overwhelmed like you sometimes do in larger games. Controls are fairly intuitive. Since even my potato-in-a-tin-case laptop can run it flawlessly, that means you could probably play this game on a GameBoy if you wanted to. Negatives: The physics can be a little frustrating (although it's not too bad), so I wouldnt recommend it if you've had a bad day and want a stress-free game to unwind. Despite the name and concept, it is very much a linear puzzle-based game with a little lore; do not go into this game expecting to be playing around or experimenting with a lot of potion making. I think an update with new (possibly optional?) requests from customers who want different combinations of effects in a single potion would allow more experimentation and familiarization with the ingredients, without creating a huge new influx of ingredients or potions. (For example, you might be requested to create a medieval contrast medicine by combining effects of mild tissue repair, mild viscosity, and strong luminescence). There's also no actual change from getting potions wrong in certain ways: exploding a fizzy vial doesnt cover your notes with goop, and stirring a luminescent potion for too long doesnt make the lighting of the game improve. The game could benefit from more lighting; it is sometimes difficult to see in the corners. More background lore, personal relationships, and follow-up quests with the same characters might also be fun.

It's not a bad game, my playthrough would've been shorter and I think it's a good stepping stone to making better or more games. However the riddles had me way too confused for most of it. The last night even got bugged for me and I had to restart the night (It said one of everything, I did so and it didn't complete the final night). The light potions were very damn annoying sorry to say. Cool idea but was just annoying. And some of the time I would be close to making the potion but 1 extra stir because my reflexes ain't super speed and now I gotta restart my creation once again. UGH. My only other complaint is calling things like your second ingredient visoctriy (idk for the life of me) instead of just idk, "Slime ball with eyes" or something like that. Only reason I understood that was because of a different note or formula kinda describing it not having a soul or bones or something. I enjoy the spiders and characters (Except the very bright a** red eye oh my god just made my job 10x harder because I couldn't see). And as I just said, not a bad game but I wouldn't recommend it because it was too confusing and annoying to play after the simple ones like fizzy boy.