Fountain of witches 3: Fine - The Story of the Doll Witch Eludie is an RPG game produced by Korean independent game developer Kiwiwalks. The game was originally released on the mobile terminal of "Witch Fountain 3" after being enhanced and optimized to land on the NS platform in 2020, and landed on the Steam platform on November 2, 2021.
Nice art
Since the original game is a mobile game, considering the capacity and functional limitations of the mobile terminal, it is naturally impossible to achieve the high quality of the host and PC platforms. So in order to adapt to the new platform, the developer has also made a lot of efforts, in addition to the original designer for the character illustration art remake, but also added a new event CG and costumes, in addition to updating the entire 3D module voice, the main characters in the game like the little witch and the male protagonist also added Korean Japanese dubbing.
The overall picture of the game is still good, although in the game layout is still retained in the mobile end of the look, but the character of the standing painting, the scene in the game, have been strengthened and enriched, a variety of plants, animals, etc. in the wild, have been improved in detail, character modeling is also more refined, there is also a light and shadow effect, the overall presentation of a relatively good effect.
The heroine of the game, Eludie, is naturally the center of the whole game, she has a cute white hair and red pupil shape, wearing a witch cloak, the stockings on her legs are also a long and short, the whole person looks like a kind of non-cannibalistic fireworks taste, coupled with a cold style of dubbing, it looks very cute.
A plot that follows the line
The "Fountain of the Witch" series has a more consistent worldview and background. In the world where the story takes place, the heroines who are called witches are actually one of the gods with the blood of the gods. And some human beings covet the power of the gods, that is, the spring water of the ancient gods. So the humans hunted down the gods and described them as witches in order to arouse the fear and anger of the masses. And they believe that as long as they have the power of the spring water, they have the power of the gods. The witches, on the other hand, are only used as keys to open the spring. It should be said that the stories of the Witch Springs series are similar, with a high degree of repetition, and players who have played other works should be able to guess the plot direction and flow similarly.
The heroine of this work, Eludie, is a little witch living in the forest, living alone, accompanied only by dolls. One day, in a cave in the forest, she meets Adrian, an adventurous young human, and the gears of fate that are enough to control the future of the gods and humanity begin to turn. As the story progresses, Elundy will face a fateful choice at some point.
Easy and enjoyable gameplay
The whole gameplay of the game is still relatively relaxed, and there are not too many mandatory requirements. The beginner's guide to the game is relatively rich in content, and it comprehensively introduces the gameplay of the entire game. After passing the beginner's tutorial, players can go out to collect material resources, or they can cultivate and improve various skills at home, refine more items, etc.
The battle part of the game is not difficult, follow the steps taught in the tutorial, first summon a doll to help fight, and then pass the combo of magic and sword skills. The magic, magic sword and other skills in the game consume mana points, but sword skills consume stamina, plus attacks by monsters will also lose stamina, so be careful not to let the stamina value drop too low, otherwise it is easy to lose the battle. Fortunately, if the game fails, there will be no death, but will use magic to return to the city instantly.
The flow of the game is linear, and there will be a guide to the mission objectives during the game, and after reaching one goal, the next goal can be carried out. As the plot progresses, there will be some additional target tasks in the game, which can promote the cooldown progress of cultivation after completion - players cannot stay at home to cultivate all the time, cultivate themselves to full attribute 99999 and then go out for seconds, but to advance the progress of cultivation by going out to collect, make props, etc. However, it is also possible to accumulate multiple cultivation opportunities for cultivation at one time.
The cultivation in the game is divided into 8 types, a cultivation can be carried out 5 items, can be repeated or freely matched, each item respectively improves the physical strength, magic, defense and many other attributes, the improvement of attributes plays a vital role in Eludy's combat ability. Moreover, after the number of times a certain skill is cultivated, it will be upgraded to unlock more skills or abilities.
The core of the game is the doll system, the initial player's Soul Stone can store only 50 health limit, can only awaken the emily doll that will add blood. As the story progresses, Eludie can get the ability to upgrade the Soul Stone from Grandma, and the maximum amount of stored health can reach 200, 700, 1400, 2200, or unlock more dolls to help, or inject more vitality into the doll to increase the doll's level and ability. However, the game can only summon 3 dolls at a time, and only one can be summoned in a turn, such as wild boars, wolves and other riding pets will also be regarded as summoned dolls, so when encountering strong enemies, you can cancel the riding dolls before summoning.
The game as a whole is very relaxed and cute, such as Eluddi's cultivation, practicing physical strength is to run around in circles in the hut, practicing strength is to beat the rabbit ragdoll, and when sleeping, it will change into a cute nightgown. Going out to fight the enemy is not to kill the other party, but to "borrow" something from the other party and "guarantee that it does not hurt". The mushrooms in the game will run away when they see people, and the rabbit doll on Eludy's head will fall into the pot when the alchemy is crafted, and there are many similar details, making the whole game full of warm and cute feelings. Looking at Eludie's busy appearance, many people will have a feeling that they are raising a daughter.
In addition, the screen presented at the beginning of the game will vary depending on the degree of plot progression, and the music that can be played in the upper left corner will continue to increase with the progress, which is a very interesting detail setting.
Some deficiencies
Since it is ported from the mobile terminal, although the game is also optimized for PC, NS and other platforms, there are still some less convenient places in operation. For example, using the mouse to manipulate the character movement is worse than the mobile terminal or the handle, and there will be a case of accidental clicking; the shortcut key is very convenient for the TAB summon menu, but the B key needs to be pressed to close the menu, and the B key is not a very commonly used button, in fact, the ESC key can also play the same effect, it is better to simply set the ESC key directly, or add a right mouse button to close the menu Function will be much more convenient.
Another place that has to be complained about is that although the game has Chinese Simplified, the font library does not seem to be very complete, resulting in inconsistent font size and style in the game, affecting the reading experience.
epilogue
"Witch Spring 3 Re: Fine" on the basis of retaining the core content of the mobile original, for the new platform has been greatly optimized and improved, hd reset of the art scene and music to make the whole game more cute, warm and cute characters and plot, richer game content, so that the entire game playability is very high, it is worth starting to experience.