![]() Sadly though, the variety of basic enemy types is quite lacking and you’ll find yourself facing the same handful of enemies throughout the campaign. Standard enemies also are about recognising their attack patterns. Using the correct spell for the job is what it’s about if you want to make it through without dying too much. You’ll still need some good dodging skills though.īoss fights are fun to play as well and are based on pattern recognition. Magic is incredibly satisfying to use and can throw out a serious amount of damage, specifically lightning which does insane damage as, essentially, your sniper rifle. Ranged combat is the way you want to play and the combat is highly enjoyable. Exploration will yield those upgrades if you’re careful enough to find them. Upgrades for your spells work along the same line. You start the game off with one and have to find the rest in the castle. Fire is basically a shotgun whose secondary is a rocket launcher attack. Ice, for instance, is basically a low-damage machine gun whose secondary is a mecha-like ice missile barrage that you would easily find in any mecha anime. The meat of your attacks consists of your spells, each of which essentially corresponds to a gun type in other games with a secondary attack that needs to be “chanted up”. The major use for your staff as a physical attack piece of kit is to build up your mana with each blow. ![]() Dodge rolls and air dodges make up your limited defensive abilities while your cane can be used as a melee weapon. Pupuya Games have done a wonderful job with the game’s combat, making Nobeta play more akin to a faster-paced 3 rd person shooter. It makes navigation easier though I did find myself occasionally turned around by the sameness of the stonework at times. Paths lead back to locked areas for shortcuts and further shortcuts between the different floors can be found as you go along. ![]() Further embracing that easier side, the game levels aren’t overly large either though they do drop some great vistas and stonework across the castle’s different floors. ![]() Embracing the game’s easier take on the genre, Nobeta’s stats are easy to read and understand while lore items are dropped in the world from enemies or barrels. Killing enemies gives you their Essence which you can use to upgrade Nobeta’s stats. Goddess statues can be rested at and teleported to, with enemies respawning as you do so. Nobeta uses the traditional Souls-like structure. So armed with a staff, spells and a black cat familiar to guide her on her way, she will brave the deepest dungeons and deadliest forces the castle has waiting for her. She only knows that finding the Throne may give her the answers she seeks. Nobeta doesn’t know who she is or where she came from. Plopped into the pint-sized shoes of our tiny witch Nobeta, your goal is to brave the depths of an ancient castle in search of the Throne. Think Remnant: From the Ashes, by way of a healthy dose of anime inspiration and a wonderful difficulty curve that makes sure everyone can finish this journey. Correction, the subgenre of the Souls genre that’s based around projectile combat rather than close-quarters melee throw downs. Pupuya Games Little Witch Nobeta is, dare I say it, a charming breath of fresh air take on the Souls-lite genre.
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