I really liked the first one, The Witch Boy, and I was excited to see what came next!
The Hidden Witch
This one focused on the fallout from the first book and got into the kinds of dangers a witch faces beyond an actual enemy. I liked the newly introduced characters and expansion of previous ones.
The Midwinter Witch
This one has moved on from consequences and explores the larger world of Aster’s family. There’s some really great scenery in this one, art-wise.
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So I like the Witch Boy series! I think that my only issue with it is that it needs a little more room to expand itself, because otherwise it feels a little anemic plot/character wise. But art, absolutely wonderful. Love the designs and scenery. And so much character in the characters in just the little we see! I love Aster and Juniper’s relationship as siblings among all the other excellent character beats.
I love Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson as, among other things, it has the best drawn unicorn ever.
Book 5: Unicorn Crossing (2017)
This one was a collection of the newspaper comics, with the ongoing plot of the Goblins which I liked because for some reason ‘Blart!’ is very funny to me as a dialogue thing. I’m slowly catching up via the volumes so I can start reading the daily comic which has been piling up in my gocomics subscription.
Book 6: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in the Magic Storm (2017)
This one’s an actual story! With Max characterization! And an ongoing Legend joke which was just delightful. Phoebe is a sweetheart. I really like her as a character, especially in this.
You know, in most versions Leo is tied with Donatello for my favourite turtle. I keep wanting to smother him a little in this version though. He’s very excitable and I’m not always sure exactly what his logic is. I do like Hueso who is given a sudden backstory here sort of out of the blue. I did not enjoy the skin pirate. I felt about him much as I felt about Skin in Generation X before his unfortunate crucifixion. And he was… also Spanish? Hey wait a second. The fight scenes in this episode were great.
17b: “Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree”
I think they’re hinting at something with Warren and Hypno but I can’t quite put my finger on it… Lot of funny stuff in this episode and it touched on April’s previous iterations as a news reporter, in a way. Donatello is probably Baron Draxum’s direct child. Hypno might also be a New Zealander, judging by the little gargoyles calling him a kiwi. But then, what do gargoyles know of human/hippo unholy hybrids? I like Warren. I like the little angry worm man. I like his suffering and his angry little faces. I like the turtles watching shit go down in a cage and just enjoying the show.
It’s nice to watch a show again! It’s been a while.
I really like Barbie Fashionista 107’s silver hair and side cut, but what I do not like is that her outfit is peak chud. Luckily some new clothes arrived in the mail today and going with the theme ‘if you can’t be fashionable, be bold’ I did a switch. Results varied photo wise, but in person she’s now a desk display barbie until the next turn over instead of in the box of shame.
This had to goShe looks nice in person but I am physically unable to get a photo where she doesn’t look like some sort of evil gremlinBegone
This session was aborted early on account of migraine (unrelated, existing medical issue) so it may be a little coloured in review by the pain/nausea I was going through.
So I mentioned previously that game technology was going to start leaping ahead and it has but I’m not sure I like how it has. Instead of a single room view I now have to swish back and forth to look around which is hard to remember to do and has glitched out on me at least once. Also the ‘repair the item!’ mechanic is still ongoing, this time with added ‘unlock the features in the hidden object section before you can click the hidden objects!’ which made me fussy but again, I was in a lot of pain.
The art’s really nice, as usual. And I like seeing the protagonist puzzle out the crime.
As for the motive of the villain in this, if he talked like this before he was put away I’m surprised he lasted that long before they tried to find him professional help.
I dig that this is a reunion episode game with… Brandon Gray absent with a ‘see you some other time!’ note.
But John Gray’s here and he IS in peril.
Hi, John Gray. I’m using my psychic powers to sense you’re about to have a really sucky evening as usual.Here we go, back in the pit/dungeon where he deserves.
The bonus chapter! I was wondering what it would address and guessed sort of right that it would be the family story of the Maxwells and the sudden appearance of the magic amulet near the end of the original game.
I undid MANY deaths and uh, may have prevented an entire life. Yet somehow the guy’s son still happened? I don’t know. Time wimey travel.
The important thing is that a bunch of zombies only SORT of looked like they were going to eat me and I saw a minotaur that actually looked like part cow part man.
Those are the proportions of a bull, my friend. Also deeply unsettling
So! Now I’m back in chronological order and I’m on The Vengeance! The plot is my nephew who is not Brandon Gray (DESPITE A PHOTO) but James MCGRAY ( who is… part of the same family! Also I am somehow also a Gray, despite my sister Luisa marrying John Gray?) has murdered (so they say) his sister Elizabeth.
Also there’s a third branch of the family now, the Maxwells. So let that be clear, this family bush is the Grays, McGrays, and the Maxwells. No O’Maxwells yet. I shouldn’t be so harsh, I actually name things like I was built to do the opposite. Hurling boulders at glass houses.
Pleasantly surprised that this doll doesn’t have razor sharp teeth and chitter for my bloodSee? This is NOT James. This is Brandon. Or does everyone’s parents look like Luisa?These were actually used for a decent character backstory moment which is more than most evil ferrets are used for.
Most important: This was a fun game. It wasn’t as all out ‘constant creep out moments’ as Bloody Mary but definitely was a ghost story unlike The Stone Queen which was a straight adventure story.
The scenery art is really good and the hidden object sections are looking excellent. Genuinely fun to see how they’re put together. I especially liked Elizabeth McGray’s character design too.
We finally get it confirmed that the protagonist’s deal is that she’s psychometric and not only that, kind of famous for it! Which is cool. She’s certainly done enough interesting things.
The end of this game with Elizabeth manifesting alive was very satisfying. I look forward to playing the bonus chapter soon.
We’re in 2014 now, gamewise? So game tech is gonna start leaping forward pretty soon. Unfortunately there’s that one game that just straight up got zapped from existence so I won’t be able to play that one.
I was so relieved when I found what I was actually going to be shooting from my crossbow to stop the dogs. I wasn’t really signing up to impale puppies.
