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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 15.4 hrs on record (14.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 24 Apr @ 2:09am

Early Access Review
This was exactly what I was looking for after Alchemist Simulator; an expansion of the potion making system with new tools to use, and the ability to actually personally make use of your potions.

Although combat is rather rudimentary (weapon hitboxes seem about the exact same as enemy hitboxes such that it's almost impossible to avoid being hit and there is little to no telegraphing or unique attacks aside from the king slime fight) it is quite fun to destroy enemies with your arranged arsenal of potions, or simply to traverse the world with them.

The potion making itself is extremly enjoyable, with each potion a mini-puzzle to make the most use of the tools and ingredients at hand. In the early game you can make use of the recipes suggested by the philosophers stone, but by the late game your tools expand significantly, and it can become a puzzle to make potions with the ingredients most convenient to collect, or which you have in abundance. I rather amused myself by making as many potions as possible using only wool.

Overall, the game is a bit unpolished, and the aesthetics are unimpressive, but there's nothing else like it and the potion-making is rather inspired.
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