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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist - Review

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Jan 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM.

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    [​IMG]RPG Site reviewed the Metroidvania Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist:
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    Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Review

    Do you ever play a game, kinda get stumped or stymied by the mechanics or story or whatever, and then get hit with a musical track so beautiful it makes you forget and forgive any prior misgivings you may have had with the game? There are a handful of examples of this for me - probably the one most relevant one would be NieR: Automata - but for me personally, it's hard to remember the last time I just sat and soaked in the atmosphere of a game. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, a Metroidvania, had me doing just that.

    While I kinda hate the term "Metroidvania", developer Binary Haze Interactive uses it in their marketing and on their Steam page, so...it's an anime Metroidvania, but one unlike any I've played. I didn't play the original game Ender Lilies, and if you're curious, Magnolia takes place supposedly thousands of years after Lilies, so you won't need to have played it either.

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    All of that to say that I fell in love with this game. A one-two gut punch of emotional soundscapes and beautiful imagery, followed by solid search-action gameplay and interesting progression make Ender Magnolia an easy recommendation to anyone remotely interested in the art of video games. My playtime was sitting at approximately 17 hours for a completionist, all-achievements playthrough, so you can enjoy this over the course of a weekend, easily.

    Score: 9/10
     
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