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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist review
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is a soulful and gorgeous Metroidvania with exquisite hack and slash action.
Estates and factories fill out the edges with interlocking shortcuts to other parts of the map, while the final, upper strata you're ultimately trying to reach is all sleek, futuristic curves and imposing architecture protected by laser turrets (though still with a certain grunginess about it given its state of neglect). Whereas the first game gave you reams of enemy creatures to bend to your will - albeit with a lot of repetition involved - Ender Magnolia has a much more focused set of abilities on offer, giving you just ten core Homonculi to play with, versus Lilies' 26 monster spirits. The constant flow of increasingly challenging enemy types keeps your eyes, ears and fingers completely focused on its tight combat, and when you're always gathering experience points from these encounters, it rarely feels like much of a chore to pick the game clean of all its secrets.
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