There are Dobodos on the ground with their menacing weapons, Monkeytas in the trees with their darts that will aim if you stand on the “X”s on the ground, and worse of all the Brer Wolf that will show up after you meet a certain criteria and will hunt you down. Enemies will pop up every so often and won’t hesitate to hitting you if you’re caught in their line of sight. Of course, Lefaba won’t just let you wander around. Some items are needed to progress through puzzles, but you can find consumables that will heal your wounds, afflictions, or help with Scarlet’s stamina well hidden coins mana gems that will show hidden interactions and the way characters went for a short time and notes that give you more lore on the area and on where Seelie Shrines are (little tip, you need to use mana gems to find half of the ones in Lilliput Trail as they’re hidden from sight). Where you’ll be able to explore some really beautiful areas where you’ll find some puzzles that you have to solve and find some items (though, you’ll have to keep an eye out as the indicator is easy to miss). You can talk to Pippa, the fairy that more or less forced to help you, to get some ideas, but you must figure it out once you get in. And to do that, she must go through various areas and find a way to get past the current roadblock. So first order of business, find a way to get around Lefaba’s army with everyone unscathed. Good thing Scarlet is experiencing some time loop (or recursion hex as it’s called here) or else she would be flat as a pancake. She also finds herself protecting a Munchkin troupe, due to her ruining their safe passage, as they now how to go through the dreaded Wicked Wood where the Black Witch, Lefaba, will surely attack. It doesn’t take long for Scarlet to run into the, erm, skeleton of the old Red Witch and deemed as the new one and gets decked out with the signature cloak, Whomping Stick where the source of her new powers will resonate, and sadly only one heel (she’ll have to make do). Much like Dorothy, this tornado ends up throwing Scarlet into a strange world that she soon learns is called Glome. They wouldn’t even let her get any word in! Despite not letting Scarlet explain the situation or realizing that she hasn’t even signed the contract (which, you can’t blame her if she does now), they leaves her all alone on the road. Conflicted, not knowing whether she should take the deal or stay with her talented boys, Scarlet tries to tell her band, only for them to find out and react in the very way she feared. However, Savannah only wants to bring in Scarlet and have her play with some people she already gathered. And good thing too! Everyone there loved them, especially Savannah. While they did end up being late and the threat of a tornado loomed over them, they managed to arrive just in the nick of time. She happens to have gathered herself one heck of a band, calling themselves Foxtrot Bop, and they got their first big gig! Not to mention that they have a chance of being signed a deal as an agent (Savannah) from Wicked Records would be there. Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood follows, you guessed it, Scarlet who dreams to be the star she believes she was meant to be. So, with this already released and out there, how is Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood? I was a little bit weary as it was originally supposed to be released in early access, but I got hooked when I tried out the demo and was happy that it turned out that it would be releasing as a full game after all. And when their next game was announced, you better believe I was watching out for the release date to jump right on it. Plus, they have an art style that really brings me in. Ever since then, I kept my eye on any of their releases and picked them up even though I didn’t end up playing them right away (which, I definitely should soon). While I have only played one game from Devespresso Games, I have been drawn to their games ever since I played The Coma: Cutting Class which absolutely terrified me at the time.
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