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Even though I don't like how the save & load system works. (I'm probably too dumb since I wasting more than hour trying to finish the game by see the same thing again and again.) I have to admit that the way this game's storytelling and atmosphere are great, and I can somewhat feel the emotion behind it from the usage of the OST and pictures.
Not sure if this game would easily be for everyone, but I would recommend trying this game out, just don't rush through the story.

[Save through Notebook and for now you could only load from the main menu]

The Story 9/10
Overall very fun yet adorable story along with great art style and fitting OST, some even are a banger for me. Each witch's personality is different and unique, none are left out of the story.

The Gameplay 8/10
Quite simple to understand the basics and somewhat smooth, moreover the difficulty can be changed if you feel it's too easy/hard. Even though each chapter used the same map layout, it isn't repetitive at all since each chapter isn't too long. Boss will learn a new move and improve their old one the further you go, plus the encounter order will change along with the story. In the game, there are also other objectives besides eliminate enemy and the combination is more open than I thought. Trying to figure the combo out is fun even though you could choose only two magic per run but you still could change between the runs if you have enough dice to pay.

Would love to be able to play as other witches too with a different style and synergy, seeing more witches join the garden with their own personalities. Some skills need some improvement, especially the Counter. (Might just be me that is the problem) And finally wish there was an effect setting since sometimes I can't quite see what happened with a lot of effect and red zone. Personally, Just from Early Access already makes me love this game. 10/10 would recommended, this game is very well worth the time and price in my opinion.

Sadly I forget to make a review after I finished it three months ago so some info might be wrong.

The Story 7/10 SPOILER ALERT
Personally, I am kinda disappointed with the story, there are some differences yet something still remains the same. However this doesn't mean it's bad, it's just not what I expect from a Sequel of Ender Lilies. It is hard for me to put it into words, but all I could think is I wish it showed more of a different culture of people living in this side of the world, of course outside the Homunculi. Let's experience a part of a colourful and vibrant city before it crumbles down or even as it crumbles down. The theme of this one is clearly different from the last. This side of the world still prospers even under the threat of rain even if they have to sacrifice many things to maintain the facade of peace but almost all we see are tragedies and the aftermath of something bad that happened, the only place that was close to what I wish to see is Central Stratum - Steel District, the Ost and the vibe of that map show a somewhat colourful world that shining in this gloomy and somewhat lonely world, wish there were more of this. Now, I have to praise them for still keeping up the quality of the game. The Ost harmonizes with the game very well and any question about the story all slowly but surely will be answered as you progress through the game.

The gameplay 9/10
HUGE Improvement from the last one, more QOL even if some aren't here yet when I played but still nice to know that they upgrade it. The boss is fun to fight since they are varied in size and difficulty and finally the final boss is deserve to be final boss. Moreover if it too hard, they gave us freedom to lower the difficulty and vice versa which is very nice. Another thing that I like is they also improve and make it easier to do the movement trick, I didn't look it up to see if players are force to learn of this trick or not but for those who don't want to bother, the game still gave you another option. A upgrade version of your map skill which will come in later stage.

My feeling is mixed but would recommend this for the gameplay.

The story is lacking but still interesting enough, there are too many part that could be better but it is what it is. However one thing that is very good about the story is it's easy to understand of what have happened in the past and what's going on. The bad thing; first is to get all threes ending, you either learn how to made a manually save file or play a new game plus multiple time. Despite the fact that there is a save system in this game yet it only use for each save (New character only). Next, there is actually a part where after proceed, you will be locked to end 1 unless you already finished the requirement for End 2 and 3, yet the game never warn you. So unless you known, it's very easy to make a mistake and as I said before either manually save or new game plus and do it all over again. Sure, it become much easier and faster but still took some time.

The Gameplay; It may seem hard at first but if you gave it time to practice the tempo of battle and read the enemy move set, It will be so much fun to fight, each type of enemy also have different way to counter them yet you could brute force with your play style. The exploration is also quite fun to do since the map is not too big nor small and have their own secret, however the map design is also quite brutal in some map, so you may feels frustrated sometimes. The branch is very well place and there is a place to farm just by run to trigger fight between enemy. Now here's the bad part, first thing come to my mind is the target lock system which is great and suck at the same times, It's easy to loose your target and if there aren't any enemy in sight or they are behind something, your camera could reset and it would turn your view around which led to some damage. Map that is intentionally design to be brutal, it could overwhelm you at first, but worry not once you past some point it will be easier to pass. The weapon swap, this isn't actually a bad thing but just a rarely used for the most part. Some enemy get up very quick so by the time swap animation is finished, you either about to be hit or already got hit by enemy. From my experience, used just one weapon is easier to use and to counter enemy move. I would like it more if the spell is the one rotate instead without have to stop the game to change it.

Finally, the Deluxe Edition. Not recommend unless you truly want to support the game more than normal price. As for why; First, the item you got almost all of them can be obtain via in game merchant. Second, you got the digital Artbook which is cool to look at but that's all you got, no OST or anything else.

When I was writing this review it have been 15 hours that I spent on this game, BUT I assured you the story part is only around 7-8 hours. The rest came from the tedious unfair Poker Royale which I'll explain later.

The story got a weird pacing from some part but maybe it's just me, but at least it wasn't that bad. As for the art, I didn't pay much attention to the art style so nothing on that for me, but the ost is quite good actually.
ALMOST FORGOT THIS, DON'T PREFARM MONEY, IT WILL RESET AFTER EACH BIG MATCH.

The gameplay, it got quite interesting concept, although not that unique but kinda outstanding for some reason, even if the balancing and skill is kinda weird;
First off, the balance of the game, For the main story it was ok, a few force to farm between each witch is not that long and easy to farm since you can save between each match. And each match with the witch is actually fun to duel with even though they clearly cheat (Yes even Abyss, her last fight is tricky and long but at least more fun than PR), you at least can find a way to counter their cheat. Meanwhile you got Poker Royale, a long tedious multiple match in a row that was not neccessary at all.
There're multiple skill you could choose from and it quite well create to cover almost every style of play. However, about 30% of those skill you wouldn't get to used since there's only few you could put in a slot. You could gain more slot but that will require you to farm, pay for and the worst of it all do the Poker Royale. (4 in total from PR, 5 from shop which isn't that hard to get + more temporary from partying)

You could skip this part if you in for some fun, a few hour of Poker with a decent story.
The Poker Royale have 5 match in total with each one have more rounds than the last one (5/10/20/50/99 = total 184 rounds). However the twist is in each match, it's either win or lose, you could leave between those round but you won't get the big prize which give +1 Skill slot. The main problem is it very long and repetitive matches especially the later one, sure you could take a break but each time you lose, you start over from first round again. And from my experience of 6 hour of PR, MOST of the time where you could see the worse outcome, it will happen and if you don't damage control, well get ready to start over.

Finally it's actually a decent game, not great but got a lot of potential. There's still quite along ways but at least there's a way. I'll keep trying to 100% for a while, for those who will goes for 100% too, goodluck! May the Lady Luck smile at you.

This game is very interesting and good at building the world surrounding it even if lacking is some place, but still very fun to explore around the map for some tiny reference and details even if there is a lot of missed opportunity. As for the story I feels like there something lacking that I can't exactly told what is it but this doesn't mean it's bad at all. The gameplay is solid, it not just hack & slash and platforming, there are a few minigame. As for the fighting part I can't say much since I'm not that good and I forgot since this is review after three month have passed since I finished the game. However, this game is not without some flaw and one of them is around the end of the game, I can't exactly tell you what it is but It feels rushed and unfinished in some part, the map feels empty of detail unlike the one before, there is definitely more that was gonna be expand and used yet it didn't.

It's fun to play but really need some improvement,

It's easy to understand the basic, even if each character have their own style to play but It's not too hard to understand it. the first time you play and finished the dungeon is fun and got some challenging, but after you start with the Star dungeon it start to feels frustrate and you can only hope the RNG will be on your side.

The RNG aspect of this need to be improve in some ways, the choice of reward should not be reduce upon play the star dungeon. What I would like to be added is a permanant enhance of some kind at the guild to help with the exploration using the point after finished the exploration, since right now after you finished, you only got EXP to unlock new thing that either a chance for something or an amulet that can only used two at a time. Last thing about gameplay is the camp event after you reach a new floor should be buff to choose two thing or gain something from reach the new floor at least.

As for the new content, I have some idea that I think would be great for this game; More playable character but not just unlock all of them for us, making that some the players need to beat the challenge to unlocked and some unlock. Also new map or new dungeon with environment buff or debuff.

It's a Masterpiece, a great story with even better music, not that Ender Lilies is a masterpiece just because of the music, but it's also great on its own.
Its success in making the difficulty not too unreasonable hard nor too easy at first but once you are accustomed to the control and each enemy mechanic, making it's fun to play. Each boss's difficulty is different for each person so no comment on that, except for the final boss but it's understandable. 8 / 10

The story is definitely not the best one there is but it's very simple and manages to make me feel people's hopelessness, grief and suffering. Once a kingdom now just a ruin, once a proud knight now just a fallen and yet every cloud has a silver lining, you still can see the hope, the will to fight for a better future and the trace of someone's joy in the story thru note and environment both visual art and bgm. 9 / 10

If you want something calm and relaxed, maybe this game is what you looking for, I have watched many people played this but it still feel satisfy when I try it myself.

I haven't played that long and haven't finished every route but I already love it, there still some points in the translation that need to be fixed but as I review this it still an Early Access Version and I heard in the full one they will hired a translator so look forward to it.
This game required some luck about 30% of the games depend on RNG. it can be frustrated sometimes but you can reroll and reload the save, my advice is "you should Manually save the game often" also right now there is no skip button for the dialogue that already read.