Nine Parchments (Switch) Review - Unbelievably unforgivable

You and your classmate are besieged by a horde of monsters and you have one spell that can direct damage. The only problem is, that spell will also hurt your classmate. This is a dilemma you will encounter while playing Nine Parchments, you can read all about this game in this Nine Parchments Switch review.

A whole class full of sorcerer's apprentices is told that she has failed for his or her exam and just at that moment something explodes in the classroom, spreading nine spells across the wide world. What do you do then, as a recently failed sorcerer's apprentice? You go after those spells, of course, because how better to show your teacher that you deserve a diploma than by collecting the lost spells?

And the wide world is beautiful

Nine Parchments is a game made by Frozenbyte, a studio known for the Trine games. We also have good news for the fans of Trine, Nine Parchments is set in the same colorful and imaginative world as Trine. Many other elements are also about one, for example the voice of the narrator and the way characters have to be saved. Nine Parchments is a bit of a nostalgic experience for the gamers who have completely broken Trine, because it is a world of recognition.

But luckily you do not need background knowledge to get started with Nine Parchments. The game is separate from Trine and you will certainly appreciate the great environments and memorable music. From the wizard school to the tundra and back to the beach, the world of Nine Parchments has a special charm and forms a joyful whole.

Made for co-op, or not?

You can play Nine Parchments completely alone, but the game presents itself as a co-op game. The maximum number of players for the co-op is four and you can play both offline and online together. If you are multi-player, everyone can teach his own character different spells and skills so that nobody plays the same. The different characters will also talk to each other now and then, which is also fun.

The game becomes more difficult with more players. The more playable characters on the field, the more enemies will appear during combat. Unfortunately, this system can be exploited, because players can leave the game before a fight and when one player has activated the minimum number of enemies, the other players can come back into the game. They may be dead, but the living player only needs to be in the circle of another character for a while and you play with two or more players against the enemies of one player.

When you play Nine Parchments with some friends, it is also important to know that the game uses a friendly fire system that can be adjusted but can not be switched off. This means that you can not only damage your enemies, but also your fellow players. That may be fun for a while, but if you are stuck in the same fight, it will soon be less fun. An important point to report is that enemies can also attack each other, so friendly fire can be used as a tactic.

Details that you can make or break

Nine Parchments is a game with more depth than you expect at first sight. After each boss you can choose a new spell and the choice of these spells can have a lot of influence on your playing style. Each playable character also has three different skill trees and you can vary between those skill trees and have different skills of different skill trees active at the same time. You can also collect different bars while playing and each staff has their own bonuses.

So there is a lot possible to make your sorcerer's apprentice as strong as possible. But, there is also another problem in the game. If you do not use a guide and you play Nine Parchments blind, then you will walk past or a point where you do not have the right spells. You can not delete a spell and replace it for a new one, so at that moment you are pretty stuck. We found this very unfortunate, because where is the fun of playing a game if you need to find a guide right away?

The balance is looking

For a game that is so extensive, you are actually expecting that the level of difficulty slowly goes up and that you can get a good grip on the game. Unfortunately this is not the case at all. You can have many problems with a fight even within one level and then storm through the next four fights as if nothing was wrong. This makes it difficult to assess whether you are good in the game or not and sometimes it seems like easy victories are just lucky.

The length of levels can also vary a lot. You can complete one level in ten minutes and then spend half an hour on the next level. Just to find out that the level is again extremely short. It is very frustrating that you can not see how far you are in a level, there are no cards and progress is nowhere to be seen. You just have to gamble a bit, which mainly means that after every fight you think 'this will be the end' and then start another fight again. The chance that you will eventually make this happen is great, because Nine Parchments has 32 levels, including eight boss levels.

Conclusion

Nine Parchments is admittedly a beautiful and unique game with a lot of depth and plenty of room to customize your character as you wish, the problems of the game ultimately weigh heavily. Play Nine Parchments once with your friends and put them on fire, freeze them or hit them with an electric shock. But do not expect a game that you will play through without cursing and ranting. Nine Parchments is magically beautiful, but also cursed frustrating. You can buy the game in the Nintendo eShop for 19.99 euros.

The plus and minus points

✔ Beautiful world
✔ Nice soundtrack
✔ Can be very nice
✖ Bad choices will be expensive
✖ No balance
✖ Friendly fire can not go out

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