![]() You can learn special abilities to fight off minions on your own, or you can recruit storybook faves like the game’s own versions of the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow to lend you a helping hand when you’re in a pinch.įinishing certain objectives will immediately progress the game, so you can’t go back and re-do stuff if you didn’t save your game. Your main goal is to find a way to defeat LeFaba, but getting there is a different story. There are clues littered throughout the area, of course, so you really have to put your detective cap on to get through the impressively varied puzzles in every chapter.Īside from the vibrant art, colorful characters, and immersive storyline, what really stood out for me is the fact that your actions can take you down multiple paths, so there are tons of replayability opportunities here. Still, that doesn’t necessarily set a lower difficulty level, as the puzzles you need to solve range from easy-peasy to downright frustrating. You can purchase some consumable items to replenish your health using coins you pick up here and there, so it’s best to keep an eye out for shiny things on the ground as you go down the proverbial yellow brick road. Getting poisoned reduces your health over time too-not to mention running and evading depletes your energy bar. You only have a limited number of hearts, and taking damage whittles down your HP until it’s game over. There’s actual danger at every turn because if you’re not careful, you might just get stabbed by a dodo in knight’s armor fluttering down from the sky or get hit with a poison dart from a monkey hiding in the trees. ![]() Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood isn’t just another point-and-click entry, though, because you don’t simply solve puzzles and unlock doors then go on your merry way. In your do-overs, you gain famous friends and canine enemies and boost your skills with new powers from Seelie Shrines, all so you can beat LeFaba in her own game. Thanks to your recursion hex, you get to relive the same day and get a second shot at beating her along the way. The big baddie looming over you is the black witch LeFaba who seems keen on stopping you at all costs. You then discover special abilities as you don the red cloak of a previous red witch (plus her Womping Stick), and set off on a course to save a troupe of Munchkins who want nothing more than to just ride down the road to Royalton without murderous wolves and sharpshooter baboons getting in their way. You play as Scarlet, who-much like Dorothy-gets swept up in a tornado and lands in a magical land filled with Dodobos and Monkeytas who are out to get you. Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood is, at its core, a Wizard of Oz-esque narrative-driven game as inspired by the Brothers Grimm tales. There’s actual danger at every turn, because if you’re not careful, you might just get stabbed by a dodo in knight’s armor fluttering down from the sky or get hit with a poison dart from a monkey hiding in the trees. ![]() Booting up the point-and-click-ish adventure, however, I was instantly (and pleasantly) surprised-with all the Munchkins and the flying monkeys, it’s definitely nowhere near what I thought it would be. I mean, the literal scarlet hood alone should be enough of a dead giveaway. With a title like Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood, the game might make you think that it’s a typical retelling of Red Riding Hood or some such. ![]()
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