Underplayed Gems

Mahoutsukai ni Naru Houhou (1997)

Mahoutsukai ni Naru Houhou cover
Developer
TGL
Publisher
TGL, ENTERGRAM
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

How it feels

It feels like a calm, methodical apprenticeship where you quietly gather ingredients and study spellcraft at your own pace across a small island world.

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About

Mahoutsukai ni Naru Houhou is a Simulation/Action Role-playing game taking place on an island. Players take the role of a wizard's apprentice who's aspiring to become a mage and players are given 3 girls to choose from (Lime, Berry or Nut). To become a mage, players must study how they can make scrolls and collect the ingredients necessary to make them. The game features a first person perspective while players are at home and switches to a top-down 2D view when they go outside (The Saturn and Playstation releases render areas in 3D). There are 102 days in a year in this game and 5 seasons during which different materials can be found on the island. The game has 70 kinds of scrolls and around 150 kinds of materials to collect.

Screenshots

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