Potion Commotion

[code]This review is a collaboration between [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]IndieGems[/url] and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33025671-Missi-the-Achievement-Huntress/]Missi the Achievement Huntress[/url], feel free to check out our curator pages for more reviews like this.[/code] This is a very basic but colorful clicker game. You're the new assistant of a wizard and have to help him collect resources to make potions. Making potions will earn you coins with which you can buy new trees, plants or animals; or you can purchase more of what you already have. A specific item's price goes up every time you buy it. You also get elixirs to upgrade your items to make harvesting or making potions faster. Collecting resources in this game is automatic, as are making potions. You can prioritize potion order, so you make the ones that yield the most money or ones needed for quests. Both of those actions (collecting and brewing) go faster when you click on them, but it seems to be too much effort to click on such specific and small items while a few seconds later it will be automatically collected by the game anyway. As stated before, this is a simple clicker, which makes it suitable for beginners of the genre. Don't expect anything complicated or surprising, but if you want to try out a clicker for 1 or 2 weeks, this is a nice one. [h1]Music and Sounds[/h1] I turned the music off after about 10 minutes. I always turn off the music for clickers-games because I like to have them run in the background while doing other things, but this one was so annoying that I turned it off very quickly. [h1]Controls[/h1] In this game, you only use your mouse. The store page says you can use a gamepad, but who plays a clicker game with a gamepad? [h1]Achievements[/h1] [b]Approximate amount of time to 100%:[/b] 80h+ / at least 7 days IRL [b]Estimated achievement difficulty:[/b] 1/10 [b]Minimum number of playthroughs needed:[/b] 1 [b]Has it been in a bundle:[/b] No [b]Is there a good guide available:[/b] No, but you don't need a guide [b]How many people have completed this game at the time I'm writing this review:[/b] 2 on Astats [b]Multiplayer achievements:[/b] No [b]Missable achievements:[/b] No [b]Grinding Achievements:[/b] Yes, the ones for 50,000,000 Coins and 5,000,000 Elixir felt grindy [b]DLC-Only achievements:[/b] No [b]Time-gated achievements:[/b] Yes, you have to get the daily bonus 7 days in a row [b]RNG-achievements:[/b] No [b]Does difficulty affect achievements:[/b] No difficulty option [b]Unobtainable/glitched achievements:[/b] No [h1]Pricing[/h1] The game is priced at £0.79/ €0.79/ $0.99. The price of this clicker game is right for the amount of content it has. The game doesn't have microtransactions, which is a + in my book. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] This game gets a barely positive review. There are clicker games that are fun and engaging, but this one just felt so basic. Everything works and looks good, and the game is easy to understand, but it doesn't push any boundaries at all to be something special. I would rate it 5.5/10. [code]I received the product for free. I did not receive any compensation to write this review. The opinions represented here are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way.[/code]

As a big fan of idler/clicker/incremental games. I've tried this one and it's very visually appealing and it has a good base story of getting ingredients to make potions. Although I can't recommend it due to not being interesting enough. Maybe because I've played a lot of these type of games but the game doesn't evolve much. It's the same thing from the start to end. More ingredients more higher potions but the concept is always the same, prestige gives you no rewards and there constantly events happening with no upgrade options to make those automatically when idling. I have complete the game and left it during nights gathering money but there are better game options out there.

I'll be honest, I was thoroughly surprised by how much I liked playing this game. When I first started, I was like alright I'll give it a try and then I'll probably find something else in a few hours, but OMG did it keep my attention. There's literally so much going on in this game that it doesn't get boring. With each level you end up getting more and more stuff that it keeps things interesting and you just want to unlock all the possibilities. There's also so many other things to unlock besides the garden items themselves. Not to mention there are like 100 achievements to try for. Lastly, I think the voice acting for this game is a great touch and very high quality. I would definitely recommend this game, it's a great bang for your buck, and provides enjoyment that'll keep you coming back.