The Magical Mixture Mill on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.
The Magical Mixture Mill is a singleplayer, management and cartoony game
developed by Glowlight
and published by 505 Pulse.
Released on March 27th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
It has received 536 reviews of which 448 were positive and 88 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. š
The game is currently priced at 19.99ā¬ on Steam, but you can find it for 10.97ā¬ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i3-3220 or Equivalent or AMD FX-6100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, 3GB Vram or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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Update: One of the devs got in touch to offer help with understanding the game's mechanics which was really nice and thoughtful and shows they care! I've since started to understand the connection mechanics a bit better with help from friends who already play factory style games, the devs said they want to make changes to system but cant at the moment and may in a few years. I'd still definitely say its hard to get your head around if its your first time playing a factory game so try some other ones first or do ALOT of research/join the discord for help Original review: I want to love it, but can't recommend for anyone who is playing this as their first factory game like me. The tutorial covers the bare basics that everyone can figure out for themselves like movement, putting items for sale etc, but its vague on the actual factory set up part. The connectors fail for stupid reasons and seem buggy when swapping out materials, they don't give you any recipes or explain the mixture combinations system (worked out how mind/soul/energy etc works eventually), some of the mixture seem to be %chance rather than 100%, and I spent more time googling things, especially when things are blocked or broken, than actually playing. It shouldn't take 10+ hours for things to start to make sense.. Otherwise graphics are cute and the game itself is fun. Just frustrating when you can't figure out whats wrong and why your setup won't work.
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This is a nice little chill game. Have fun and enjoy, do not stress out over potions it all works itself out and you will find them all. Even through it is not multiplayer, my wife and I compare notes and designs with each other. We do wish for them to make a co-op mode. HINT! HINT! You can play for hours or just a quick day or two in game time.
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With almost 25 hours in this game feels weird to not leave a better review. However, the magical mixture mill was not what I originally thought it would be. The game lends itself to a cozy feel of collecting ingredients while navigating a colorful landscape. Most objectives are *craft this many of this potion for this person* and the customer system seemed weird, as there are only a handful of customers that actually visit your shop regularly. Automation system was rigid and simple, which did not allow a lot of room for creativity with room layouts or assembly line design. The Arcane Power system seemed to tedious to engage with (requires a single mixture for only a few seconds of power, i.e., it would cost about 20-30 mixtures to smelt a stack of glass). There's only about a dozen types of structures and each one as non-customizable input and output slots so opportunity to create useful assembly lines was limited. The main story mission ended abruptly with a bridge buildable in the bog that I am unable to reach. Another problem I had with this game was that you could not further expand the selling part of your shop, only the production floor. So after repairing the shelf you can still only really stock 20 potions, which doesn't the player enough space to do sell multiple types of the same potions (factors such as potency, flavor, glassware will all make their own individual stack). If you make stronger potions than you've progressed in you relationship with different characters they wont buy the potion (ahh, yes, only certain people buy certain types of potions, and their relationship only goes up when they buy those potions). So i was making Tier 2 potions and my rogue wouldn't buy my cats eye so I ended up with multiple stacks of cats eyes. This was until I unlocked importing and exporting, which helps but then almost makes you wonder why you have the shop as a middleman and not just sell exclusively through exports anyways since you know ever item will sell reliably. It didn't feel like the main story was used as a vehicle for emphasizing the automation (for the more technical players) or helping players prioritize direction (for younger or cozy players). Anyways, I've rambled. TLDR Pros: Cozy, simple, good music, cool concept. liked Origin abilities and tool enchantment, which made harvesting methods unique Cons: Doesn't scratch itch for Satisfactory/Factorio/Techtonica type folks, tedious resource collection, incomplete automation Liked the game, but feels it has more potential.
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I bought this unsure whether I'd like it or not based off other people's reviews, and now I have played it at least a little almost every night since then. That being said, this game definitely isn't for everyone. I would say the biggest gameplay focuses are the workshop/automation mechanics (setting up your brewing stations, figuring out storage, etc.) and then gathering resources. And boy howdy are you gonna need resources. I don't even typically take to automation games, but this one lured me in with its visual appeal and "make things your customers want to buy" gameplay. There's quite a bit of exploring to do, especially while searching for the sources of certain ingredients and such. It felt good whenever I unlocked a new part of the map and had a "oh thiiiiisssss is where I can harvest that!" moment. Things get pretty grindy at some point depending on your goals, but certainly if you are trying to get quests done. I, for one, made it a point to try and unlock all the hats- only one more to go!!! If it helps, the devs are pretty responsive in the community discussions and we get updates :)
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It's a cute and cozy potion shop automation game and well worth the asking price. I love the atmosphere and the core game-play loop of discovery and automation is very addicting. The developer is responsive and even adds QOL improvements shortly after they are requested in the discussions. Iām still not finished but I'll respond to some of the downsides mentioned in other reviews. You can't save at any time: You can sleep as soon as noon and there is zero penalty or time constraints from doing so. You can teleport back to your bedside at any time by opening the map menu and paying a very small and reasonable coin amount. So it is 1/4th of the day at most that you would lose in progress if you had to exit out immediately. Itās too grindy: I wish you could import a few more resources that make sense, such as stone for example, but most grindy aspects can be automated. I find it very rewarding strategizing ways to automate the grind and prioritizing what to automate next. Sure, you canāt automate the perfect potion but you can automate a lesser version of it that is perfectly suitable for sale in the shop. Itās a trade off that makes sense in my mind since the rarest ingredients make less sense to have widely available. Some might also find the discovery of recipes for the perfect potions a bit grindy, but that experimentation and discovery is part of roleplaying an alchemist. So yes, the game is grindy, but that in turn makes it all the more rewarding when you automate each aspect of the grind. If grinding the automation of the grind does not sound appealing, this game is not for you. Anyhow, onto some aspects Iād love to see changed or improved or added: -let us import stone around the same time you let us import iron or silver. Stone is a common byproduct of mining those so it makes sense to allow itās import at the same time. Same with wood. -add an upgrade to allow the sale crate to auto-import from chests. Perhaps there could be special slots that act like the summoner crate. -add an upgrade to increase sale crate inventory size, even if additional shelving is not added to match. The additional slots would serve as reserve that would move up to fill in any empty shelving slots that open up. -add an option to disable the auto-pause behavior when clicking outside of the game window. Some of us multitask :) -add a few slots in which to save networks so they can be built from the build menu. Perhaps there could be a little side room where you would build the network, then press a button or lever to clear the room and save what was cleared into the chosen slot. That way even parts that are not āconnectedā could be included in the blueprint. This room could come in upgrades, perhaps starting off smaller and becoming larger with them. Overall, tis a lovely game and one of the few purchases in recent memory that Iāve enjoyed this much. Definitely a solid 9/10 for those that enjoy cozy games and it seems to be continuing to improve.
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Online players
14
Developer
Glowlight
Publisher
505 Pulse
Release
27 Mar 2024
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