Madoka Magica Magia Exedra 12+

This game is PACKED, and isn’t a cash grab like most games, there’s no many ways to get items and characters, and grinding is actually super fun and can get addicting! I found myself saying “just one more game” and playing for hours. I preordered the game and have been waiting for over a year, and it was so worth the wait! The animations are so pretty, and voice acting is amazing! If you love Madoka magica or just want a new game to play I recommend it! It tells the whole story for people that need a refresher or just don’t wanna watch the anime. I felt like I was watching Madoka magica again for the first time, and since the movie comes out this year, this is a great and entertaining way to refresh your memory. I usually don’t like phone games bc they have so much fluff, especially gacha, but this one grabbed my attention and as a huge Madoka Magica fan I was worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype I’ve seen in ads, but it definitely does and more!!!

I really wanted to love this game, but the repetitiveness gets to you quick. Each level feels the same, and there’s no gimmicks to make you want to do actually play the game. Many turn-based games have a bit of an over world and/or unique puzzles to solve. This game has neither, which makes it easy to not want to go into a level. Not to mention, half of the time I cannot load into the game. Whenever I am able to load in, there’s so many minuscule loading screens that take minutes to load. Finally, the pity system is terrible. You have to pull 20 times (60,000 gems) to be garunteed a character on the banner. That’s very unrealistic for many players, even for whales that’s a bit much. With how quickly banners are coming and going (from what we’ve seen so far) the precedent isn’t very good. Overall, the games needs to be more interactive so players don’t get tired of the same thing over and over again. Adding one special thing in the background that gives 100 gems is not enough, in my opinion. Not to mention, fixing the pity system to be more realistic would be amazing. Especially for unlucky players.

Overall, the game has its upsides. Graphics are good, original music is good, the battle system is fun, animations are good, story segments are eh but atleast they're skippable if you don't like them (like myself.) however, the game is EXTREMELY stingy on your gems. If you start playing, don't let the sudden inflation of gems fool you because they will run out just as quick. I fell into this too, thinking i would be fine. however, the rates are god awful. even comparing to other greedy gacha games they are BAD. people will genuinely have to reroll their account at the start to get good enough units for later on so they don't get bricked in late game. not to mention the "pity system" that might aswell not exist, because to get it you need 60k gems spent on one banner. to bring that into context, if you're entirely f2p, you need to complete:
- all of the main story
- all of the "battler" mode (the entire main story but reskinned to be slightly harder)
- about 70% of the "nightmare" mode (the entire main story but actually hard and takes begrudgingly long to get through)
overall, game is cool, i love madoka magica but this is genuinely one of the greediest gacha systems ever and it has ruined the game for me.