ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist is the direct sequel to Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, we had previously accompanied the young protagonist named Lily on her journey through the lands of Finisterra, in which after some tough fights and a touching story we reached a moving conclusion that charmed more than one fan of such an excellent game. Now it’s time to talk about Ender Magnolia, will this sequel be as good as its prequel? Well let’s find out.
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist an impressive sequel
As usual, we open this game with a mysterious cinematic where we are told a little of what happened, but without fully understanding it, it is revealed that in this world there are creatures which we will know as “homunculi”, these mechanized beings are driven with an amount of magic that gives them life and makes them able to serve in different ways.
This seems to look very good for the villagers, although they would soon find out that this would end up being a mistake, because they would reveal themselves to their creators and start attacking them rampantly. It is at this point that our protagonist Lilac wakes up lying on a white surface, without knowing precisely how she got to that place.
After advancing for a while and dodging the occasional homunculus, we reach an area where we see a homunculus in bad shape, which rises to talk to us and ask that in exchange for providing magic so that it can get up, it accompanies us to protect us and take care of us from the other homunculi. After exploring more in the area, we will find our first boss to beat, this homunculus with the appearance of a young man frantically attacks us to end our existence, what he did not count is that we would be more skilled and we would end up as the winners in this contest.
This time we will not have the “purification” that our young Lily had, but now we will know the process of helping the bosses as “tuning”, this with the intention of giving them a little magic and they will come back to themselves to help us throughout our adventure.
Gameplay
This sequel does not differ so much from its prequel, although we do see certain differences that we did not see in Lilies, such as the fact that the skills no longer have limited uses, now we only have to wait for them to finish their cooldown before using them again. On the other hand, we may no longer be able to use as many sub-bosses or bosses as we defeat, as there will be some that only provide us with materials to improve the attributes of our homunculi.
As for the homunculi, which we have at the moment, they can change skills between a set of 3, plus if we choose a mode, we will not be able to occupy another mode in the slots of spaces for the attack. As in Lilies, in Magnolia we will have the support of relics, which will give us more health points, defense, or even the amount of health points that we recover with each healing, another addition is the part of equipment, which like the relics considerably improve Lilac’s statistics to withstand the hard and difficult lands of Humelia.
Conclusion
Ender Magnolia may not be finished at the time of uploading this video, but for the time that entertained us, in addition to the piece of adventure that we were shown, it would not be surprising that this installment aims to greatly exceed its predecessor, yes, without forgetting key points in the story as events that we have seen in finisterra.
For the moment we are waiting for future updates where we will see the next events in the story, and we are excited to see how it will conclude. We can’t forget to remind you that if you want to try this jewel in the making, you can purchase it on PC through the Steam online store, Ender Magnolia will be coming to the other platforms sometime in 2024.