Pocket Mirror

Pocket Mirror is a story-based puzzle-adventure game in which players awaken with all their memories lost. To recover these memories, they embark on a fantastical adventure. They traverse an eerie mansion, solving puzzles and interacting with its myriad creatures to uncover the truth behind their identities. The game boasts stunning graphics, with lifelike designs for the rooms, characters, and monsters. This, coupled with a top-notch soundtrack and diverse storylines, delivers an unforgettable and immersive experience.

Relationships:

Fleta: G treats Fleta as a friend, and seems to truly view her as one despite many of the princess' harsh words and actions toward her. Inside the Mirror Room of Fleta's Dollhouse, G uses her only wish to obtain a pocket mirror like her own to give to Fleta, and expresses sadness and disappointment when Fleta refuses to accept it.

Egliette: G conducts herself warily around Queen Egliette, as the doll takes every chance she can to assert power and is swift to dispose of people she finds irritating. Despite this, G still wishes to befriend the doll and even sews her back together right after the latter attempts to execute her. Judging by their interactions in the Bonus Room, they now maintain a courteous and amicable relationship.

Harpae: Harpae mainly serves as a protector for G, trying her best to be a person she can find comfort and safety from. She displays a lot of kindness and concern, which often results in her hiding the truth from G in order to not make her worry, and her protective nature can seem almost possessive sometimes. However, Harpae is quick to apologize when she realizes her mistakes, and G's understanding personality makes it easy for them to still maintain a good relationship.

Lisette: G and Lisette have a complex relationship; despite Lisette trying to hurt her, G still insists on trying to help and understand her. It's revealed that G had done horrible things to Lisette in the past, which is why she acts the way she does.In Lisette's good end, G encounters the true Lisette, tearfully apologizing with the promise that she will atone for all of her sins in Lisette's stead. Lisette finally forgives G, which gives birth to an unbreakable bond between the two girls. G also tells Lisette that she loves her just as much as Harpae and Fleta.As shown in both Lisette's good end and her Bonus Room, she and G developed a loving relationship with a mutual wish of wanting to have known and understood each other better.

Enjel: Originally, Enjel treats G with kindness and serves as a sort of guide for her. She occasionally appears in various mirrors throughout the game, giving G support and company whenever she needs it the most. However, Enjel only presents all those acts of kindness in order to make G trust her, so she can steal her pocket mirror and fulfill her wish of becoming a real girl. After G confronts her with the truth, Enjel displays a much more bitter and confrontational personality, and she does not hesitate to attempt to steal the pocket mirror by force.As shown in Enjel's Bonus Room, she keeps a cordial relationship with G after being accepted by her, and is openly curious about G and the outside world.

Features:

A surreal and atmospheric world full of mysteries and wonders to discover

Intriguing puzzles and challenges that will test your skills and logic

A cast of memorable and complex characters with multiple paths and endings, depending on your choices and actions

A hauntingly beautiful soundtrack that will immerse you in the game’s atmosphere

A rich and deep lore that rewards exploration and curiosity

An unforgettable journey of self-discovery, loss, and hope

Comments:

You play this game for the vibes. The character design is excellent; the art-style is so beautiful, enticing, and really adorable; the soundtrack is immersive (especially love the intro song, it's stuck in my head now!); there's a hundred cute pumpkins to talk to!Aside from how much I love the aethestics of this whole RPG to death, I also appreciate how it all just comes together at the end. When you get it, it's like, you start to re-contextualize things that happened before and the whole experience leaves a sweeter aftertaste with every ending you achieve. So, another plus- I love the story of this game.

A game I wanted to play for a long time that I finally decided to lock in and finish, and honestly? It was worth it. Every main section had something to love, the puzzles were great, the characters were enjoyable.G my beloved...And the story itself, while fragmented (obviously), fills everything to the brim with moments that will make you connect the pieces you were given. It's definitely worth the play.

 Well, that was a life-changing experience, is what I would say now. I can't quite share why that is, but I haven't been the only one in my friend circles that's fallen in love with this game and its characters after playing. Plus, for the engine it's built in, the visuals are probably the prettiest I've ever seen, props to the art team, no idea how this is even possible. However, a warning for those looking to play this for the first time, it's not a game you skip through. You need to slow down and read carefully. I found the riddles and puzzles extremely easy and not obstructive at all, but I've seen so many people complaining about them, and it's just because they're trying to go too quickly and aren't reading properly or aren't processing what they're reading.

Final Verdict:

Pocket Mirror is a horror themed game created using RPG Maker VX Ace. It tells the story of a nameless girl searching for her place and memories of her past in a creepy and scary world.Pocket Mirror takes inspiration from several Japanese horror games, such as Ib and The Witch's House, to create a creepy yet compelling setting and story. The game has a focus on crafting a believable world and a complicated narrative told through exposition and symbolism. Several playthroughs are recommended to fully appreciate and understand the lore, as well as to get the most out of the game. High quality custom sprite art craft both a compelling atmosphere and demonstrate the high production values not typically seen in many RPG Maker VX Ace games. Though at its core it is obviously powered by the RPG Maker engine, it has been heavily customised in almost every respect, showing a lot of dedication from the creator to create a truly well crafted horror experience.