![]() She experiments with inventing objects associated with books and begins to gain a reputation among their society. Considering the difficulty to acquiring them in the new world, it comes to no surprise that she would have to use some creativity to further her ambitions. On the surface, she is a kind girl who is also eager to make friends. She’s an innocent girl who is staring a new life with a passion to collect books. My impression of the show at first is that of a slow paced story to teach us about the person Myne really is. She’s a child who is eager to learn and explore. To her, reading books is equivalent to a life necessity and she would do anything to get her hands on them. It doesn’t take long for her to adjust to her newfound life as she carves for books and love of reading. The first episode drops main protagonist Myne into a world of uncertainty. Ascendance of a Bookworm contains fantasy elements but also relies a lot more on realism than what people will realize. However, you should actually take a careful look into this anime and see it more of as a slice of life isekai. With the amount of isekai anime coming out in recent years, it’s easy to paint this show as another clone. Ascendance of a Bookworm attributes to a bookworm named “Myne” who is reincarnated into another world as she hopes to regain her ability to read. One of the fundamental elements of power comes from books and even in our modern world today, that phrase remains as true as ever. Similar games have appeared in the Steam store, though it's anybody's guess when I'll get to reviewing those.You’ve probably heard the phrase “knowledge is power”. Last I heard, this was due to an intellectual property dispute, so it's possible that it will return in the future. Of course, the biggest problem with this game is one that currently plagues the entire Bookworm franchise: it's been taken off the market. Overall, I feel that Bookworm Adventures improves on the original Bookworm formula in several ways, but unfortunately, it also introduces a few things that aren't really appropriate for the youngest gamers - things like a level that resembles a drug trip, the revealing costumes worn by several of the female characters and one of the late game characters even uses what some people consider to be a mild swear word. This makes them a little less useful, but with some care they could be very effective. While the potions remain in your inventory until you use them, the tiles will automatically be placed in the letter grid at the start of the next level. Lastly, there are several minigames where you can earn extra potions or special powerful tiles. You're only allowed to use three of them at a time though, so you'll need to pick wisely. Some protect him from debuffs, while others boost the chances of special tiles appearing or the strength of certain key words. Equipping these before entering a level allows them to activate and give Lex an edge. For example, emerald tiles will heal Lex a little while amethyst tiles will poison an enemy.Īlong the way Lex will acquire magical treasures. These special tiles have different effects when they are used to spell a word. By the middle of the first book, you'll have unlocked the ability to use gem tiles. Being able to select any tile makes it a lot easier to find the larger words, and this becomes very important because the amount of damage Lex can inflict on an enemy is based on the length and complexity of the word you spelt. But unlike the way things worked in the first game, the letters don't need to be next to each other or form a line. In the meantime, you're still spelling words using tiles from a grid like you did originally. There are also a number of buffs and debuffs that both sides can use, and it's vital that you plan to either use them yourself or defend against them. ![]() After the battle, Lex is completely healed and ready to continue on to the next challenger. True to the RPG style, each battle involves Lex and some enemy trading attacks until one of them runs out of health. ![]() In order to fight the villains of each storybook, the gameplay changed in several ways. Using his magic pen, Codex sent Lex into the storybook worlds to save Cassandra, discover what dastardly scheme is afoot, and stop whoever is behind it. Holding out a book, he showed Lex an alarming sight: the words were vanishing off the pages! Moments later they were replaced by a plea for help, signed by the oracle Cassandra. Suddenly, Codex, the librarian, called him over to see something important. The story opens with Lex quietly reading in the Grand Library. But, instead of an upgraded sequel like they did with the Bejeweled series, they changed it into to a more story-driven adventure and added features to make it more like an RPG. Bookworm was one of Popcap's more popular games, so naturally they would give it a sequel. ![]()
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