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Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color (2002)

Taito

PlayStation 2

3.42 from 24 ratings

68 members have it in their collection · 25 backlogged · 34 wish listed

How long? Main story 16h · with extras 29h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Magic Pengel is centered on the player, as a character able to manipulate a "Pengel" (which looks like a stylized fairy combined with a paintbrush) to create a creature, or "Doodle". Using the Pengel (pronounced "pen-jell") as a cursor, the player simply sketches out the limbs, body, and other features. Depending on the amount of magic ink expended, and the … Read more
Magic Pengel is centered on the player, as a character able to manipulate a "Pengel" (which looks like a stylized fairy combined with a paintbrush) to create a creature, or "Doodle". Using the Pengel (pronounced "pen-jell") as a cursor, the player simply sketches out the limbs, body, and other features. Depending on the amount of magic ink expended, and the types of body parts, the creature will be given certain statistics and created. With the help of Zoe and Taro, the character trains and battles using custom-created designs, which can be traded to or battled with the creations of other players. As the Doodles battle, they become more powerful, and earn points towards the purchase of pre-created Doodles, and extra abilities towards customizable creation. Combat functions according to three selections: attack, magic, and block, as well as a charge command. The three basic maneuvers follow a standard rock-paper-scissors methodology, but repetitiveness is minimized due to the varied attributes of the Doodles, as well as the inability to successively repeat any selection. Read less
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Developers
Taito
Publishers
Agetec
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy
Series
Magic Pengel

Release dates

  • Mar 20, 2002 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • Jun 24, 2003 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 2
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Review paycheck_stevens 4/5 · May 6, 2022

Come See My Beautiful Fish... Tasty! Yummy!

What a wonderful game. I could refine my doodles for hours. But that's not at all what I did. I burned through the easy training battles of the story to unlock new parts for my doodles, tacking the latest and greatest parts haphazardly to boost the power of my doodles. There is a nice difficulty spike for the last section, …

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What a wonderful game. I could refine my doodles for hours. But that's not at all what I did. I burned through the easy training battles of the story to unlock new parts for my doodles, tacking the latest and greatest parts haphazardly to boost the power of my doodles. There is a nice difficulty spike for the last section, which are basically the only non tutorial battles of the main story. It was just the right amount of tension to keep me coming back for more without taking too many retries. I'm glad I never got far as a kid, because I don't think I would have understood some of the thoughts presented as the final scenes unfolded, but the game was a great combination of whimsy and depth.

If you like games where you create part of the world without all of it falling on your shoulders, and can handle a rock, paper, scissors turn based combat system, then I highly recommend playing this game however you can get your hands on it. There is nothing else quite like it. I would offer to share, but I suspect I'll be back to make some wildly imaginative doodles soon. (My profile pic is a drawing of one of the first doodles I made in this game way back in childhood)

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