The Witch and the Hundred Knight (魔女と百騎兵, Majo to Hyakkihei) is an action role-playing video game that was developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in 2013.
As the game progresses, the player will gain access to special abilities and powers that can help them in battle and increase the bonus gauge, which leads to better rewards after clearing a stage.
The game takes place in the dark fantasy world of Medea, where there exists a highly poisonous swamp, Niblhenne, bounded by a large forest.
She also meets Lucchini, a beastman astrologer who desires to become her apprentice, and Mani, a smart-mouthed "punk" swamp fairy who is the Hundred Knight's backup guide.
The seemingly happy ending is ruined when Lucchini betrays Metallia, and helps his evil father Totopepe kill everyone in Amataya's castle, including Visco.
The Hundred Knight breaks the final swamp's seal under Amataya and they journey to the bottom, where they find Great Witch Uruka.
Uruka tells Metallia that she was actually artificially created from a seed in order to drain the swamp, which are the remnants of the perished ancient god Niike who was killed by the witches.
Development on The Witch and the Hundred Knight began around April 2010, while it was expected to be complete in one or one-and-a-half years, the game was delayed over time because of many issues.
[13] Cubed3 praised the "awesomely dark" main character Metallia, but noted there were some gripes in the gameplay, including repetitive exploration and unreliable camera angles.
[27] The Revival Edition on PlayStation 4 fared better, with Cubed3 praising the changes that improved the game and made it more accessible, whilst seemingly removing or reducing the rate of the crash bug.
With an interesting story and plenty of fun hack-and-slash looting to be had, you would not be amiss picking up this tile if you don't mind dealing with a few technical and visual issues.
"[29] The Digital Fix, however, gave it five out of ten, saying, "There's a good amount of content (around thirty to forty hours at least) to The Witch and the Hundred Knight – it's just a shame that it never really comes together.
"[30] The Escapist gave it a similar score of two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "If any one element of The Witch and The Hundred Knight had been truly great, you could look over some of its warts, but without any strong focus its [sic] just a bog standard action RPG that's artificially attempted to be made interesting with tons of superfluous gameplay mechanics tacked on.
"[31] Slant Magazine gave it one-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "entertainment of the tawdriest variety, and while a game has no obligation to be significant, it'd be nice if it wasn't so mindless.
"[26] Metro gave it a similar score of three out of ten, saying, "It's great to see the creators of Disgaea trying something new but this charmless, needlessly confusing, action role-player is a failure on almost every level.