- Publisher: The Planar Danse
- Release Date: Apr 14, 2025
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Summary:
A wizard academy management sim where you—an obviously benevolent professor—must manage & cast spells on your many apprentices so that they might study the right spells… and perhaps even survive the researching process. Some may die, but oh well, can’t save them all!
- Developer: The Planar Danse
- Genre(s): Strategy, General, Management, Business / Tycoon
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 3
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Mixed: 2 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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Apr 14, 2025The Fool's Apprentice is a management sim for lunatic school principals that put their student's safety at the bottom of the priority list.
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May 12, 2025This isn’t a management sim; it’s a waiting room with spells. It scratches the surface of genre expectations but never commits to depth or consequence. For players seeking an actual challenge or meaningful engagement, this is not your class. To put it simply: if you came looking to graduate from novice to master, you might want to transfer. In this school, the only lesson is how little a game can offer while still looking like it’s teaching something.
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Apr 15, 2025The Fool’s Apprentice is a neat concept that simply needs more time to cook. It has some cool ideas in using magical abilities to augment its management sim gameplay, and its soothing soundtrack complements its tone perfectly. However, a litany of technical issues and critical design flaws make it ultimately unplayable in its current state. Fingers crossed the team at The Planar Danse will be able to support The Fool’s Apprentice with updates and fully realise their vision for the game in time.