Muju Juju

You are Muju, am old shaman who can’t stand standing still while Juju spirits are invading his world. Along with his brethren, Muju takes it upon himself to travel the world and give his last breath in combat against the evil forces.

In Muju Juju your goal is to fend off incoming waves of Juju Spirits that are looking to take over your world. Since you’re a shaman and shamans are awesome, you can do stuff. Like, summon minions to fight your battles and you can also die pretty quickly, collect the spirits of fallen enemies and come back to life in a jiffy.

Visually, Muju Juju is nice, its cartoonish graphics give it a very relaxed vibe which works well with everything that’s put into it. A rather odd thing about it is the gamespeed... At first it feels like it’s a bit too slow-paced but it all changes after a few minutes when opposing forces grow in numbers and increasingly tougher mobs appear.

Muju Juju is an easy game to play when it comes to understanding what you have to do but there’s also depth to it. The minions you summon can be upgraded to become more powerful. You can increase their health, attack speed, you can grant them special skills to use in combat and runes can be collected to further empower them.

However, having choices regarding the upgrades makes a huge difference in how the game unfolds. There are several upgrade paths you can opt for and each one makes sense but they also have weaknesses so thinking things through is important.

In all fairness, Muju Juju seems like a basic Flash game but it’s so much more than that. Much much more, it’s actually the kind of game that grows on you.

Thanks to the pace at which things happen, the visuals and the constant decision making that may make or break the game, Muju Juju is well balanced between being a relaxing game and a challenging one.