Everyone Needs To Play the Magicka Demo RIGHT NOW
Guys.
Drop what you're doing.
Play this.
Play the demo. Get access to elements. Dick around when combining elements.
This game is amazingly fun and innovative.
The basic premise is that you are a wizard, and the spell system allows you to combine elements. You cast fire, you get a fire spray. You cast rock, you send out a boulder projectile. Combine fire and rock, and you send out a fireball.
You can cast spells on yourself, outwardly, or as an Area of Effect. You can also imbue your weapon with a magical effect and attack short-range that way. The game has up to four-player co-op, leading to frantic casting matches. It can also be played solo, the game scaled to the number of players. The spellcasting system is insanely fun and leads to a great number of ways to play. I really think everyone should try this out because the production values and execution are simply amazing on the part of this first-time developer, and this could easily be an indie game of the year contender this early on. TRY IT.
Drop what you're doing.
Play this.
Play the demo. Get access to elements. Dick around when combining elements.
This game is amazingly fun and innovative.
The basic premise is that you are a wizard, and the spell system allows you to combine elements. You cast fire, you get a fire spray. You cast rock, you send out a boulder projectile. Combine fire and rock, and you send out a fireball.
You can cast spells on yourself, outwardly, or as an Area of Effect. You can also imbue your weapon with a magical effect and attack short-range that way. The game has up to four-player co-op, leading to frantic casting matches. It can also be played solo, the game scaled to the number of players. The spellcasting system is insanely fun and leads to a great number of ways to play. I really think everyone should try this out because the production values and execution are simply amazing on the part of this first-time developer, and this could easily be an indie game of the year contender this early on. TRY IT.
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I hate you.
Thanks for the suggestion Dashing.
It's a Steamworks game, so that's probably not going to happen.
I bought it off of Direct2Drive (used a 20%-off coupon code they tweeted) and that gave me activation codes for Steam. Which is nice for me, I like Steam.
Eduardo, you can get the bonus content by buying it from D2D as well.
The demo is free. Play that.
It's kickin' rad.
This game is not balanced for single player at all. Hopefully I'll be able to get a game going with friends.
I mean surrounded by enemies who hit you over and over with no time to recover. I have no time to cast area of effect spells before getting knocked off my feet again (and these enemies are immune to push as well).
Tried using shield, enemies walk past it. Dome shield just delays the inevitable, or makes it worse by trapping me with a guy who repeatedly knocks me off my feet until the shield breaks and the rest come pouring in. Haste is out because druids come in casting rain, and that puts chain lightning out as well. Mines work, but only for as long as I can keep retreating without getting cornered. However the druid keeps healing the big jumping/charging brutes so I can't wear them down slowly with mines. As I said before, these enemies are immune to being pushed by spells.
Maybe you can pull it off, I'm not that good, and I don't want the frustration of getting better. I have enough frustration in my life outside of gaming. I play games to escape, not to find a new challenge.
It also seems to be a lot buggier in multiplayer, but I'll put up with that for the tremendous increase in fun factor.
Dynamic paths/maps would be pretty awesome for a Magicka 2, though I realize the difficulty even Valve had in implementing those, so I won't knock the game for not having them.
You're a very bland, flowery poster, in my personal opinion, you bore the doodo out of me, so please leave me alone...directly and indirectly I want nothing to do with you.
Like this?
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Im going to quote the guy from the video above.
"Hmmm I wonder if I cast fire on myself like I did with heal, can I burn myself, OH MY GOSH YOU CAN!"
He also later on kills himself trying to cast heal.
Wow. talk about Cruel Irony.
You kept your end of it I guess, sorry for dropping in twice. I was feeding off a dark side...
Someone actually traded me this game for my TF2 Big Kill.
It wasnt a scam at all too. He actually gave me the game for a TF2 Big Kill.
Sweetness.
I didnt want any expensive games, i wanted Magica.and Mindcraft but Ill save that game for later