Magicka

by Shiri

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Shiri2011-01-31 20:54:55
Voici.

You play a wizard, there are no mana or cooldowns, you just mash out spells from a combination of 8 components (water, heal, shield, cold, lightning, laser, earth, fire) as fast as you can and as accurately as you can. Sounds dumb, but really isn't. Also you die a lot, mostly because you forget what you're doing and get owned. Took us like 5 tries to get past the druids ("Shrubbery!!") that kept dousing us because rezz uses lightning so we just kept frying ourselves.

I'll probably edit this tomorrow morning to give more info but after much struggling Llesvelt, Silferras and I got it to work online. It's laggy (due to Tewi being Asian), but REALLY fun.
Only £10 on steam.
Rika2011-01-31 20:56:53
water, heal, shield, cold, lightning, laser, earth, fire

One stands out a bit. laugh.gif
Unknown2011-01-31 20:57:23
Saw this a few days ago and thought it looked fun, I'll probably want for the inevitable 75% off steam sale.

I only wish there was more character progression associated with it, to add replay value.
Ssaliss2011-01-31 20:58:19
Bought it, installed it, won't run sad.gif I really really dislike Steam.
Llesvelt2011-01-31 21:05:06
WATER! LIGHTNING! WATER! LIGHTNING!

EVERYONE UNDER THE SHIELD! START THE METEOR STORM!

MUAHAHA!
Saran2011-01-31 21:26:22
QUOTE (Ssaliss @ Feb 1 2011, 07:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bought it, installed it, won't run sad.gif I really really dislike Steam.


Same thing, apparently if you don't have a good graphics card the game won't run... ever.

Also arcane not laser
Llesvelt2011-01-31 21:31:13
QUOTE (Saran @ Jan 31 2011, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also arcane not laser


Arcane = Laser
Unknown2011-02-01 05:36:24
I just tried the demo, looks really fun! Considering whether to buy it or not.
Unknown2011-02-01 05:40:34
I bet once Shiri stops playing everyone will stop playing and then it'll be pointless. Hmph!
Rika2011-02-01 09:02:58
QUOTE (Solanis @ Feb 1 2011, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I bet once Shiri stops playing everyone will stop playing and then it'll be pointless. Hmph!

laugh.gif
Shiri2011-02-01 09:07:25
Well I'm playing it right now! >:(
Unknown2011-02-01 12:48:28
Well, I got the game, heh. Account and IG name both Caerulo.
Shiri2011-02-01 12:50:57
Oh, maybe we can play about now.
Unknown2011-02-01 14:46:42
I was thinking about buying it but I wasnt too impressed by the trailer
Furien2011-02-01 14:58:07
It's not bad, really, especially for the price.

However, it doesn't take itself very seriously. Memes abound. The multiplayer quality is alright (that's where most of the magic fun comes in) but the latency/crashing not so much. And the process itself is a massive memory hog.

It feels unpolished in that regard, so I wouldn't be surprised if some independent Swedish gaming company released it as a college project. >_>
Shiri2011-02-01 15:47:47
When you can actually play it it's awesome, but actually playing it becomes increasingly hard...
Unknown2011-02-01 15:51:30
Actually connecting to games in multiplayer is much better now, but I'd wait. It's still really buggy and frustrating, but yes, fun when it works!
Diamondais2011-02-01 15:56:00
Looks interesting, but wont get to try it for awhile. biggrin.gif
Unknown2011-02-01 16:12:59
For some reason, you get thrown over the cliffs by flaming rocks, which cracked me up. laugh.gif

Somehow, even though we die more often in multiplayer, it's more hilarious, especially when we keep killing each other. happy.gif
Unknown2011-02-01 16:49:24
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It's not bad, really


lol what an endorsement!

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When you can actually play it it's awesome, but actually playing it becomes increasingly hard...


what does that mean.