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Morning Discussion
by Xav de Matos, Jan 25, 2011 5:00am PSTVacation's over. I really enjoyed my time away from work, exploring some of the great spots buried within Chicago. It was a hectic time in the city due to the face-off between the Bears and the Pack. It didn't turn out well for Bears fans.
What did turn out well was Never Not Funny, live at the Congress Theater. The show was hilarious as usual, Daver sang the theme and the crew sang along at the end. As an added bonus, I had the pleasure of meeting the crew. What a classy group of gentlemen.
Well, it's back to work for me. Next time I'll be sure to remember to take more than two days off. Maybe.
The game is $9,99/€9,99 with a demo on Steam, which has local co-op. We need to get some Shackgroups going later.
3 hours left! Purchase before the 31st of January and get the "Wizard's Survival Kit" DLC for free.
Its an action RPG (similar to Gauntlet since there is no phat loot and no leveling) where you play a wizard. The fun thing is there are no classes and instead you combine spells, for example fire and water makes you throw steam. The story seems to have some humor in it as its parodying other generic fantasy games.
It also has 4 player co-op and will be priced at $9,99/€9,99.
The game seems to be mainly designed for coop since the friendly fire of the spells results in a lot of chaos.
Media:
A video interview that explains the spell system and explains why wizards can't swim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEd8I3BKE4&feature=player_embedded
Gamespot preview that has some more detailed infos
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/magicka/news.html?sid=6285474&part=rss&tag=gs_previews&subj=6285474&mode=previews
A 24 minute video that shows off the combat about 5 minutes in. (Thanks to genericuser and AgentPothead)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWnnpPINRk
Rockpapershotgun Article on 5 mistakes to avoid in magicka. Sealed the deal for quite a few people.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/24/spell-check-5-mistakes-to-avoid-in-magicka/
Preview video in Swedish that has some more footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Trr5PRmQ10
Rockpapershotgun Article about the Demo (with another video)
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/25/put-on-my-robe-wizard-hat-magicka-demo/#more-48691
List of Achievements on the Steamforums:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1729620
The game on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/42910/
Tip:
People getting shoddy performance on good computers can try window mode, according to some shackers that did the trick.
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A) For some reason, I see "restricted symbols" (R) in the text sometimes. I think it's when a different character is supposed to be displayed, but I don't know what character it is. I can still read the text but it's strange and obviously a bug.
B) In some areas, screen scrolling is hitchy. It's very annoying and didn't happen at all in the demo.
Those things said, I played a little this morning and have been enjoying the shit out of the game. I'd like those issues to be cleared up, but they're not ruining the game for me or anything.
The only other thing is that it's hard to aim the projectile spells with the gamepad, If they showed some kind of line indicating what direction the projectile will go, that would help. That said, given the carnage in the game, maybe it makes sense to have some question about whether you've aimed properly.
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