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Zika Parthenon 25/03/17(Mon)10:05 No. 147411

Anyone else remember Magicka?

Nowadays it's a rather obscure game abandoned by those who worked on it, but back in it's prime it was "relatively" popular amongst nerds and Horry Pooter foons. It had gameplay somewhat reminiscent of Diablo or Gauntlet (which Arrowhead actually remade in 2014), It's actually a pretty impressive project considering how it was made by a couple of college bros on their spare time. I'd honestly recommend it if you're patient enough to deal with the constant bugs and crashes, or are into nerd culture somewhat.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/18(Tue)05:34 No. 147412

>>147411
Could've sworn that ssethtzeentach did a review of this.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/18(Tue)08:49 No. 147414

>>147412
Really? I looked through his personal website and couldn't find a review for it. Could it have been someone else like Totalbiscuit perhaps?

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/18(Tue)13:04 No. 147415

>>147414
I couldn't find it either.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/19(Wed)07:19 No. 147417

>>147415
You might have mistaken it for a similar review like Totalbiscuits or someone. As I said, it's a relatively obscure game so it doesn't really recieve too much mainstream coverage.
I'm pretty sure Tseth mostly covers strategy and role playing games anyhow.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/19(Wed)22:57 No. 147418

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Does 7chan allow threads without an image now? What is going on here lately?

Anyway I WAS interested in Magicka, back when the developers said there was going to be a DRM-free release eventually. Unfortunately, that was a lie.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/20(Thu)08:02 No. 147419

>>147418
>Does 7chan allow threads without images now?
On certain boards, yes.

Well gee, sorry to hear that. It only costs about 10 bucks nowadays probably even cheaper if you can catch it on sale.

xX-An0nYm0uS-Xx 25/03/27(Thu)13:14 No. 147427

How could I forget? It's one of the greatest co-op games of all time. It's up there with Castle Crashers in replayability and classic status. I seriously don't understand how it wasn't a bigger hit with there being multiple gamemodes and how easy it was to play with friends. It was a pretty funny game too. Yeah it has literal reddit humor (and I do mean that literally, pretty sure there are a few explicit references to the site), but outside of that the humor still holds up. The dynamic combat was also amazing. Being able to mix and match spells to create your own playstyle was sweet (although people often just would use arcane, fire, lightning and beam down anyone who got in their way). While I understand why they decided to follow it up with Wizard Wars, it wasn't nearly as good as 1 (mostly because of having to constantly balance spells, which 1 didn't need to for the most part). I have 2 in my library and haven't ever played it, but I hear it's like 1 but even worse. I think partially because whatever balance changes they made in WW, they kept in 2 (making a lot of combos weaker).

I think a lot of games simply don't care about making it easy to hop in and play with friends anymore, except for the the new "friendfarming" genre like Lethal Company and most recently R.E.P.O. It's a shame, really. It also SUCKS that the final Magicka update on Steam broke it so you have to roll it back to the update before if you want to play with friends. Also the CTD spell was hilarious to use in high-stress situations. Magicka really is a case of, "they sure don't make them how they used to."

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