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DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-27 22:01:32
January 25 2011 16:19 GMT
#1
Magicka was just released on steam. Has anyone else bought or is planning on buying this game? It's kind of similar to Diablo but with less emphasis on character progression and items and more emphasis on cooperative play. The game has an interesting dynamic spell system that lets you combine different "elements" to create spells with different effects in real time.

The game is developed by a group of students from Sweden who started a company after they won a game design competition with an early version of the game. A demo is now avaliable on steam where the game can also be bought:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42910/

Here are two preview articles from RPS:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/25/put-on-my-robe-wizard-hat-magicka-demo/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/24/spell-check-5-mistakes-to-avoid-in-magicka/

Our friendly neighborhood caster TotalBiscuit made an interview with one of the creators last year:



Short play through of the beginning of the game with commentary by TotalBiscuit:



Reddit Magicka community:

http://www.reddit.com/r/magicka/
Tomed
Profile Joined August 2005
United States176 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-25 16:26:28
January 25 2011 16:25 GMT
#2
There's a free demo and it's a lot of fun. Already bought it will definitely be playing tonight! It's only $10 so you really can't go wrong if you enjoy the demo.
danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
January 25 2011 16:28 GMT
#3
Hrm...
I never buy games on a whim, but.. I've kinda been wanting to play a game like this lately..
"Science has so well established that the preborn baby in the womb is a living human being that most pro-choice activists have conceded the point. ..since the abortion proponents have lost the science argument, they are now advocating an existential one."
Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
January 25 2011 16:37 GMT
#4
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NoMicro
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada69 Posts
January 25 2011 16:43 GMT
#5
I just bought this game on a whim, because I wanted a small cutesy game I can play for a bit.
Hopefully it's worth the cash. =)
.
DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
January 25 2011 16:44 GMT
#6
On January 26 2011 01:37 Barrin wrote:
That's kinda cool but it doesnt seem to support PvP (?) so it's not for me

There is PvP in the game but it's not really focused on PvP.
keeblur
Profile Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
January 25 2011 16:47 GMT
#7
I remember hearing about this game back in it's production. Think it was nominated for some Indie awards, might have even won some. I'll have to check it out when I get home from school.
Isn't it ironic and selfish to say that God made man in his image, when God was made in man's image?
Shockk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany2269 Posts
January 25 2011 16:48 GMT
#8
It looks really interesting. The only thing keeping me from instantenously spending 10€ is that part with co-op play. Is it one of those games that you shouldn't bother buying if you'll primarily play it in single player mode?
Blobskillz
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany548 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-25 17:19:53
January 25 2011 17:19 GMT
#9
On January 26 2011 01:48 Shockk wrote:
It looks really interesting. The only thing keeping me from instantenously spending 10€ is that part with co-op play. Is it one of those games that you shouldn't bother buying if you'll primarily play it in single player mode?


no

in the video he described it that way


when you play it in a single player the game will balance out itself because you can use the more devastating spells without having to watch after your teammates, so in the end you can play it solo too, but imo the real fun will be the coop play with some friends on teamspeak and jsut blasting stuff
Farad
Profile Joined November 2010
216 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-25 18:16:41
January 25 2011 18:05 GMT
#10
I've actually been waiting for this game, but I forgot the release date :D The coop looks awesome, so I'm grabbing it later today!

Shockk: I do think coop is what will make this game shine, read second rps article.
Seronei
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden991 Posts
January 25 2011 18:08 GMT
#11
Played the demo, really fun gameplay. Will buy it soon.
DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
January 25 2011 18:21 GMT
#12
Have tried the game a bit now. The multiplayer seems really buggy at the moment. I get a lot of game crashes and freezes when trying to join games. It seems fine in single player and once you have joined games in multiplayer though.
rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
January 25 2011 18:23 GMT
#13
Going to buy it, and hopefully convince my friend to buy it so we can coop!
I'll tank push my way into her heart. ☮♥&$!
Zootre
Profile Joined September 2010
Denmark180 Posts
January 25 2011 19:34 GMT
#14
just completed the demo and it sure is awsome :D trying to convince some friends to play it with me ^^
hejakev
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden518 Posts
January 25 2011 20:22 GMT
#15
I'm in! We should gather a list of TLers who would like to join up online, that way we can have the full co-op experience
Danjoh
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden405 Posts
January 25 2011 20:48 GMT
#16
Just played through the demo, now just to convince 3 friends to buy it also..!
andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
January 25 2011 20:57 GMT
#17
It seems to me that the fun in this game will be in the ways your team can hilariously die while screwing up rather than in the ways you can blast your enemies.
TimeOut
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1277 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-25 21:57:11
January 25 2011 21:56 GMT
#18
This game is really really fun in co-op mode. There are a lot of ways that you can die and screw up in hilarious ways. Especially if you don't watch what your teammates are casting.

A fully charged lightning AoE is not that great if one just sprayed your whole team with water because of a miscast.

The jokes/shout-outs are great too. "The goblins are coming, RUN TO THE HILLS, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
Nokarot
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1410 Posts
January 26 2011 09:34 GMT
#19
Really fun game, but keeps crashing with me and all my friends D: Can usually finish a chapter before it crashes, though, so we can continue without starting over, but still frustrating. Also, one of our friends is taking it super seriously over vent and its super annoying q_q Much funner to experiment and accidentally kill each other 300 times.
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Acid~
Profile Joined September 2010
Thailand442 Posts
January 26 2011 10:17 GMT
#20
I might buy this game just because of this item description :

Sharp Sword (item) - The instruction reads “stick them with the pointy end”. Good to have in a pinch.
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