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Dan_Theman

03-01-2011, 10:16 AM

Alright, that DLC is just freaking nuts ... and I'll buy it and love it, unless this is an early April Fool's joke in which case I'll wish I could buy it and love it.

KevinC

03-01-2011, 11:08 AM

That is far more awesome of a concept that I could have ever come up with for Magicka DLC. Consider it purchased already.

Lizard_King

03-01-2011, 11:53 AM

First DLC/Expansion announced: Magicka: Vietnam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2DsoiA54Y

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/inline/magicka_vietnam_poster_jpg_small.jpg

When the dlc comes out, I will buy this game. Great idea.

lordkosc

03-01-2011, 01:02 PM

Being as I got stuck and couldn't finish the original game due to difficulty, I'm not going to be paying for DLC.

Were you playing with friends?

Fenris99

03-01-2011, 01:13 PM

Were you playing with friends?
Nay, I play solo.

The only game I play online is L4D2

Pogo

03-01-2011, 01:18 PM

That is far more awesome of a concept that I could have ever come up with for Magicka DLC. Consider it purchased already.

I dunno.

Magicka: New York City would be pretty awesome as well.

rossm

03-01-2011, 01:25 PM

Being as I got stuck and couldn't finish the original game due to difficulty, I'm not going to be paying for DLC.
There were a few parts where I died over and over (especially the ski free yeti part), but I was always able to get past. I thought it was relatively easy overall. How/where did you get stuck?

Also, magicka: vietnam sounds great to me. I didn't get a whole lot of time out of magicka but it was a blast. I'll definitely pick up vietnam.

Jag

03-01-2011, 01:29 PM

Magicka is fun explody chaos, but I suck at combos and just can't do them fast enough to make any significant progress. However, I love the concept, appreciate the many patches and get a kick out of the Devs, so I will continue to support their efforts.

Brian Rubin

03-02-2011, 12:42 AM

I'll likely get this DLC just for the concept alone, and can I just say...I love the music from the trailer...

Tony M

03-02-2011, 04:15 AM

We have to remember that three of them (Paradox, DICE, and the Magicka developer guys) are all sweden.

Plus Minecraft, Love, Just Cause 2. Whats going on in Sweden thats cultivating such an awesome game development scene?

Tony

nordhus

03-02-2011, 04:43 AM

Dreamhack (http://www.dreamhack.se/DHS11/)?

Tim James

03-02-2011, 11:43 AM

Plus Minecraft, Love, Just Cause 2. Whats going on in Sweden thats cultivating such an awesome game development scene?They seem to be less grim than developers in the former USSR. (But I love them too!)

Kalle

03-31-2011, 10:27 PM

The buggy launch pretty much killed Magicka for me but I was hoping to get some co-op in with semi-random strangers. Meaning you guys.

Anyone up for crossing the beams?

Jab

03-31-2011, 10:43 PM

I would be, I still have to finish the game (got stuck at the yeti level). Send me a PM on steam if you see me.

Fenris99

04-01-2011, 03:04 AM

The expansion promises to be "even harder". For someone who couldn't even finish the original game because of difficulty, this means "no buy".

Wade42

04-01-2011, 07:26 AM

The buggy launch pretty much killed Magicka for me but I was hoping to get some co-op in with semi-random strangers. Meaning you guys.

Anyone up for crossing the beams?
I haven't been on much, but feel free to ping me as well

TurinTur

04-01-2011, 08:12 AM

The expansion promises to be "even harder". For someone who couldn't even finish the original game because of difficulty, this means "no buy".

Link?

Fenris99

04-01-2011, 08:34 AM

Link?
I misread it.

What they actually advertise is (http://www.magickagame.com/news/2011/3/magicka-vietnam-release-date-set) " Magicka: Vietnam also contains a new survival challenge map with increased difficulty in direct response to the request from the community."

I'm baffled that anyone thinks it needs "increased difficulty". I must be old and slow. or something.

Netriak

04-01-2011, 10:16 AM

Well, magicka difficulty varies greatly with the amount of players. The later chapters of magicka solo are indeed difficult. The same chapters with 3 or more competent players are quite easy. Same for the challenges.

Fenris99

04-01-2011, 10:26 AM

Well I wish it would scale with number of players or something. As it is I got stuck early and gave up. Or it needs an "easy mode" for people like me.

Netriak

04-01-2011, 11:23 AM

Well, with smart/efficient spell use most chapters are easy solo too. It is mostly chapter 11 that is really difficult solo. The end of chapter 6 can be difficult too.

JoshV

04-01-2011, 02:13 PM

Well, with smart/efficient spell use most chapters are easy solo too. It is mostly chapter 11 that is really difficult solo. The end of chapter 6 can be difficult too.

There are a couple of bad guys who can kill you instantly, it's when i mess up, get caught and killed, and then am forced to replay a section that I give up. It was also a shame that my buddies machine was too slow to play the game, so I never got to play co-op.

Telefrog

04-01-2011, 02:33 PM

Well I wish it would scale with number of players or something. As it is I got stuck early and gave up. Or it needs an "easy mode" for people like me.

Agreed. The SP is just not balanced at all.

I know, I know. "Stop buying co-op games if you're only going to play SP!" I don't expect perfect balance in this situation, but at least L4D is playable solo.

rossm

04-01-2011, 03:25 PM

I beat magicka solo. Only the last area (with the yetis) is particularly hard. I found most of the game very easy and enjoyable. It's not a game for those who can't stand dying.

Blips

04-01-2011, 03:28 PM

I beat magicka solo. Only the last area (with the yetis) is particularly hard. I found most of the game very easy and enjoyable. It's not a game for those who can't stand dying.

Aside from a few aggravating areas, I had fun and beat the game solo as well.

Morberis

04-01-2011, 04:27 PM

The buggy launch pretty much killed Magicka for me but I was hoping to get some co-op in with semi-random strangers. Meaning you guys.

Anyone up for crossing the beams?

Hop onto Mumble or message me via steam, names Morberis in both.

notatiger

04-02-2011, 11:36 AM

Kat and I finished this game last night. Paradox really nailed that basic mechanics. Getting your spells ready can be challenging sometimes, but that is part of the fun. My only issues with the game is that it is too easy to be 1-shotted and the buggy gauntlet that would not let you heal even after you had dropped it. Being juggled is never fun, and not being able to heal after being revived just made it worse. I'm trying to get my brother-in-law to pick it up so we can get some 4 player action going. I'm very glad my wife decided to buy it.

Sebmojo

04-03-2011, 03:44 AM

Well I wish it would scale with number of players or something. As it is I got stuck early and gave up. Or it needs an "easy mode" for people like me.

Hold down shift and spam every key you can reach and right click. Destroys everything.

thinkingork

04-12-2011, 12:36 PM

Having a blast with the Vietnam DLC.

Do not expect a full blown campaign tho. It is just two bonus challenges with new spells/weapons/mobs.

TurinTur

04-12-2011, 12:49 PM

But.. i suppose it does have a new set of levels in Vietnam??

thinkingork

04-12-2011, 12:54 PM

One of the new challenges is a mini-level with scoring. I suppose that counts. Like I said, do not expect a full blown DLC with story/progression/etc.

Squee

04-12-2011, 03:06 PM

I expected that. Damn.

Wade42

04-12-2011, 03:45 PM

I expected that. Damn.
I thought it would be a bit more, too... seems like they're offering a tenth* of the original's content for half the price.

Those who bought it: does it seem anemic? Or am I being too stingy with my $5?

*made up math FTW.

Nesrie

04-12-2011, 04:27 PM

how's stability w/ multiplayer at this point? I've heard a lot of good and not so good things about this game in terms of bugs and crashes and connections.

Contrai

04-12-2011, 05:45 PM

I thought it would be a bit more, too... seems like they're offering a tenth* of the original's content for half the price.

Those who bought it: does it seem anemic? Or am I being too stingy with my $5?

*made up math FTW.
It definitely feels sparse, but thats the way most DLC are. I have to hand it to them though with the fact that you only need the person hosting to have the DLC for everyone else to play. I'm sort of hoping a lot more games approach DLC in that way when it comes to multiplayer DLC.

Well I wish it would scale with number of players or something. As it is I got stuck early and gave up. Or it needs an "easy mode" for people like me.If you ever need some help, I can run it through you in Co-Op, just let me know what your Steam name is.

Wade42

04-12-2011, 07:17 PM

It definitely feels sparse, but thats the way most DLC are. I have to hand it to them though with the fact that you only need the person hosting to have the DLC for everyone else to play. I'm sort of hoping a lot more games approach DLC in that way when it comes to multiplayer DLC.
And that's why I usually can't be bothered with DLC. That is cool about the multiplayer, though... enough to tip the DLC from "don't bother" to "buy on sale" for me. Thanks for the feedback!

If you ever need some help, I can run it through you in Co-Op, just let me know what your Steam name is.
I offer my services as well... I can't promise to be awesomely skilled, but I did make it through single player, and I'm happy to help anyone out.

Squee

04-12-2011, 07:33 PM

Marcus

04-13-2011, 05:51 AM

The Base game is $4.99 on steam but you can get the complete pack which includes both DLC for $7.99.

HRose

04-13-2011, 06:32 AM

I'm pissed that I bought this and then had to hunt a crack so that I could run it with the FPS limiter program.

By default it is unplayable because on CRT it goes at 120 FPS and overheats the videocard.

liquidben

04-13-2011, 10:38 AM

The Base game is $4.99 on steam but you can get the complete pack which includes both DLC for $7.99.
This is soooo tempting to me. Sadly I haven't even had time to try the demo. Dammit parenthood!

Tim James

04-16-2011, 09:47 PM

Magicka is my first co-op game since Left 4 Dead. I had a good time playing with my friend.

I couldn't authenticate connecting to him, but he could join my game just fine.

The only thing we couldn't figure out is if there's anything active to do for the melee weapon special attack. If you hit tab it shows the basic physical attack and also another one. The staff has something similar you can do with shift-middle mouse. Is there an active command for the alternate melee weapon attack, or is that just an additional modifier?

By default it is unplayable because on CRT it goes at 120 FPS and overheats the videocard.This must be why I can't set it to 1600x1200 without my CRT monitor going out of sync.

Nesrie

04-16-2011, 11:03 PM

Magicka is my first co-op game since Left 4 Dead. I had a good time playing with my friend.

I couldn't authenticate connecting to him, but he could join my game just fine.

The only thing we couldn't figure out is if there's anything active to do for the melee weapon special attack. If you hit tab it shows the basic physical attack and also another one. The staff has something similar you can do with shift-middle mouse. Is there an active command for the alternate melee weapon attack, or is that just an additional modifier?

This must be why I can't set it to 1600x1200 without my CRT monitor going out of sync.

My sister was able to use the Sword of the Masters by typical melee attack, it just flung bolts as well as swung.

Kalil

04-18-2011, 12:07 AM

So having thought about it and read the advice in the bargain thread I picked this up for the SP. Miracle upon miracles I have convinced a friend to pick it up too, which is surprising as he is generally console only these days.

However his laptop is the most powerful PC he has and ticks all the requirements other than gfx card. Will an 8600m GT be able to run this at say lower settings?

Most appreciated!

Strato

04-18-2011, 12:16 AM

However his laptop is the most powerful PC he has and ticks all the requirements other than gfx card. Will an 8600m GT be able to run this at say lower settings?

Most appreciated!

All I can say is that my laptop with a 9800M GTX struggled a lot with this game on one particular level (when the town is under siege). I probably could have dropped the settings a bit for it though. I will say that the game isn't too well optimised.

There is a demo, though not sure if that will be a good indicator for how well the game runs.

Kalil

04-18-2011, 09:39 AM

Hmmmm, ok thanks. He is downloading the demo now.

Edit: And it apparently runs adequately on low settings. Thanks again

John Reynolds

05-14-2011, 10:37 AM

Decided to finally play this and it's quite a bit of fun. Several of the fights even by the end of chapter 3 were getting too hard for me, so I had to Google some spell combos. QFQFAAS is the shiznit for enemies if they're fairly well lined up in a row.

Morberis

05-14-2011, 10:51 AM

Try that as an area of effect spell if you're surrounded.

Also learn the nullify and immunity to water spells if you're using that all the time, you'll need to be able to cast them later.

John Reynolds

05-14-2011, 10:54 AM

Try that as an area of effect spell if you're surrounded.

How do you do that?

Morberis

05-14-2011, 11:00 AM

Shift right click I believe?

John Reynolds

05-14-2011, 11:09 AM

Yep, that's it. Works well in the arena challenge.

John Reynolds

05-14-2011, 01:24 PM

Damn game, was fighting The Machine and it did a CTD, so gotta replay that entire chapter.

WarrenM

06-01-2011, 04:31 AM

Haven't read the thread but I wanted to vomit this somewhere ... really, the checkpoints aren't saving my progress? I have to complete an entire level before my progress will be saved?

If you play a gong sound and display "checkpoint" on the screen any reasonable gamer is going to assume progress has been saved. God damn it...

Shadari

06-08-2011, 07:52 PM

So they've sold about 600k units so far. Not bad for a game like this!

link (http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/08/e3-2011-magicka-sold-600k-copies-pvp-dlc-will-be-free-for-the-games-owners/)

Nesrie

06-08-2011, 08:52 PM

So they've sold about 600k units so far. Not bad for a game like this!

link (http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/08/e3-2011-magicka-sold-600k-copies-pvp-dlc-will-be-free-for-the-games-owners/)

It's awesome they sold so many. It's a fun game. I am also glad Paradox is addressing their quality issues, to put it nicely. Their games are buggy as hell, so I wind up buying them several months later after release, but I enjoy the uniqueness they offer. CK, EU... not a lot of games out there hitting those niches.

TurinTur

06-22-2011, 08:39 AM

No comments about how they have released finally the PVP for multiplayer, for free?
Shame!

There is new DLC of maps for pvp, also.

To celebrate, a new trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgcEZ8jz_Hc

Brian Rubin

06-22-2011, 09:21 AM

I actually forgot I owned this game, so I just installed it. Now to give it a try. :)

Jarmo

08-31-2011, 03:30 AM

Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios writes very openly about the pain they went through making Magicka in this postmortem at Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6472/postmortem_arrowhead_game_.php).

Also, Magicka has now sold almost 800,000 copies.

Foxstab

09-02-2011, 11:50 AM

Magicka is sweet! Loving it!
So much humour, pop-culture and meme references too.

That is all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckox7_kBv9A (loud scream in the end).

Nesrie

09-02-2011, 03:41 PM

Adam B

10-27-2011, 08:07 AM

The headline for the press release announcing the newest expansion:

Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu Magicka Wgah'nagl Fhtagn

Johan A

10-27-2011, 08:31 AM

The headline for the press release announcing the newest expansion:

Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu Magicka Wgah'nagl Fhtagn

IA IA!

Foxstab

10-28-2011, 09:45 AM

Bought it, didn't really play it yet.

BobJustBob

11-15-2011, 07:16 PM

At long last, with no fanfare, Magicka has been updated (http://store.steampowered.com/news/6780/) to add what everyone wanted.

• Added saveable checkpoints. Checkpoints will now save your progress up to that point.
• Added an automatic-revive fairy for single player games.
• Added an option to revisit old chapters in a campaign.

TurinTur

11-15-2011, 11:40 PM

At long last, with no fanfare, Magicka has been updated (http://store.steampowered.com/news/6780/) to add what everyone wanted.

• Added an automatic-revive fairy for single player games.

Is that optional? I don't this is needed with this

• Added saveable checkpoints. Checkpoints will now save your progress up to that point.

Not that matters, I already played the game twice, one solo, another with friends.

amandachen

11-16-2011, 12:00 AM

Oh, there's a whole bunch of little tweaks and fixes. That's wonderful.

Fenris99

11-16-2011, 05:39 AM

Hmm might be worth a retry now.

Foxstab

11-16-2011, 07:56 AM

Is this available for Steam only? Nevermind. I forgot that all Steam activated games are updated by Steam anyway, regardless of the service I bought them on.

Telefrog

11-16-2011, 08:04 AM

I may actually have to try this out now. When I played it before, I found the lack of saving to be a fatal flaw.

Foxstab

11-16-2011, 09:31 AM

Game seems pretty sweet.
Except...oh, my...no, not her...NOOOOOOOO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk9ltTQm4S8

Tony M

11-17-2011, 05:07 AM

• Added saveable checkpoints. Checkpoints will now save your progress up to that point.

OMG! I can actually play this game now, and quit anytime I like without losing large chunks of progress. I'd given up hope of ever getting to play this wonderful game. Now I can. Woot!

olaf

11-17-2011, 07:51 AM

I came here looking for another Skyrim thread...

Shellfishguy

11-17-2011, 08:26 AM

I never really delved into Magicka due to the save issue, so I'm looking forward to checking it out again too.

spiffy

12-17-2011, 04:40 AM

$2.50 on Steam right now for a few more hours.. it looks fun, but can it be played casually? I'm all for little games I can jump in and out of in 10-15 min, but if it's an involved rpg thing I'll pass.

McKnight

12-17-2011, 04:58 AM

No, their is no checkpoints which hinders playing for a bit at a time. You need to finish full levels at a time (which probably takes 20-30mins). There is practically no RPG aspect to the game however and the single player isn't very good as it's balanced for MP.

krayzkrok

12-17-2011, 05:08 AM

Actually checkpoint saves were added in the last patch, so presumably it's now playable in short bursts. I can finally get around to reinstalling this.

McKnight

12-17-2011, 05:46 AM

Oh wow really? That's a pretty huge change to the game.

krayzkrok

12-17-2011, 06:45 AM

Already posted up thread, but it's all here (http://store.steampowered.com/news/6780/).

TurinTur

01-19-2012, 06:19 AM

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/19/magicka-has-sold-1-3-million-copies-4m-dlc/

The game has sold 1.3 million copies since it launched almost a year ago. And on top of that, DLC has cumulatively sold over four million copies.

And there’s more to come, with the announcement of a new expansion pack, The Other Side Of The Coin. The new expansion, as its name may hint, lets you play as the enemies.

Enidigm

08-02-2012, 07:07 AM

So how do i actually play The Other Side of the Coin. It downloaded the update, but I don't see anything in the menu of Magicka that allows me to select it to play. Are you supposed to finish the game first?