The Magicka thread

[TurinTur]

Game to be released tomorrow.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42910/
http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MAGICKA/magicka
Price: 9€.

Hey, i remember this game from ages (yeeears) ago! It was supposed to be a parody RPG game... oh look, now it's an action RPG with a bit of humor. Mmmm... still interesting, it reminds me of Nox, both the colorful style and the magic. In fact, the magic system seems cool and developed. And it also has coop.

RPS first article

Paradox page
Dude explaining the game
http://www.magickagame.com/

[Morberis]

That RPS article is fantastic and sold me on it, if I can find a few other people to play with.

[aganazer]

I'm sold.

Any word on whether or not it has LAN coop or is it internet only?

[Benhur]

Thanks for the links! That RPS article sold me as well.

[TurinTur]

I know it does have Internet play and various players in the same pc (with pads), but i don't know if includes LAN.

[Greybriar]

I'm sold.

Any word on whether or not it has LAN coop or is it internet only?

From the Paradox forums:

Hi everyone.

So here's the deal. The Steam version of the game is ready and shipped (steam will activate it on the 25th or 26th).

The non-steam version is not ready yet, we still have a few network issues to resolve.

I won't get into the technical stuff too much but the steam version uses steamworks (game browser , LAN, and direct IP) and the non-steam has another solution for online play (which supports LAN and direct IP).

We decided we didn't want to release the non-steam unless it was as stable as the steam version). We don't think it's fair to you guys to start selling a game unless the online play works fine.

So we offered our partners a choice, wait for the non-steam version (no ETA atm) or take the steam version. Most opted for the latter since that'd mean they'd can be a part of the release.

We'll get back to you as soon as we can with more info. But this week is steam week if you want to play Magicka.

I know this will piss some people off, I'd be pissed too. But I know that a lot more people would be pissed if there was no release at all.

Regards,

Shams

[Gendal]

The RPS article sold me too.

If you charge up healing and cast it on your sword, your sword will be imbued with healing magic and the next person you stab will be healed instead of harmed, and so on.

+

You cast whatever you like, as fast as you like, and friendly fire isn’t something you worry about so much as it’s an integral and hilarious part of the game.

=
a recipe for good times.

[TurinTur]

There is post in RPS that sounds like he played the BETA or is a journalist with a copy:

Some of my best spell selections:
* Arcane, Arcane, Arcane, Rock, Protection: explosive defensive rock wall. Change one Arcane with fire for flamming efects, but you’ll burn yourself too :(

* Lighting + cold in any proportion: mass slow through screen with damage. Follow with arcane + water beam for mass freezing.

* Lighting + fire in any proportion: all-around good chain damage spell, highly effective against mobs of small minions as they’ll panic.

* Water, Thunder Bolt Magicka once unlocked: 9001 damage. DUH.

* Arcane, Arcane, Protection, Cold, Arcane/Electric: Probably the best mines.

* Electric, Electric, Electric, Protection, Cold: Keep the enemies inside that wall with more slows for massive damage.

* Water+Cold=Ice. 5 x Ice is THE SPELL TO SPAM for its shotgun effects: penetration and high damage. Only works when playing with keyboard though, because the loadup of 10 elements in the pad is just too slow to spam.

There is also a video in this GS preview that shows very very f/x. The game won't be the next Crysis, but the smoke, dynamic lights, fire, sparks, blood, etc, have a very good quality.

[Wolff]

This sounds fantastic thinking a first day buy so hilarity can ensue.

[mouselock]

Why is there no way for me to give them money on steam right now? No price or anything..

[roamunit]

This sounds fantastic thinking a first day buy so hilarity can ensue.

Ahh, the first-day confusion. I only hope that it's easy to just hop into a game with a group of randoms for maximum confusion!

[Blips]

Game looks like great fun. I'm guessing there is no comprehensive spell list available?

[ChrisPal]

If the price is right, I'll pick it up. May wait until it's on sale though. We'll see.

[Kurina]

If the price is right, I'll pick it up. May wait until it's on sale though. We'll see.

Going to run $10/€10 I believe, as this is what it is currently going for on Gamersgate.

[DeepT]

I am just worried about the dexterity involved in rapidly typing out a bunch of spells real quick. I am not sure I am up to that challenge, otherwise it looks like it could be a really cool game.

[ChrisPal]

Going to run $10/€10 I believe, as this is what it is currently going for on Gamersgate.

If that's the case, I'm in! It does look fun.

[Squee]

This looks pretty awesome. Might pick up a copy. Hope it has LAN play, but I could live without it. I guess. Barely.

[Joe M.]

As noted above:

I won't get into the technical stuff too much but the steam version uses steamworks (game browser , LAN, and direct IP) and the non-steam has another solution for online play (which supports LAN and direct IP).

[Marcin]

Wow, I didn't realize the spells were going to work like that. Sounds like multiplayer is mandatory if only for the sudden increase in magnitude of hijinks.

[TurinTur]

Interview + video preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWnnpPINRk

[James Johnson]

I am just worried about the dexterity involved in rapidly typing out a bunch of spells real quick. I am not sure I am up to that challenge, otherwise it looks like it could be a really cool game.

That's partially the point: under pressure you're going to flub the casting or even forget the spell you wanted to cast entirely.

The result is the hilarity you can read about on RPS.

[Morberis]

Me and the girlfriend are really looking forward to the local multiplayer, hoping that we can join online as a group of 2.

[Blips]

I'm waiting/hoping for the demo to be released soon. In that interview he said the demo would be available at the time of release...

[Squee]

Interview + video preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWnnpPINRk

I'd say watch this interview instead, because I can't stand that interviewer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZKq5Z-cFW4

[Lazy Shiftless Bastard]

I'm waiting/hoping for the demo to be released soon. In that interview he said the demo would be available at the time of release...

Just a heads up: I went to the Steam page and am downloading the demo RIGHT NOW.

[Blips]

Just a heads up: I went to the Steam page and am downloading the demo RIGHT NOW.

Yeah, I just finished downloading but things are not looking good... game crashes 2 seconds into intro movie. There was some error in the DirectX installation. Going to update it manually hoping that, that is the cause of my problems.

[Tyjenks]

"In Soviet Magicka, elements conjure you!"

[Moyzan]

It gave me a directX error too but it loaded fine after that. It's gonna be a blast in multi, that's for sure!

[Mitya]

Loads fine here as well.

I played the demo up until I was knocked into the water at the village battle. It's definitely a game that is made for multi; checkpoints don't seem that smartly laid out, and I can see the Revive spell you get handed on exiting the cave getting a lot of use. Other than that, combining all of the different elements and messing around is a lot of fun, though it's a bit cumbersome to do things with keyboard/mouse. I wish there were some tooltips or something on the elements to remind you of what doesn't mix too well with what.

[Tyjenks]

My crappy 8 year old desktop seems to be running in fine thus far. Crazy. Looks fun. Reminds me of Nox for some reason.