vendredi 1 novembre 2013

Magicka: Wizard Wars' MOBA-tastic Simplicity

I'm not a very good wizard, and I can accept that. When I played early access preview of Magicka: Wizard Wars last week, I found that I've forgotten many of the spell combinations I'd known so well from the 2011 action-adventure game, and I thus ended up frying or electrocuting many of my teammates in this new MOBA-inspired take on the concept. Fortunately, they all appeared to be in the same boat. We died, we killed, we laughed— and we willingly got up and did it all over again. And now, with the release of early access on Steam, you can jump in as well.


The gameplay of Magicka: Wizard Wars centers on drawing from eight different elements to concoct supremely powerful spells for both offensive and defensive purposes. In one of the simplest and most well-known formulae, for instance, you can douse a player with a water spell and then follow it up with a shock blast for a sizzling experience. The elements themselves are bounded to the familiar hotkeys Q,W, E, R, A, S, D, and F, and the staggering diversity and potential for speed inherent in that blueprint inherent ensures that Wizard Wars' four-on-four matches can shift tides within seconds.


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