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I love magic systems in games that feel impactful, and especially love them if the mechanic is unique and different.

What are your favorites?

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[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dragon's Dogma has to be near the top of the list for me...if not number one.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you describe what makes it great? My first thought was also Magicka, actually.

[–] Unebrion@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago
[–] TellumSiege@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I'm posting this again because I may have accidentally made a new comment instead of replying to you. I'm still working out the kbin kinks...

I haven't played Magicka so I can't compare (although reading the comments I feel like I have to play it now) but for me, what makes DD great is its smooth combat system. It's real-time action with varying casting times, so you need to be strategic about how you cast spells and when. Your character can switch classes pretty much whenever you want and you gain access to different spells the more you play certain classes. I could go on, but the last thing I'll say is that I've never played a better version of "magic Archer" in video games.

One massive downside to the game is its story; It's pretty much non-existent. But if you like awesome combat and party management it's one of the coolest games out there. And I haven't even mentioned the pawn system yet lol

[–] Unebrion@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad someone mentioned Dragon's dogma! I can't wait for the 2nd one to come out

[–] all-knight-party@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Wild times we live in. Never thought I'd wonder "will my PC be able to run Dragon's Dogma 2?"