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Recently I wanted to play a magical combat game and Hogwarts legacy seemed to be mostly what I was looking for so I ethically acquired a copy. Unfortunately even with DRM removed it runs very poorly on my laptop.

Looking through steam games tagged magic, I didn't manage to find something similar. Most of the games I saw were either top-down/side-scroll (I'm looking for FPS/TPS) or had magic systems simpler than in Skyrim (I want magical combat to be the main focus).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Edit: Specs Ryzen5 3550H (2019) 8gb RAM Radeon RX 560x 4gb VRAM

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[–] AlexisLuna 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've played Noita. It's fun but not exactly what I'm looking for.

Divinity isn't a magic game I'm looking for, but it is an RPG I want to play at some point, I've only heard good things about it.

With Psychonauts, I've heard of it as a cult classic that every True Gamer™ has to play, but I'm not really into platformers.

AFAIK Witcher's combat isn't really about magic, it's an RPG with some magical abilities that help you win swordfights, which is not what I want to play at the moment. It's a maybe, but I think there are better fits.

Legend of Grimrock 2 looks very interesting, it looks like the RPGs that were made before I was born and I wanted to play one for a while. A game in that style that can run on modern PC? Sign me up!

I have conflicted feelings about Persona. I've never played one, I haven't even seen the gameplay. From what I know of the gameplay it's unique and interesting to me. Visual style looks cool. But I also know that some of the story and character decisions made by the devs are really weird even by Japan weirdness standards, and very weird to me personally. Considering that the story and characters are the main part of that game, I would rather wait for the next one, and hopefully they'll stop doing that weird stuff and fix it.

I'm playing both Prey and Dishonored 2 right now. I really like them both, which makes me think that the game I want is an immersive sim with extensive magic system. Given that an immersive sim is a rare genre, I don't think a game like that exists. Still, thank you for all your suggestions.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, Grimrock 1 and 2 are super tight. Extremely true to their inspiration while modernizing basically everything. Slower, Not a slog. Tough, Not cruel.