Magicka

[Bort]

Just got released on Steam - looks like a lot of fun. Your first impression is that its a Diablo clone, but it has no inventory, and it basically takes the piss out of rpg games.

You make your own spells by combining elements (earth, water, lightning, arcane, fire, ice, heal, shield).

Looks like a lot of fun in co-op, mainly because the spells can be very destructive, and there is full friendly fire.

Worth a look, and its only a tenner.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/42910/

[Jigoku]

Why put a link to posting a new thread?

Anyhow, I've been playing it for a couple of hours now.

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[Bort]

Crap - that was supposed to be a link to the game on Steam

[KiwiRed]

This might sway some people: YouTube - WTF is Magicka?

(bear in mind that online multiplayer is currently buggy as all get-out though, but single player, local co-op and LAN work fine and the devs seem to be working hard on fixing things)

[Leevers]

considering getting this pending enough toggers for some fun coop

[Bort]

How do you setup a lan game?

[BlackIce]

I got shown this game on the steam page today and was just about to buy it when I got linked some pretty major bug warnings.

The reports are very bad, and enough that I may come back to it in a few weeks time to see how the patching is going, but I am not purchasing it in the state reported.

PC indie Magicka a "hit" despite broken, negligent release
Magicka Launch Mired by Bugs
Magicka launch riddled with bugs. Paradox patching “every 24 hours”

Buyer beware here.

[DangerMouse]

Just read that Magicka has sold 30,000 copies! Had a look at the videos... make that 30,001 copies

Downloading now...

@BlackIce: Looks like the dev's are working hard fixing bugs:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=42910


Fixed issues/bugs

• UPnP will no longer crash the game.
• Lack of playable avatar will no longer crash the game.
• Improved reports on disconnect and connection failed.
• Game crash on startup due to old gamer with long name fixed.
• Game terminates properly on crash.
• Save data wipe bug on multiplayer disconnect fixed.
• Boss crashes in Chapter 6 and 12 fixed.
• Servers limited to 4 simultaneous steam users.
• Players that have not selected a slot when the game starts is kicked.
• Server browser no longer displays games of a different version.
• Version miss match check.
• No longer possible to bounce between islands in Chapter 6
• Fixed interrupted dialog from Vlad in Chapter 6.
• Fixed trigger sequence in Chapter 9.
• Chapter 12 boss damage texture added.
• Fixed a bug where a client was locked in an animation.
• Delayed message from steam no longer forces player into game.
• Challenges are now playable using the French version

New features/balancing

• Added version number in menu.
• Added server password. (player requested feature)
• Default undie-time changed to 0.5s (Staff of the Dead)

Known Issues

• Beam spells merging sometimes crashes game with stack overflow (for real)
• Chat still awkwardly positioned.
• Self-shields sometimes get out of sync
• Players are still able to have multiple summons
• Server list sorting not implemented
• Network congestion on high ping (>400ms) connections still problematic.
• Game stutters slightly on some systems despite good performance (cause known, fix pending)
• Steam attempts to install XNA framework every time game is launched or rare occasion
• Game sometimes hogs uplink bandwidth - (Being researched)

[Drac]

24 hour patch cycle?

Yikes. I don't every those crunch hours.

[DangerMouse]

Started playing the single player, looks really good... tried multiplayer, it needs work - we tried to set up a server 3 people were on and a 4th couldnt join - Game Full... errrr....

Also when you set up a server with a password you cant join a player via steam tab thingy, as you dont get given the chance to enter the password... d'oh!

Apart from these bugs, its fun!