3.2 /10 1 Votes3.2
Publisher Aksys Games | 32% Metacritic Initial release date 25 February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developers Aksys Games, Black Tower Studios Similar Aksys games, Adventure games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magus (pronounced “may-jus”), is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3, co-developed by Black Tower and Aksys Games.
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Plot
Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years. Magus remains handcuffed, locked up, imprisoned, static, immovable, clueless, powerless, until a new prisoner named Kinna arrives and forces him to escape. Once Magus has escaped then their journey to discover Magus's true identity and abilities begins. Magus uses chroma magic, his innate talent to absorb power from colored stones in the surrounding environment and then to unleash deadly attacks. Along the way they must face the wrath of the Kingdom Waterfall plus battle them to uncover identity of Magus's purpose.
Gameplay
Magus uses divine powers, which he can absorb from associated colored stones – red, green and blue. These powers increase over time and players can choose to master just one or all three. The game has a skill tree system with three (red, green and blue) chromatic arcana tiers. Magus can cast basic spells as much as he wants, but strong magic spells have a cooldown period.
Reception
Magus received mostly poor reviews. It was criticized for its dated graphics, lackluster gameplay, and poorly written dialogue and voice acting. The dialogue however has been stated as "unintentionally hilarious" and "probably the game's greatest selling point". Geoff Thew of Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 1/5, calling it "a perfect storm of terrible ideas and botched execution", but found the game "endlessly enjoyable in spite of itself".