To cast a spell, the player first sequentially presses the associated buttons for the desired elements (for example: q, w, e, r, a, s, d, and f, respectively, when playing using a QWERTY PC keyboard) in order to "gather" them, which show up as icons on the screen as they are pressed. This can also affect what spell is cast for instance casting shield and arcane as an area of effect will create a circle of arcane mines around the caster however, casting it on oneself will instead cause the caster to have an arcane invulnerability aura. All elements tend to cause damage, except Life, which heals (this is reversed for Undead enemies where Arcane heals them and Life damages them), and Shield, which creates barriers. Įach spell can be cast in four different ways: as a ranged projectile or beam, as an area effect spell, as an enhancement in wielding the player's secondary weapon (normally a sword), or on the players' own bodies. The order in which the component elements of a spell are summoned has no effect on the type or power of the spell, and does not matter, except when attempting to cast a "Magick" as opposed to a regular spell. A spell of fire, arcane, earth, and shield would result in a flaming arcane rock barrier. A spell of fire, arcane and earth would create a flaming, arcane rock projectile. A spell of fire and arcane would create a flaming beam.
A spell of fire and earth would be a fireball projectile. For example, a spell consisting of pure fire would be a spray of flame. Shields take precedence over projectiles (earth and ice), which take precedence over beams (life and arcane), which take precedence over steam, which takes precedence over lightning, which takes precedence over sprays (water, fire and cold). When casting a spell composed of multiple elements, there is a set hierarchy which determines the type of the spell cast. Additionally, two other elements can be created by mixing two base elements: steam (water and fire) and ice (water and cold) these behave like base elements, that gives players access to ten elements to cast spells from.įour players attack goblins in the co-op campaign, casting a mix of Arcane spells. Up to five elements can be chained together for this purpose, but certain elements cannot be combined together due to their opposing nature (for instance, fire and cold). The game contains eight base elements (water, life, shield, cold, lightning, arcane, earth and fire) which can be mixed and combined to cast spells. However, time to cast the spell is very limited: if the player does it too slowly, they will die. The game is also exceptionally scant in its utilization of powerup items, as one of the developers' goals was to shift focus away from the acquisition of material goods, or " loot", as player motivation. Magic spells can be cast without limit and do not require the consumption of any finite resource power limitatations are purely based on whether players know the combination and can conjure up elements quickly enough. Similarly there is no " mana bar", or energy meter that limits the use of special abilities, and with the exception of certain "Magicks", players are able to access the most powerful spells right from the beginning of the game. In contrast to role-playing game mechanics that traditionally dominate among magic and wizardry-based video games, Magicka has no character class structure. The main adventure campaign consists of 13 levels. A single player or up to four simultaneous cooperative players take on the roles of wizards tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer that has thrown the world into a state of turmoil.
Magicka is an action-adventure game played in a 3D environment from an isometric perspective.
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