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Best magic combat in games
- Thread starter Kuro
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Summons in FF15 were something else. Truly awe inspiring.
Yeah well too bad the conditions for their summoning are just really vague as heck.
I wish Dragon's Dogma was actually as good as those gifs make it seem. I just tried to play it again for like the 4th time about a month ago and hated it all over again. Ugly game with a horrific story and terrible equipment focused damage scaling. The battle system in that game deserves so much better.
Anyway, definitely going with Soul Sacrifice. Coolest magic system I've seen in a game. I've also been enjoying Wizards of Legend.
Anyway, definitely going with Soul Sacrifice. Coolest magic system I've seen in a game. I've also been enjoying Wizards of Legend.
Kingdoms of Amalur.
Like other games let you combo sword and gun attacks, this instead lots you combo magic spells. Plus has some megaspells too.
Like other games let you combo sword and gun attacks, this instead lots you combo magic spells. Plus has some megaspells too.
soul sacrifice was my favorite monster hunter clone. if Sony made a new one for ps4 then I would finally get a ps4. one of the best new games I've played... at the time.Soul Sacrifice
Soul Sacrifice combat was like 95% magic ( You could conjure weapons to fight melee). There were tons of spells to choose from and some spells had synergies. Overall fantastic game.
DD is flashy but lacks substance. Hit a button and the spell comes out, for the most part - fairly simple. I like DD but I think there are games that do better.
Magicka comes close but honestly my favorite of all time is Dishonored.
(It's remarkably hard to find good gifs of this game, if anyone wants to tag in)
I ahdn't even considered this as an option. Great post.
No-one demonstrates it better than Stealth Gamer BR imo.
Oblivion is a lot of fun with it's magic, especially once you get to make spells. You can make stupid room clearing touch of death spells, it's hilarious.
Obviously the 2nd video is using cheats, but you can make really strong spells in regular play.
Andddddd looks like I'm going to have to try Dragons Dogma again. I tried a melee guy first time, and I wasn't too enthralled by it. But that magic looks fucking awesome.
Obviously the 2nd video is using cheats, but you can make really strong spells in regular play.
Andddddd looks like I'm going to have to try Dragons Dogma again. I tried a melee guy first time, and I wasn't too enthralled by it. But that magic looks fucking awesome.
This is true but also somewhat downplaying DD. The spell's impacts feel incredible. Charging the spells, over charging the spells and group charging spells in an action combat environment like this game is handled quite well and pretty unique. The various elements causing different effects on enemies is also taken into consideration here. Mystic Knights sigils, magic counters and magic cannons can certainly be used as fire and forget but that is hardly their true potential.
Dishonored series is a great pick. Few games focus on the darker, assassiny type magics like this one. The charm of the abilities here is not so much in the abilities themselves but what it enables you to do. The interactions you have with the abilities and the world. That said, I would say it requires more skill and consideration to make use of it in a meaningful and powerful way than most games. Probably also why it is harder to find gifs of cool abilities here that properly show the complex setups you are able to perform. Really, those who do not know all the powers will not truly understand the glory simply watching either. Seeing someone good play makes it appear so easy.
Soul Sacrifice
Another good choice. Magic is also heavily embedded into the story in Soul Sacrifice. Every character is a magic user as it is the main form of combat. The melee weapons? Summoned through magic of course. I'll quote myself from another thread.
Probably cheating since everything in Soul Sacrifice is technically spells as all the fighters there are mages/sorcerers and even in melee, they use a magic weapon which they summon from sacrificing an offering. Even so a magic based monster hunter? Sign me up!
Look at this Fullmetal Alchemist like nonsense.
I enjoy it for the variety. You have things from mortars to arrows to evasive dashes to burrowing dodges to spears, massive fists, summons, shields, armors, charges, lasers and so much more. Some can even be comboed together for a different effect.
Black Rites are cool in concept as well but maybe a bit too punishing and gruesome for not quite a whole lot of payoff.
Another vote for Dragons Dogma. Summoning some meteors from the sky or a huge tornado and make the enemies fly are some great experiences
I'm an old fart, but the music based magic system of Loom.... still feels so whimsical and pure. Edit: And I'm a dumbass... it's not technically combat. But if it gets anyone interested it's done its job.
Yeah... I've tried to like it so many times too. I can't play an RPG with such lousy story.
Knew this would be a gif thread before opening. Was not disappointed. Another vote for Dragon's Dogma
Visually? I loved how the spells looked in Dragon's Dogma
Functionally and best magic system? Divinity Original Sin hands down and by a mile. I may have missed and not played other similar games but D:OS is the best magic system I have ever played. Magic interacts with each other in a way I only dreamed of.
Functionally and best magic system? Divinity Original Sin hands down and by a mile. I may have missed and not played other similar games but D:OS is the best magic system I have ever played. Magic interacts with each other in a way I only dreamed of.
Oh for sure. I'm still keeping some hope for one some day. Co-op was so much fun too.
Baldur's Gate II comes to mind. Battle of high level mages is like chess. Everyone uses multiple attack, defense and illusion spells, and you basically must read the enemy mage and remove his defense layer by layer to be able to hit him while he's casting some 9 lvl. bullshit like Time Stop or Kill on you. It doesn't look anywhere near those gifs here, but feeling is amazing.
I always loved the magic in Skyrim. Felt unstoppable when focusing on the Illusion tree then godly when doing all Conjuration. Just being able to pacify or enrage entire towns or summoning creatures out of nowhere was great.
this was insane coming off of standard KH magicKingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 0.2: A Fragmentary Passage.
I hope the sequel comes out and improves the magic system. I've tried getting into Dragon's Dogma twice as a mage but it just feels so boring, exactly for the reason you said.
Starting as a mage is like that obviously, but once you unlock the higher level spells and augments it is amazing. Full charging a Full Bolide and raining a dozen meteors down or casting High Fulmination and turning into a giant walking lightning rod, or sending out a mass of giant icicles from a Full Glicel is amazing but you still gotta start out with throwing weak fireballs. It's worth playing one and doing high level magic is amazing.
It's easier to start with a fighting class and then when you're stronger and have access to good equipment and good pawns go grind out your mage jobs much faster and get the better stuff quicker.
Think you mean Biotic Charge
Gotchu
Dark Souls 2 is pretty fun as a hexer and/or pyromancer.
Also there's more to magic than just the pure magic class; Mystic Knight and Magick Archers are a lot of fun too.
This was my favourite spell, especially in Bitterblack Isle. Whipping Elder Ogres and Garms with that and watching their HP bars melt away was pure joy.I'm surprised there hasn't been more Dragons Dogma already
You need to play as a Sorcerer to get the good spells, not as a Mage. Mage is for supporting characters/pawns, really.
Also there's more to magic than just the pure magic class; Mystic Knight and Magick Archers are a lot of fun too.
