Buckets of fun
Played 5 hours of it now, at chapter 5, and I feel I'm ready to pass judgement on this thing.
I find it awesome. It's kind of rough around the edges, but the core game, especially the way it handles casting is just so much fun. I seem to be one of the lucky few who have not had the game crash constantly. In fact, I've yet to experience a CTD in this game.
There are tons of references to known movies and games in this game, as well as some more obscure references. Your familiarity with games and movies will greatly affect the gigglefrequency in this game. And, as I mentioned in my blog entry, if you know any of the scandinavian languages, the giggles will come even more often, as the simlish type voices in this game are sort of a mix between swedish chef from the muppet show and some sort of icelandic swedish hybrid. It's absolutely hilarious when you catch tiny little phrases here and there that sort of relate to the subtitles. Some of the dialog can be gleaned if you're not familiar with the languages as well, such as referring to some early house music as "dunkadunkadunk".
I kind of wish they'd not released it ahead of schedule (they were set for a march release) in a buggy state, as I reckon quite a few people will not be able to play this at its current state, and might never pick it up again after the bugs get squashed. They'll be missing out on something quite special.
My spell tip, use E + S + right click to lay down some mines that have knockback and damage. It's my bread and butter kiting spell. Couple that with the basic R + D + right click for a frost bolt AOE that slows targets. Also, wet targets take more damage from electricity. That's enough to get you started.
There is a demo out, try it and see if it works on your machine, if it does.. Buy the game.
- I've yet to try MP, but I'm told it's even more fun, and even more buggy -
