Magicka 2 snapshot and how it compares to Magick 1

[Aabjerg]

I just got back from around one hour of playing the magicka 2 snapshot and i felt like something is missing.

Magicka one
Controls that blow you away. Humorous story line with numerous easter eggs. Fun and extremely challenging ( but still possible) The rich, luscious colors somehow make the world a lot more believable than many other games. If you're like me and you bought magicka on launch, I don't blame you for hating magicka.It's the only game I have ever come across that can be described as a 'glorious failure'.

Magicka two (the snapshot)
The art is dead! sounds dramatic but the earlier game had emotion. It had everything this game is missing. A hot-bar for magic? wasn't the whole thing about the Magicka game the simplicity? trying to practice in the lightning strike so you could make the bosses crumble underneath you.
I loved the way they implemented the quirky language. What is it now? its basically full Swedish (not that other then swedes will know the difference) The indie feel is gone. The art is dead.

What do you think so far? I understand its just a snapshot and i will come with a real review when the full game is out and i have more then one hour in the game.

Ps: The website posted my thread before i was done so now the title is spelled wrong and there is a lot of faults in the text. I hope its okey anyway.

 

[JKX]

I was playing on bananas difficulty and couldn't kill even the basic goblins but only with the larger rocks
Am I just rusty or is the enemy health regen too meaty compared to other spells damage output?
Other than that tho, it was fine
Of course the difficulty is supposed to be hard but come on, man

 

[Aabjerg]

I see what you are saying but i'm not talking about the difficulty. I'm talking about the feel of the story and of the feeling in general.

 

[aethel27]

it feels.......off there is some attempts at humor and the simple yet elegant system of combining elements is gone (no more steam element ????) makes me sad... Im sure it'll be a decent game but no where near as epic as magicka 1 is right now. the only thing going for it is a working multiplayer

 

[Trapfly]

I was playing on bananas difficulty and couldn't kill even the basic goblins but only with the larger rocks
Am I just rusty or is the enemy health regen too meaty compared to other spells damage output?
Other than that tho, it was fine
Of course the difficulty is supposed to be hard but come on, man

I've beaten chapter one and made it to around wave 10 in the challenge map on bananas difficulty. My advice is to bring friends, and use weapon enchanting to out DPS the monsters.

 

[Solanales]

I've beaten chapter one and made it to around wave 10 in the challenge map on bananas difficulty. My advice is to bring friends, and use weapon enchanting to out DPS the monsters.

A few more specific tips:

• Mash SDF repeatedly and spam that as a quake, because it outdamages monsters in bananas mode, stuns them, and affects a large group at once.
• If you see goblin bombers, immediately throw fire at them. Barring that, !EDDDD and wet yourself to survive the initial barrage.
• Don't bother charging shards or beams in bananas mode, because enemies outheal the shards and take forever to bring down with even a full arcane beam.

 

[JKX]

Alright thanks for the tips with the bananas. It looks like I am a bit out of shape when it comes to wizardry.
But yeah to stay on the topic, I was enjoying the dialogue enough to smile at it. I noticed some repeated jokes here and there but it's no biggie and the changes they made really don't bother me too much since the game is as over the top as ever

edit: ok I just figured it out after playing the game again. bananas is what it says every other difficulty is fine.