Magicians & Looters
- July 1, 2014
- Morgopolis Studios
- 12h median play time
Get on Steam"Magicians & Looters" is a single-player Comedy Action game with an excellent leveling system focused on exploration and a completionist-friendly loot system. Play as one of three students with unique combat styles, racing to rescue your kidnapped teacher through the treacherous Morg Mountains. With a fantastic soundtrack, creative equipment combinations, and the option for abridged dialogue, this game offers a hilarious and engaging experience.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a fun and humorous metroidvania style with entertaining dialogue and a quirky storyline.
- It offers a unique mechanic of switching between three characters, each with distinct abilities, enhancing gameplay and exploration.
- Despite its short length, the game is packed with secrets and collectibles, providing a satisfying experience for fans of the genre.
- The graphics are considered unpolished and unattractive, which detracts from the overall experience.
- Controls can be clunky and unintuitive, with a lack of options for customization, making gameplay frustrating at times.
- Some players found the combat to be simplistic and the overall difficulty to be unbalanced, leading to a less engaging experience.
- humor52 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its humor, featuring a well-written storyline filled with funny dialogues and clever jokes that resonate particularly well with fans of RPGs and gaming culture. Players appreciate the option to experience the story in both full and abridged formats, with both versions maintaining a comedic tone. Overall, the humor is considered a major selling point, enhancing the game's enjoyable gameplay and vibrant graphics.
“The humor in this game is great!”
“Everything about this game is well done: kickass music, lovely graphics, and great writing with the perfect smattering of humor throughout.”
“Very fun game with humorous writing, fluid and fast gameplay, and three characters you regularly switch between who all play differently.”
- story40 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The game's story is characterized by a humorous and action-packed narrative centered around three protagonists on a mission to rescue their mentor, featuring witty banter and clever references to gaming tropes. While the plot is considered shallow and silly by some, it is well-written and offers an entertaining experience, especially with an abridged version that retains much of the humor. Overall, the dialogue and character interactions are a highlight, making the story enjoyable despite its lightness.
“Actually has an entertaining story worth reading.”
“Your party of three don't always get along, and so they make jokes at each other's expense throughout the story.”
“You can play the game's story in full or abridged (changed via the options menu), and even the abridged version, which changes most conversations to only a few lines, is still quite funny if you know the full version.”
“The story, characters, and script are original, but the dialogue (especially among your party characters) can be hit or miss at times.”
“The plot is a little silly for me, but the gameplay is great and has a real metroidvania feel.”
“Story is not very deep.”
- gameplay38 mentions
- 26 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally well-received, featuring a solid metroidvania feel with tight controls and a unique character-swapping mechanic that allows players to tackle challenges in diverse ways. While some find the pacing slightly slow and the graphics unpolished, the engaging mechanics, entertaining dialogue, and humorous writing contribute to an enjoyable experience. Overall, the gameplay is described as fun and fluid, with enough depth to keep players engaged for several hours.
“Love the mechanic of using different characters with different abilities to progress and tackle certain bosses and enemies in different ways.”
“Very fun game with humorous writing, fluid and fast gameplay, and three characters you regularly switch between who all play differently.”
“The controls are very tight for the most part, and the gameplay is solid throughout.”
“The graphics seem unpolished, the dialogue is childish, and the gameplay itself is simple and not very exciting.”
“- character swap mechanic is underutilized.”
“The pacing is ever so slightly slower than I'd like, but the rest of the gameplay makes up for it.”
- music24 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 21 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its quality and ability to enhance the overall experience, with many noting its epic nature and situational appropriateness. However, some players find it can become repetitive and annoying over time. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a strong element that complements the game's humor and atmosphere.
“Everything about this game is well done: kickass music, lovely graphics, and great writing with the perfect smattering of humor throughout.”
“The music is great; it goes with the situation.”
“What makes the game great is the humor along with the music.”
“The music gets repetitive and annoying quickly.”
“The music!”
“(Except for the warp rooms, you'll always notice the music there.)”
- graphics22 mentions
- 18 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are described as pixellated and reminiscent of classic titles, which some players appreciate for its nostalgic value, while others find them unpolished and rough. The art style may initially appear uninspired, but it has the potential to grow on players over time. Overall, opinions are mixed, with some praising the graphics as charming and fitting for the genre, while others criticize them for lacking refinement.
“The graphics are pixellated in such a way to faithfully recreate many aspects of SOTN and other MVS of that time period.”
“Everything about this game is well done: kickass music, lovely graphics, and great writing with the perfect smattering of humor throughout.”
“Awesome art style.”
“The graphics seem unpolished, the dialogue is childish, and the gameplay itself is simple and not very exciting.”
“The artwork is kinda rough looking and isn't pretty at first glance.”
“Being self-aware about an uninspired aesthetic is not a replacement for such.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Players appreciate that the game eliminates traditional grinding, opting instead for a leveling system that rewards exploration. This approach allows for the discovery of weapons, armor, and accessories through gameplay rather than repetitive tasks. Overall, the absence of grinding enhances the gaming experience.
“I wish there was more emphasis on leveling up and finding weapons, armor, and accessories through exploration instead of grinding.”
“The game would be much better if it focused on exploration for leveling up and finding gear rather than forcing players to grind.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game offers minimal replay value, yet it is considered a great experience by players.
