Mages of Mystralia Reviews

Super fun!

One of the best magic games ever made.

Fun game where you get to be creative with magic. As good as an indie game gets, really.

I tried to like this game but whenever I sat down to play it, I never felt like I was having fun. I really enjoyed the spell creation. That mechanic of the game is sweet. The art style is cute and the atmosphere is charming. It does a lot of things right and checks a lot of boxes for me. The reason I can't recommend it is because I felt like the combat just wasn't very fun. Weird because I really enjoyed making different spells and trying them out. I don't know maybe the enemies and death were too punishing? I felt like every time I died and respawed it was a chore to make my way back to where I was. Enemies' ranged attack aim is insanely good. It's hard to see them too when there's a lot on the screen. If you DO see it, it's often too late if you're not already moving because of the clunky controls. I feel a simple dodge roll with a few iframes would have really helped the flow of combat feel better. I know there's a spell you can make that acts like a dash but swapping spells mid combat can be clunky. Also I know you can make a shield spell, BUT when there's a ton of ranged attacks coming at you you'd need to continuously block and it just drains your magic. I'm usually one to finish games. It's rare I quit in the middle of a game but if a short game like this doesn't grasp my attention in 9 hours, I doubt the ending is going to blow me away and turn my opinion of it around.