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[Vertigon]

Hrm... my demo isn't working D:
It gets to about the fourth note of the song and then closes.
I'm fairly sure it's not a problem with my hardware, this computer is brand spanking new and Magicka doesn't require an incredibly high-end video card, but I'm stumped.

Obviously help would be appreciated, I really want to play this since I convinced three of my friends to buy it and play with me :I

[Soulwynd]

Anyone want to start compiling cool spells?

Arcane+Shield=Magic landmines

Lightning+Arcane=Wreck some shit

Arcane+Shield+Healing=Kickass healing landmines that pretty much instantly fill your healthbar.

I killed everyone with shield+stone+fire... Volcano spell.

And I have 2 things to say about the demo:

KALIMAAAHHH KAAAALIMAAHHH (Indiana reference)

And:

Yes it's a lens flare.

[Cthulhu]

Has anyone figured out what the auras (Shield+Element cast on yourself, maybe Shield+Arcane+Element, I don't remember) do?  I noticed you spread them to units that touch them.

[Frumple]

Something buggered up while installing the steam demo

Giving it a re-install, but I'm guessing I'm waiting for the non-steam one to come out. Sad times.

E: Apparently my graphics card doesn't support whatever sort of Direct3D Magicka needs. Bummer.

[Bluerobin]

Frumple, DirectX threw an error at me when it was installing but the game ended up starting just fine. Maybe see if you can figure out what it need installed and do it manually? I definitely recommend trying, because this game would be pretty great as just an arena/sandbox and that's only one of the play modes.

[Frumple]

No, no, my graphics card doesn't support it. Nothing the software side can to do about it. Integrated piece of junk. I'll try again when there's a non-steam demo, whenever that comes about.

[Bluerobin]

Has anyone figured out what the auras (Shield+Element cast on yourself, maybe Shield+Arcane+Element, I don't remember) do?  I noticed you spread them to units that touch them.

Shield + element auras negate damage (or healing) of that element on you, from what I can tell. It get's really annoying when you accidentally life + shield yourself because you can't heal yourself until you replace the aura.

[Soulwynd]

You can then nullify the spells cast on you. I really love the shield + element combo spells.

Can't wait to see how these spells interact with other players spells tomorrow. Like how you can join beams and cast them at the same time, which you cannot do in single player. Should be fun.

[nenjin]

The demo is great fun, can't wait for tomorrow.

A few bugs in this game though. My game crashes at the cave in the woods every time I get to it. Seeing some performance degradation too. Managed to bug the game out when:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The attack near Gram's, I esploded like 5 goblins and myself when I lit their bombs on fire. It LOOKED like I went sailing off the screen...but then my trajectory brought me down near the edge of the map. Everything was dead, but the camera remained fixed to the encounter perspective. So I had to drown myself.

The aura as said protect you and people within the radius from the elements. But it means you can't use it to go into a crowd of guys and spam AOE.

I love how everything in this game is ridiculously OP, and there are no controls on it. You can annihilate everything on the screen with a frost/arcane AoE, followed by some lightning, just as easily as you can commit suicide with one stupid attack used on yourself. Add in friends, and the most challenging part of this game is going to be figuring out where to stand so you don't die.

[Mindmaker]

Damn, if I only had know they would release a demo.
I bought the game without hesitating.

Hope it was the right choice.

[Farseer]

I love how everything in this game is ridiculously OP, and there are no controls on it. You can annihilate everything on the screen with a frost/arcane AoE, followed by some lightning, just as easily as you can commit suicide with one stupid attack used on yourself. Add in friends, and the most challenging part of this game is going to be figuring out where to stand so you don't die.

To quote myself: "WOOPS I CAST THAT EXPLOSION SPELL ON MYSELF"

I can't wait 'til we join us a bunch of arcane spells.

[nenjin]

So I got sick of the crashes, reinstalled the demo, and turned shadows and decals down to medium. (My crash reports were pointing to "out of video memory" errors....and I have a 512 card and 4 gigs of ram.)

It ran fine all the way to the end. (And damn them for knowing their marketing!) So I dunno, problems solved I guess.

Anyone get around to imbuing their weapons? To me that's just like the extra slice of cool in the awesome pie. There are a few different weapons/staves too, that impart benefits. All in all its a tidy little package.

[Farseer]

How do you imbue your weapons? I couldn't work it out. Shift+middle mouse click didn't do anything except kill me.

[nenjin]

Cue your elements, then shift + left click to add it to the weapon. When you swing the weapon with shift left click again, it discharge a spell.

[Farseer]

Holy crap, sword attacks are powerful. 4 lightning and 1 arcane applied to your sword gives you an absolutely amazing weapon for despatching groups of enemies.

You can also make straight wall barriers using the sword.

Tip: Whilst charging / casting a spell, you can prepare another spell. It's extremely useful.

EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that goblins always ride you into your AoE effects? It's going to be crazy when your team mates are using them.

"GUYS THERE'S A GOBLIN ON MY BACK DON'T USE AN ELECTRIC SHI - Aww fuck I'm dead."

EDIT2: There's a "You have to burn the rope" reference on the very first boss. Insta-kill!