Magicka

I learned how to spell..natural disasters.

Great fun, but crashes constantly. There's a community patch on github (Magicka Fixes V1.4) that fixes a lot of issues, but even with this, it will crash every hour or so.

The game is balanced for multiplayer; expect some seriously hard fights if you go solo.

The game itself is very funny. Very simple, but at the same time incredibly diverse combat system. It is difficult to play on the controller, so it is better to use the keyboard and mouse. There is a lot of humor in the game, it is cool.

And now about the main thing. The developers abandoned the game. Crash every 30 minutes. I played with my son, we had fun, so we went through the main story despite the crashes. I'm not sure that other players will put up with this.

The DLCs are either too hard or broken. Some don't have saves. We haven't completed any of the DLCs.

Overall, I do not recommend this product as it is technically faulty.

The granddaddy of the helldivers

currently online is broken, and sometimes crashes on startup, please fix.

It crashes upon opening. Tried five times. Every time, I see a candle, then it crashes.

Dead. Why did the devs leave a great game to die? We'll probably never know.

This game is the only unique game I found so far with some some of the best Metacritic and Positive ratings. This game is in a class of it's own. There is no other game like it. I am reminded of Street Fighter like combo spells only, instead of combo moves. The game is like fractal geometry. The game is simple to begin but eventually has more spells possibilities than any other game I have seen to date. And the spells and physics lead to the most critical, strategic situations that often have you rolling with laughter from friendly fire possibilities.

Played it once with friends, but didn't really get into it. The humor didn't sit quite right with me. Combining spells was interesting at first, but soon felt very trial-and-error-like.

still the greatest game ever made, with so much diversity of gameplay you can enjoy, pve, pvp, coop story, the system of magick is so complex that there is no end to how good you can be if you're a competitive person as well, its great, just make sure to downgrade to an older version using a guide then you're golden.

The game used to be one of the absolute best games out there, but has later become completely unplayable, due to constant crashes

i orriginally liked the game up till level 10, 10 and 11 are such bullshit and tedious especially if it fucking crashes every damn chance it can.

its even worse when it fucking crashes the pc itself and doesnt allow you to switch tabs and you are just stuck there till you restarted

level 10 nearly broke me with its bullshit boss and enemies. level 11 has the first few screens with fast and tanky enemies that one shot you. im just tired of its shit.

i will continue playing it as i got the dlc and shit but omg is this game just ass

Paradox actively sabotaged the first game, then abandoned it to look like 'simple' incompatibility issues. F*** Paradox. This game was awesome, and I refuse to touch #2 lest they give it the same treatment in the long run.

Some may consider this a useless review since i'm not providing my specs or windows version???
Regardless, the game crashes too often to be playable.

Game crashes after a few minutes

it's amazing with friend or alone like me :( but the magic is soo fun

It seems cool but it chrashes, crashes and chrashes and chashes again...

Crashes every 4.37 minutes. Added together, more crash time than game time.

fully bugged game, thanks for refund.

Don't buy it, when a game needs to be downgraded (or to user a user made patch) not to bug, it's a shithole

horribly crashes. save your money, it's too late for me.

horribly crashes. save your money, it's too late for me.

Do not buy this game, it's unplayable because it crashes all the time. Worst, they will not refund even if the game is not working.

Basically unplayable in it's current state.

We spent a few nights trying to play it group of 3 friends and spent so much time dealing with crashes and disconnections we didn't even finish a single chapter.

Don't bother buying it anymore unless they release an update.

Very fun and goofy, and infinitely more fun with friends.

Crashes every 5 minutes and has no UI scaling options so character dialogue is nearly unreadable.
Beautiful looking game and seems like a lot of fun, but it's impossible to play. I even tried and failed to improve the crashing with community fixes to no avail.

Really solid game, doesn't take itself seriously and is fun to play with friends.

The writing is funny, the gameplay is clean and overall I really enjoyed the story.

Constant crashing. No UI scaling.

I'm thoroughly convinced no one at Paradox or Arrowhead played through the game a single time. It crashes all the time without fail. At one of the chapters, the game consistently crashes. One might be able to brute force to get through that area, but as someone who's completed it and crashed about 6 times now, I think it's a safe conclusion to call this unplayable.

It crashes all the time

It completely kills my internet whenever I join multiplayer or host multiplayer. Crashes because of this. It seems like such a fun game, but this makes it unplayable for me. Maybe it would work singleplayer.

best magic system and implementation ever.
want to make a wall of clouds that shocks enemies as they enter? done.
want to make land mines that make enemies attack their friends? done.
want to accidentally kill your friends with meteor shower? so very done.
(don't worry you can revive them after)
rather play with a sword? no problem!
flaming, exploding, freezing, soaking, confusing, healing, etc... it's all possible.
Did i mention custom armors, auras, beams, spikes, etc? no? how about ak-47s? it is all here baby !

unstable

Glitchy and crashes constantly. Unplayable. Hopefully Magicka 2 will be more stable

Crashes constantly on Windows 11. :(

Wanna hop into this being one of the indie classics but gotta give it a negative review for now. They gotta fix the crashes man it doesn't let you play for more than like 20 minutes.

I like it. But you could update this one because it keeps crashing for no reason.

no

It was a good game when I originally played it, but sadly its unplayable now. frequent crashes and unable to join or host even a LAN multiplayer game is disheartening. This game ran better when it could be torrented 10 years ago. However now, you cant even play coop.

Not sure what Magicka 2 is like? but when I've paid so much for DLC over the years, its kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.

There are work around's if you can be bothered to downgrade and fix the game yourself. But it seems Paradox wont.

it could be an amazing experience if it wasn't unplayable godforsaken trash

Constant crashes. Do not buy unless you want to get in the weeds downgrading to older versions, etc etc etc...

Game is too linear. I love that magic system, its really good made. If u add that player can manipulate with history, that will be perfect

Fun game, crashes on windows.
You need to get fix patch from internet to really play this.

Game become very slow and crash often for no good reason. I can no longer recommend this game.

One of my favorite games. Unfortunate that it crashes so often.

Font size is so small you'll need a magnifying glass to read it. Crashed 3 times in the 0.7hrs I've played it. Mouse and keyboard controls are wonky at best, darn near unplayable most of the time. Controller configuration is undocumented, so had to use trial and error. All spells seemed over powered, enemies died almost instantly. Villagers also died almost instantly, even when we weren't targeting them.

The element-mixing mechanics are creative and fun, especially in multiplayer co-op where the enjoyment is amplified. While the story feels somewhat light and frivolous, it fits well with the game's overall relaxed tone. The only downside is the high control demands on controller players in multiplayer mode, which could affect the experience for some.

Great game back in it's time, but currently unplayable. Needs remaster\update to stably work on current systems.

Used to be unstable but fun, oh how I miss those days.
Now... It's unstable AND not fun because of the constant crashes. Blep.

Save yourself the frustration and play Magicka 2.
Or... if you want to play this game, you gotta tweak your settings.

Super crashy

This game, minus the crashes, is every childhood dream came true. It feels like you're doing complex hand signal akin to what shinobis in Naruto are doing. In real time. Props to AH. 10/10.

Ps. Use 1.5.10 for full experience