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Posted March 10, 2015
Magical badassery.

<span class="bold">Lichdom: Battlemage</span>, a first person game about being a wizard, is available now on Windows, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 60% launch discount!

<span class="bold">Lichdom: Battlemage</span> is your opportunity to unleash a flurry of combat spells and magic upon an army of the supernatural. It's your opportunity to, for once, be an absolute magic wielding badass. Forget what you know about playing the caster, there are no mana bars or cooldowns here. Two magical gauntlets, and thousands of spell combinations - you are your spells. <span class="bold">Lichdom: Battlemage</span> draws inspiration from the combat systems in titles like Skyrim and the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic but does so with its unique, constantly no-holds-barred action and stunning visuals. Magic is pretty. Pretty cool that is.

Unleash a flurry of elemental destruction in <span class="bold">Lichdom: Battlemage</span>, available now DRM-free on GOG.com. The 60% launch discount will last for one week, until 1:59 PM GMT on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
Posted March 12, 2015
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deonast: Now when will I get time to play it.
Right now.

And spreat the word, for how good it is, the game doesn't get nearly enough attention.
Posted March 12, 2015
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deonast: Now when will I get time to play it.
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Fenixp: Right now.

And spreat the word, for how good it is, the game doesn't get nearly enough attention.
No not right now. I had only 3.5 hours ish sleep last night and I would like to try and get closer to 5 tonight so I can go out without falling a sleep. When you look tired in bars the bouncers think you are drunk and want to throw you out.
Posted March 12, 2015
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deonast: No not right now. I had only 3.5 hours ish sleep last night and I would like to try and get closer to 5 tonight so I can go out without falling a sleep. When you look tired in bars the bouncers think you are drunk and want to throw you out.
Just do what I do, forget bars and play Lichdom!
Posted March 12, 2015
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EBToriginal: Another generic subpar stinker for the catalogue.
Doesn't look all that generic.
Posted March 12, 2015
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omega64: Doesn't look all that generic.
'Cause it's not, I've never played anything quite like it and boy, have I played a lot of games in my life. Just ignore the troll I'd say.
Posted March 12, 2015
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EBToriginal: Another generic subpar stinker for the catalogue.
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omega64: Doesn't look all that generic.
30 years of gaming has ahown me enough that it rather is.
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Posted March 12, 2015
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EBToriginal: 30 years of gaming has ahown me enough that it rather is.
Do point me to games with at least similar mechanics. I love the game, so I'm intriqued.
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Posted March 12, 2015
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Crosmando: This game kinda epitomizes what I dislike about magic in video games - spells are always overwhelmingly "shooting" ones, interestingly enough that's what annoyed me about magic in Harry Potter - practically all spells (except potions) where about shooting bad something at an enemy.

I'd love a game where magic is actually a utility to solve problems, come up to a massive bottomless chasm in a dungeon: Use levitation spell to pass. Find a farmer whose crops have failed and his family are starving - use a druid/nature spell to make his crops grow.

You'd think in a world where magic is commonplace that the wizards would come up with spells to make life easier, not just more ways to kill things.
Risen has plenty of utility spells, including Levitation to cross over chasms and reach otherwise unreachable places, transformation spells that let you turn into a tiny creature so you can fit through the crack in a wall, spells that unlock chests, spells that let you trigger out of reach levers to raise gates or disable traps, etc etc.
Posted March 12, 2015
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EBToriginal: 30 years of gaming has ahown me enough that it rather is.
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Fenixp: Do point me to games with at least similar mechanics. I love the game, so I'm intriqued.
I'd say the closest is Dark Messiah of M&M, playing a mage ( but with less shielding/dodging and more kicking :p).
But yeah I can't think of many alternatives to this game, unless you ignore the spellcasting and crafting system and see it as just another linear FPS.

Tbh, I only bought it because I love playing mages in games, and wasn't expecting much given some of the reviews, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. It's pretty fun so far, even if I'm not a fan of having limited options at the start, I really wish they'd just enable all mechanics and give you all sigils right away.
Posted March 12, 2015
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mystral: I'd say the closest is Dark Messiah of M&M, playing a mage ( but with less shielding/dodging and more kicking :p).
But yeah I can't think of many alternatives to this game, unless you ignore the spellcasting and crafting system and see it as just another linear FPS.
Yeah, Dark Messiah would be an obvious comparison, but even that is a far cry from what Lichdom actually is. I wouldn't even really call the game a first person shooter as the skillset you use in a usual shooter is quite a bit different from the skillset you use to play Lichdom (it's a much slower experience with a lot less importance put on precise and fast aiming). It is linear tho. One of my major complaints.

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mystral: Tbh, I only bought it because I love playing mages in games, and wasn't expecting much given some of the reviews, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. It's pretty fun so far, even if I'm not a fan of having limited options at the start, I really wish they'd just enable all mechanics and give you all sigils right away.
Yeah, the beginning is quite slow. However, if I recall the patch notes correclty, after you unlock fire, ice and kinesis, you will then get a full list of sigils to pick from. It used to be that you only ever got 2 to choose from. I can't verify whether I understood the patch notes correctly as I am planning on replaying the game when I get a new GPU, not trying it now quite yet.
Posted March 17, 2015
Is 36 eur a discounted price ???
Posted March 17, 2015
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shd: Is 36 eur a discounted price ???
Nope. The discount ended 7 hours ago.
Posted March 17, 2015
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shd: Is 36 eur a discounted price ???
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Grargar: Nope. The discount ended 7 hours ago.
Damn! just found out about it :(
Posted June 28, 2015
Hmmm this game really makes my video card work hard and run hot!

edit: Seems if i do vsync Lock-30 my card runs a bit cooler, but the framerate has a much larger hit than i expected. Think i'll mess with the settings when i'm not in a boss fight...
Post edited June 28, 2015 by rtcvb32
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