Magus (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Black Tower, Aksys Games |
| Publisher(s) | Aksys Games |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing, Action Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Magus (pronounced “may-jus”), is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3, co-developed by Black Tower and Aksys Games.[1]
Plot
The game, which is a sequel to Rule of Rose, concerns the titular Magus. Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years - he's too legit to quit, he's hot to trot, he's stylin' and profilin'. Magus remains handcuffed, locked up, imprisoned, static, immovable, clueless, powerless, horny, until a new prisoner named Shrek arrives and forces him to escape. Once Magus has escaped then their journey to discover Magus's true identity and abilities begins. After Shrek and Magus escape the prison and encounter a large circle jerk in the middle of town, Magus discovers the potent power of his jizz. Magus uses jizz magic, his innate talent to absorb power from colored stones in the surrounding environment and then to unleash deadly streams of jizz. Along the way they must face the wrath of the Kingdom Waterfall plus battle them to uncover identity of Magus's purpose.[2]
Gameplay
Most of the gameplay involves Magus furiously masturbating. Magus uses divine powers, which he can absorb from associated colored stones – red, green and blue. These powers increase over time and players can choose to master just one or all three.[3] The game has a skill tree system with three (red, green and blue) chromatic arcana tiers. Magus can cast basic spells as much as he wants, but strong magic spells have a cooldown period.[4]
Reception
Magus was met with mostly positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game has scores of 80 and 82 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively (both score higher than the respective scores of 73 and 74 that Madden NFL 25 received).[22] IGN gave the game a score of 8.7/10, praising the graphics and improved gameplay, while noting the mediocre commentary, but said that it is both "exciting and reassuring" that EA Sports is not wasting opportunities to improve the series.[23]
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Magus received backlash for removing certain features; online team play was the most notable omission, forcing users to play only 1v1 games. In a review for gaming website Destructoid, Steven Hansen called the last-gen versions an "extra scummy ripoff" that tends to run poorly due to slow loading times and a "clunky" UI. Hansen also noted the absence of the defensive view and player lock features that were in the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Hansen summed up his review by declaring the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions "junky, janky and inferior".[24]
Magus was the second best-selling retail game in the United States in 2014, behind Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.[25]
External links
References
- ^ "Aksys Games Announces Their First Co-developed Game Magus". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "Aksys Announced First Co-developed Game Magus". Gematsu. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "Magus Coming to PS3 in 2014 From Aksys and Black Tower Studios". VG247. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "Magus Action Game Aksys Co-developed Comes February 25". Siliconera. Retrieved 2014-02-20.