Then you add a shape, so a targeted fire spell could take the form of a missile or a ray, while an AOE incantation might be defined as a trap or a pool. From this point, a spell can be defined by its sigil, such as fire, water or ice. Your basic abilities are divided between an attack spell, a defensive "nova" shield that issues a powerful counter-spell if timed correctly, an area-of-effect spell cast on the ground, and a short-range teleport for dodging enemy attacks. The core gimmick in Battlemage is the ability for the player to craft their own spells via a system that is effective, if somewhat arcane in its implementation. Counting to ten is the first test on the road to becoming a Battlemage. Oddly, the game doesn't inform you gender is optional until after you've chosen your name, which led to me playing as a female mage called Marley. You assume the role of an initiate mage whose name and gender are yours to choose. Battlemage focuses purely on magic and mayhem. There are no swords, no bows, and none of the sneaking that you usually see in a fantasy game. Although I appreciated the effort that has gone into realising the idea, there came a point where I grew exhausted from chasing after the bloody thing.īattlemage (let's dispense with the silly "Lichdom" part, shall we?) is essentially a first-person shooter with spells. This is because Battlemage, developed by Xaviant Games, is a single, smartly crafted system deserving of a much better game to facilitate it. This bizarre thought bounced around my brain for at least half my time playing Lichdom: Battlemage - the same half wherein the game ceased to be capable of holding my attention. How long would you follow it, craning your neck out of the car window and squinting at the permanently markered words, before you decided it was no longer worth the trouble? Not while it was speeding, impressive as that would be, but imagine if, in some weird avant-garde experiment, she decided to pen Harry Potter and the Midlife Crisis on a plain white truck trailer and then drove it around the country for people to read as it passed.
Imagine if JK Rowling wrote her next novel on the side of a speeding lorry.
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