Magicka 2 Review (Sargoth)
DON'T BUY THIS GAME
I loved Magicka 1 and had a lot of fun there, so I expected at least the same from the sequel.
Unfortunately, Magicka 2 is an obvious neglect from the developer.
- We played a 3 players Co-op and finished the story in 7 hours (when reading all dialogs, searching for hidden stuff, experimenting with stuff, changing outfits, taking breaks...) If you go just for the story, you can do it under 3 hours.
- No PvP arena. Like WTF? If you just want to have some PvP fun with your friends, you have to do it somewhere during the campaign as there is no "arena" map.
- It has much less spells than Magicka 1. They didn't even copy-paste the same spells, they just copied only a part of them. Less interactions, less combinations, less fun stuff to do.
- Additional content like trials/challenges is just a cut part of the campaign. Kill the same boss, okay, done in 1 min on hardest, next "challenge".
- They try to milk money anywhere possible. Skins, items, some "scenarios" to play. When the base game is this shit, you can't justify asking for money to add more. This (and much more) should be in the base game.
TLDR: If you like this genre, play Magicka 1 instead and avoid Magicka 2 like a plague.