Blood of Magic is a small open world role-playing game with turn-based battles. Other elements include crafting, town management, recruitment, and exploration which help improve your experience in Auguston.
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
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| English | Y | Y | Y |
Needs a lot more work at the moment. I like the concept and the direction but it feels to clunky.
Abandonned...
Abandoned long ago. Early access strikes again.
Had quite a lot of potential, but alas is one more dead game in Steam's Early Access graveyard... Gotta keep telling myself not to pay for an unfinished game.
Nie wieder Early Access :(((
Abandonware, don´t buy
DO NOT BUY THIS AT ALL!
Still early access after 3 and half year.
Das könnte eines meiner 20 besten spiele sein wenn der Dev seinen arsch bewegen würde. Das "Projekt" Ist wohl schon abgesagt worden.
SCHADE!
Abandonware. Don't buy.
Abandonware. Don't buy
Not sure why this is still for sale. It never made it out of alpha and it was abandoned. it's long dead.
The devs took the money and ran. Don't buy this game.
Abandoned
Beware! Abandoned game.
Abandonware do not buy.
R.I.P. this game. It showed a good potential, though.
This is a dead game do not buy
Abandonware
Abandoned :/ I bought it pretty early and am regretting that now. Better and more complete games are available for cheaper or free...
This is abandonware, hasn't been updated properly in at least a year, no noticeable improvement at all since it entered Alpha. DO NOT BUY!
Pretty cool start, invested because I wanted to see it develop. Came back to see how it had progressed, found out it hadn't. This isn't a game, it's a demo, and in it's inactive state shouldn't even be sold on steam.
Over full year with no updates, don't touch this game it is a hideous blot on my steam library.
This HAD potential. It was a pretty decent game when it came out. However we have not seen any updates or improvements made what so ever. At its current state I cannot recommend this game to be purchused, unless you want to have some fun for a few hours then realise thats it, nothing else will be added.
Like many gamers, I have a lot of games in my library than I have time to play them. So, when I play this game 1 year later after I purchased it, only then I realized that I have bought an abandonware. This game is so poor that it is the first game that I would like to get a Steam refund for. Too bad that it was already 1 year too late for me to get a refund. On the upside, it was cheap enough to serve as a lesson learnt for me.
To write a little on the gameplay, I only 1) walked around in the village and 2) played 2 combats and it was sufficient for me to determine that this game is rubbish. For example, I was told to talk to somebody in the inn at the second floor. I walked a few steps in the inn and the camera will swing 90 degree without making any sense. Moving another few steps and it will swing me another 90 degree, again for no reason. I have to find the second floor by strafing and walking backward in the inn. It also happend in another building, so it wasn't a flux. Enter any building and the game will take the camera control away from you.
As I was fumbling in the in, the wooden walls reflected such a strong lighting that it hurts my eyes. And I did not even change any graphics setting in the game. On the combat section, a lot of the combat commands cannot be used and I certainly could not see any kind of "potential" the rare few reviews have mentioned before.
I have always discounted negative reviews with less than 2 hours of gameplay as irrelevant as certainly, 2 hours is too short a time to give any fair review to a game. But this game totally changed my mind. It was bad enough to inspire me to write a caveat emptor review immediately.
Do not buy. Not even for a few cents.
Coulda been great. Isn't.
Abandoned.
Sad.
This game had a lot of potential. I loved the consept and if devs are no longer dev'ing maybe find somebody to take over.
Abandonned way too early, not much to do.
Abandonware. Not updated in half a year, do not buy.
сэкономьте время и деньги, проект брошеный долгострой, увы
This game sure has potential, but it seems totally abandoned by the developer. If you read the last update news, the developer states that this game is to be developed together with the players (what a farce!). In reality there is NO communication, no updates and nothing on the discussion boards. The only thing that is happening, is an ever larger discount on the game, which leads me to believe its a final attempt to cash in on a failed EA game.
I hope the developer proves me wrong and gets the updates going and I will change my review in an instance but until then... STAY AWAY and save your cash!!!
(P.S. There seem to be no Steam Trading Cards even though stated on the store page!)
This game had a lot of potential but it's far from a finished product. Unfortunately it appears to have been abadoned. No word from the dev since August. Not even a peep.
So is this game dead? Did they stop updating it? What the hell is going on!
On first look, I think its fun. Its REALLY rough right now, but it should polish up nicely. Playable for sure. I am glad I supported it and look forward to future updates
Has potential but it's very early days. The controls are clunky with no remap available for several keys (such as run - which you will need often), you cannot turn left or right whilst running and run will randomly lock giving you no option but to mash keys in the hope it stops or reload from your last save. The very first quest is impossible without grind, collectable resources respawn almost instantly after you collect them, there is no map that I know of, and there are many other minor issues at the moment. Steer clear for now but keep an eye on it. Usually I would refund something that is this early in development but as long as they keep working on it this could turn out to be a real bargain. Fingers crossed because as it is now you are likely to just spend two hours running around picking up plants and rocks then dying.
found some initail hicups with the download and verify..
but after playing i feel this game has a unique concept and playability.
This said the work the dev's have done and hope they will continue to do is very good.
Have a go at it . *Thumbs up*
Игра развивается как-то странновато, к сожалению хоть и наиграно менее 2 часов, в рефанде отказали т.к. куплено 25 декабря 2015 года.
Не стоит тратить деньги на это говно :(.
Байки про рефанд на весь период раннего доступа именно байки, по факту - в возврате средств отказывают.
Обновление:
Прошел год с момента покупки и теперь уже есть полная уверенность, что игра уже точно не будет из себя представлять хоть что-то адекватное :(. Овно овном в общем :(.
Даже разработчик, кажется, понял какая фекаль у него в итоге получается и забросил проект...
For the price, this is a very very nice game. Especially given the early level of development. I am a fan of supporting indie games. This game is one of the reasons.
So I've clocked a good chunk of hours into this game, beat it 3 times, and did everything and have followed the updates stringently. For someone who wants a AAA rpg or a generic wrapped up dungeon crawler, look elsewhere. Blood of Magic is the definition of homebrew, but that is not a bad thing. The developers are kind and keep in touch, and every aspect of this game, flawed or fabulous, is unique. I reccomend this game to those who enjoy some good turn based combat, or even town building, as raising up a small woodland town to a big fortress is a very satisfiying feeling. Watching this game grow is going to be awesome, and I'll be in Auguston (main town) for all of it.
A possible gem in the making.
So far my experiences with this game are meeting my expectations and it has given me already a good value for money. Especially the fast and dedicated responses of the development team are well worth mentioning. This I have experienced myself in direct contact. I think that here is a strong focus and a strong motivation to make this project as best as possible or even beyond that. So I am glad I took the step and did investing in this game and the people developing it. For these reasons this game gets my recommendation!
[UPDATE: 04-01-18]
At this moment it seems that development has stopped and therefore I change my recommendation into a don't buy.
[UPDATE: 31-05-20]
Definitely a no go, no buy. Abandon Ware!!
Still available on Steam shop, asking myself why Steam isn't taking this down and perhaps takes some kind of responsibility in these kind of cases! This industry needs a big change in regard to customer services.
Game needs a tutorial. Its still very early alpha but without a tutorial you have no idea whats going on and you feel confused on what to do and where to go. Also the tutorial should include controls. I was in game couldn't find inventory or how to escape to mainmenu had to force close out to leave the game. at this time i wouldn't recommend the game until they get a proper tutorial explaining what you are post to be doing in the game and a controls tutorial and quest markers etc.
since there are no quest markers you have no idea what NPC'S need help and where to go when you do get quests.
The first review I give has to be a negative one, sadly.
I am, so far, massively disappointed in this game, but I have only played for about an hour. So take what I say with a grain of salt.
Pro:
- It's cheap
- The promised features are intriguing
- It only has like 1.5 GB data space
- The music is acceptable
Con:
- The performance isn't good, although my computer is stronger than the recommended settings
- The controls feel clunky and really badly done
- The whole UI is pretty much crap at this point
- Every fight I have done so far was utter ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, since the enemies literally refused to move
- The battles are massively slowpaced and feel like a sickening chore
- The font the game used is hard on the eyes
To be perfectly honest, there are a lot more cons so far and I haven't even listed all of them. I literally found almost no pro. If you are interested in this game, you should definitely wait until it's out of EA, maybe you can enjoy it then. The features might become well executed and you might be starting to have fun.
If you can grab it in a sale for like 3 bucks, you could also invest in it.
A couple of things to say about this game.
1, Well, let me just start off by saying that the game still needs a lot of work.
2, Amazingly however, I find myself drawn to the different aspects that are offered in the game.
3, Strong points are mostly found in the micromanaging of your adventurer crew, from gathering potions to finding newmembers.
4, Though the game looks a bit shabby from afar it looks quite crisp when turning everything up to the maximum.
5, Every fight you start has an entertaining quality, though at the beginning you rage at their evading, the fights offer a lot of good points. For example:
a, Obviously the wide array of abilities and attacks that you can use on your enemies
b, Focussing on one enemy at a time, while using those special abilities, creates a wonderful combo-attack feeling.
6, Money in the game is a bit hard to come by, it's far too easy to spend all the cash in the beginning and it's not quite clear how you could make more, besides slaying enemies.
7, On the long run the areas to discover are way to few, but obviously this will be dealt with in the coming months as the game expands
8, None of the armour is bound to a single class, which I find a good thing, you can just buy armour upgrades and use it for whatever means you want to
9, Everything together looks like a fun and exciting game, though it obviously needs some finishing touches and more areas to explore, the potential of this game is very big, and it could become a very popular game, though with a niche crowd, mind you.
verdict: Yes, this game is recommendable
So I've only played an hour so far, but I have yet to win a battle. I think I technically won a battle, but everyone in my party but me died and I died on the next battle obviously. I think? I purchased new equipment in town before going out. I have some quests from town, but I can't win a battle, so I am not having any luck completing a quest. Game sounds like a good idea and it may get there, but so far, not much luck enjoying the game.
Also, I've saved my game twice now on two different restarts and neither game will load. The first one just loaded a grey screen. The second save loaded a partial view of a town with grey all around it. I appeared partially buried in the ground. I was unable to even move on either save game. So I die every battle and now I can't even try again because my save games aren't working.
The combat is long and painfull and often, which makes the pain more frequent. I never made to the first quest as I was engaged in combat four times. Each battle taking about 10 minutes and its turn based. Also, I even had to reload the crossbow (for one of fighters not me). Graphics look OK and music was nice. Wonder how the rest of the game is???
I dont do alot of game reviews lately because there isnt much to get excited about out there, and then I found this game.
Imagine a game that brings the old school feel of Dungeons and Dragons to the modern gaming platform. The world you will discover in Blood of Magic is full of mysteries and wonders. You will enter this world as the hero, an Arcanist. The Arcanist is a fighting spellcaster, using both sword and magic to deal with his enemies. There are quests to be completed to help the town you will oversee. You decide your character and your party members progression. You have the abiltity to build new buildings, upgrade them, hire new unique party members, gather resources, craft new items and more. You take control of your party members in turn based combat against challenging enemies. You decide who you want in your party based on their abilities and the situation. With the gear you craft and aquire, you can outfit your character and party members. There are unique and power items awaiting your discovery. Powerful bosses threaten the peace of your town, will rise to the challenge?
The quick responses from the developers at Stoneworks Games have earned my trust in an early access. The game is currently alot of fun, and there are plans to make it even better. If your looking for a good old school style RPG but enjoy the beautiful graphics of todays games, give this product a try, you wont be let down.
Не смотря на то, что игра еще в альфа тесте, да и в версии 0.2, она подает большие надежды. Есть моменты геймплея, которые еще необходимо исправить, есть некоторые баги, но игра уже выглядит впечатляюще и многообещающе. Надеюсь, что этот проект не будет заброшен на стадии беты, как тот же DaYZ.
Idee Graphik und Sound sind nicht schlecht, aber das Spiel ist noch weit entfernt von spielbar. Das Balancing ist noch nicht wirklich gut, Spielstände sind bei neu laden nicht mehr nutzbar, und zwischendurch hängt man einfach mal fest und kann nichts mehr machen als alt+f4 um da wieder raus zu kommen. . . Ich denke ich kann das Spiel im jetztigen Zustand nicht empfehlen, aber ich werde definitiv in 2-6 Monaten nochmal reinschauen um dann evtl nochmal meine Review zu ändern.
I reviewed this game back in 2016 praising it. The game was a turn based, RPG that was easy to get into and was interesting.
But when I played it, updates were being pumped out and everything was going steady. Well, the game is now dead. No more updates, no more bug fixes, which leaves a big, fat clunky mess.
You still can't build the town, the enemy is so strong it is borderline impossible, the story consist of fight bandits, fight orcs, build town, one of those objectives doesn't even work!
This game is one of the reasons why early access gets a bad rep. Because it WAS good, now its a massive let down.
I talked with the dev, this game is going to become AMAZING !!!,
He told me they are going to replace every model, graphic asset etc with AAA quality !!! they also hired a talented composer for sountrack that knows hans zimmer ! They are working very hard on the game and will become a great great RPG through time.
Also, the turn based combat already feels great in this alpha !! It will only get better the dev told me they are going to add full of stuff, i mean it wont be the same game, but you already see the talent here, i feel it !!!
Can't wait to see this game evolve into a kickass strategic RPG <3
I recommend all my friends to join the trip !!!
