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Review Academagia - the Magic of Text

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Jason, Sep 12, 2010.

  1. Jason chasing a bee

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    <p><a href="http://captaind-pc-gaming.blogspot.com/2010/09/pc-indie-game-review-academagia.html" target="_blank">CaptainD's review</a> of <a href="http://www.academagia.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Academagia: The Making of Mages</strong></a> had nice things to say about the text-heavy, magic school RPG.</p>
    <blockquote>It's a bold experiment, and it works in many ways.&nbsp; Action junkies are obviously not going to enjoy this, but if you're looking for something different / like reading and want a more interactive experience / hanker after the days of text adventures and text-based RPGs, Academagia has something to offer you that very few other games do.&nbsp; With so many skill types and options, if you really like it then the replayability factor is quite high too.&nbsp; It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I rate Academagia a very worthy 8/10, and Black Chicken Studios deserve kudos for having the bravery for introducing something so out of the ordinary onto the market.</blockquote>
     
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  2. JackShandy Novice

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    "Few games can be called truly unique, but Academagia is probably one of them. (I may have missed out on a whole genre in my video game playing existence, I guess... but if not, there aren't many games quite like Academagia.)"

    -Oddly enough, he DID manage to miss out on a whole genre. Adecemagia belongs to the genre known as "Princess Maker" games. It's a lovely game, but not the first of it's kind.

    I just bought it a while ago. It's nice, but it's let down by horrible menu design- which wouldn't be much of a problem, if the entire game wasn't composed entirely of menus.
     
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  3. Raghar Arcane

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  4. Jason chasing a bee

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    Calling it a Life Sim would probably be more accurate, although for the purposes of the newspost I'll stick with "text-heavy, magic school RPG". Sounds less creepy.




    Also, POST 9000!

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  5. flabbyjack Arcane

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    Over 300,000 lines of dialogue and text describing how cool their magic system is
     
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  6. Fowyr Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    By the way, anyone know how to enchant items with phemes?
     
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  7. DriacKin Arbiter

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    This thing costs $25? Seriously??
     
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