Magus (2014)

Aksys Games, Black Tower Studios

PlayStation 3

1.86 from 7 ratings

29 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 9 backlogged · 4 wish listed

In a world of fire and water, an unfathomable power waits. Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years. His crime is unknown; his history is a mystery. He remains locked up, powerless, until a new prisoner named Kinna arrives and she aids him in his escape. So begins their journey to discover … Read more
In a world of fire and water, an unfathomable power waits. Magus has been imprisoned in a tower in the Waterfall Kingdom and tortured for years. His crime is unknown; his history is a mystery. He remains locked up, powerless, until a new prisoner named Kinna arrives and she aids him in his escape. So begins their journey to discover Magus’s true abilities—chroma magic, his innate talent to absorb power from the colors green, red, and purple in the surrounding environment to unleash deadly attacks. Along the way they must face the wrath of the Waterfall Kingdom and battle them to uncover Magus’s ultimate purpose. Why has this mysterious woman decided to help him? And why now, after all this time? Read less
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Details

Developers
Aksys Games, Black Tower Studios
Publishers
Aksys Games
Genres
Adventure, Racing, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action

Release dates

  • Feb 25, 2014 (North_America) PlayStation 3
  • Jun 04, 2014 (Europe) PlayStation 3
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Kory

Review Kory 3/5 · Jan 20, 2021

Competently Made Blandness

Game Summary : Break out of jail and learn that you're a god! Apparently being a god means spamming the same attack over and over to defeat meaningless waves of enemies. Some plot happens.

Review Portion : This very much feels like a game from a group of people making their first game. The plot is actually a very cool …

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Game Summary : Break out of jail and learn that you're a god! Apparently being a god means spamming the same attack over and over to defeat meaningless waves of enemies. Some plot happens.

Review Portion : This very much feels like a game from a group of people making their first game. The plot is actually a very cool concept, but isn't at all fleshed out. Dialogue is terrible. There's an interesting item system where you can destroy equipment for stat boosts, but it's very much broken. The powers seem more interested in showing off what effects they can use than really being helpful or mechanically unique. To its credit, the game never broke. It may have been mediocre every step of the way, but it worked.

Summary : A totally serviceable game that does nothing well enough to be able to suggest it, especially at its current price. Not great, but not broken or so bad that it's good. If this didn't have a rare physical release it would be absolutely forgotten.

Personal Score : 6/10

"Objective" Score : 5/10

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PinutButter

Review PinutButter 1/5 · Apr 4, 2020

Bad, but it's a kind of bad you eventually get used to by the end

Can't speak for the "so bad it's good" stuff as I barely listened to any of the pointless dialogue, but the gameplay itself is absurdly monotonous and if I said this was just a port of a mediocre PS2 game, you would BELIEVE me.

At least the PS NOW free trial platinum trophy was quick (for the love of God …

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Can't speak for the "so bad it's good" stuff as I barely listened to any of the pointless dialogue, but the gameplay itself is absurdly monotonous and if I said this was just a port of a mediocre PS2 game, you would BELIEVE me.

At least the PS NOW free trial platinum trophy was quick (for the love of God though, PLEASE make sure the game is set on easy mode as you play it, you'll waste so much time on Medium)

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