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Heavy on the Magick (1986)

Gargoyle Games

Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum

2.00 from 2 ratings

8 members have it in their collection · 3 backlogged · 1 wish listed

Axil the Able stood in three inches of stagnant water and surveyed one of the most dismal dungeons he had ever been thrown into... 30 seconds earlier, he was sitting in front of the ox-roast in that famed haunt of the Occult. The Golden Thurible engaged in his favourite pastime of Wizard-Baiting. What a good story Axil was telling - … Read more
Axil the Able stood in three inches of stagnant water and surveyed one of the most dismal dungeons he had ever been thrown into... 30 seconds earlier, he was sitting in front of the ox-roast in that famed haunt of the Occult. The Golden Thurible engaged in his favourite pastime of Wizard-Baiting. What a good story Axil was telling - a new one about Therion, a certain Moon creature and a rather gullible Elf- really, the sudden silence ofhis audience should have warned him. The crowd parted as Therion strode across the floor, dangerous in all his 10 degrees. Therion raised a twig-like index ringer and flung Axil several hundred leagues across Graumerphy, into the dungeons beneath the dreary castle called Collodon's Pile. Read less
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Details

Developers
Gargoyle Games
Publishers
Gargoyle Games
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy

Release dates

  • 1986 (Europe) Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
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Rating distribution

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Review scoopings 3/5 · Jul 29, 2023

Unique Graphic Text Adventure With RPG Elements, But Not Worth Exploring Deeply

Look: 8/10 Interesting how you see the character moving on the screen. Also interesting how it plays like a text adventure but feels like an RPG. I like how the text adventure part is in the center of the UI. enter image description here'

The walking animations seem very advanced for their time, at least for a Speccy game. Those Trolls are real …

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Look: 8/10 Interesting how you see the character moving on the screen. Also interesting how it plays like a text adventure but feels like an RPG. I like how the text adventure part is in the center of the UI. enter image description here'

The walking animations seem very advanced for their time, at least for a Speccy game. Those Trolls are real freaky looking enter image description here

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Sound: 7/10 Great intro music, otherwise no Sound really except Speccy clicks.

Play: 7/10 Not a fan of it being real-time rather than turn-based. Nor the usual text adventure/RPG style sudden deaths.

Feel: 7/10 Not sure if the Look can get me to push through this. The text adventure commands are really dragging down the potential RPG in this. It is fast-paced enough, but I see I'm not even halfway through and it's alreayd starting to drag... and what an insane amount of navigation

Attachment: 6/10 Welp, I thought maybe I would push through in the end, was about to go through the Wolf-Door and then some giant enemy appeared and killed me in 2 hits :-p Unfortunately, the cool Speccy Look and unique mix of text adventure and RPG aren't enough to get me to play through it again. I should've been saving throughout, but indeed, the fact I didn't feel like it says a lot heh.

Completion: About to enter the Wolf Door Playtime: ~25 mins

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