Wizard of Legend by two-person indie dev team, Contingent99, is fast paced, action packed magical wonder. If you have ever wondered what Gandalf would have been like when he was young, I’ll describe it in one word: BADASS! What can I say, this game is spellbinding.
Premise:
Wizard of Legend is based in a 2D world where magic rules all. In this world, you must be fast and creative in order to make it past your first foe. So you if like wielding the power of the gods at your fingertips, join me as we enter the world of Wizard of Legend!
Gameplay:
The game starts in modern times where you are visiting a museum with an exhibit on wizards and magic.
While you are at one of the exhibits which lets you pretend to be a wizard, you get thrown back into ancient times and find yourself amongst real magic and wizards.
You find out quickly that in order to make it in this world you have to become a student of magic.
You start off with the four arcanas, these are your attack skills. You can also enable relics that can be used to enhance your attacks or defenses. There are multiple arcanas to choose from, over 100 different spells to find and unlock. Arcanas types are fire, water, earth, wind and electricity. The arena in which you use these powers is in the chaos trials.
These trails consist of nine stages, three for each mini boss and then the final boss battle. The mini bosses, as I like to call them, each have their own element that they specialize in, which are Earth, Fire, and Water. Before you face each boss you must go through two stages of their minions.
And at first it it might seem hopeless, you face tons of minions with different skill sets such as archers, wizards, rock monsters, swordsmen and just random blobs that try to bounce on you. But each time you fail, it is not in vain because you walk away with gems that can be used to buy more arcanas.
As you power up you will be able to handle each foe more easily than before. The further you get into a stage, the more gold you collect, which can be used to buy temporary arcanas and relics. The better you match your relics with your spells, the better you will be at combating your opponents and and even turning them against themselves.
There are two things I love about this game. One, as you progress throughout the game, your enemies will evolve with your skill set, minions that were easy before are now supercharged. The layout and placement of foes on the map gets generated at random so trying to speedrun will not work. The second thing I love about this game is co-op.
Being able to play with a friend is amazing. When the battle intensifies, having a fellow wizard in the room makes all the difference.
Conclusion:
This game is a fantastic, magical, action packed game with hours and hours of endless fun. So grab a friend, some snacks, and have some extra controllers charged and ready to go because you will be binge playing this game.
10/10 Rating
Check Out the Wizard of Legend Trailer:
Wizard of Legend is available for Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Linux (via Steam), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Nintendo Switch Review
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Overall Score - 10/1010/10
I am a lifelong gamer since the days of Atari, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. I find the world of gaming fascinating, it's a place where you can immerse yourself into other worlds and do extraordinary things. As for my profession, I work on independent films as a sound mixer and sound designer. @reyesofsounds on Instagram/Twitter/youtube
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