Mages of Mystralia Reviews

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8 / 10.0
May 18, 2017

The basic hack-and-slash action is simple enough to get the job done, but reconfiguring your spells to overcome each puzzle and combat challenge is consistently rewarding

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6 / 10
May 18, 2017

Mages of Mystralia has charm and a lot of heart, but it falls a bit short of delivering a memorable adventure.

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7 / 10.0
May 18, 2017

It's a decent adventure with varied combat, cool boss battles, and semi-interesting locales. I'm going to keep at it until I've obtained everything there is to obtain, but even then I know I won't have seen everything there is to see. Some of the neatest stuff possible isn't scripted in by the designers, it's waiting to be imagined and created by an aspiring magician.

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TheSixthAxis
Steve C
Top Critic
8 / 10
Jul 5, 2017

Mages of Mystralia is a cracking game. It successfully captures the feel of 16 bit adventures and combines them with a fantastic spellcrafting system and the sidequests and character development of modern action RPGs. It isn't the longest game and some may find the price a little steep given how cheap so many PC games are, but it definitely deserves to do well and I would highly recommend picking it up, even if you wait until a sale discount.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 17, 2017

Mages of Mystralia, as one of the biggest indie prospects of 2017, presents an amazing adventure that, by an incredible magic crafting system and a gorgeous setting, offers an unforgettable journey, which will everlast with deep attachment.

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7.7 / 10.0
Jun 10, 2017

Mages of Mystralia is a nice action-adventure-GdR to play and to see, thanks in particular to its great magic system and its mix of genres.

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79 / 100
Jun 7, 2017

Mages of Mystralia not only encourages you to mix and match to your heart's content but requires you to do so.

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GameMAG
xtr
Top Critic
8 / 10
Sep 3, 2017

Mages of Mystralia developers did not just create a fairy-tale world, but also filled it with interesting puzzles, characters and story. Puzzles are closely tied to logic and a magical constructor and bring a lot of pleasure. But most importantly, we were presented with a great magical system, which allows you to create the most incredible and effective spells.

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Drew Leachman
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2017

I really enjoyed my time with Mages of Mystralia. It's a neat little game that has a lot of heart.

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Jan 11, 2019

Mages of Mystralia is a bright, colorful, and engrossing take on adventure gaming with only a few stumbles.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 20, 2019

Mages of Mystralia is an incredible little indie title that offers surprisingly deep gameplay mechanics, that offer some nice replay-ability to a campaign that keeps it short and simple.

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6 / 10
Jan 29, 2019

Mages of Mystralia's spellcrafting system is a distinctive, signature mechanic. The appeal of the game lies in keeping things just interesting enough to compel the player forward in a colourful setting – finding new runes to unlock new spell possibilities, dropping new story beats to bread-crumb the fantasy plot along. Rewarding puzzles and memorable bosses round out an enjoyable adventure that, even at a leisurely pace, can be explored in under 10 hours, but Mages of Mystralia really could have used some tweaking in its travel and combat, and ends up feeling merely good, rather than great.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 22, 2017

As a fantastic adventure wrapped in a halo of magic and innocence, Mages of Mystralia takes us back to the nineties, bringing together many of the key points that brought this genre to success. A game for everyone and especially for the people who are nostalgic.

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Aug 29, 2017

Mages of Mystralia is not without its shortcomings, but its gameplay is too fun not to recommend. Through the use of an insanely clever system of spell-crafting, there's just the right amount of challenge in combat and puzzle-solving to be had. By pairing a lighthearted adventure with solid gameplay mechanics, there's something here for everyone.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 12, 2019

A charming adventure game with a fun spell crafting system. It is a lot of fun to play for the first few hours but suffers due to repetitive combat and a touch of poor pacing. Nevertheless, Mages of Mystralia is a fun one if you need something on the lighter side of things.

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4 / 5.0
May 18, 2017

Mages of Mystralia is an energetic and clever action-RPG, set in a vibrant and colorful land with a dark history.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jun 1, 2017

The fact remains, despite drawbacks, Mages of Mystralia is a promising start to Borealys' life as a game studio. There's abundant charm, tight controls, and enough ingenuity to make me confident that Mages' real story is only just beginning. Bring on a Switch version, and bring on a sequel!

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9 / 10.0
Jul 4, 2017

Mages of Mystralia mixes clever spellcasting and magical customization in a fun fantasy realm that players won't want to leave.

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9.2 / 10.0
May 18, 2017

Fans of the classic dungeon crawler games or just fans of The Legend of Zelda, owe it to themselves to play Mages of Mystralia. It’s fun, short, and it’s made of the stuff that made us love fantasy adventure games to begin with.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jan 8, 2019

Not everyone will have the same aversion to the combat style utilized in Mages of Mystralia, but on a personal level I felt that it overshadowed the rest of the experience. To get the most out of the gameplay the focus will need to be on the spell crafting, a unique and clever mechanic the developer deserves praise for. If you have a higher tolerance for cheap deaths than I do, it's possible you could enjoy this action-adventure title much more than I did.

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