Magic: Legends Looks Impressive
In the new trailer for Magic: Legends we can learn more about the rules of the game and the way it combines gameplay characteristic of hack'n'slash games with elements of card games.
- A new, several-minute-long trailer of Magic: Legends, a hybrid game that combines hack'n'slash with tactical card game elements, has appeared online;
- The trailer explains the not so simple rules of gameplay, which reveal an original concept behind the title.
During The Game Awards 2019 a new MMORPG Magic: Legends, set in the universe of the popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering, was announced. Throughout 2020, a few fragments of gameplay were published, but only today an extended video has appeared the web, in which game's the original and experimental gameplay formula is explained step by step.
You can see right away that the title is more reminiscent of hack'n'slash games like Diablo or Path of Exile than classic MMORPGs like World of Warcraft. The camera uses isometric view, and we eliminate hosts of enemies using several active skills.
And although at first glance the gameplay doesn't stand out from the competition, it's only after we open the skill tree that we can see its originality. Each of the spells we use during the game is a separate card, and a set of 12 such skills creates a whole deck.
Of course, individual skills depend on the class, and some spells can be mixed together regardless of their origin, which allows for many interesting configurations that diversify the game. On the one hand, we have a card game that's all about finding the right synergies and combinations, and on the other, Diablo's colorful cousin. This is another example of how two seemingly different genres can form a sensible whole.
The full version of the title will be released in 2021, and its open beta will start on March 23 (on PC only). The target platforms are PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but the game will likely work on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S as part of backwards compatibility.
