Description
The world exists apart from Chaos through the use of a Magical Crystal. This crystal gives life to the world. Outside the realm of the crystal's power, there is Chaos -- no sunlight and no magic.
The world is made up of Elves, Humans, and Dwarves, though the dwarves have moved underground. Through trickery by a wizard who wanted to destroy the crystal, the elves waged war against the humans in an effort to destroy the crystal. However, the humans were able to defeat the elves.
The wizard did not like losing and has brought the undead and other monsters into the world to destroy it.
It is up to you to search for and find this crystal in order to prevent the chaos that is threatening your world.
Characters in the game will respond to your actions as well as live their lives without your intervention. This allows the game to become that much more real as you take your character through quests in an effort to locate the crystal.
You may choose from four characters for your own character (three types of mages as well as a mage that specialized in tactics). Then choose upgrades for your character and find various armors, weapons, and artifacts to help you on your journey. You may recruit units to help you in your quests as your travel throughout the lands.
A very unique piece to this game is that you can view the entire map by scrolling around... but if you move too far from your units, you will start losing mana.
Alternate Titles
- "魔法之战" -- Chinese title (simplified)
- "Магия войны: Тень повелителя" -- Russian title
- "Tribute to Magic" -- Working title (original demo version)
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The Press Says
| Game Captain |
May 24, 2004 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
| Imperium Gier |
Jul 07, 2004 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
May, 2004 |
71 out of 100 |
71 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Apr 30, 2004 |
63 out of 100 |
63 |
| PC Action |
May 24, 2004 |
61 out of 100 |
61 |
| Withingames |
May 12, 2004 |
3 out of 5 |
60 |
| Yiya |
Jun 10, 2004 |
9 out of 15 |
60 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Mar 22, 2004 |
11 out of 20 |
55 |
| Joystick |
Apr, 2004 |
5 out of 10 |
50 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Sep 11, 2006 |
10 out of 20 |
50 |
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Trivia
Battle Mages won "The Best Debut” award at the First Russian Computer Game Developers Conference (KRI2003) in March of 2003.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Riamus (8147) on Mar 12, 2004.
