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Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic

Description

The Art of Magic is a 3D role-playing / strategy hybrid.

Apprentice wizard designs spells, summons creatures – if this sounds familiar, you’ve probably played Mythos Games’ 1998 strategy game Magic & Mayhem. The Art of Magic revives the concept, spiced up with 3D graphics.

In search for his kidnapped sister, the young mage Aurax confronts evil wizards in battle to claim their powers and increase his repertoire of magical formulas. Although Aurax learns powerful destructive and defensive spells, he will only survive by summoning creatures to fight at his side. To replenish his magical energy, Aurax has to conquer and hold mana wells; his opponents will try to do the same. If you destroy the opposing wizard, the level is won. Not all missions are straight battles; for example, you’ll have to sneak into a troll camp unnoticed or explore a medieval sewer.

The Art of Macic’s most intriguing feature is the portmanteau, a spell construction set. Each reagent can be placed in a talisman of either the alignment good, neutral or evil to get one of three possible spells; you have to decide which enchantment is most useful for you at the moment. In the course of the game, you will find more, and more powerful, reagents.

Alternate Titles

• "Magic & Mayhem 2" -- Common Title

Part of the Following Group

• Magic & Mayhem series

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User Reviews

Neglected Treasure - when game design was an art	Max Overdrive (4)
Rather like a charismatic but abusive spouse	ShadowShrike (313)
Masterpiece - hugely underrated work of art	Hollyoake Addams (10)

The Press Says

4Players.de	Nov 06, 2001	80 out of 100	80
ActionTrip	Oct 22, 2001	78 out of 100	78
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 2001	77 out of 100	77
GameStar (Germany)	Nov, 2001	70 out of 100	70
PC Games (Germany)	Dec 17, 2001	69 out of 100	69
Armchair Empire, The	Oct, 2001	6.5 out of 10	65
GameSpot	Oct 29, 2001	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 02, 2001	11 out of 20	55
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Nov 20, 2001	5 out of 10	50
Svenska PC Gamer	Dec, 2001	43 out of 100	43

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Trivia

The game was largely developed by Charybdis Limited, but when the company closed down in April 2000, Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. moved development to Climax Nottingham, which happened to be the company where most of the former Charybdis Limited members had flocked to. This means the game was in fact developed largely by a single team, but under two different names.