Many shortcomings but can still play a games website "mechanical wizard" preliminary review

  Many disadvantages, but still worth playing - Mechanical Wizard review

Game name: Mechanical Wizard

English name: Technomancer

Type of game: Role-playing (RPG) game

Game Production: Spiders

The game was published by Focus Home Interactive

Game platform: PC

Release date: June 29, 2016

Set on Mars, The Machine Wizard allows players to move between science fiction and fantasy, using not only magical skills, but also a variety of high-tech weapons. The story of the game changes with dialogue choices, and includes five endings, as well as a weapon crafting system that allows players to change equipment as they fight.  

Screen: 8 points  

The mechanical wizard game screen is still relatively excellent, whether it is the light source or the feeling of the skin, or the Mars gray scene is very in line with the game's division, and it is also very delicate. However, there is always something abrupt or incongruous about the picture from time to time. The most typical is the cut scene, when the screenshot looks OK, after moving up, I always feel that the expression of the character is a little unnatural, some skin laughing meat does not smile feeling, very uncomfortable.

Judging from the still picture, the quality is still good

Music and sound effects: 6 points

If the graphics are a plus, the music is terrible, at least the first level of the soundtrack can only be described as incoherent, the tune is monotonous, the rhythm is weird, the combat music style is weird, perhaps the production team to use this music to accentuate the atmosphere of the game and the alien style of the Martian surface. But for the author, the music is too boring, too weird, too theatrical, and a total torture.

Compared to the music, the sound effects are excellent, whether it is the percussion of weapons, the sizzle of electricity, the screams of enemies and the roar of the main character.

The overall score is 6, barely passing.

Game system 8 points

Mechanical wizard game system is a highlight, talent, attributes, skills three systems have their own characteristics, all need to add and cultivate, the direction of training is not the same fun is different. There are weapons and props production system in the game, after destroying the enemy there is a chance to search for props, which increases a lot of fun.

Combat system: 5 points

Four two with two Kings - can play a good hand of life miserable, the production team is really capable. The four-series weapon should have been quite an interesting system, but this fun was completely ruined by the boring battle flow, the whole battle is you clap one I clap one, hit a dodge a process, the enemy is hit completely no hard straight, unless the paralyzing effect, otherwise you are not safe at any time. The difference between a staff attack and a one-handed knife is that there is a high damage point, a low damage point with a pistol, basically no difference, the shield mode brain will only be used, the magic attack casting time is touching and the recovery time is slow, basically unreliable.

When the attack felt a bubble, like in the paper people flapping without force, the stick hit the enemy like in the air, but in the running, turning and slowing down this disgusting place is exceptionally delicate, can not help but feel that the production team's energy is put on this unreliable place. Because the enemy is often clustered, basically is a hit, dodge, run two steps, and then hit this super boring cycle, play a few times will be bored.

It's a 5, not even a 6.

Plot: 6 points

This game is set in the water resources gradually depleted Mars, government forces to prey on the people, the protagonist as a mechanical wizard is about to save the world. The background setting is very fashionable, but the performance is lackluster, the NPCS in the scene are basically unable to talk and interact, and there are no side tasks, a main line goes to black, the feeling is set for the purpose of setting, and the sense of plot is superficial.

Overall score: 6.5

To be fair ign's 4.9 points is really low, mechanical wizards have a lot of shortcomings, but there are still bright spots, the system counts as one, the screen counts as one, the cyberpunk game style counts as one, if you do not care about the boring way of fighting, players who like this style are really worth trying. But other players accustomed to top-tier titles should not take the risk.