ArchMage - PC Game - Reflexive Arcade

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nfsniperg's Review - August 14, 2008

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Its not what I expected...

Well its not what i expected to be. The Rune mixer didn't turn out as I expect also. But its a nice game. Not much storyline though.

The game didn't turned out to be as flexible either. You can only move left and right. And with the monsters, you can see the traditional swam and shoot and sometimes slam right at you. The graphics is somewhat good though.

As overall I rate it average. Good graphics and players who just want to shoot out thing and read less will enjoy it.

This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 4 ratings
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Jerryfish's Review - August 13, 2008 - View all my reviews (44)

Demo Version (PC)

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A rather boring shooter game indeed...

Archmage is a simple 3D, vertical scrolling shooter. Though a bit boring, the graphics are quite impressive and the audio is considerable. It has innovative characters: Instead of fighters you fly a pegasus or dragon.

Gaming however, is not that interesting. You can only move your character horizontally, causing lower mobility (unlike those in Chicken Invaders 3). The good point is those spells, which affects what you fire, add strategies and differentiates the game: not to be too repetitive.

There is also a wide array of bonuses to be picked up, some to change your projectile and some to empower your shooting attack. But once you get the Double Shoot and Rapid Fire your enemies all crumble before you - too easy.

But the monsters are too boring, just swarming down the screen and doesn't have much tricks, you only have to hold down your left mouse button and wait for the level to end, nothing will ram from the side or trying to shoot accurately. This makes the game lack of challenges, at least for the first ten levels.

Overally, an average game. Good graphics, and enjoyable for a short time. But after a few levels you get bored.

This review has an average score of 3.2 - Based on 10 ratings
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cyruszuo's Review - August 12, 2008 - View all my reviews (13)

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A fun and different shooter - play the Witch!

I'd played this shooter some time in the past and at the time thought it was a nice little Dragon Spirit like shooter, but nothing too amazing.

With the release today, I played it again, and found that I really enjoyed it MUCH more. The difference was in one simple thing, I picked the Witch instead of the Mage.

ArchMage has some decent power-ups, good sound, and pretty cool bullet effects (they stack like in Gunstar Heros). However, I was so distracted by those big flapping wings of the Dragon that takes up most of the screen when you get the Mage, that the game felt 'off' to me.

The Witch uses a much smaller flying unicorn, with all the same bullets and weapons while decreasing the distracting size of the Mage's Dragon.

Overall it is well worth a play, or a play again if you've given it a shot before and not tried the Witch ;).

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 7 ratings
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