#wizard of legend 2

[demonbunny5]

The Marvelization of dialogue is a blight on all forms of media and writers need to learn when to let a character shut the fuck up.

Wizard of Legend 2's demo just came out with the steam next fest and the game is constant fucking noise with NPCs making the most surface level quips about every little thing you do in the game.

Grab a pick up? Better make a quip about it!

Smash a breakable object? Quip!

Do literally fucking nothing for a bit? Oh you know that deserves a quip!

Annoyance is magnified because the first game was fucking stellar and managed to weave a compelling world with very little dialogue at all. There's juuuust enough sprinkled around to give you a picture of a wider world without being heavy handed or in your face. Case in point: The opening of the game/tutorial is a modern day setting in a museum with an exhibit on the titular wizard of legend. Your character gets sucked into the past by a weird artifact, and when you eventually beat the game (which will probably take a while because the game is hard as balls) you get sent back to your own time. All the museum displays on the wizard of legend's favorite spells/robes/relics/etc. turn out to be the build you had on your winning run.

It's a cute framing device, but it also feels like the tip of a much bigger iceberg for worldbuilding. Part of the tutorial is museum docents handing out demo arcana to let visitors experience what it's like to be a wizard. NPC parents with their kids say they love to come to the museum to get a chance to shoot fireballs. Some of the visitors are in wizard robes, but they explicitly refer to them as "costumes." All of the exhibits imply that the events of the game happened in the distant past. Are there still wizards around today? Did my character come to the museum because he's an actual student of magic, or was he just the equivalent of a wizard fanboy? There are electric lights and camera phones, are those magic or just regular technology? So many questions, so much potential room to explore in a sequel! I was excited to learn more about the world, and instead I get some dickhead doing let's play commentary over my runs.

Also doesn't help that the first game had beautiful pixel art and the new one looks like it's trying to ape Hades' aesthetic as hard as possible. It's infuriating because the core gameplay is still in there! It's still just as fun, and putting together a sick arcana combo is just as satisfying. But it's all drowned under ten layers of bullshit made to dress it up like something else. Even the fucking wizard selection at the start of a run seems like it was ripped out of Rogue Legacy. Really feels like they had an incredible first attempt and then immediately lost all confidence and just started shoving whatever they saw someone else do into their game. Granted it's a demo and early access, but so far it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

Anyways Wizard of Legend 1 is one of the best roguelites ever and you should go play it.

[dragaorpg]

Roguelite Wizard of Legend II entrará em Acesso Antecipado em 3 de outubro de 2024

Desenvolvido pela Dead Mage e publicado pela Humble Games, prepare-se para mergulhar novamente no mundo caótico da magia e do mistério em Wizard of Legend II. Wizard of Legend II será lançado no Acesso Antecipado em 3 de outubro de 2024. Com base no sucesso de seu antecessor, esse roguelite promete uma série de novos recursos, incluindo visuais vibrantes em 3D, modo cooperativo para até dois…

[savingcontent]

Roadmap released for Wizard of Legend 2 from Early Access to 1.0

Continue reading Roadmap released for Wizard of Legend 2 from Early Access to 1.0

[grinds-n-games]

Steam Nextfest - Wizard of Legend 2

This week is Wizard of legend 2 demo from @contingent99 I really enjoyed the first game and WoL2 is a solid upgrade from the original. I really like the movement and elemental combat, its so good. watching cooldowns has never been so fun #Blog #Indiegames

[knightofthenewrepublic]

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[larrytheflute9]

The Prince of Hyrule

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[ceruleanfuckup]

My roommate just gave me a steam deck for free 👀 that means I have access to playing Hades 2 again. 😭🙌

[tinyetoile]

Was thinking about the Lore™ adjustments/expansions for the timeline of my Zelda story and felt like drawing the Prince of Hyrule from Zelda 2

I imagine he was like. A normal person with normal person flaws and vices before the magician came along and started encouraging all of his worst impulses.

After he got his sister cursed, he refused to be crowned as king, and ruled with the title of prince his entire life.

[onaslansside]

Since I haven’t seen anyone else on tumblr point out this thing about the dimension in Frugal Wizard’s Handbook ... okay, so, the only place nearby that might have stone fortresses is

which seems to be Wales

where there was a kingdom established between the Roman and Norman invasions

One that bitterly opposed the invading Anglo-Saxons

Guys, do you remember that the name Arthur probably means Bear? And that the earliest stories about him come from Wales?

I mean, this universe’s version seems a bit *dark* but uh

That's the Welsh spelling of it all right.

I waited for several chapters for a plot twist to reveal Mordred.

And this is where I *knew* I wasn't imagining things because “the Battle of Badon” has a Wikipedia page.

"It is chiefly known today for the supposed involvement of the man who would later be remembered as the legendary King Arthur;"

AND. THAT LINE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BADON. IS SANDWICHED BY TWO PAGES WITH DOODLES. OF A LADY COMING OUT OF A LAKE WITH A SWORD.

In conclusion, this dimension features a King Arthur who has used dark magic to fight Norse gods.

[an-organized-confusion]

I should be going to bed.

But I’m amused how in 2-3 of my AUs, one could pull out the “you’re not you, when you’re hungry“ joke with.

iZombie - ‘cause zombies. Especially Team Z: Janus, Virgil, and the twins. Though I see Remus ribbing Roman about that one the most. “How about we go to Lo’s [work]place (morgue) and grab a snack (brains)?“ (Never mind how Roman do be struggling the most with this mess.)

Begotten - Well. With Beasts the hunger is like metaphysical stuff. Not-exactly-nice acts to provoke and feed off strong emotions in humans (usually some type of fear response.) Like in iZ!AU - the Beasts are the same dudes on Team Z. I can’t help but think the twins may end up garnering a reputation like, “The Draconic Thief (Roman) & The Tentacled Deep Sea Vandal (Remus).“

Gymrat - The most banal version of this trope. Since it’s a realistic, slice of life AU. So an actual Snickers bar might get produced in the situation at hand. I think from most to least prone to getting hangry (extremely loosely):

Roman (look, this man is already highly emotional and dramatic)

Remus (especially when particularly anemic or in pain)

Virgil (especially when already stressed/cranky)

Janus (especially during a flare-up - cranky from pain and a bit more hungry thanks to corticosteroid usage)

Logan (more likely to compound moments where dude just needs to go find a quiet place to scream about customer BS)

Patton (man’s disciplined, what can I say?).

Only real question mark is with the Promethean!AU. Yeah, they can eat food... but their bodies are like alchemical furnaces getting fueled... rather than something more visceral/natural? It’s not as pressing to address, besides Trying To Appear Like A Normal Human Being.

[hithisismyrandomblog]

It's been almost a week and I still can't forgive Arcane for making Blitzcrank an orphan Where the fuck is my two dads~ Blitzcrank after the arcane 2

[jjspina]

New review of Gateskin Chronicles 4: Search for the Medallion!

[misterbaritone]

Ever notice that Djimon Hounsou is often too good for whatever movie he’s in?

[xboxissues]

New Xbox Games for May 22th to May 26th 2023

[edennill]

Hobbit music genres:

Cautionary Tale About How Listening to Wizards Will Get You Eaten by A Dragon (But With a Happy Ending Because We Aren't Barbarians)

That Time the Major Ended Up Looking Ridiculous

My Uncle Grew The Biggest Cabbage Ever

Making Fun of Lotho Pimple

Something That Might Have Been a First Age Legend But Went Through Several Fairytales and Is Now Unrecognisable

Something That Might Have Been a Newer Legend and Is (Only) Somewhat More Recognisable

My Grandma Lost Her Prized Saucer

I Am Not a Poet But the Lass I Love Is Pretty

I Like Spring and Flowers

Fireworks!

We Are Tooks and Gandalf Is Actually Fun

Tooks Are Weird

Bucklanders Are Also Weird And Breelanders Are Weirder

Cautionary Tale Why Boats Are Dangerous

Islands Are Dangerous Too (We Heard One Drowned But We Thankfully Don't Know Any Details So We Made Up a Story About Giant Turtles)

There Might Have Been an Elf in the Wood and We're Not Sure How We Feel About That

Gondor music genres:

My Love Got Killed While He Was in The Army

Let's Lament Lost Numenor

Rousing Patriotic Song

We Still Love The Tale of Beren and Luthien

There Once Was a Mortal Man Who Killed A Dragon and We're Very Proud of This (The Rest of the Story Is Horrible and We Don't Want To Remember It)

Origin Story for the Mysterious Singer By the Sea (Accuracy Level: 2/10 But At Least We Correctly Guessed It's an Elf)

Ithilien Is Occupied By Mordor and This Is Sad

We Will Show Sauron Not To Mess With Us

Drinking Song With Way Too Nice a Melody (A Wandering Minstrel Made It Up and He Might Have Been an Elf)

The King Will Return. One Day.