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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:29 Hades II
1:25 Computers are magic (AD)
2:30 Hades II (continued)
3:40 What now?
4:08 Davigo
5:55 Descent into madness
7:18 Sorceress
9:00 Wizard of Legend 2 Demo
10:56 Wizard with a Gun
12:10 Blade and sorcery
12:26 Rumble
15:15 Astral Ascent
18:12 Noita
21:40 Goodbye wizard games
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[@TheStellarJay]

Break up with basic browsers. Get Opera GX here: operagx.gg/TheStellarJay2 Originally I had a Blade and Sorcery review in here but I cut it because the full version came out and I obviously can't review that in just 3 days, follow up video coming soon for that 😎Other than that, tried to focus on more less known games, GL, send me your wizard games, love you bye.

[@nathangunter7045]

Wizard101 for sure

[@berg5332]

have you tried crosscode?

[@thekatdev6007]

Deleting my comment? Man you know your advertising spyware.

[@ToadSlurper]

wow cant whait for the state of wizard games 3 part 2 the end

[@emanuelseibert3790]

Hey, Jay. If you put skyrim in the tier list of wizard games, maybe you should try out Morrowind. Is not stricly a wizard game, but magic is so ingrained in it's system that playing without it would be like choosing to run a marathon with your knee-caps surgically removed. And it is so fucking fun to mess with the magic system omfg

[@lilmushoom5381]

my favorite wizard game moment has to be when I cast fireball (microwaved honey bun) on Voldemort (my bald ass neighbor) irl

[@trishaguyot2873]

😟

[@gallantbug6542]

(ʘ ʖ̯ ʘ)

[@MaVerik1727]

🗿

[@bowmanhann448]

Voldemort(homeless man outside my house)

[@mr.pickleworldbuilding]

Tell me more

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

The noita cycle: 1- "hmmm What do I play?" 2- "Been some time since I launched Noita" 3- get Noita'd 4- Ragequit 5- repeat

[@dr.unventor]

That’s actually so real

[@sleepdeprivedidoits]

Get noita'd lmao

[@doom4627]

When I die in Noita I laugh

[@EvelynNdenial]

my problem wasnt being noita'd but being noita'd in the same way every time and having no real chance to get to the good stuff. so i got the true random spell distribution. so now any spell can spawn in any shop and on any wand. i haven't dropped into a area only to get blasted by an omega blackhole from a wand some guy picked up, but im holding out hope.

[@Drekromancer]

Some people will say it's a bullshit tactic, but I play with the Start with Edit Wands Everywhere mod, and it's a game changer. You get to do the fun part of the game - wand tinkering - from the start, instead of having to wait to have fun until you beat a level. And for those who would call that unfair, I raise you this: if you can consistently teleport into and out of the Holy Mountain to edit wands, then you're basically just using Edit Wands Everywhere with 10 minutes of unfun backtracking crammed into it. So I just chose to remove the unfun backtracking part. The game flows so much better from that one change. I can't recommend it enough.

[@kamm3021]

🛑 Fun Fact: original 2 devs of Wizard of Legend 1 sold rhe company to (Dead Mage) that's the company who made this horrible sequel, that's why it sucks

[@medievalpainting801]

:(

[@yasquishyboi902]

good to know, im immensely sad to learn this

[@dominikmagnus]

sad fact

[@c1majesty85]

Dead Mage is also the company that made Children of Morta, which he put in C Tier on this list

[@andrzejsugier]

Oh. That explains why it feels nothing like the original, and didn't retain any of its great qualities.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

The Wizards of Legend 2 commentator was PROBABLY an attempt to do something like Darkest Dungeon, but that game has: 1. Excellent writing 2. A slower pace 3. An amazing VA

[@callofcthuwu2601]

I think it wanted to be like Hades

[@thegodofwood_]

I hate wizard games. Just the other day, a wizard (my neighbor) casted a fireball (microwaved honey bun) on me irl

[@KoffeeKiwi]

I see what you did there😂

[@lilmushoom5381]

hair issue

[@professionalfool1]

i have a theory...

[@Kooczsi]

Hmmmmmmm…

[@7HEMUFFINMAN]

@@lilmushoom5381 "Voldemort" is crazy though

[@jacksonwells4089]

Noita: You couldn’t live with your own failures, look where that brought you……… back to me

[@Drekromancer]

me every 3-6 months

[@mailcs06]

Noita is peak wizard game

[@mailcs06]

Noita is peak wizard game

[@epicloler2236]

Niota is the type of game where after an hour of experimenting with early game spell combos, a slight tweak turns you from "focus on surviving" into "my frames dropped from how much damage I just did to that small gremlin". No joke, on one of my runs I was fiddling with a wand in the first holy mountain and somehow achieved 15k damage and forgot to take a screenshot of the combo. I tried to further optimize the wand and ended up undoing it and haven't been able to replicate it since. Now I call it the greek fire incident because for a second there I had done the equivalent of inventing napalm in ancient greece.

[@lonestarr1490]

I never managed to survive long enough to even find another wand and try out creating combos. This feature read so great on the Steam page but the game never actually let me do it. It's too hard for its own good.

[@laurasibob1106]

My very first win of the game was me finding fire immunity, explosion immunity, gunpowder trail and firebolt. Also I think I had something that duplicated my projectiles a lot but I am not sure what. either way my run after a point consisted on pressing leftclick and trying to find my way down while surviving with 5 fps because the second I stopped shooting I would die to enemies that were way above my paygrade. Thankfully komi is weak af if you dont have orbs :)

[@evilbarrels2506]

You probably did some spell wrapping without realizing, and applied some buffs to your spell twice. If you put a modifier spell on the end of your wand, it will "wrap" and cast the first usable spell it can find on your wand. If your wand also starts with modifier spells, then it will also cast all of those when it wraps as well. If your first castable spell is "chainsaw", or a different spell that reduces recharge rate, then that reduction stacks with each cast, including when wrapping spells. All it really takes to make a good wand is a combo of four spells: a multicast, a low-cost damage spell, a recharge reducer, and a 0-cost modifier. Then the only limit is how much mana the wand has and how fast it regens. Also fixable with an "add mana" at the start of the wand if you can find one; though you'll need another chainsaw on there since that modifier adds recharge time.

[@anusaukko6792]

@@lonestarr1490 I feel as if Noita should honestly change the description a bit and include words like ''brutal, unforgiving, unfair etc'' because it gives you a semi-false impression of ''oh cool a game with physics and magic stuff'' when in actuality its one of the most unfair games I've ever played.

[@andyentity3034]

@@anusaukko6792Noita used to have it's own category called suffering, but unfortunately it's gone now (and yes, noita was the only game in the entire category)

[@NedInYaHead]

Book of Hours has been described as a wizard game in the traditional sense of wizards - the kind that stay cooped up in their towers reading books, learning the workings of the world, attempting greater and greater spells until they have the necessary knowledge to change the nature of reality itself. recommended if you're into cosy games with a lot of mystery and great writing. 10/10.

[@Nat-ri3ip]

YEah. Never felt more like a wizard than when playing Cultist Simulator. I don't know what I'm doing and I'll end up mad but by the Sun In Splendor I will send sentient fireballs after the magic police.

[@lonestarr1490]

Did this video give off the impression to you that the Jay might be into cozy games?! But I thank you for your recommendation.

[@Drekromancer]

@@Nat-ri3ip The moment when you finally figure out how to summon alien gods hits like a dopamine freight train 😤👌

[@Drekromancer]

@@Nat-ri3ip Also, this is maybe the most on-brand thing I've ever read from a Cultist Simulator player. Cheers for summarizing the whole game in one sentence. 🙂

[@tzaphkielconficturus7136]

Oh, that's out? Can you actually do more than summoning in that one? That was my only real gripe with Cultist Simulator.

[@shoeless_man]

Some Earthbenders find the term 'wizard' an insult...

[@TheStellarJay]

Your videos are why I bought Rumble ❤️

[@amusicalmemoirs]

​@@TheStellarJay Don't encourage Shoeless. He just wants to play Rumble instead of making high quality videos...

[@BilboSoaps]

The goat of earth bending content

[@alpaxolotl]

@@TheStellarJay same

[@Inthesanity]

@@amusicalmemoirsdo you want feet picks or something?

[@adamle1067]

You know its a wizard game when youre fighting using a wikipedia page just to know what the spell does

[@ValTheVillain]

the arcane pages of the glass tomes are often quite fickle, one must understand their nature before they might understand their content

[@chickennugget6684]

I can barely describe the experience of booting the Wizard of Legend 2 demo with the only expectation being 'more Wizard of Legend' and then all the bricks just slowly falling as i saw every strange choice they made.. I do wonder what Dead Mage is thinking here.

[@andrzejsugier]

Same. I had to second-check if I didn't missremember the name of the original, the drop in quality in every aspect of the game was astounding.

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

Noita forgets about fantastical wizarding and just says "Yeah you thought casting a 'Mega death cross' on top of yourself wouldn't instantly kill you? are you dumb?"

[@masterpiece3263]

can't wait to watch the state of wizard games 4 (GRAND finale)

[@rawallon]

And the sequel: state of wizard games 69 (GONE WILD)

[@metsug1101]

Season 7 Finale Part 6

[@dogo523]

Do we get a 120 minute long movie to end the series

[@usshared1649]

It'll just be a 2 hour noita run xD

[@ZaBoiii1620]

Season 9 episode 57 the grandest final finale

[@Kerosiin]

you saying “i could change Artemis” before lingering on naked Odysseus for slightly longer than was probably needed is a mood

[@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180]

No, lingering that long on odysseus was definitely needed.

[@icicleditor]

I've seen REAL high level Ultrakill combos. They, my friend, are doing wizardry. Coins are the philosiphers stone on a 4s cooldown and you can't convince me otherwise

[@spooderman4008]

Missed "Waltz of the Wizard". A game where you can say "summon 100 frogs" and 100 frogs get summoned.

[@Musicbox_6]

Wizard games are like tacos, yummy, but messy when you get to the middle

[@Mikeygp17]

you don't know how to eat a taco

[@Musicbox_6]

@@Mikeygp17 i have a severe problem with eating tacos...

[@AttemptedPretzelMaker]

@@Mikeygp17 buddy am I supposed to eat them vertically?

[@zoande83]

@@AttemptedPretzelMakerin some cases

[@justseffstuff3308]

@@Mikeygp17that's what people say about wizard games too so the metaphor works

[@mlk_713]

Wizard of Legend 2 seems to be made by a different team based off the developer listed on steam. It hurts to have the Wizard of Legend series worn like a skin suit to sell a completely different style of game.

[@TheStellarJay]

it is, old devs are a team of 2 that worked on the game for 8 years. They understandably wanted to take a break

[@notcarbuncle1493]

@@TheStellarJaydamn that sucks :/ i was so excited for a sequel, imo the original is one of the most under rated roguelikes of all time

[@ValeriaPaper]

The worst part is that it's made by the same people who made children of morta, which was indeed a great game 😓

[@yasquishyboi902]

sadness, pure pure sadness...i already miss it

[@Duckthief229]

Fun fact: Noita means "Witch" in Finnish

[@dustytayman6500]

Hurts my heart to see Spellbreak on this tier list. May it rest in piece, the only Battle Royale I’ve ever liked.

[@jusbetter7634]

IT USED TO BE SO GOOD THEN THEY REWORKED IT AND MADE IT ASS

[@lukegibson6044]

Wizard of Legend has fallen, billions must become warriors.

[@fartfish1880]

When I was playing the WoL2 demo, the whole time I was asking myself, "did the new devs even play the original WoL???"

[@theyellowmeaning7507]

the answer is no

[@icicleditor]

I played the demo and honestly as someone who hasn't confronted the concept of death the worldbuilding makes me feel like I'm wasting a wizard's potential each run and I don't like that! Is the first less like this? Like you don't kill a whole digital wizard each run in the first game, right?

[@vincentque1238]

@@icicleditorin the original your a tourist in a museum who gets teleported back in time to the events the museum is covering, I don’t think you die I think you just wake back up in the museum whenever you die in game

[@icicleditor]

@@vincentque1238 yay! Thank you, I'm gonna buy it next chance i get :D

[@hornetsilksong]

They already had a solid identity for Wizard of Legend, why would they throw all that away to look like a mobile game ripoff of Hades??

[@somdudewillson]

As a big Mages of Mistralia fan, unfortunate to hear that it wasn't for you. Personally I think that it is one of the best implementations of spell programming in a game that I've played. Just booted up my completed save to recall what-all I ended up making. For context, there are four 'classes' of spells in Mistralia: * Immedi - does something right away, these are generally "explosions" of the element chosen for the spell * Actus - creates a projectile (This is where the classic 'throw a fireball' spell would go) * Creo - creates something in the environment (i.e. ice element creo freezes water, fire element creo creates a pool of lava) * Ego - applies some effect to you (i.e. air element blast you forward, earth element makes a shield...or a clone) The interesting spells in my loadout at the end of the game were as follows: - Immedi Spells - 1) A point-blank lightning explosion with increased area, reduced cost, and which I could recast several times a second 2) A burst of lightning explosions randomly placed within the vicinity 3) A burst of giant fireballs randomly placed in the area - Actus Spells - 1) Five homing fireballs that bounce off of walls. And also instantly recast themselves. 2) Five long-range homing lightning charges that instantly recast themselves. 3) Five homing rocks that bounce off of walls. And also instantly recast themselves. 4) The initiator of my most complex and powerfull spell chain. Creates a single fireball, which homes in on enemies - and, on impact, casts a special Creo spell. This Creo spell creates a pit of lava - which then casts Immedi spell #3 every single tick, filling the area with explosions continuously (or at least until I am out of mana) 5) Instantly teleports a fireball inside of the target - Creo Spells - 1) Creates a localized hailstorm 2) Creates a long bridge of ice 3) Creates a long bridge of rock (for lava) - Ego Spells - 1) a shield 2) A dash 3) Creates a decoy clone of me

[@TheFunfighter]

MoM really has a cool spell maker system, but the game at large was kinda meh

[@Adam_Gw2]

Dragons Dogma 2’s micro transactions are only shortcuts (music and limited skins for camps) for people who have the money and don’t want to wait (or experience the game as it is). The director himself said he didn’t want to add any but found a middle ground with the the financial team.

[@ZaChemas]

for me, my biggest "ew" is the fact they hid them on promotion

[@jaguarsabre]

@@ZaChemas They didn't hide them, they were the pre-order/deluxe bonus items. If anything the fact that reviewers liked the game without them shows that you don't need them at all. It's like starting Skyrim with a few extra potions or Tears of the Kingdom with some extra food in your inventory. Yeah they're useful but it doesn't make a difference in the long run.

[@ZaChemas]

@@jaguarsabre Except that people have already datamined one of the review versions, they literally hid the options with lines of code

[@jaguarsabre]

@@ZaChemas They're not even accessible through the game you have to go to the steam/console store pages to even see it. Have you played it? My point was that even if they hid it then the reviewers praising it didn't use it therefore the positive reviews represent the experience people will have if they don't buy any of them.

[@CamTheGalaxy]

⁠@@jaguarsabreI don’t think anyone is saying “They hid that it’s pay to win” they are saying “It is scummy to hide a feature from reviewers because you know it will negatively impact the review” because that is scummy and has rightfully left a bad taste in so many people’s mouths. It doesn’t necessarily discredit the game from a gameplay standpoint, however it has rightfully hurt the reputation of the company because they did a scummy thing. Two things can be true, the game can be fun and cool and what the company did was crappy and scummy, the crap and scum is going to sour a lot of people on the game and I know when you like the thing That Sucks, but in the grand scheme of things it’ll hopefully be a good thing cause hopefully no other companies will try to manipulate pre release reviews by actively hiding features

[@user-qe6zv6gu8f]

"Death has travelled light years to take you" goes unfathomably hard.

[@GGthegreatester]

ill never forgive blizzard for leaving sigma out to dry after making him the most interesting character in the game

[@chilfang2422]

All of Sigmas lines are so good

[@Drekromancer]

@@GGthegreatester that's what I'm SAYING

[@thomasmiller8289]

What an apropos description😊

[@joelcorona2839]

We need you to revive pirate games now

[@arnox4554]

Sid Meier's Pirates! or maybe even that original Pirates of the Caribbean game (that has almost nothing to do with the movie). Those are the best I've found. AC: Black Flag is a little too AC for my tastes.

[@lonestarr1490]

​@@arnox4554 Black Flag lacks a proper open sea, which is a bummer. Also battling and capturing ships becomes repetitive way too quickly. The way you move your ship around and how it completely stops during capture maneuvers also shows the age of the game. And also that you're bound to one ship and one ship only, no matter how many awesome ones you capture. Black Flag was really nice when I first played it (the water still looks gorgeous to this day, the swimming doesn't). And it's definitely one of my fondest memories regarding the AC franchise. But I probably won't ever return to it.

[@logictom7254]

Check out Sea of Thieves!

[@lonestarr1490]

@@logictom7254 Sadly, not an option for the singleplayer only type like myself.

[@spameron7575]

@@lonestarr1490 While a lot of it is meant to be done multiplayer, there is a solos lobby now, (albeit with reduced rewards)

[@O.Sunny42]

Noita has all of what's in the video, but thats only the first layer of the game, once you find out about the things that are not the standard dungeon run you delve into a DEEP Rabbit hole. One of the craziest worlds I've seen in games

[@ZaChemas]

and the fact is? there is so much that probably still hasn't been discovered (if i'm not wrong, alternate worlds ended up being datamined before anyone actually expperienced them)

[@jonttu69]

For me the moment came when I fell down the hole in squidward fight. Next run I try to go to frozen wastes and realize the whole map is interconnected. That moment I realized how awsome noita could be

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Correction about Dragon's Dogma 2; it's not actually riddled, it just has an option to get a small amount of in-game currency via a dlc, which is exactly what DMC 5 did, but people review-bombed it for no reason. The dlc gives stuff you could find in game in an hour of play or less, for 5 bucks, and it's never EVER mentioned in game. It's not even a side-option menu, it's ONLY accessible through steam DLC. But people review bombed it out of pessimistic urges. Dragon's Dogma 2 is ABSOLUTELY worth the buy, but don't play a wizard in it, they suck, play a wizard in Dragon's Dogma 1 instead, it's awesome.

[@thefirstsalty3055]

noita is one of the few games that lets you get 10 hours deep into a god run and then end it in 3 seconds

[@spowden]

its just like having a girlfriend

[@niyo919]

Chaotic polymorphine says it's fishing time, and you're the fish.

[@elijahclaude3413]

This would have NEVER appealed to me... until I played RoR2... I may have to subject myself to this masochism...

[@leererKanal]

And it is almost always your fault

[@arnox4554]

What if they just added a Save/Load feature? Yeah, yeah, I know. Rougelike and all that shit... But seriously, I wonder how many people would stop getting so utterly pissed off at the game if that simple feature was there.

[@BenHazel007]

Glad you finally delved deep enough into Noita to get the True Wizard Experience (building a wand that destroys everything, going mad with power, destroying yourself in your own hubris)

[@bibliobeebo2927]

2 things: -there was a game called Lichdom Battlemage that I played once... but it was a bit boring so I stopped very early on. Idk if you've already played it but it did have decently advanced looking spell crafting mechanics from the little I played of it. Might be worth a look to you. -Not a wizard game (but it might as well be), but there's a game (roguelike lol) called Nova Drift and it has very satisfying progression, with interesting and unique builds. I think you would enjoy it from what I've seen you review.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

love that you perfectly combined great realistic jay movement with meme expressionism. that, + the feather quill. & the style of editing/writing/voicing. great video. EDIT: omg the audio is perfection too

[@MREmrdzcn]

"An actual human being wrote this dialog" Those were almost definitely written by AI

[@TheStellarJay]

wouldn't surprise me

[@emanuelseibert3790]

Bro, reading the message from the Galvanic team almost made me tear up, and I haven't even played a game of theirs, it was just so sad😭

[@emanuelseibert3790]

Also, the Katana Zero music with no warning was the irl definition of neuron activation. Such a good fucking game. Please make a video on it. I don't think enough people had experienced the bliss that is playing that absolute masterpiece.

[@mailcs06]

It makes me feel bad that I didn’t buy wizard with a gun immediately on release

[@emanuelseibert3790]

@@mailcs06 Same, man 😭

[@jaenaldjavier188]

DD2 is now less than $50 on greenman gaming, got a major performance patch last week, and is a great game if you play it in a bubble - a definite must try

[@gamer3428]

glad you finally gave noita the attention it deserved. I recently got an idea for a noita inspired magic game, where you have to create the spells while casting them. I am not sure whether development will ever begin, but if I do, I'll tell you about it.

[@NuggiesDoesArt]

jay how could you make me wait 5mins to watch this while i have hot food i just made infront of me

[@bobomonster3153]

Rumble is the absolute best of vr gaming.

[@BennyBrown00]

I need more magic wizards and sorcery, such a niche category and so glad you’ve done a part 3 of this series.

[@Ignite_GT]

Thank you SO much for mentioning rumble, I've been waiting for someone big give it a spotlight! The closest there was is habie from a couple years ago.

[@Crytherian]

I think I played against The Stellar Jay in rumble and showed some things to him. I’m glad he’s showing the game off to more people because it has a relatively small player base

[@Goldy-tv3wv]

Noita goes from pain to fun and then right back to pain (depending if you want to pursue THAT route of challenge, if you know you know) but it definitely peaks with exploring the optional stuff

[@Goldy-tv3wv]

Once you beat the game, try doing what you think is impossible, break your boundaries.

[@almond5284]

Victory in Noita is only the beginning.

[@supermagma]

The final boss is the easiest boss in the game; people in the noita community call beating the game for the first time "beating the tutorial." There is SO MUCH to this game, I have 1000 hours and still haven't seen a few things yet, and I'm still having fun playing and dying and playing and dying and playing and dying

[@BF1_enthusiast]

@@almond5284 and dying is always the end

[@Drekromancer]

don't tell these guys about what happens on the other side of the cursed rock walls

[@kanra2332]

WAIT YOU HAVENT EVEN TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF NOITA great video series, we love casting spells

[@Kingdrakeable]

Can I just say that I love that you're using that song from Sonny Boy in the background? It's been stuck in my head since watching that anime.

[@lnterest-ing]

super hyped that you included Rumble in this, i never would have thought of it as a wizard game!

[@anthonytorres-cruz1598]

Maybe the best wizard games were the friends we made along the way... and Wizard of Legend

[@creaturecoffee]

I feel so bad for the Galvanic team, Wizard with a Gun has some of my favourite styling and genre-blending I've seen involve magic and wizards in a long time. The art direction and soundtrack reminded me of a lot of things but it scratched an itch in my brain so perfectly

[@elefanta]

you gotta check out tactical breach wizards!!

[@A4WingedChicken]

Hopefully he will when the full game comes out

[@android19willpwn]

the demo was extremely fun but by "wizard game" standards there isn't a lot of wizardry going on.

[@RaithSienar]

Not a wizard game, also not a good game. Trash.

[@arttukettunen5757]

That roblox game was "Arcane Odyssey" and it's more of a sandbox-y adventure mmorpg, but magic based and on the sea. I can understand why some may not like it and it does somewhat lack content and doesn't have a fast start but it's imo the best roblox can offer. It's even 100% non-p2w which is very rare on roblox.

[@dankedpork117]

Have you heard of Nurose? It's a PVP wizard game where you "program" your own spells in a flow chart format. There isn't that much going on for now, but each update adds new variables and makes the possibilities ever increase.

[@Miss_Trillium]

I still want you to do annual 'state of wizard game genre' videos, like the head wizard president of wizard games

[@fxhx3365]

notia: You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.

[@vagueorsomething]

Just discovered your channel like less than 2 hours ago and you happen to drop 😭thts crazy

[@Josh-jr5oi]

Magequit is a very fun wizard game you should try. Multiple elements that you combine into different combos with no mana

[@Diamondarrel]

did I just see a "Wizard 101" background in the intro? You are the GOAT.

[@rhnirsilva652]

the thing about WoL 2 is: its not the same devs, pretty sure they sold the ip or something

[@DaintyWaffle]

Yea Deadmage is the new dev team, c99 is working on other stuff

[@triax5440]

I recommend you try Magicraft. It's a bit simpler version of Noita wand mechanics + Hades meta progression. It's not very deep, does not have much content and can get repetitive once you figure out how to build a good wand, but until that point you will have a lot of fun

[@tooth2887]

I have no idea if I knew you before this video but after seeing you use headmaster ambrose's office as your greenscreen place made me subscribe by instinct.

[@Pingu_9]

rumble hurts my arms

[@amusicalmemoirs]

Love to see you playing my favorite game ever! Rumble! If you ever want to become a pro at this game, feel free to ask me or anyone else in the community to teach you. Learning the game is really complex, because even after I played for 243 hours, I am still learning new skills all the time. But if you have another player helping you out it's way faster to learn and more fun to learn when you hangout with a fellow player. And Rumble has the best community ever, we all love to learn from each other to become the best earthbenders ever. Some response to your complaints: About mixing skilled players with beginners, the playerbase is too small and the unlock system too quick to match beginners with each other without extremely long waiting times. But most high skilled players are really nice and hold back against beginners or even teach them the ways whenever they meet them. At least you can always use voicechat to ask them to and most are more then willing to help It's made by a small indie studio and is still in early access, so bugs and crashes are sadly still expected, but with every content update they also bring a lot of bugfixes. And because the game is hosted p2p you will have 50% of perfect connection as you are the host and 50% where you have all the delay, something that is not going to change because of cost and other balancing reasons. Luckily a connections as terrible you show as an example is something very rare to happen. And once you get used to the delay you can even fight someone from the other side of the world and still have an amazing fight. If you have a fight with bad ping, then you are the client, if you rematch that player host/client roles reverse giving you 0 ping, so an even amount of matches will result in a fair game for both players.

[@atoster7042]

Is that musical with one of his signature essays?

[@Meichrob7]

Magicraft has been a joy to play. Their spell crafting is very fun to dive into and the progression system doesn’t feel too too awful even though it’s a roguelite.

[@q267scott]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, But I laughed when I noticed that you had your mouse pad of shy Lily XD

[@TheFanciestGoblin]

これからも頑張ってください！あなたのビデオが大好きです。

[@gavinsmith4828]

i love wizards and live in france does this make me insane?

[@jossos4876]

Yes

[@Hi_Im_Autumn]

Editing, vocal inflection, the script… its perfect; dunke meets funke

[@eldred7779]

I appreciate your background music choices immensely.

[@mingamerking]

You should play Tactical Breach Wizards. I had a blast playing it but it isn’t like many other wizard games. It is more a strategy game with wizard elements but I think it can still be classified as a wizard game

[@Bla_bla_bla939]

There is truly no feeling like getting 10 hours in a run in noita, being nigh immortal having a wand that kills everything in one hit and then you open the game to find your save corrupted, legit made me sat in front of the game screen for like 10 minutes contemplating life

[@joyous18]

Kind sucks that a game where 10 hour runs are common doesnt have an in-game backup system because im literally melting my pc during godruns 🥴

[@noahthecrazy1632]

12:28 FINALLY YOU TALKA BOUT RUMBLE, THIS GAME JUST HAD A GOLDEN AGE AND PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING SO MANY TECHNIQUES.

[@obsidianflight8065]

NGL I would be interested in rumble if not for the fact it's earth bending, which is incredibly boring IMO

[@WaterTheBoy]

I also recommend the game Sorcery! The video game adaptation of Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy book series of the same name. It's not solely about being a mage, but you learn spells slowly throughout the adventure and it's rather fun in that regard.

[@DonNinja05]

I'm fucking mad about the Dragon's Dogma 2 microtransactions lies that have been told about the game, so let's go through every microtransaction that has been complained about for so long. I'll tell you why you don't need to buy any of these. So go play the game, it's actually really fucking good, yes the performance in cities is pretty bad, but you'll survive. 1. Explorer's Camping Kit - You'll find a fucking camping kit in the first 15 minutes after you clear the tutorial, and that's when you'll actually need a camping kit 2. Dragon's Dogma Music & Sound Collection - This is entirely optional and actually has a very positive rating on Steam, so if you want to change the music and sounds to those of the original game, go for it. 3. Harpysnare Smoke Beacons - I have never in my 99 hours of playing DD2 had to lure harpies in, they're so abundant you'll kinda become annoyed by them 4. Portcrystal - These are used as portable fast travel destinations, I found that if you actually do what the game wants you to do, and explore outside of the actual paths that have been set down, you will actually find enough portcrystals to not have to backtrack every time you need to get somewhere, I was able to have 2 portcrystals in my inventory at a time without purchasing the extra one for 3 USD, and I always had at least one stashed away. 5. Art of metamorphosis - This allows you to change the appearance of you or your pawn (NPC companion). You can buy this in the game with in-game currency which is not rare. I also hope you're actually going to spend time in character creation to make the character you're happy with, and aren't going to complain that you can't change the look of your character every 5 minutes. 6. Heartfelt Pendant - This increases the affection of an NPC to the player to max instantly. You won't need this, it is so easy to max out the affection of random NPCs, that this is useless to purchase. 7. Ambivalent rift incense - This will change you pawn's inclination to a random one. WHY would you buy this? You can set your pawn's inclination to whatever you like when you create them, and you can purchase multiple types in-game exclusively, which will tell you exactly what type of inclination your pawn will receive. 8. Wakestone - This either allow you to respawn, as long as it's in your inventory, or it allows you to resurrect an NPC. One wakestone will not change the way you play your game, it won't even be useful I had wakestones coming out the wazoo by the end of my playthrough. You can find wakestone shards all around the world and 3 shards create a full wakestone. These can also be bought by multiple vendors in game (If I remember correctly). 9. Makeshift gaol key - This is a one-time use key you can use to open jail doors, you can find these all around the place and also buy them from vendors in the game for a pittance. 10. Rift crystals - These are used to buy special items which You can buy a total of 6000 rift crystals, these are received in-game most commonly when you find riftstones that have broken down around the place. You can also receive these by using the online aspect (which you should) when your pawn is summoned into another player's world, they'll return with some rift crystals when you sleep at an inn, or a player owned house. Every single one of these is completely optional, and you're frankly wasting money if you buy any of these. (Except the rift crystals if you really want those half-frame glasses for 9999 crystals, they're only cosmetic you do not have to buy them) Now please stop this fucking Dragon's Dogma 2 slander and go play the fucking game. If you don't like it before you've played 2 hours, refund it. Steam is good like that.

[@tsukasa67]

Everything you've just said is rendered irrelevant by your last sentence. Why does a simple pair of cosmetic glasses cost 9999 rift crystals instead of 500 or 100? Or even given out for free as a quest reward? These microtransactions can and do influence design decisions. I don't care how "optional" or "accessible" everything is framed now. We crack down on it hard, ruthlessly, and relentlessly as a community NOW so that it doesn't get any worse, as it inevitably will, in the future.

[@lindtlichr1005]

​@@tsukasa67Everything you just said is rendered irrelevant by your last statement. It's inevitable. Shouldn't let it stop you from trying out good games.

[@teamsabre4]

Its a good game aside from its basically dragons dogma 1.5 because it still has all the problems of the first game and more. If you've never played the first game then congrats. Fans of the original however felt like playing a dogshit remake of a 10 year old game.

[@MintBunHunter]

DD2's strongest warrior

[@DarthDie]

@@lindtlichr1005What a downright terrifying worldview to have tbqh.

[@techweasel]

Play Waltz of the Wizard man

[@eliasanderson3719]

Absolutely adore the videos, have you played Arx Fatalis? Its my favorite magic system in any game (it is a little old).

[@jamesnihil5467]

Hey, loved your video. And I noticed that Lichdoom Battlemage wasn't in your tier list. It is a magic game that doesn't use; mana.

[@vazio4540]

im love when the live chat decided to spam balls and fixtf2 it was so a balls time

[@JosephsDesign]

God I love Noita, my favourite time was when I shot chaos larpa on a giga blackhole with chaotic path and extend lifetime. Needless to say I didn’t survive that one.

[@joyous18]

I tried that during a godrun (but with a pollen feedback loop). Im not sure if i survived or not but my pc sure didnt 😂

[@andyentity3034]

:)) Those who know, know.

[@sketter1775]

Let me ask you a question, what truly is a wizard? Is it the spectacle of your magic, concocting a typhoon of spells to rain down upon your foes? Not quite. To be a wizard is to toil day and night hunting for and studying the deep unknown, searching for strange and elusive secrets of the universe and harnessing its power. A wizard goes through the most unfathomable darkness, stare into the heart of the abyss, and demand a spell that make cool purple explosion This is what Noita is. It ain't just a wizard game, it's a game that turns you into a wizard. As you step in, you'll find yourself finding more secrets, more things to uncover, until you are overtaken by madness in search of power. All you got to do is wander off the beaten path, and try a few things you'd at first call madness. Reach the tower... Reach the bottom of the lake... Find the moon... Both moons... Drill through the very ends of the world, don't let the curse stop you... Eat as many of the funny mushrooms as you possibly can...

[@gehtsiegarnixan]

Some more Wizard games for the play later pile, that are fantastic and unique: Outward has really unique ritualistic Mage gameplay. Lunacid is a first person King's field like game with very unique and fun spells. Ender Lilies kinda a necromancer/Stand kind of spell system. Divinity Original Sin 1+2 form the Baldurs gate Team with wizards setting everything on fire accidentally or deliberately.

[@Ryan-nh1tl]

TACTICAL. BREACH. WIZARDS.

[@ThePrimeGenera]

This trilogy is pretty good, 9/10 forgot about the best wizard game: Mario kart

[@cubrakadabra]

Seeing that it wasn't mentioned I very much recommend Tactical Breach Wizards Into the Breach style gameplay, but less random and wizard spec-ops themed

[@BurningPenguin6]

One of the best "Wizard games" I've ever played was a Minecraft mod called Ars Nouveau, and it's super fun! You craft your own personal Spellbook that you fill with Glyphs that all have a ton of different effects. To create a spell, you create a chain of up to 10 Glyphs, and then save it to one of your Spellbooks pages, and if you get creative with your Glyph sequences you can make some ridiculous spells. You can also create various types of magical robes, armors, and tools, which you can then imbue with a specific spell effect that triggers in certain conditions. On top of that, there are a bunch of magical creatures you can effectively use as familiars, to help manage, and defend your home. But it's all a Minecraft mod. If that shit was just its own game, not saddled with the limitations placed on it by virtue of being a mod, it could probably be it's own incredible game.

[@ronnylightyear7150]

For the Dragon's Dogma 2 bit, anyone who has done even an ounce of research knows that the microtransactions mean nothing. Its like buying red orbs in DMC5, yes you can buy currency but there is absolutely no part of the game that is designed to get you to buy stuff. It was clearly a quick addition to the game forced by Capcom. While I think the game is lacking in many other aspects I dont think the tought of 'microtransactions bad reee' works for this game as I forgot about them 1 day after release. Is it scummy? Yeah, but I also have no doubt the devs never wanted this in the first place and as a result the micros do not matter if you ask me. If you like what you see its a super fun game, some of the best exploration ive seen in a while, what with traveling the land with your personal party. Its definitely rushed and has more glaring faults than the first game but I think it was well worth my 65 euros. That said for most people definitely wait for a sale or something, I mean they havent even made a performance patch yet which is simply ludicrous

[@insertnamehere9718]

This approach to microtransactions is also how Assassins Creed: Odyssesy felt. Like, I always had plenty of gold and my weapons were more than good enough, so there was never any need to buy anything. But it was never obtrusive either. If microtransactions are going to be in a game, this is how

[@FireFox64000000]

Regarding your tier list at the end: Magicka 2 is simply one of the greatest games I've ever played. It's one of the only times I remember how fun it was to be a kid and just fuck with everything.

[@jamesbrincefield9879]

There’s a game called Spellmasons that I stumbled across recently. It’s basically Noita+Path of Achra but top-down and it’s genuinely the most fun I’ve had with a video game since Cogmind clicked with me.

[@mr.depthleviathan5425]

Hey StellarJay! I'm a new fan that just got into your channel and I loved your video essays! It brought more perspective onto games that I really liked and genres that never seemed to have a good game. You might not see this, but in case you ever tackle Real Time Strategy games, please please PLEASE check out Empires of the Undergrowth! It's an amazing hidden gem that I've spent ~300 hours on by now! Anyway, keep up the good work!

[@jan_Aleka]

Man finally learned to stop worrying and love Noita

[@lonestarr1490]

I don't think one can ever truly _love_ Noita. One learns how to live with it and to tolerate the hardship it inflicts. But calling this "love" is nothing more than deception. It's Stockholm's syndrome.

[@hundvd_7]

PLAY DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 The microtransactions are SO fucking overexaggerated. It is a _single_ option in _the main menu._ You can't even buy shit without exiting the game. It is literally the least intrusive possible use of MTX in any game, ever. It is so obvious that it's a last minute addition, and the game thrives because of it!

[@hugorechatin2408]

love your videos my guy. I wanna make a platformer wizard game

[@Jonas-jh9fw]

Not sure if I commented this on a previous wizard games video, but since it's not in the tier list, you might want to check out "Lichdom: Battlemage" The game is quite linear, but you craft your own spells from components you find and getting the right permutations and synergies just hits different.

[@IrjaJonssia]

Love the noita sheep easter egg at 15:33.

[@miltonhernandez7865]

I put in your live channel comments to play Baldur's Gate 3 and when watching this video I was sad cuz it wasn’t on there. My worries were calmed when I saw it had was at A tier

[@constructionbird]

Have you ever tried morrowind before, its basicaly oblivion magic but the artificial restraints and limits are nonexistant and you can make whatever monstrosity of a spell you want

[@user-jt3fg5td2t]

Morrwind spell creator was dumbed down compared to Daggerfall.

[@ManMan-zk8vz]

​@@user-jt3fg5td2t the positive being morrowind is significantly less annoying than daggerfall to play esp for new players.

[@Zandofle]

I want to recommend the wizard game Wildfire by Sneaky Bastards. It’s a stealth puzzle platformer where the stealth and the puzzles can be optional. There’s always at least 2 ways to complete a level, save for maybe the tutorial, and at least one of those ways can be to set everything on fire.

[@hierarchyofmood1220]

from what I understand about notia it's that. it's prop the wizard game were you actually have to learn and pretty much decipher effects and spells to experiment with them to make something amazing which ain't that literally what most wizards do or at least are said to be, magic users who have spent years studying some mysterious stuff and research it, to make a result in a good spell I might try notia out when I can play it :3

[@TheOrphanDeity]

In wizard games and MMORPG’s, what I look for and love is complex combat systems and spell trees that take hours to learn, because once you do, the feeling of satisfaction is unlike any other.

[@nicholasm.6351]

Love the use of the FMAB soundtrack

[@FinnyT711]

My entire night was made when you flashed Wizard of Legend 2 because I didn't know it was happening. My night was then immediately ruined upon learning that it is currently a Hades clone minus everything that made both it and the first Wizard of Legend good :(

[@TheTolnoc]

Noita. High damage explosives: I sleep Shitty starter spells with 12 modifiers slapped on: REAL SHIT