Magic Life

In Brief

Magic Life is a reasonable Time Management game; I don't usually enjoy playing TM games, but I actually enjoyed playing this one for the short time I played it to gather screen captures and get a feel for the game. It's different to the usual TM games we usually get here, which makes it more unique and worth checking out. The wizard in the story panels looks remarkably like a younger version of Harry Potters Dumbledore, even down to a similar hat. :)

Become a powerful wizard and take part in an ancient tournament! Live a Magic Life in this fun and exciting game! Develop and design your character and set off on an adventure. Challenge other wizards and defeat them to take your rightful place as a legend! Learn new spells and find awesome upgrades to make your opponents tremble before your might
Reference accessed 18th February 2021 HERE

You can see a video of game play HERE and community reviews/comments about the game over on Big fish Games HERE

The Game

I love casual games, especially ones that let me pretend to live a whole other life. Games that let me pretend to wake up in the morning, find a job, go to work, go shopping, work on my skills, etc and so on. I was addicted to the Sims for a long time before Jake came along. I spent hours upon hours designing my dream home, creating little Sim families, locking them in basements until they perished so I could perfect my creepy backyard cemetery (does that make me sound warped? It was the only way to get tombstones!). But when Jake was born, I no longer had the luxury of staying up until 5am messing around with games. I had to prioritize my free time. So I more or less gave up extensive Sim playing, only breaking out the game every now and then.

Games like Magic Life fill the void left behind, even though they’re no where near as complex or flexible. Still, they allow me to create a character and play out a lifetime in just a few hours. In the game, your character works his or her way up to the level of a powerful wizard by learning and mastering new spells, going to college, working out at the gym and buying random stuff at the various shops. Of course, all this requires money, so you need to spend some of your limited daily hours and energy earning wages. Granted, all of this is done through a simple click of a button, but it still requires a little strategy because some lessons require previous knowledge that can only be gained by mastering a job or completing tasks at the gym. You are given several missions throughout the game, some requiring you to spend loads of money at various places (which is where the job comes in handy), and others that require obtaining a certain object from one of the stores.

This isn’t an epic game. It doesn’t take much thought and once you’ve completed all the tasks, there is really no reason to keep playing. But it’s still a fun little game to pass the time.

Reference accessed 18th February 2021 HERE; originally posted by Nicole Etolen April 11th, 2011, reposted by Whiterabbit-uk 18th February 2021.

The latest games from Epic Games includes two games Absolute Drift; an excellent minimalistic top down drift game and even better Rage 2; a superb post apocalyptic first person shooter, with the ability to drive vehicles in an open world. {Created by one of my favourite game studios (Avalanche Studios with ID Software) I'm playing two of Avalanches games at the moment (with friends) called Second Extinction and Generation Zero; they are also the creators of the fantastic Just Cause franchise}.

At the moment We Were Here an atmospheric first person psychological horror game is free over on Steam until the 22nd February.

Please see Delenn's threads for Steam and Non Steam freebies HERE and HERE respectively. It’s worth adding these to your favourites and checking regularly for available freebies. Most are only free for a specific time. If you miss the deadline you’ll miss out. Once added to your account, it’s yours to keep.

This is the first time Magic Life has been given away via the game giveaway of the day. :)