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Plattform: PC Veröffentlicht: 25.02.2020

2,99€

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After 25 years Master of Magic gets a DLC! Explore new strategies and experience Master of Magic at its best with Caster of Magic, a new DLC that adds dozens of options and tons of content to the base game. Enjoy the unlimited replayability that Caster of Magic adds to the base game, thanks to hundreds of new settings and an improved wizard customization. Will you dominate your opponents with your new spells and units, or will you surrender?

Caster of Magic started out as a mod, championed by Seravy and building on top of the already popular community patch. Caster of Magic has been a fan favorite of the Master of Magic community and we are pleased to be able to work with Seravy to officially integrate Caster of Magic, giving him the recognition he deserves.

Features:

Improved wizard customization to provide maximal replayability
Improved diplomacy system
Extra emphasis on magic spells and fantastic creatures
Even more spells and units
New city buildings
New AI that provides a challenge for even veteran players
More difficulty levels
Many more map generation options
Building queue system for convenient and faster gameplay

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CPU: 1 GHz
GFX: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
RAM: 256 MB RAM
Software: Windows 8 / 10
HD: 256 MB verfügbarer Speicherplatz
MISC: Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
LANG: Englisch

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Verfasst: 16.07.20 11:54

Ein wunderbares Mod, das viele der Macken des Grundspiels behebt, wie zum Beispiel die nicht funktionierende Diplomatie.
Ich habe es jetzt schon 160 Stunden gespielt, und denke, das es mich wohl noch eine ganze Weile beschäftigen wird. Vielen lieben Dank an den Autor des Mods.

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Verfasst: 18.04.20 23:58

Ich kann Caster of Magic gar nicht genug empfehlen. Master of Magic war seiner Zeit voraus aber hatte eine menge Fehler und Ungereimtheiten. Aber diese Überarbeitung - tja, die entwirrt alle Knoten und genau so sollte Master of Magic gespielt werden.

Kauft es, die Verbesserungen durch den Autor sind unzählig, aber ohne ein neues Spiel zu schaffen. In dieser Fassung kann auch eine neue Generationen ein herausragendes Spiel der 90er Jahre kennen lernen.

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Verfasst: 01.05.21 19:55

I played this as a kid and out of nostalgia I tracked it down and dos boxed it over the years. Imagine my surprise when I found this! HOLY FU%^ this is AMAZING.
This is essentially civilization with magic and a battlefield, how this never took off in civ I will never understand. controlling your troops in battle is absolutely tits.
PLAY THIS GAME!

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Verfasst: 29.04.21 13:53

They don't make games like this anymore :)

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Verfasst: 17.02.21 18:13

25 years after first playing the game, the Caster Of Magic drags me back!
Can't wait for Caster Of Magic 2 !!

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Verfasst: 02.12.20 17:13

MoM:CoM is a great bit of DLC that my impression is was done as mods previously. There are a lot of addons to the base MoM game and lots of tweaks. Most of the add-ons are pretty subtle and enhance what is there (i.e. spells, options for you wizard, monsters). What you will notice this is a much harder game. Everything is amped up including how psychotic the AI is towards you. Random encounters will storm your towns so walls and garrisons are needed. Armies to fly in and intercept are a huge plus. The AI is super aggressive and expansive. If you're alone in the plane DO NOT take a tower to cross planes until you are ready.

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Verfasst: 14.11.20 11:25

This does change the game quite a bit but does it make it better? Generally but if you're used to playing the regular game you'll have to relearn a few things...

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Verfasst: 13.09.20 06:34

I'm amazed that a game I was addicted to 20 years ago has been reissued this year.
In fact, as a game writer, I've even introduced this game to people in Japan, even after they could only buy it second-hand.

The AI is getting so strong that even Fair isn't quite as good as it used to be, but I think it will be fun for a while.

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Verfasst: 16.07.20 18:27

So ive played Master of Magic since the early days. I have enjoyied it a lot. to the point were i still play it at least once a year if not more now that the game and this DLC are on Steam i decided to get them.

So far I enjoy the original more than the DLC. Ive only played the 2 games of the new one so far so i might be updating the review in the future. I like a few changes they made but so far I hate 80% of them.
Im not sure if i hate them because they make the game harder and more challenging , I might hate them because the build orders are all jacked up and added units when didnt need it and removed so aspects of units that rock. One of my fav combos is adamintum and Ultra Elite halfling slingers Which is still possiable its just the halfing have no military buildings so they start no XP basically so that makes them harder to deal with,

I played drawfs the first time love the Steam cannon and adamintum combo as well as with golem. normally could take over most spot with the not so much once again not sure if they were nerfed somehow or other then buffed. Also seem like research was really slow during that game. my norm is to drop all research at start of game to get as most Skill and mana as possiable. plus building will reserach more.

Either way ill give a few more shots but I imagine ill just stick with the original. ill give the caster of magic a thumbs up because its nice to see someone tried to make it different but this doesnt feel like MoM to me. Im sure there are reason they went with stuff a certian way but so far its meh to me.

ONE BIG THING it does seem like the AI and wandering monsters do seem to be smarter so ill give it that which is really all MoM needed was a few bugs fixed and better AI. This DLC went off if left field like some fever dream of MoM

SO its cheap to buy and still MoM but be ready for a TOTALLY different exp. if you get this DLC

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Verfasst: 18.05.20 16:33

Highly recommended purchase: you will receive an upgraded classic, the best wizarding Conquest & Battle Game of old times ever! Caster of Magic is the essential upgrade to the original: everything is fresh again and I'm hooked! The developer of this DLC has been diligently working on frequent updates since 2015. His monumental work - Caster of Magic - is now available here on Steam and I'm a very happy costumer, because he is doing frequent updates to this product!

He is already working on Standalone Caster of Magic II: with source code entirely re-created from scratch, supporting high resolution. It will be a super expanded Master of Magic - using all the original graphics assets - and it will not require DOSBOX to run. As you can see, the developer couldn't be more committed to this DLC!

What are you waiting for? Buy this already and PLAY!!

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Verfasst: 29.04.20 23:39

IT IS GREAT! THANX

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Verfasst: 11.04.20 20:09

Economic balance destoyed. For example Heavenly Light upkeep 1 mana and produce 3 (Why?).
Play original game

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Verfasst: 30.03.20 05:44

This affordable add-on changes a lot of the classic game Master of Magic, probably enough to say that while the basic ‘skin’ is the same, the game itself is not. As a fan myself, I am simply amazed that Seravy took all the time to do this by himself to re-balance the game. And I’m happy to be able to offer this very small amount of money ($3?) for his efforts.

If you are a classic player, however, this DLC completely changes the basic mechanics and strategy of the game; i.e. in the original game, you needed just one stack of super-elite group of army to take down most opponents but in CoM, you will often need to ‘zerg’ your opponents, sacrificing a good deal of your own soldiers and making you play the game more like some of the modern RTS games than OC Master of Magic. That’s more real than ‘guardian winding’ your single group of pallies or nightblades and running all around Arcanus and Myrror anyway right.

Some other points to note are
- The ‘score’ calculation changed a lot, for instance you will ‘get’ fame for notoriety when you raze hostile cities whereas you lost fame if you razed cities in the OC. Also scoring is not summed up in the end of the game, and I believe- I never played CoM like I played MoM (winning a game at Fair level is quite the challenge so no time to play with your opponents) so not totally sure- that scoring is NOT the same as MoM. Which is just as well… as much time of my life as I spent ‘thawing’ the tundra of Arcanus and Myrror, I wouldn’t exactly claim it as ‘time well-spent’.
- The movement rate of most units increased substantially so the game pace is faster. Especially good if you thought that units like Great Drake or Behemoth deserved more mobility points than 2.
- Most spells are tweaked so that no spell is completely useless anymore (vertigo, warp creature, shatter… those spells that you couldn’t cast on anyone without ‘Mind Storming’ them first). There are some awesome new spells that may be a bit OP, but probably not as OP as 1.00 Paladins anyway.
- Seravy didn’t include the Touhou portraits. I suspect you can still use them if you have your old CoM files by overwriting it, but it may be due to copyright issues and there may have been other fixes with this Steam version so I didn’t try. I am an anime fan since the 90’s but I don’t know anything about the Touhou franchise except I’ve been playing Kantai Collection and some of the artists do both projects. But I still liked the Touhou portraits better than the original Master of Magic portraits. I mean, it’s infuriating when computer AI runs around the battlefield from your non-flying units with their puny sprites, but when it’s a cute girl like Patchouli or Remu doing that, it’s less painful than when it’s versus bearded elderly gentlemen like Jafar or Tauron.

In summary, if you liked Master of Magic, buy Caster of Magic, too. You will probably like it, and Seravy deserves it for his time, not to mention that Slitherine could use some encouragement in their development of MoM2.
I just hope Slitherine or Seravy allows the use of Touhou (or any custom) portraits one day. And a convenient way to use the item editor and window size controller, of course.

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Verfasst: 14.03.20 17:13

Saddened to say that Slitherine have terrible PR/communications and do not deserve positive reviews. After being promised help by Alberto Casulini for 2 weeks, he proceeded to ignore and then block me. Very disappointing and I will not be purchasing a Slitherine title again.

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Verfasst: 07.03.20 23:20

I am enjoying the balancing in this expansion. races that were strong are toned down, and many spells are revamped. I really like that some spells are player oriented. If you read the readme file on the spells, some will say that the computer mis-values them giving players a slight edge. These are the kinds of balancing that are subtle but make it so much better.

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Verfasst: 01.03.20 04:20

This is amazing!! a dlc for the best game ever made!!

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Verfasst: 29.02.20 22:04

Nice.

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Verfasst: 28.02.20 00:22

Wow... Just Wow.... Real fans of MOM, still the king of 4x, have revamped the game, and they did a terrific job.

It adds the little and some big things, that make the game so much smoother.

Only disappointment i have, i was expecting a new race! but well done, really well done. Worth every buck, and puts to shame any 4x out there in the market.

Just make this one, with newer graphics, and i'm game.

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Verfasst: 26.02.20 07:37

I've been playing Caster of Magic for around three years now, and it's become absolutely indispensable to Master of Magic. It not only sets the AI up to be able to play its own game with brutal efficiency (be prepared to drop several difficulty settings!) but it also uses tactics that a human might. Spells have been rebalanced, and redundant or useless ones removed and replaced with thematically coherent replacements.

This is one of the best mods ever made, in my humble opinion, and for $3 is an absolute steal. It's the Spell of Mastery that propels Master of Magic back to the top of the fantasy 4x rankings.

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