Magikiras

I am re-writing the review again due to research I did online regarding Magikiras. I spent 14 hours playing/reading Magikiras only to find a note saying I had not gotten enough points(done enough correctly) to be able to do the final chapter. Once I cooled down I decided to go online and find out just what do you have to do to complete the game in a satisfactory manner. Basically you have to think *exactly* like the Author did and choose the precise skills, equipment and tactical decisions he made, OR you go online to the guide and copy down that information. ANY deviation from "the Path" at any time will result in failure and starting over. FYI Magikiras has over 1 million words. So unless you are a person who is ok with one of the 2 options above, NOT worth spending your cash on. Ironically, the "Magic in a technology world" background he created is cool and if he had released it as an e-novel instead a COYA game book I would have been really happy with the purchase.

I was liking it well enough up to the point where I found myself reading a forth wall breaking bit of text from the author telling me that I didn't make enough right choices up to that point, so I'd need to start from scratch and make different decisions if I wanted to see what happens next. Just what is the point of a choose your own adventure game where the author pulls you aside to tell you that you made the wrong choices? I would have been accepting of a well-written bad end, but just being told to start over and do things differently feels lazy.

Far from the best game by Hosted Games/Choice of Games. There are numerous errors, both grammatical and technical. At one point, a character's name just became "undefined." The game may end abruptly, just deciding that one has not completed enough objectives. Many paths are rushed, and do are not resolved properly if you follow them; either looping back to a decision that ultimately turns out the same (making it a false choice), or just ultimately going nowhere. If you want magitech, go for Emyprean. If you want battle suits, go for Mecha Ace. I'd not recommend this game, except with quite a large sale.

I rate the text-based 'choice-of' game Magikiras 2/5. Bad. I wanted to like this game and there are certainly things this game does well (the writing for action sequences isn't half bad and the world it describes is potentially interesting) but ultimately, this game isn't good. It's a choose-your-own adventure on rails that offers few real choices and even fewer choices which any character could ever plausibly make. On top of that, getting a happy ending is HARD to accomplish. +Good writing. Action sequences are particularly well done. Your character's physical sensations are fairly well described. +A generally good story arc could potentially occur in this game if you can manage to get a happy ending. +Still a fairly cheap game considering how much time it takes to read through this game (or even if you skim through it). +/-Interesting attempts to insert brain-teaser style puzzles into the game though if I wanted to do brain teaser puzzles I'd play a game which was all about that (t...

I'm pretty certain the "Magitek" is powered by Robert Heinlein spinning in his grave...

This easily turned out to be my favorite choose your own adventure game so far. The story had me so engrossed that I was able to look past the few bumps along the way, specifically with some of the grammar. (Someone just needed to browse through and do a quick spellcheck and have a thesaurus handy. There was a sentence that used the word 'screen' 4 times. A million words is a lot to chew through so I can be forgiving, you're getting a lot of bang for your buck after all) But it was incredibly easy to look past because I was more interested in seeing what happened next. I only played it through once so I didnt get to see all the paths but I knew my choices refelcted a lot in the story and I even got the last chapter. I didnt even know there /was/ a specific path to get the last chapter, I just played the role of a military dog who pined over thier bootcamp friend and had to face the events to come. The delayed gratification I felt in the last chapter had me walking away satisfied and st...

its a good story in all. Little advice don't waste your time on puzzle, the game doesn't care to give you hints. Go for internet search.

So-so. Not as good as it could have been but better than I was expecting from the horrible reviews.

I liked the world building, most of the characters are awesome, and the progression is at least noticeable. What really drives me off is the hard to read text itself. We read what the MC said ad the read again what the MC said, but explained. I.e.: "MC: I did THIS, because ..." then later "The MC did THIS because... " Maybe it is alright, but I really struggled on my second readthrough so much I couldn't finish. And why did I try to read it a second time? Because I couldn't finish the first through the mentioned, by others, "perfect writers path". Unless (though unlikely) this gets reworked and/or better redraft I don't recommend this.

Solid writing, interesting characters, awesome mecha combat and lots of content. Easily one of my top 3 COG/HG games. Highly recomended. edit - Playtime is low because I mostly play in offline mode.