Realms of Magic 1.0

• License:

  Free to try; $15.00 to buy (Buy it now)

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.5 stars (out of 3 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  12,576

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, DirectX drivers

• Limitations:

  20-minute trial

• Date Added:

  December 29, 2003

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Publisher's description of Realms of Magic

From Digital Lights:

Realms of Magic is a fantasy based card game, like Magic: The Gathering, in which the goal is to destroy your opponent's castle before he destroys you. It has hundreds of fantasy units, heroes, items, and spells to assist you in overcoming your enemies in strategic and tactical warfare. Realms of Magic can be played against either an AI or human opponent(s).

Editor's review of Realms of Magic

• 3.0 stars

• "Realms of Magic"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Realms of Magic 1.0

This game is more a cards game than strategy, however it uses terminology of most strategies like resources, damage, and hitpoints. The rules of this game are very simple, and you will be able to figure them out in the first round. You and your opponent have 6 cards each. In your turn you can either use one of your cards or discard of as many as you wish. Each card will have some effect for a price of resources. Cards can inflict damage to enemy castle, increase your defense, or fasten the growth of your resources. In the allowed 20 minutes of play we got pretty bored with this game, because there are typically not more than 3 actions available at each turn and not really much depends on the player, since new cards are randomly drawn. The graphics in the game looks well, but the game lacks options, has no music, and sounds are better turned off. Card games experts may like this game, but $15 for the full version seemed too much to us.

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  Version: Realms of Magic 1.0

  "No company support"

  by unwillingstar on September 4, 2005

  Pros: I liked the demo and bought the game, its simple and kind of fun. Cute and worth $15 IF you can activate it and run it.

  Cons: You have to activate this game through some sort of server they have which does not work. I have written 8 emails and got no response. Lost my $15, thinking they are out of business maybe but still collecting money from naive customers like me.

  DO NOT TRY AND BUY THIS GAME.

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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Realms of Magic 1.0

  "Same old Archmage"

  by ttomm46 on January 9, 2004

  Summary:
  
  same old game from might and Magic 7.....pleasent deversion in the RPG..The stand alone Version from 3DO was boring. this is worse..No Magic The Gathering here.

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