By Bridger Berg (Wizard101: Malorn SoulBane)
PHS Press staff member
Wizard101 is a computer game
released by Kingsisle games in 2008. Now, in 2014, it has over 30 Million
wizards.
Kingsisle has since made Pirate101,
Wizard101’s “Sister Game” and a few games for handheld devices. In Wizard101,
the player is the wizard, and they complete quests and battles in worlds of the
“Spiral” (The magical universe in which all Kingsisle games take place), such
as Moo Shu, Wizard City, and DragonSpire. All of this takes place within a very
rich storyline, which the game will have to be played to be fully experienced,
but it includes a Fired Teacher, a dead wife, and a massive dragon. (What’s
there not to like?)
When a player has finished
downloading the game, they will be taken to a room, in which they will be
directed to choose their gender, name, look, starting clothes…and class!
There are seven classes of focus in
Wizard101, which are Death, Life, Fire, Myth, Storm, Ice, and Balance, all with
unique spells, such as Myth’s focus on summoning minions into combat and
piercing enemy defenses. The combat in the game is another one of those “Card
game dueling” Types, but don’t give up on it just yet! Wizards cast spells with
cool animations to deal damage and heal themselves, shields to reduce damage of
attacks by opponents (that have cool animations), Blades and traps to boost
damage of their attack spells (did I mention these have cool animations?), and
can train pets to give them many different special combat skills.
The game is free to play, but after
a few areas of Wizard City, players will have to pay $10/Month for a
membership, which unlocks all areas in game, or pay a few Crowns, the premium
currency in the game (Differs from “Gold” in the way you can’t earn it, you
have to buy it) to permanently unlock a single area in the game.
Great job Bridger! I haven't played the game myself because it seemed dumb at first but once I hear the way you talk about it I kind of want to play it!
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