The Mage's Tale, a popular video game for PSVR

The fact that Sony be one of the companies that provides the most basis for the virtual reality game development, this is not so new anymore. Besides that the PSVR is the best-selling of the virtual reality games Today, there are already rumors that the technology will be compatible with the PS5

This brings to the platform several games previously released only for PC, like the amazing Mage's Tale (PC/PSVR), which reached the PS4 to give a great dungeon crawling option for adventure lovers. virtual reality.

El game which was released in 2017 for HTC Vive non-PC, then received a version for the peripheral PS4. With a fun story and great scenery, the game is a very valid option for lovers of dungeons and even role playing games in general.

Below we will give you all the details about it.

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The apprentice who saves the master

The Mage's Tale count the story of an apprentice of a powerful magician who finds himself in a controversial situation: the need to save his own master from a powerful demonic wizard. In the first minutes of the story, the player witnesses this fateful moment, logically in the vision of the apprentice, who sees the master being defeated and kidnapped by a powerful Dark wizard.

So, with the help of the sorcerer's powerful right arm, the player has to cross the ruins to meet his master again. The fun part of this story is that it brings an aura that is very reminiscent of the plot of the role-playing games and dungeon games Simplicity here is not a problem at all, because the background of the story fits very well into the good hours of gameplay.

The interesting thing about this is that, although the plot is very simple and direct, it achieves enoughand immersion in history. This is because as the player Go through the levels, discover new mechanics, new objects that can serve as ingredients for new spells and much more. So, in a very organic way, the player will feel that the evolution of the game It follows the evolution of the narrative effectively.

Curious and captivating dungeons

A key point of any dungeon is precisely the creation of its dungeons. Being a great example of the genre, The Mage's Tale has a high level design, although it is practically linear most of the time. The claustrophobic dungeons are colorful and full of light, not necessarily giving the feeling of suffocation that other games like Dark Souls 

Do magic 

The Mage's Tale use and abuse the motion controls of the VSFR, which greatly increases the immersion of the game. Soon, the player realizes this immersion doing magic. Elemental runes, for example, must be carried in the hand and then literally thrown.

In addition to this immersive mechanic, the variety of spells that are used with the hands is very good, increasing the dynamism of the gaming experience and making the final result very fun. With quick touches, the player you can change the type of rune that he uses, as well as conjugate the magic shields in a style that is very reminiscent of the character of Doctor Strange, the Supreme Wizard of Marvel Comics. 

As progression is one of the pillars of the game along with dungeon exploration, a very fun evolution of the game is presented. use of magic. 

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Even when talking about fighting, the game has a level of very interesting challenge, with varied enemies and equally different mechanics to overcome each one. There isn't exactly one method to defeat each type of opponent, which makes the battles very diverse and the combat experience almost unique for each player.