Magic Words Arcanum app for iPhone and iPad
******* Pocket Gamer Bronze Award Winner! *******
"Words are the instruments by which you aspire to greatness in Magic Words Arcanum. No black magic to be found in this wordy role-playing game, although there are some dark spots in an otherwise largely enjoyable adventure."
- Pocket Gamer
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Magic Words Arcanum is a fantasy word game featuring RPG elements. The objective is to form words with the highest score and attain the rank of Arcane Grandmaster.
You construct words by joining adjacent letters on the screen and when a valid word is successfully formed, the tiles of the letters are eliminated. Additional tiles are destroyed as bonus if you are able to form 5-letter words or longer. You clear the stage when all the tiles in the screen have been removed.
Learn mysterious magic spells to assist in forming longer words. Obtain 4 types of gems to increase a letters points, as well as open the path for new spells to be learned. Obtain all 6 spells in the game to achieve word mastery. But beware! Monsters spawn from time to time and will attack the player causing loss of health points.
Features:
* Original game concept that combines a simple word game with spells, gems, hit points and mana
* 20 challenging levels filled with multi-hit tiles and "monster" tiles that suck up life if not eliminated
* High Scores that track your best words formed, as well as highest rank attained
* Pit your skills against the rest of the world with in-game score submission to our website. Compete for the World Top 100 placings.
* Endless play, use letter and word bonuses to achieve the highest possible score and rank
* Autosaves when game is exited
Video demo available at http://www.audacity-software.com/mwa.php
Pros and cons of Magic Words Arcanum app for iPhone and iPad
Magic Words Arcanum app good for
Its a great app. Ive played many word games and this is one of the best. The only reason Im not giving 5 stars is I would like to see the letters rearrange after every area. This app is worth the money.
This game really puts your strategy skills to the test. I just wish it wasnt so hard to get the more powerful magic spells.
Itd be nice if there was some music. Its still great the way it is though. Definitely worth the buy.
Even though Im a professional writer and good with words, and even though I enjoy board and computer games, Ive never really cared for word games such as Scrabble, Boggle, etc.
The only reason I tried Magic Words Arcanum is that it billed itself as an RPG.
Despite the "spells" aspect, I dont really view Arcanum as an RPG; nonetheless, I love the game and have found it to be as addictive as any pastime Ive put on my iPhone. I especially enjoy the mental flexibility required in finding words that follow tortuous paths and/or require the use of spells to turn hidden possibilities into reality; and, though I dont normally have a competitive personality, I love the challenge of keeping myself high on the "leaders board."
I really like this game a lot, but as stated previously, the letters are somewhat hard to read against a light background. Especially with the letters being translucent. Drop the fancy background we cant really seem to see anyway. Also gameplay is a little to difficult to be to early in the game. Several times I found myself stuck being overwhelmed by monsters, just because I needed to shuffle the letters around. Other than that, a great game and a different twist on the old word routine. Enjoy!
Some bad moments
I like the premise, but there are flaws that really hurt this game.
- the letters are hard to read against some of the textures/backgrounds
- the instructions are lacking, to say the least. What each spell does, how do you cast them, etc... Is all pretty unclear and requires some trial and error.
- the bigger gem required for the more powerful spells are very hard to get.
I think some refinement and further play development would push this into the must have catagory. Just not there yet.
Ive had this app for years and was happy to learn that the buttons were finally fixed. However, there are still a few bugs that make it very hard to play. The worst is that it doesnt properly detect where you place your finger.