Magic Carpet 2
| Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds | |||
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| Studio | Bullfrog Productions | ||
| Publisher | Electronic Arts | ||
| Senior Developer | Alan Wright | ||
| composer | Russel Shaw | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1995 | ||
| platform | DOS | ||
| genre | First person shooter | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| language | German English | ||
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Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds is a computer game from 1995 and the successor to Magic Carpet . It was developed by the British studio Bullfrog Productions and marketed for MS-DOS through Electronic Arts .
action
The demon Vissiluth tries to conquer the worlds of the living out of his dominion in the netherworld. The player character referred to as the master's apprentice must try to stop him in 25 missions. He keeps receiving tips from his late master Kefkar.
Throughout the game the player encounters opposing wizards who are in the service of Vissiluth. You come from a town near Vissiluth's mansion. After the enemy wizards have been eliminated, the apprentice reaches Vissiluth's citadel via an underground passage. With the destruction of the citadel, Vissiluth appears and faces a duel with the player. If the player remains victorious, he triggers a volcanic eruption that ejects mana in different colors.
Gameplay
While the basic game concept of Magic Carpet was retained, Magic Carpet 2 fixed many design problems of the predecessor. The player continues to search for mana, build a castle to protect his supplies and fight creatures and rival wizards to get their mana.
Night and underground levels have been added, which not only softened the impression of frequent repetitions in the predecessor, but also underscored the progress of the action. The specialty of the underground levels is that there are no rival magicians in them. There are also hidden entrances to secret levels distributed throughout the game, in which the player can gain more magic and experience.
Unlike the predecessor, the player no longer only progresses by accumulating mana, but through more varied objectives such as reaching checkpoints and destroying certain buildings and monsters.
The multiplayer mode supports games via modem as well as LAN connection .
development
Unlike its predecessor, the game was no longer ported to consoles. There was an announcement for a release on the 3DO successor console Panasonic M2. However, since development of the console was discontinued, this version never came out.
With the re-release of the game in 2013 via the online distribution platform GOG.com , it became available in emulated form for Windows and Mac OS .
reception
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A reviewer of the Next Generation judged that Magic Carpet 2 played the same way as the original Magic Carpet despite the improvements to the interface , the additional level objectives, modifications to the game engine and improved graphics .
"All attention: Almost every small weakness of the predecessor [...] has been eliminated [...] If Magic Carpet 2 gets a slightly lower rating than the first part than the first part, despite the new graphics and numerous detail improvements, then that is due to the unchanged Gameplay. Where part 1 was refreshingly original and technically impressive, the successor moves a little anxiously on the given trajectories. "
Web links
- Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds atMobyGames(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ News - E3 '96: 3DO? - M2 Dream List . In: Paragon Publishing (ed.): 3do Magazine . No. 12, June 1996, p. 4.
- ↑ Preview - Coming Soon - M2 . In: Paragon Publishing (ed.): 3do Magazine . No. 12, June 1996, p. 34.
- ↑ Test report Power Play
- ↑ Test report PC Joker
- ↑ a b Test report PC Player
- ^ Rugged . In: Imagine Media (ed.): Next Generation . No. 13, January 1996, p. 164.