Stay a While and Listen...

Caesar's Soundtrack of the Week

This week's entry:

Magicka

Stay a while and listen, and I will tell you a story. A story of Dungeons and Dragons, of Orcs and Goblins, of Ghouls and Ghosts, of Kings and Quests, but most importantly -- of Wizards and Vamp- Well... A story of Wizards.

This was the intro to the satirical action-adventure game Magicka. The game is a multiplayer adventure game set within a rich fantasy world based on Norse Mythology (loosely based). The game is quite goofy and constantly is making fun of other media and also itself! 

The game was actually a student project made by 8 students at a college in Sweden! With the encouragement of their teachers and colleagues, they ended up turning it into a full game and after 2 years of development, put it on steam on January 25th, 2011. It sold over 200,000 copies in its first 17 days of sales. 

Within this game, for both being a student project and so goofy a genre, is an quite amazing orchestral soundtrack! Its music fits the theme of a fantasy game, and any battle theme screams epic fight! Their genre of music even will change depending on the scenario, as the game progresses as well as during its DLC story levels. It ranges from Fantasy/Bardic style music to modern, to Epic orchestral battle themes, to parodying Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival during the DLC: Magicka Vietnam.

This is one of my favorite multiplayer games. I've had so many laughs both between the story, playing with friends, and even accidentally using the spell Crash to Desktop (yes that's a real thing in the game). I highly recommend giving the soundtrack a listen and especially recommend trying the game out! 

Until next time!
- Caesar Salad