Magicka 2: Ice, Death and Fury
A chaotic spell-mixing DLC that leans hard into absurdist co-op mayhem, but stumbles on repetitive mission design and balance issues that the mixed reviews reflect.
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Fun with a friend if you want more spell-mixing chaos, but the mixed reviews suggest solo players should wait for a sale.
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About Magicka 2: Ice, Death and Fury
I've spent enough time with Magicka 2's formula to know what Ice, Death and Fury is banking on: the dopamine of accidentally freezing your teammate while trying to nuke a golem. The spell-crafting system is still the draw here - stacking elements and effects to create ridiculous combinations feels as good as it did in the base game, and the new spells add legitimate variety to experimentation. New robes, enemies, and co-op scenarios should sweeten the deal for fans who've exhausted the vanilla campaign. Where it falters is mission repetition and balancing. The encounters don't feel meaningfully different from what was already there, and the difficulty spikes don't always feel earned - sometimes you're just getting swarmed because the game decided that mission is "hard" today. Split-screen and online co-op both work fine, but the mixed Steam reviews suggest the content doesn't justify the price for players burning through it solo. If you've got a friend to cast ridiculous spells with and you're hungry for more Magicka, this scratches that itch. Solo players should temper expectations.
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Minimum
- Processor
- : 3GHz Dual Core (Intel Pentium G3220 / AMD A4-4000 or higher)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce 550 or better / ATI Radeon HD 5850 or better
- Storage
- 3 GB avai…
Recommended
- Processor
- 2.8GHz Quad Core (Intel Core i5-2300 or higher / AMD A8-3850 or higher)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce 640 or better / ATI Radeon HD 6670 or better
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
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- Developer
- Paradox Arctic
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Release Date
- Dec 15, 2015