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Recommend a good spellcasting simulation game

• Recommend some PC games that have in-depth spell-casting/spell creation systems. I'm in love with the concept of a wizard piecing together the knowledge to create a spell and then doing the scientific testing to perfect it. I also love when you can tell what spell someone is casting by the words they say and the gestures they make. That said, I'm really disappointed with the spell-casting systems in most video games and could use some recommendations for new ones...preference here would be for MMOs although single-player games are fine. I'm not looking for systems that are pure guessing games--but ones that have scientific logic applied, like, hey, sulfur might be useful for fire-based spells... Games where you simply customize the spell and click a button to cast it *cough*Morrowwind*cough* don't interest me that much. Examples of things I liked in other games are... - The spell creation system in Asheron's call where you literally had to test different combinations to create different spells. This was great until someone posted every combination online and then if you wanted to be competitive, you had to just grab it there versus waste time and money figuring it out yourself. - Avencast was fun for its twitch-based casting but it felt more like making the guy run in circles than actually doing gestures that resembled what one typically things of spell casting. - I currently have Magic Wars on my iPhone and while the concept is cool, the execution is piss poor with gestures not reading your hand movements properly and the mic not picking up your words properly. Plus, the actual spells and such don't really make any difference on duel outcomes. Any great magic simulation games would be fantastic. I recently asked for recos on survival simulations and received some great results (which included Stranded II--my new addiction) and I'd be absolutely thrilled if I came away from this with something as good.

• Answer:

  I haven't played it in a while, but http://games.ravenblack.net/ plays quite a bit like what you described. Opponents duel each other by entering a series of gestures with both hands that chain together to form spells. The game is really strategic because you can see every gesture your opponent enters so you can anticipate what spells they are casting or try to fake them out. Quite satisfying really. Sadly, you may need to find a friend to play with , the community seems to be almost empty.