Life of a Wizard Demo

Being a wizard is every child’s dream, especially after reading books like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. Video games help as well, because almost every RPG features magic and various types of sorcery. On the other hand, there are not so many games that provide you with a chance to control more things about your character and his or her story.

Life of a Wizard is a text-based adventure game with role-playing elements and a highly interactive story. You start by customizing a lot of things about your character’s past and upbringing, which in turn affects your future decisions. As for the story, it’s all up to you and the choices you make along the way, complete with multiple endings and routes you can take.

Each decision you make also affects your statistics and various relationships, which in turn opens up new options along the way. Besides learning new talents and magic spells, it’s also possible to pursue romantic relationships and make new friends. There are no restrictions in this regard, which means that same-sex relationships are possible.

Although you can focus on a classic style of magic like casting fireballs or lightning bolts, there are other things available as well. Alchemy allows you to brew powerful potions and approach situations from a different angle, not to mention the fact that you can also summon huge monsters on your side or simply control the minds of your enemies to get the desired result.

Since this is a text-based game, there are obviously no graphics and no artwork to admire, which is not necessarily a problem if you know what to expect. The story itself can be enough for some pretty convincing images to form in your head, and the writing here is good enough for that to be possible. It helps if you improvise some kind of soundtrack on your own as well.

Life of a Wizard is not necessarily a groundbreaking story, but the choices feel like they truly have an impact on the overall plot. Hence, if you like to daydream and wield magic powers for good or evil, this can easily keep you busy for a few hours.