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Anonymous09/26/25, 09:05No.3850233Rpgs with great wizard gameplay
guys please i need help, what rpg games have the best wizard gameplay so i can really roleplay as a wizard. i'm at my wits end. I need to know what the best wizard games are.
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Anon09/26/25, 09:35No.3850237
For different reasons: Morrowind, Arcanum, Dragon's Dogma.
Morrowind and Arcanum because there is a lot of utility to your spellcasting. There are spells for every opportunity and they help a lot with your problem solving. It's not all about blasting things apart.
Fuck you for using slop, by the way.
Dragon's Dogma is the opposite: it's an action-rpg and the spells follow suit. But you will feel fucking powerful. Raining down meteors, summoning tornados. Even the smaller spells feel impactful. Some utility, but it's mostly various ways to blast things apart.
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Anon09/26/25, 10:00No.3850242
>what rpg games
>have the best wizard gameplay
>so i can really roleplay as a wizard
Morrowind, Oblivion, or SkyrimSkyrim has the best gameplay and activities. You can get shouts to get 3 equipped spells on hand. Or staves. With alchemy, enchanting and books, you'll have enough reason to go outside and loot things.
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Anon09/26/25, 14:03No.3850294
>NOOOOOOOOOOO CAMERON YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE SWOLE AND A WIZARD
>ONLY I, FRAIL RAISTLIN, MAY BE A WIZARD
>REEEEEEEEEE I'LL KILL YOUUUUUUUU
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Anon09/26/25, 14:45No.3850312
>role playing game games
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Anon09/26/25, 15:53No.3850353
Underrail, unironically.
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Anon09/26/25, 18:00No.3850426
any notable examples from the last five-ten years? no shaming the classics but i've played the bulk of them
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Anon09/27/25, 01:28No.3850578
might n magic 6/7/8
you have an armageddon which literally nukes entire map, ability to fly, turn invisible, walk water, steal souls, reverse aging, teleport and all shit imaginable.
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Anon09/27/25, 06:25No.3850657
Arx Fatalis.
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Anon09/27/25, 11:59No.3850718
Going full wizard in Avowed was pretty fun
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Anon09/27/25, 12:05No.3850723
Nox offers two takes - the summoner wizard(Conjurer) and the battle wizard(Mage).Conjurer lets you control (and later summon) beasts that you got scrolls for, as well as having several clunky but extremely powerful spells.Mage has spells for every situation (physics manipulation, crowd control, powerful direct damage spells, et c.) but is really unwieldy in the beginning and requires getting used to. Very stressful play if you ask me, you always end up barely making it.
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Anon09/27/25, 14:12No.3850771
Baldur's Gate 2 is famous for its mage duels. You also get your own wizard's tower... well... it's more like a wizard's... ball. And unique qizard quests connected to it.Arcanum did some interesting things, but it's a half-finished jank.
If you are into necromancy, there's a new pretty decent necromancy focused RPG. But it's indie and story focused.
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Anon09/27/25, 15:20No.3850803
First off WRPGs are obviously better for this. Partially for thematic reasons, but mostly because spells are more likely to have uses outside of battle.
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Anon09/28/25, 01:40No.3851062
Masters of Magic.
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Anon09/28/25, 02:20No.3851077
My next indie game will have a heavy magic system. Much more based on fun spells than combat magic. Invisibility, fire, freezing, sleep, confuse, silence, stuff like that. If anyone has fun ideas to add, let me know!
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Anon09/28/25, 04:13No.3851095
Wizardry, duh
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Anon09/28/25, 06:25No.3851131
Magic Research 1 & 2 are both "idle games" with strong active components where you acquire spells and level different spell schools. Lots of fun and diverse builds.Orb of Creation is also an idle game. You ponder an orb.Archmage Rises has you play as a single Mage, but you explore the map, acquire spells, develop your Wizard Tower, and interact with the world sort of like a Mount & Blade w/ tactical combat. Strong recommend. It's an indie title.The Atelier Ryza trilogy is not necessarily about being a wizard, but there's a lot of overlap due to the immensely indepth alchemy system. Tons of solutions.Rift Wizard 1 & 2 are roguelikes focused on being a wizard with a ton of spells and magic items.Path of Achra has some fun wizard & non-wizard gameplay.Siralim Ultimate is a creature collector with tons of class fantasy.MiniHealer isn't wizard per se, but it captures the Cleric fantasy extremely well.Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 have some fun mage gameplay.As does Conquest of Elysium 5.The immortal Neverwinter Nights PRC mod has some of the most extensive buildcraft I've ever seen in a game.
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Anon09/28/25, 16:55No.3851299
It's not an rpg but in my years of searching i never found anything better than magicka
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Anon09/30/25, 09:14No.3851884
Thank you guys for the recommendations I’m very interested in wizardry archmage rises, and a bunch of other games u guys recommended, I’ve been wanting to scratch the wizard itch for a bit now :)
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Anon10/01/25, 00:15No.3852226
Owlcat's Pathfinder games have vastly reduced spell lists, compared to the tabletop (of course, because the tabletop has literally thousands of spells published, but more importantly most of them wouldn't really work in a video game, and many of them would be complicated to program, so Owlcat mostly implemented the simple and easy "do damage or debuff the target" type spells.... which is a HUGE fucking problem, in my opinion...), but still definitely strong wizard gameplay (especially if you install the item crafting mod for Kingmaker).
Pillars Of Eternity 2: Deadfire has good wizard gameplay, but not really much roleplay that specifically illustrates "I'm a wizard".
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Anon10/02/25, 07:58No.3852792
DOS2
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Anon10/04/25, 09:41No.3853679
No other game can top Magic Carpet when it comes to making you feel like a god of magic, not even Morrowind's exploits.
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Anon10/09/25, 15:25No.3856436
The NWN modules Almraiven and Shadewood were designed for wizards. Not extremely long or extensive but I really wish more RPGs made playing a wizard feel like this.
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Anon10/15/25, 12:35No.3859057
avowed has the best magic combat in a first person game to date
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Anon10/15/25, 18:41No.3859256
Didn't one of the Two Worlds games let you summon anvil storms?
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Anon10/16/25, 01:03No.3859443
Controversial I know, but Tokyo Ghostwire is a good one is you just want to focus on combat/stealth.
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Anon10/16/25, 09:30No.3859557
you won't get much roleplaying from Might and Magic 6-8 but the sorcerers there have crazy powers and utility
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Anon10/16/25, 11:59No.3859601
Dominions 6 has OP autistic magic (like a 800 page manual lmao)
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Anon10/17/25, 15:27No.3860077
Might & Magic
>de-age your characters
>phase through walls
>teleport anywhere
>duplicate items
>recharge the spells on your wands
>spells that can OHKO 15 enemies at once