Mage character kind of refreshing in an odd way?

[Theoricus]

It's kind of funny, because this is coming from trying to play the Mage class and realizing how pointless and uninteresting they are.

I'm used to mages being the really exciting class. With the best skills to unlock the story's lore, along with being provided exciting avenues to personal power. But in this game they're just so mediocre, it inspires you to want to play one of the other classes.

Like they're this ignorant, illiterate, peasant, whose abilities come into use rarely and only serve some incredibly basic function the other classes have methods of surmounting themselves. Where if you want exciting combat, you're much better served going with the warrior, and if you want cool lore and character interactions you should go with the scholar.

I don't know if it's what the creators were going for. But it's kind of refreshing playing a game where it's the mage that's the gimped and kind of useless class to play, compared to the others. When so often it's the other way around.

[Imaginary Mime]

In game terms, there are plenty of options. It skips past story lines/encounters enough to save a lot of supplies and time. When it allows a shortcut it again saves time and usually negates risk to your character/supplies. Im a little rusty on the game but I am also certain it is useful in the majority of the more difficult fights.

In terms of story I really like what they did with magic. Only one person is anything outstanding with the golems, with the majority being a mix of healers and oracles who mostly rely on magical ingredients. Most magic is a personal quirk or ability and besides not always being useful it can be dangerous. This leads to many people being wary of it but are too pragmatic to fully reject it in most cases. There are also plenty of things that go mostly unexplained.

Definitely the start you have to play with a lot of planning to get the most out of the unique options. I like the description that besides maybe having a few parlor tricks, they are just a feckless peasant on a horse.