wtf am I supposed to do?

[Ultraviper]

I just started the game, I have some goblin creature taunting me from a platform I can't get to. the only way I can go is a door that has a dead end. there's a sword on the wall but it flies away as soon as I grab it. at first I thought it was just a weird physics glitch but no, it did it all 3 times I reloaded my save and tried it. the game has no tutorial or hints whatsoever...

[imomnimatt420]

that goblin is your testing dummy. your supposed to walk through the big portal to left of him.

[Ultraviper]

his ledge is below mine and there's no way to get there

[imomnimatt420]

no, he for shooting spells at.

[Ultraviper]

I don't have any spells? None of the buttons do anything. There's a button that pick things up but there's nothing to pick up except the disappearing sword and some skeleton bones. I have a big book at my side but it doesn't seem to do anything when I try to grab it...

[imomnimatt420]

I'll log in tonight, about ten hours from now. Then I can give you some specifics. Pretty sure the book is useles. It just shows your level and shields or something.

[imomnimatt420]

I deleted mine and im not reinstalling. Type in ' the mages tale walk through' on youtube and there is videos for the whole game.

[themanx]

Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVw64XJGChcNtOUYIr5ri1azneW0igYf3
That is the link to my entire collection of Mages tale walkthrough videos I recorded in 2017 when the game first came out. Its the most complete collection of walkthroughs out there for this game.

Have fun

[playoftheyear]

Yea i got stuck there too, I stood on the little lit up circle in front of those beams at the dead end, in front of where the sword was on the wall. Try clicking down on right thumb pad, or wait in that circle for a few moments, it is supposed to be where you learn to choose spells from. I think the trigger for that is kind of broken.

But after that, everything runs super smooth.

[CannaQuirk]

Wow, I had the same issue (stuck at the very beginning because the sword flies off when I grab it and can't figure out anything else to do. I'll try this again, but super frustrating.

Devs, if you are reading this, these issues are getting incredibly frustrating. Frankly I bought this game a while ago, tried it - handful of bugs until I got about an hour in and then the entire save files was borked when I was permanently stuck in a wall - save/reload and everything. I gave up at that point in frustration and just picked it back up. THIS is a horrible start to a second chance. Please try to eliminate game ruining bugs like these. I am another bad glitch away from a horrible review.

[cercata]

Same bug here. It's a shame inXile doesn't want to fix this. Refunded

[Cer]

Today, still a tutorial is missing on what keys to use to do what.
At this stage you need to bring up a kind of shield where you can choose the spell (only fireball available at this time). On G2 with user mapping this is button-X plus right joystick down.

BTW: The book on your left can't be grabbed at this stage, but you can do that a bit later to see your stats which seems to be only health and spell regeneration speed.