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Maglam Lord

Felistella · Feb 4, 2022

PC · PS4 · Switch

Teen

About

Maglam Lord takes you on an adventure that involves forging "Magic Swords". The protagonist is a "Demon Lord" who once ran rampant and can mutilate and destroy even such high-ranking beings without question, was strongly viewed by both sides as the "enemy of the world". Eventually, the Demon Lord became surrounded by an alliance of gods and demon lords. However, by his loyal retainer, he managed to escape from danger and went into a deep slumber to recover. Players will get the option to choose between a male or a female protagonist at the start of the game. As a demon lord, the player needs to find a potential partner by increasing bonds with other characters. Each love interest will have a likability factor to manage. Players can increase this rank by battling together, selecting the right responses to their questions, and giving characters their favorite items as you progress through the story.

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Scores by platform

PC

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 6.2

PlayStation 4

Critic 5.9 (5 critics) · Gamer 7.0

6.7

Nintendo Switch

Critic 7.0 (7 critics) · Gamer 8.8

7.7

Critic reviews

  • RPGFan

    Audra Bowling · Feb 20, 2022

    8.2
    The story is charming, fun, and full of hidden depth at times with characters who can’t help but grow on you and an enjoyable relationship building system. It’s a shame that the action RPG elements are so simple and threadbare comparatively, but I’d still recommend the title to both Summon Night 5 fans and visual novel lovers in particular given how easy even the action RPG parts are to pick up.
  • NintendoLife

    Trent Cannon · Feb 09, 2022

    6.0
    Maglam Lord has a lot of potential, but you'll need to stick it out and try to squeeze some joy from its repetitive combat system and stale dungeon design. Along with its writing, an excellently drawn cast of characters — who can be recruited and romanced through the dating mechanic — offer shining moments in an otherwise unremarkable action-JRPG. The potential is certainly there for something special, and the game's visual cues for possible results of dialogue options removes much of the guesswork common in other games, but the execution falls flat in the combat department and holds back the enjoyable visual novel elements of this package from being as good as they could be.
  • Hey Poor Player

    Kenny McKee · Feb 05, 2022

    6.0
    Despite any personal enjoyment, however, I can’t help but feel as though it’s ultimately a very middling game. While Maglam Lord does have some decent high points in terms of its story and setup, its bland level design, repetitive combat, and compressed crafting system weigh it down to an unfortunate degree.
  • Noisy Pixel

    Henry Yu · Feb 04, 2022

    7.5
    Maglam Lord uniquely combines an action role-playing game with heavy visual novel and dating sim elements to create an experience that stands out from the JRPG crowd. While the action combat portions of the game are underwhelming and the graphics are outdated, the beautiful art direction, engaging narrative, and excellent cast markedly make up for it.
  • Cubed3

    Eric Ace · Jun 21, 2022

    5.0
    The story segments are mildly amusing, as well as a few of the characters, but the plot goes nowhere fast, and the rest of the game is hard to enjoy. Combat oscillates between two second stomps to five minute plus long slogs, all the while being far more boring than it might look. The entire other 'half' beyond the visual novel segments is laughably bad in the design and the game does little to separate itself from either better or more unique JRPGs currently out.

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