With two back-to-back hits under its wing, Epic Games Store's daily giveaway promotion for the holidays is now offering a charming indie freebie to grab developed by Borealys Games. For 24 hours from the time of publishing, Mages of Mystralia is yours to claim, coming in as the 11th giveaway. It replaces Control from yesterday.
The title is an action-adventure experience that utilizes a spell crafting system allowing for user-designed magic powers for when battling enemies, beating bosses, and solving puzzles. The story is penned by Ed Greenwood, the mind behind Dungeons and Dragons' Forgotten Realms fantasy world.
Here's how the store page describes the setting:
Your path will not be easy. In Mages of Mystralia, you play as Zia, a young girl who discovers that she has been born with an innate sense of magic. Unfortunately, magic has been banned, so she strikes off to train on her own to gain some control over her powers. On her journey, she meets other exiled mages and, discovers runes with magical properties and realizes that she can combine these runes in millions of different ways to come up with completely new spells.
While not on sale, Mages of Mystralia costs $19.99 to purchase. Here are the minimum requirements:
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 2300 or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Mages of Mystralia will remain free to claim until 11AM ET tomorrow, December 28. Another mystery game will be taking its place at that time. Don't forget about the ongoing $10 coupon and holiday sale offers on the store as well.
