Addicting, challenging, and fun. Definitely worth a look.
You play as Issac, a young mage who aspires to become as powerful as his father, who mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again. As the game continues, Issac becomes stronger, learns powerful spells, and finds the whereabouts of his father.
The meat of the game is in the gameplay which involves you attacking enemy monsters with runes which must be drawn on the touch screen to be activated. The strength of the spell is based on how well the rune is drawn. These spells can involve things as simple as firing a fireball to summoning a god of light who destroys all who are foolish to stand in your way.
Another great part of the game is the monster catching. By using the basic Dark rune, you can capture monsters and have them do your bidding, such as opening chests, capturing crystals, and attacking enemies.
While the game is easy in the beginning, the game's difficulty becomes much harder by the end. Forcing you to fight in unfavorable conditions, against staggering numbers, short time limit, and many other obstacles. In the later levels, don't be surprised if you have to try four or five times to beat one level.
Though the story sounds overused, it's surprisingly good and has quite a few twists throughout the game. Also depending on choices you make throughout the game, you can also get different endings.
The sound is average and while pleasant to listen to, it does not have anything spectacular or groundbreaking. Expect to listen to the same song more than once throughout the game. Especiall in the monster edit menu.
The graphics are the game's main weak point. While the art is drawn very well and characters and monsters all well detailed, the gameplay graphics are lacking and are a bit simplistic on the battlefield.
Lost magic also has a wifi mode allowing you to use the monsters you've caught in the game in battle against other players and their monsters. While amusing, it's not exactly on par with the multiplayer of games like Animal Crossing: WW, Metroid Prime: Hunters, and Mario Kart DS.
The only complaints I have with this game are it's lacking gameplay graphics, average music, and the AI of the game. Now the AI of the game is mostly good, there are times when your allies bump into walls, walk on spikes, and fall into lava and can require a lot of micro managing.
Overall, Lost Magic is a fun, challenging, and has a great story to go along with its innovative and addicting gameplay.