Magicka 2 review – return of the anarchic wizards

(PS4, PC, Paradox Interactive, cert: 16)Magicka 2 starts out cheerily – all the wizards are dead. Given the chaos the magically inclined caused in the first game, that’s not so bad. Then the twist: enter a great evil that just happens to need some colour-coded mages to stop it. Like its predecessor, Magicka 2’s greatest strength is its anarchic tendencies, its in-depth spellcasting system often rewarding you for trying unlikely magic combos. Each spell requires tapping in “codes”,