The games feature real-time combat that incorporates physical attacks, magic, and summonings, though each game handles battles differently.
The player can jump and maneuver around the battle screen as they would on the field map, but all physical attacks, magic, items, and summonings are activated by playing cards.
Statistics include hit points, the amount of damage a character can receive; strength, the power of the character's physical attacks; and magic, the potency of the character's magical spells.
CCGs are a $2bn market worldwide and, though at the moment the money is still mainly in the physical realm (think Magic: The Gathering), the digital slice is ever-growing.
Rameau's gods and goddesses and Gozzi's stylized physical comedians and magic tricks occupy made-up worlds where realism is in the eyes of beholders, be they Baroque or space-age.
Lots of good Tango demos of this, our Dekko r/c jumping off physical ramps, the Magic Leap little robot under the desk are all examples.
Unlike physical attacks however, magic attacks cannot be chained.
Battle Mages use staffs and use physical attacks with magic to attack monsters.
Get a feel for what you like to do in the game, it's really versatile as to what you can do, there are three types of attacks, you can use Will (Magic), Physical (Melee), and Skill (Range and Stealth) the more that you use one type of attack, the more experience that you can get for that type.
Melvin is proficient at both magic and physical combat, though his magic casting abilities are slightly superior to his physical attack skills.
