User blog comment:Austin8310/SOME STUFF/@comment-1155770-20100914153830/@comment-1024726-20100914195108

Better than fantasy garbage, where everything is random and focused just on concentration and underdeveloped stuff. The HP series had a decent system -- there were some actual rules for potion-making and spells only worked with certain incantations, circumstances, motions, and states of mind. The current, Wutt Energy based model of magic is an attempt to deviate from traditional fantasy magic, because I feel fantasy can sometimes be cliched, boring, and a bit unrealistic at times. Hence, the transition from magic the old, mystical art with staffs and gems and whatnot, to magic the science with nerds in labcoats, bunches of formulas, and long-winded explanations of everything.