It wasn't particularly magical to begin with, though the 3 jackpot values displayed to the side of the screen may cast a spell over some players. Hitting the Play button opens Magic Tricks up with a roar from the crowd, and the game can begin.
One of the first things out of the hat is the game's magician character on the home screen, waving his hands about next to glittering dust and what looks to be some of the features. Or shall we leave aside etymological pursuits and just dive into Magic Tricks from developer Red Tiger and see what it conjures up? Should we use regular on-stage tricks like pulling rabbits out of a hat or sawing an assistant in half to define the word? Or broaden it to include things like walking through nature after a major downpour as raindrops glisten like diamonds, the majesty of mathematics, the rabbit hole of quantum physics, or hanging out with friends and loved ones? All have a certain 'magical' quality about them. Let's start the review off with a question, and it conveniently comes from the game under today's scope, which asks, 'Do you believe in magic?' This might actually be hard to answer, depending on your personal definition of the word 'magic'.