Oddly enough the Mages Initiation demo snapped me out of my enamouration and now I am just kinda disapointed.
Not at the parts that are obviously just because this is an early version of the game, but rather the parts of it that arn't part of the demo. Ohh well.
Yet I cannot deny that I am still charmed. It all honestly depends on whether or not there are more then one out of combat spell (and I am not including those split up between the elements). Since honestly one of my favorite parts about Quest for Glory mages was how useful magic was out of combat. There were more non-combat spells in Quest for Glory then combat spells, which is unique.