Any fans of the Might & Magic series here?

[skelly]

The gist of what I remember reading is that the implementation of the Lithtech engine was horrible, and that the gameplay wasn't much better. I can't be more specific without playing it for myself, and based on the universal negativity around IX I don't think I want to pay for that privilege.


If you're really curious, I suggest checking out some reviews at GameRankings. (Also consider playing Wizardry VIII -- it's great!)

[Compass]

That's weird you mention Wizardry VIII (benT); about a week ago I got this fever to buy and play this game and read a bunch of reviews online for it (these fevers are unexplained and come and go with random games). The reviews were mostly glowing so I probably will give it a shot if I can find the original release.

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I tried to get into 6 and it just didn't happen. It's not that I begrudgingly bought the game spiting 3D0, I just gave it a good college-try since I liked the previous 3 titles so much. Somewhere between 6 not resembling any facet of previous MM titles and my PC (still) being a P200/128 with no card, I played 2 hours of it and just gave up. And I've never looked into the series since then.

However I can tell you that the disc out there called "Might and Magic Trilogy" is 3, 4, and 5 on a CD. The games will easily run on any PC today and still provide lots of things to do. Despite the fact that these MM titles have very little in terms of storyline aside from some longwinded text encounters, lack music, and provides the only view of your characters as 100x100 icons (or tombstones, etc), there are still many other areas the series does right to keep you interested in playing. That is, if ultimate stat building is your idea of a good time

4 and 5 are worth seperate mention since they truly do integrate; the storyline crosses over, your party stays intact and you can use portals to flip between 4's world and 5's.

I can't offer you any insight into 1 and 2 other than that they are ancient and probably not worth the time.

If I recall correctly, when I saw someone playing MM2, an enemy encounter provided seventy Wolves. Their deaths occured line by agonizing line...

I'll look into this 3,4,5 disc. souns good, thanks.

[taloony]

That's weird you mention Wizardry VIII (benT); about a week ago I got this fever to buy and play this game and read a bunch of reviews online for it (these fevers are unexplained and come and go with random games). The reviews were mostly glowing so I probably will give it a shot if I can find the original release.


I'll look into this 3,4,5 disc. souns good, thanks.

I'm not sure what this disc you're talking about is, but I own the Might and Magic: Millenium Edition, which contains IV-VII, plus a couple of extra side games. You can find it for twenty bucks, and it's worth it.

[Victrix]

Might & Magic 2 and 4+5 (they play together as one giant game) are great. 1 is like 2, but with less stuff, 3 is like 4+5, but with less stuff. 6 and 7 are decent (7 moreso), 8 is wretched, 9 is bad, but I played through it over a few days for no apparent reason.

If you're going to try out 2, don't play it on a PC, get the mac version (cough, cough). The others are all playable on a modern pc.