Master of Magic

- While there are many games where you can lead elven swordsmen into battle, there is only one where you can lead invisible fire breathing flying undead elven swordsmen with burning aura and mithril weapons into battle. And although they sound overpowered, there are monsters that will eat those freaky swordsmen for breakfast. - While there are many games where you can cast spells both during battle and on the overland map, but there is only one where you can make your whole army invisible at the start of the battle or where you can decimate the whole enemy army with a single spell. On the overland map, you can cast spells that cause volcanoes randomly emerge every turn on the map that generate mana for you and decrease the economic output of nearby enemy cities - of course your cities are spared. Or simply stop time. Yes. Stop. Time. Only you can move on the map, and the enemy can only defend itself in tactical battles. Some have compared Master of Magic to Age of Wonders 3 or Fallen Enchantress. Fallen Enchantress is an awesome game I put several hundred hours into - a wonderful game which was inspired by the old Master of Magic. While you can create custom units in Fallen Enchantress, they never feel as unique as the creatures in Master of Magic. While there are spells in Fallen Enchantress, they are very, very far from being as ambitious as the ones in Master of Magic. I need to admit, the strategy/economy part of Fallen Enchantress is where it exceeds MoM, but Master of Magic isn't weak from that aspect either. Age of Wonders 3 is a game I quickly got bored with. Again, the main inspiration for the whole AoW series was Master of Magic. But the empire management/economy aspect of the game is just lame. Again, spells are pretty unambitious compared to the crazy awesomeness you can have with Master of Magic. Where it exceeds MoM are the tactical battles - and again, Master of Magic has very fun and complex tactical battles as well. All in all MoM is the best.

enjoyed

It's good not bad

Graphics and UI is wonderfully done.. Music is soft and pleasant to listen. Units, classes, spells are fun to use. Nothing seems boring. Two planes making even small maps not so small. Quick combat which is always better than AOW games. Might be a little bit shallow game if you turtle up and dont explore too much on easier difficulties.

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