Might and Magic® 7: For Blood and Honor®

By rush, I mean two things: nostalgia and pure RPG gold. As a child, this was the game of my father's choice, and I likely spent a fair good amount of my childhood watching. Now, here I am, seventeen years old, playing this gem almost 15 years after it was first released. And it hasn't aged a bit. This game, although it hasn't been a part of my life since I was young, is on of my favorite games of all time.

Depth. That's it. That's all I need to tell you. This game has depth to it and you'll love it.

Man it's been a long time since I played this game. I played it when I was like 12 years old or sth. This is an RPG unlike many others, especially considering the POV with your characters on the bottom, only as character portraits. But it's done so incredibly well that this never starts to bother you. And the commentary from the characters is just great. Loved the Orc Knight repeating "´tis but a scratch" when he got a huge gash on his face lol. My favorite character's gotta be the Lich. You basically have to put your soul (? I think that's what it was) into a vessel and carry it around with you. The guy looks kickass too. And oh the spells that guy can cast. Armageddon anyone? haha . Honestly though, I mostly used poison cloud. Best dps/mana imo. Oh and the fun I had casting confuse on the griffins who then went on a rampage killing villagers and knights alike. Hehehe. Gotta get that sweet loot somehow right? Anyway, the story ... honestly, I forgot most of it, but I do remember that it was great. And I loved being able to basically choose between "heaven" and "hell". Obviously I chose the dark side because screw those arrogant air/light elementals and angels! So what more is great about this game? Well for starters you can either choose turn based or live action. I always chose the latter because it's more fun. Plus I gotta admit I did exploit the dumb AI to kill dragons and other strong enemies. It also has an incredible game in the game: Arcomage. Man that was hella fun to play! And I mean, what other game lets you fly, levitate, wipe out an entire map with Armageddon, make endless choices, explore etc. for hours without end? Sure, there are a few, but none quite compare to this game. It saddens me greatly to see the decline of M&M starting with 9, going slightly back upwards with MM X but it just wasn't the same anymore and any new titles aren't likely to come out. And even if they did, the quality most likely wouldn't be the same.

I played this game for like an hour as a kid and then got my nasty cheese puff fingerprints on the disk and didn't get to play again until adulthood. Loved MM6 was very excited to finally play MM7. Such great games! Shitty 90s enemy pathing is a fun feature rather than a bug.

I remember how hard this game was. The first characters and classes I made didnt really play well together that I eventually decided to delete and restart after a lot of trial and errors and countless hours played but man it made me finish the game because of that hard decision. I hold this game dearly as this is probably the first one that blew my mind with the gameplay and how the story went from linear to bizarre. MM6 is also highly recommended if you like this game.