Might and Magic® 9

I did have a great time with M&M7, but this one is barely even a game. You do your thing, and suddenly night falls. The entire screen just turns pitch black in an instant. Of course it doesn't affect your enemies, so if it happens during combat they will keep attacking you, while you have no idea what's happening. The whole story and the objectives that connect it often feel like placeholder. Beating the tutorial island already requires a walkthrough. There's no reason why you need to click this one specific thing to progress. The game doesn't tell you to. But you won't progress if you don't. I didn't get far. Entered the sewers in the first city and couldn't find my way back. The useless minimap is well, useless. It's a shame, because it had potential. The reworked class system seemed interesting, and it has mouse controls, unlike previous games, which make it more comfortable to play. Unfortunately I really can't recommend it to anyone.

Whenever I try to load the game, I get a black screen for a second which promptly vanishes.

Game is overall quite enjoyable, however quite buggy. Story is quite ok so far - but ending of story is quite awful. Gameplay differs a little bit from other MM games - you move with WASD instead of arrows - that leads me to another different thing in gameplay - you won't propably use turn-based mode. I tried it once in this game, and never used it again - that means game is definitely more fast paced than others. AI also got less artificial - enemies dodge, and move around, while fighting. Do I recomend this game? Definitely, but play MM6, MM7 and MM8 first. You must be also quite patient with troubleshooting.

Game won't start. Suggested fixes did not work.

A game with much potential, released too early for it's own good. But for nostalic Might and Magic feeling factor: 5Stars