Might and Magic® 9

The designers described it as being in a pre-alpha stage when it was released. The graphics are poor, the gameplay is weak, the interface is abysmal and bugs are everywhere. Even if it was free I could not recommend you invest any time into this game. You are better off playing any other game you can find, free or otherwise. I love the Might and Magic series. I've played them all, and I've beaten 5 of them, but please, please don't buy this game.

I've completed this game multiple times and still it looks pretty good. It cannot start on Win10 out of the box, but there is fix for it. If you never played M&M series do not start with this one, if you played 6-8 parts - feel free to try it, but be ready to some bugs. Basically it is prealpha of the game that could be.

Might and magic 9 suffers tremendesly from being an unfinished product. Compared to the old games it falls short, but for what it is Id say it is still an entertaining game. It feels and plays somewhat differently than the previous installments due to the 3d engine, dungeon design is really cool and the ridicolous humor in the game is sort of funny. However all the areas you visit feel sort of barren, bland and not very detailed, it is prone to crashing occationally and the voice acting is either often comical or very subpar to name a few issues I had with the game. So if you can look past its flaws and shortcomings Id say it is not a bad game, just feels a bit underdeveloped, so the question is if its really worth your time. I got alot of entertainment out of it, but I cant recommend it over some other might and magic games Ive played.

While this can be a fun game and reminds you of past Might and Magic games, it doesnt quite capture the glory of World of Xeen and VI. it just seems there wasnt enough polish put on this one. While not a 1/4th of the way through, im sure ill finish it but it still makes me long for a remake of the classics . While i recommend this to a fan of the past games and RPG's , there are better out there. Please someone make a Might and Magic XI that we can be proud of.

As stated elsewhere, GOG includes the patched version getting rid of most gamebreaking bugs and unfinishable dungeons. However, it stil needs some TLC to run decently on Windows 10 - grab dxVoodoo patches for graphics and patches for menu performance. However, that's fine. Once the game is set up, it's real fun. Until I got to the unbearably stupid promotion quest system where you have to select characters BEFORE finishing taking the promotion quest. If you didn't do that, you're completely locked out of that promotion path, which lost me some 20-ish hours, because I just took the quests to do them and submit them later. After this, I really didn't have the strength to restart. Now, I might return to MM9 at later date, but after finishing 6,7,8 in a row, I just remembered the disappointment from when I was young and finished the game the first time. I'm giving 3* because the game IS fun once set up, but the frustration with some INCREDIBLY stupid design choices drains all the enjoyment out of it.