Posted on: September 11, 2016

SkeleTony

Игр: 463 Отзывов: 13

Suprisingly Great CRPG

When this game was first released, and for about 14 years afterwards, I had little interest in playing it. The 'race as class' thing reminded me of OD&D - a game system I absolutely hate- and the 'Create one PC and recruit the rest' thing was at the time starting to get on my nerves. But I bought it on GOG with the idea that maybe there was some fun to be had if I found myself really bored with no other games to play. Boy was I wrong. For starters after playing this for a while I could understand why they went with the 'class = race and class' thing. It has a lot to do with how the skill and abilities system works with classes in the modern Might and Magic games. It makes a LOT more sense to me now that I understand the reasoning behind it. I won't waste space here with elaboration on this though. Play this game and you will see. And the 'Create one and recruit the rest' aspect, while I never hated such in any RPGs I have come to really appreciate in this game (Plus there is a custom add-on script thing which you can download from Greyface's M&M page which allows you to create all of your party members). One reason is that dragons...are unfortunately way overpowered and being able to create one as your primary PC would have made the game hard to enjoy. At least this way you have to go achieve some things before being able to recruit a dragon. Sure the 'recruit most of your party' aspect, as in most RPGs which use this - allows you to exploit and get absurdly powerful characters earlier than you should but really most people who play this (your typical average RPGer) will not even think of going on a near suicide run to be able to exploit healing temples and recruit a level 50 knight before their party is level 30. And so having this option does not really hurt anything. Running out of room here so I will end this a bit shorter than I would like.

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Posted on: January 24, 2017

nevasith

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Игр: 271 Отзывов: 21

One of my favourite games ever!

I remember when I was much younger I bought it in one of the local shops. At first I got killed by pirates, later by guards... But some time later, as I got better (at finding NPCs) I realised this game has an insane potential - and the save files are easy to edit, thus my main character became a dragon. Story is ok, perhaps nothing super epic, but it's good - and by today's standard it's more than good taking how boring many modern games are - plot wise. The really remarkable part of this game however is the mechanics. Offers incredible freedom including flight, unique powers and races that normally represent monsters that get killed by heroes.

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Posted on: January 7, 2024

GYakovlev

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Игр: 1349 Отзывов: 7

Good entry into Might and Magic series.

This is a good entry in Enroth/Erathia/Jadame trilogy, though not as good as the first two (6 and 7). The game has a better graphics than 6 and 7, quite good story and good quests. You can play different races that are substitute for classes of the previous games (for example, Dark Elf is very close to the Archer class of M&M 7). You can even have dragons in your party. But on the negative side it has smaller world, smaller dungeons and it is much easier than previous entries. Once you get a dragon, the rest of the game is a easy. You also get a lot of experience for the quests leveling up quickly (bounty hunter guild quest gives you more than a million of the experience on the last level). There are too many relics and artifacts as well. There are bugs, but besides the crash entering Escaton palace (which you can avoid by lowering all sounds to 0 in control menu for the moment of entrance), nothing breaking the game. The game also removes SciFi settings, except for the last cut scene, so you will not be shooting blasters. The game works well on Linux with WINE, provided (as for any 32-bit game) you add 32-bit graphics drivers and log-in via X, not Wayland. Overall this is my least favorite out of M&M 6, 7 and 8, but it is still very good

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Posted on: July 6, 2016

JTravoltaIIVII

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Игр: 244 Отзывов: 4

An uneven experience

While M&M VIII is not considered the black sheep of the latter years of the series like IX is, it's certainly one of the games that truly shows its age. While some interesting features were added, most of them are a bit half-baked (racial classes) and generally don't make up for the lost of content, sense of free-roam exploration and cohesion that its two predecessors had. In my opinion of this engine-trilogy, M&M7 is the sweet spot. 6's enemy count is out of control, like some sort of stress test, while 8's spread is a bit meager outside of the unicorn forest. There's fewer areas than in the previous games, very little dichotomy or in the way of path choices, and very little in the way of new music or enemy sprites. The fifth character helps with the gear carrying, but it's mostly a crutch due to the poor skill spread and lack of multiple class-ups. I wouldn't recommend this one until after at least 6 and 7 are exhausted, and by then you'll probably have had enough retreating and firing bows for one lifetime. Mediocre features, story and content don't stop Day of the Destroyer from doing its job, but it's a half-assed job it does.

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Posted on: November 16, 2016

Gerbs7

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Игр: 44 Отзывов: 1

One of the best original Open World RPGs

This installment is not going to be as fun for everyone, but it has some of the most original elements of the entire series. The game is fairly easy compared to the previous two which seem to use the same engine. The aesthetics of the game are somewhat less appealing than it's prequels, MM6 and MM7; the dungeons and world are also smaller, but it's difficult to beat the overall sense of epic fantasy thats provided without overloading on caricature fantasy with exaggerated phenotypes slathered in special effects for a million buffs such as in the Ubisoft might and magic world has become. Although the 3DO might and magic world goes from neophytes beating on goblins to heroes flying around in the sky, it will feel authentic and down to earth compared to today's generic, cumbersome, cluttered austentatious tacky World of Warcraft ripoffs. You will have the most unique selection of classes and races and can change both the number and type of characters in your party. This makes the game more focused on developing your characters vs exploring and allows you to choose how much of a challenge you want. Ever want to go it alone? Now you can attempt to beat the game solo, or with up to 5 characters. This game currently lacks the availability of mods which the previous two games had. If you're familiar with how to extract files and tinker with it, you can adjust how the items look and how tough enemies are to provide more challenges and rewards. For example, I like to severely limit how long the "fly" spell can be cast and since I like to play with one character at a time, I also like to change the availability of certain skills. Be sure to check online for the 'mouse look patch' and other tweaks on Greyface's Might and Magic website to experience the game more fluidly and without as many bugs.

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