I remember fondly my time playing with Lords of Magic when it first came out. What absolutely stood out in that game was the voice acting and the background music: the game sucked me in and kept me there. But if you think you've got yourself yet another Heroes of Might and Magic, stop right there. While there are way fewer resources to manage in LoM than in HoMM, and there is barely any upgrading system, the game is complex and unforgiving. If you want an easy ride into varied strategy, pick something else. If you want a challenging game, with a brilliant heroic-fantasy atmosphere, then you should try. Especially if you don't mind old graphics (but you're here reading this review on GOG, so that should be OK, right? ;) "It is said that history becomes legend, as its events recede into the mists of time and that memories grow dimmer in the slumber of peace."
