You make a party and explore large open dungeons which are traversed one after another. Backtracking is possible but not really useful. Progress through the levels is made by solving puzzles or finding well hidden keys and switches. There's a ton of secrets to find in the levels too. And of course fight monsters in turn-based combat. Rather rare for the time you can play this on a relaxed difficulty. There's only a barebone story (activate a shield by pushing two buttons and stop the invasion) and some lore written down in scrolls. Back then this was an enjoyable game though all things taken into account. However the journey is the goal here (looting and leveling) not the story or the ending.
I played this two times to the finish despite all. The game is easily the worst from similar games MM 6-9. Every aspect is worse than the other games. Things worth mentioning: linearity, small islands, bad UI and on my old gear the inventory took seconds to load every time an item was looted. I still had fun because I was just a big fan of the flow of the series but yeah you probably don't like it.
