This game is tough. Tougher than Heroes of M&M 3. Try it and you'll see. I also think that GOG's price is more than fair on this one, so buy it! I own the original copy of this game, gold version too. :)
Unlike M&M X from the new crappy Ubisoft (who is trying to ruin the franchise with its crappy games), this is a good game and is quite loyal to the franchise. I like the fluidity and how you improve your characters. There are more stuff in this one than in the 6th. I think 3DO should have stayed focused on what caused them to have success instead of changing they recipes like they did with Heroes of M&M IV, a complete disaster and very crappy games (they tried to copy on the game called Disciple, which is heavy on your brain and once finished, you really don't want to play again unlike Heroes of M&M III). Anyways, if you like the franchise or action-adventure games, buy this one, it's worth GOG's price.
Good game. Starts easy but becomes quite tough as the empire expands and the barbarian threat increases. The 4th of the franchise is also good. Both are worth buying if you like the genre I think.
These games are the core of what M&M saga is about. Pity though you cannot bring your old characters from one to the other. But that's just me and it is a minor thing. Instead of wasting your money on a modern piece of crap by Ubisoft (M&M X, or so they call it... should have been M&M 1.5 so primitive its design is), buy this and you'll have much more fun than M&M X. Stay away from Ubisoft modern products, the company has lost itself and has become something very crappy... I miss my Ubisoft of the 1990s. :'( Anyways, buy this if you like open world fantasy action-adventure games with character progression. It's nice, I still play this every year or two.
This game is a million times better than the crappy Theme Park. It is both funny, entertaining, interesting and enjoyable to play. Everything runs smoothly... and unlike modern games, this one was finished when it came out, there were few bugs... if not none at all!
This is a cheap wannabe clone of D&D Heroes and falls quite short of it, just like the other games on GOG that is of the same genre. You only go through it once, because you really don't want to play it again so limited it is. The story is cliché. The game itself if quite boring after a while, very repetitive gameplay. Very little to do in the game aside from fighting.
Hey! This is one of the best games that you ever find! They don't make them like these anymore. The game designers thinks that graphics and eyecandy is more important than the game itself... Also, Ubisoft is ruining the Might & Magic franchise with their joke of Heroes and the Might & Magic X which is a fiasco (bugs, unfinished, limited gameplay, no replayability, no open world, etc.). If you want to purchase a game, and like turned based strategy that has unlimited replayability... buy this!
I think the two first ones were better than this populous. I own the original hard copy of this game. I never really got into it. So, unless you really know what you are buying, don't buy this.
For a limited game like that, there should have been lots and lots more things you could build. There should be double the amount of professions. There should be scenarios in the game like in sim city where you need to solve a problem in a hamlet, town or city. A nice feature you could add is a world map (that could be made by the player too) where when you are satisfied with your community, you could "save to map" and that community would be available to trade with. That way, you could create a farming community, another would be herding, another mining, etc. That way, you could create a world economy of your own. But not like Cities XL, it's more a pain in the butt than fun, I would keep Banished just like it is right now economically and just make merchants available once you have finished your first community so that you can trade with it. I would give it 5 stars only if there would be twice as many professions and scenarios (no need of a campaign unless you add the world map option). The game is very like the small game called Towns minus the dungeon. You pretty much do the same thing without any adventuring, another minus in my book, but minor one.
Good - Beautiful drawings & interesting animation - Nice music and sounds Bad - Repetitive gameplay - Not sure if the choices changes the story - Difficult combat situations, especially later in game. - The fact that you can only take a limited amount of guys in battle but the enemy can take as many as it wants is stupid. - WAAAAYYYY to long waiting between events. Should be a mini game or something to do or even a dialog between two persons while you travel. A BIG WASTE OF TIME HERE! Overall, don't buy this unless you have played it already.
