I have had MoM since it was released and love every bit of it, including the insane AI. This mod just removes any of the fun the original game has. 'You can't have X until turn Y' 'You can't do A until turn B' all this is unnecesary and takes any fun out of the randomness that MoM has always had. Every single thing in the game has been scrutinised to the tiniest detail and in most cases changed, even when there has been no need to do so. I have managed to play the game happily for over 20 years and never needed the original content changed. Finally charging for a free patch is just ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as the launcher which is one third adverts for other games.
There are a lot of MMORPG games out there struggling to be as good as this single player gem. The character customisation is brilliant, you can simply make a character exactly how you want: want to be good at everything, np. The game world is huge and fun to explore, no matter how many dungeons you find you will want more. The gear crafting and spell crafting are easy to use, the alchemy might take a little while to get used to but the pots you can make can be awesome. Yet all this runs seamlessly on the PC with keyboard and mouse. Unlike Skyrim it wasn't built around a game controller giving what I feel is a better experience. If you started Elder Scrolls with Oblivion or Skyrim imagine them with a lot, lot bigger world and a lot more character depth and skills. As for the story, I finished it a few times when the game came out, it is interesting the first few time, but after that a new game is just a mad run into the wilds exploring and slaying. Play the great houses against each other, join the guilds, own a home, pick up as many quests as you want (or don't want) and/or just kill everything. In short if you're looking for a better version of Oblivion, Skyrim or even ESO this is it, just the amount of starting skills and vatness of the wilds blows the first two away and the fact you can have whatever combination of skills you want makes it better than its MMO big brother. (Biggest downfall of ESO for me is the rigid class/skill choices). Along with BG/BG2 this game is a must for any serious fantasy RPG gamer.
