I really enjoyed this one. Like any dice game, this is all about risk management and rolling with the punches. This goes well with the kingdom strategy and choose your own adventure dueling aspects of the game. All the systems work well together and give you significant and often difficult choices to mitigate the odds. Unique, easy to pick up, simple systems that have depth (you can win your way), affordable price, cool story that will take many playthroughs to see all it has to offer (Im 20 hours in and still havent seen all the endings). I highly recommend for all of these reasons.
This is my first Fields of Glory game and I love it. Will your men hold the line? When should I send in the reserves? Will the flanking maneuver work? The Historical battles are fun, but the Campaign is the real treat. You have forces that carry over from battle to battle win or lose, And there is a random generator campaign where you can set the parameters and the forces to your liking, with a natural ramping up size and difficulty of battles (if you so choose). I have one criticism, the writing in this is incredibly small, to the point I can barely read the words. For a game like this, where reading is a big part of the experience, its a huge negative. I was annoyed enough to take what should have easily been a five star game to four stars. Regrettable. This is my favorite purchase in the last year. Maybe in the last couple of years. Smooth gameplay and UI, great sound effects with the roar of battle and people yelling as they charge or break. A fantastic battle system under the hood of course (similar to Pike and Shot). I eagerly await more Medieval Armies and Campaigns.
Might and Magic 6 is worth the price alone. I played MM6 for the first time last year and it is a great game. I love the game for the massive amount of exploration you get to do. Combine that with building your character freely, (unlike MM7) engaging yet simple fights and constantly leveling up, getting better gear and generally running around like you are on an easter egg hunt. Soon it will be time for World of Xeen, Great times.
Should have stuck with my vaporware version, at least with it you know what you have. Just lost two hours of gameplay because they didnt disable the DRM for the game. Screw you GOG.
