Might and Magic Might & Magic X - Legacy

[jagged-jimmy]

If anyone is interested, the game is available for the next two weeks as part of a humble Might & Magic bundle in the top tier (pay $15 for all the games included in the bundle): https://www.humblebundle.com/

Nice - but most seem to be on uPlay.

 

[Naraya]

If anyone is interested, the game is available for the next two weeks as part of a humble Might & Magic bundle in the top tier (pay $15 for all the games included in the bundle): https://www.humblebundle.com/

Nice - but most seem to be on uPlay.

This is true, however uPlay is not as bad as Origin (which I refuse to install on my PC). I'm actually positively surprised by the uPlay client.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

It's no Steam, end of line.

 

[Snozgobler]

Whatever you do (legally anyway) the game will always use Uplay, (it doesn't matter if you buy it through Steam, Origin or the Humble Bundle) so saying "It's on Uplay" means you're not going to play it?

I'm not judging, but personally I've had fewer issues with Uplay than I have with Steam (Which is something like 1 vs 2, but neither one has caused me any real inconvenience).

 

[Zep Zepo]

Whatever you do (legally anyway) the game will always use Uplay, (it doesn't matter if you buy it through Steam, Origin or the Humble Bundle) so saying "It's on Uplay" means you're not going to play it?

I'm not judging, but personally I've had fewer issues with Uplay than I have with Steam (Which is something like 1 vs 2, but neither one has caused me any real inconvenience).

I get where you are coming from, and everything might be totally fine in the long run...but deep...in the back in my mind...I remember the Sony Root Kit.

Zep--

 

[Zeriel]

If you really hate Uplay that much, just play the High Seas version and pay them if you like it.

 

[imweasel]

I was thinking about buying it, but they are all Uplay keys. Fuck Uplay.

 

[Naraya]

I was thinking about buying it, but they are all Uplay keys. Fuck Uplay.

FYI, at least HoMM2 GOLD and MM1-6 are launched using a simple DOSBOX wrapper, no need to use Uplay at all after you download and install them (and tinker a bit with shortcuts).
In fact, I uninistalled Uplay as soon as I downloaded the pack.

 

[Grauken]

Why would anyone sane even consider buying them on uplay, GOG has the superior versions

 

[Naraya]

Don't get me wrong, I'll get them on GOG all right. I just wanted to make sure they'd work on modern systems and 1$ is just a kg of potatoes.

 

[Naraya]

WinGameStore offers Might & Magic X Legacy Deluxe (with DLC), and that supposedly includes Might & Magic VI - for only 6$. From what I understand from the game requirements and this reddit post, uPlay is not required *and* it's the only way to obtain M&M VI on Steam.

 

[Jaesun]

I'm still going to wait for a GOG version of M&M X.

 

[Grauken]

WinGameStore offers Might & Magic X Legacy Deluxe (with DLC), and that supposedly includes Might & Magic VI - for only 6$. From what I understand from the game requirements and this reddit post, uPlay is not required *and* it's the only way to obtain M&M VI on Steam.

this sell's the steam version, which means that yes, uplay is still required

 

[Anthedon]

Finally grabbed this during a sale. Did they make any changes to the difficulty levels since release? The codex review makes Warrior sound rather tedious (HP bloat, high enemy block chance, etc.).

 

[Dorateen]

But then Adventurer mode might seem too easy. I guess it depends on your play style and preferences, but I would say go with Warrior, and consider the long fights and tougher enemies as a challenge to be surmounted. The only change I can recall is an update that made bows more effective.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Definitely don't play on Adventurer unless you are a brain dead moron. I tried it for a little bit (almost to the end of Act 1) after beating the game on Warrior, and every single fight was winnable by just casting regen and spamming basic attacks from all members. Warrior on the other hand was a lot of fun, and the first time I've ever found myself planning a few turns ahead/prioritizing enemies in a MM game. Unfortunately the game does still become a cakewalk by the endgame, but up until about level 20 or so there are still encounters that will wreck your whole party without proper preparation.

Edit: On enemy block chance: Yes some enemies have a very high chance to block, but there are a slew of abilities that negate it. Anyone complaining about it needs to git gud.

 

[Excidium II]

Adventurer seemed fine when I played it back at release

The game doesn't have enough depth for higher difficulty to be interesting. I looked at the exact list of what warrior mode changed and it didn't seem worth the extra pain

 

[Crooked Bee]

I played on Warrior and it went alright. Would've been much easier resource-wise on Adventurer, especially in the early-mid game, I'd imagine.

 

[Sceptic]

The codex review makes Warrior sound rather tedious (HP bloat, high enemy block chance, etc.).

HP bloat and high block are there even on adventurer, I was complaining about them in specific fights because they don't add any difficulty, they just make otherwise boring fights longer, and therefore even more boring.

Warrior is fun in the beginning, the higher cost of everything makes gold much more precious. By mid-game it won't really matter which difficulty you're playing because you'll be swimming in gold anyway.

 

[Excidium II]

IIRC what has the most impact in difficulty are your class choices. Like non-spellcaster ranged units being p. lame and the elf bladedancer being OP

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Sceptic]

Any dual-wielding grandmaster will be OP. My Ranger grandmastered Daggers and dual-wielded two non-relics with Stun chance, and he not only was doing the most damage by far, he was also trivializing a lot of fights by stunlocking the opponents. The biggest problem with the itemization is just how powerful some pre/suffixes are compared to others. The large number of attacks also means the dual-wielder will eat through the enemy's blocks and still inflict a ton of a damage, in a way that's much more efficient than trying to use the block-skipping special attacks.

Ultimately though it's still Might and Magic, even gimped parties will do fine (though I don't recommend Warrior with a gimped party on a first run, be familiar with the game first, especially with the way it gates trainers behind main quest checkpoints)

 

[Anthedon]

Good thing I have a bladedancer and two casters then. Performance in the overworld areas is still utter shit, dungeons/towns run fine. Unity be praised.

 

[TigerKnee]

Performance in the overworld areas is still utter shit, dungeons/towns run fine. Unity be praised.

This game would probably benefit from getting a demake into MM1-6 pixel art so the game doesn't run like shit.

 

[Abelian]

This game would probably benefit from getting a demake into MM1-6 pixel art so the game doesn't run like shit.

The game does feature a pixelated "retro mode", as seen here, but I'm not sure by how much does it improve performance.