Might and Magic Might & Magic X Pre-Release Thread

[Wolfus]

Trolling aside, what really astounds me are the people raging that they bought the game and are upset that it's not like MM6+. Is the actual MM community so biased toward the free-roaming games? I guess that even in the official poll here, MM6/7 have slightly more votes than MM3/4/5, but judging by the Steam forums, there are a ton of people outraged that the game "isn't like MM6."

I know the grid-based vs free-roaming debate has been done to death, but what's up with this? I imagine a good majority of people complaining about this weren't even around when MM6/7 were released, so I don't really get it. Even nonsensical arguements like "Why isn't this free-roaming like the old MM games!!!!!!" - by my count, there are more grid-based games than free-roaming ones. Especially if we're counting only good games.

Is this just Skyrim syndrome or what?

well, most M&M fans are 90's kids (and alot of them are russian/eastern europeans..?), which first game they played was MM6, so naturally they would think that all MM's should be like that.

its the same over at Celestials Haven, it was at most me and like 2 other that even voted on MM1-5, the rest of the fandom almost bloated the MM6-8 option.

My first MM game was Isles of Terra on Amiga which I didn't finish. Few years later I play MM6 which I liked more but I voted for MM7 because MM6 dungeons are too confusing for me.

 

[groke]

well, most M&M fans are 90's kids (and alot of them are russian/eastern europeans..?), which first game they played was MM6, so naturally they would think that all MM's should be like that.

its the same over at Celestial Haven, it was at most me and like 2 other that even voted on MM1-5, the rest of the fandom almost bloated the MM6-8 option.

I used to think that Celestial Heavens was just a skewed sample because it mainly catered to Heroes fans, but Ubi forum's have shattered my innocence.

 

[slackerwizrd]

I'd rather paid beta test a turn-based rpg than continue not playing an endless stream of baldur's gate clones and first-person vagrant larp environments

Would brofist if not for "Baldur's Gate clones". Where are all those? I would love to play them!

BGEE and soon to be BG2EE.

Spoiler

 

[Luzur]

well, most M&M fans are 90's kids (and alot of them are russian/eastern europeans..?), which first game they played was MM6, so naturally they would think that all MM's should be like that.

its the same over at Celestial Haven, it was at most me and like 2 other that even voted on MM1-5, the rest of the fandom almost bloated the MM6-8 option.

I used to think that Celestial Heavens was just a skewed sample because it mainly catered to Heroes fans, but Ubi forum's have shattered my innocence.

as i said, they are mostly MM6-8 fans over there, except for me, GreatEmerald (the guy who post the music from MM3-5 on youtube)
and maybe 2 more, who are of the old guard.

also, dangit, misspelled the damn name.

 

[Infinitron]

Neal Hallford interview! https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog/post/view/meet-the-ancients-neal-hallford

 

[Resurectra]

Both, my dad and me, have played MM3 to 9. His favorites are MM3 and MM6, he also prefers free roaming. He often says that, comparing both of his favorites, he prefers the movement and skill system of 6 but he rather have the monster design and the riddles/puzzles of MM3.

I, on the other hand, also like the monster design and the riddles/puzzles of MM3 better than those of MM6+, but I like the skill system of MM7 better and I prefer grid-based movement over free roaming (though I don't dislike it).

I often wonder if I would have liked MM6 better (it's the only MM I played that I haven't finished) if the characters weren't all human and it didn't have that massive amount of monsters everywhere. I really didn't like that all-human party bit and the hordes annoyed me from time to time.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Neal is such a BRO. Makes me even more sad that his book KS failed.

 

[Infinitron]

He's still working on the book, though. He found some kind of alternate funding.

Anyway, it's funny to me that the MMX official blog is doing games journalism now. It's so meta

 

[Crooked Bee]

Ubisoft should've teamed up with the Codex for this series of interviews. Now that would've been meta.

 

[theSavant]

Metobsolete.

 

[DefJam101]

Ep. I - III are not any worse than Ep. IV - VI.

oh no

oh no

 

[Luzur]

He's still working on the book, though. He found some kind of alternate funding.

Anyway, it's funny to me that the MMX official blog is doing games journalism now. It's so meta

yeah guys, come on, get that interview with Caneghem beofre Ubi does!

 

[Infinitron]

He's still working on the book, though. He found some kind of alternate funding.

Anyway, it's funny to me that the MMX official blog is doing games journalism now. It's so meta

yeah guys, come on, get that interview with Caneghem beofre Ubi does!

We already did that last year: http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=8379

 

[Luzur]

He's still working on the book, though. He found some kind of alternate funding.

Anyway, it's funny to me that the MMX official blog is doing games journalism now. It's so meta

yeah guys, come on, get that interview with Caneghem beofre Ubi does!

We already did that last year: http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=8379

oh yeah we did LOL (totally forgot)

 

[narupley]

Unofficial Patch available now!

I haven't tried it yet (still at work)...

 

[Morphi]

Thanks so much for your previews & positive feedback

https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.c...s-so-much-for-your-previews-positive-feedback

Of course, Dex' is quoted

 

[Berekän]

wow, an unnoficial patch already released, looks like the modding community's strong in this one

EDIT: Apparently the "unnoficial" patch is in reality pseudo-oficial, disregard what I said

 

[General Maxson]

When is this finally getting released?

 

[Dorateen]

Early 2014, last I heard.

 

[deuxhero]

Guy is only at Gamescon because Ubisoft invited him, and he's still inserting bullshit in questions to see if anyone notices (amazingly, this is the SECOND time they invited him).

Edit: One highlight of the interview: MM10 guy notes that "we can't all be Skyrims"

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Zed]

I luv it

 

[Zeriel]

Haha, oh wow.

The "feedback meant to inspire developers" includes the line "the game runs like total shit". Limbic is nothing if not honest with themselves.



Bros bros bros bros.

-Ubisoft PR, 2013

 

[Broseph]

Three of my comments are in there.

 

[Infinitron]

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