Information Might & Magic X Teased by Ubisoft, To Be Revealed at PAX East

[Stabwound]

Does anyone know who did the design work at NWC? I liked M&M strictly for the combat, which just felt right. I'd love to see those guys start a kickstarter project, but not for M&M. For something new.

A cursory glance at the Mobygames page of MM8 shows that most/all of the designers/producers fell off the map after Heroes 4 or MM9 and have done nothing since. I don't know how accurate Mobygames is, though. I'd love to see Jon Van Caneghem on this thing but it doesn't seem likely.

 

[Moribund]

I am finding it hard to get too excited.

Not any of the obvious reasons either like:

1. Publishers evil, why do they hate games so much?

2. Might be first person walker/oblivion clone.

3. It seems there's very few competent game makers so even if they do everything we want it will probably get cancelled or be full of bugs.

No, it's just because I think M&M has pretty much done it all. I don't think they can ever top M&M 6 or M&M 7 without making a big departure from the formula or going back to the roots and making it a stepper with complicated dungeons. But we know the actual changes will be make things more simple, lots more annoying cuscenes (especially the awful in-engine ones) and all the other bad crap.

And I liked M&M 8 and 9 (just not as much as 6 and 7 or 1 and 2).

 

[Alex]

Obsidian worse than Ubisoft? That's harsh.

Well, to be fair, I like Obsidian. A lot. I really disliked what they did in AP, and I feel they have yet to release a game that doesn't have serious drawbacks, usually related to it being "leftovers" from some other dev. Still, I thought they did a great job in Fallout: New Vegas. And I think they showed promise in the NWN2 expansions and KotOR2.

I would object to them because M&M isn't really about what they do well. The only way I see Obsidian releasing a good game here is if they made a completely different kind of game than any of the previous Might & Magics.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Bros, I think we may live in the proverbial interesting times.

 

[CappenVarra]

In before Josh Sawyer "fixing" M&M mechanics :facepalm:

 

[Moribund]

Oh right, I forget obsidian, the obvious thing that trumps all the other obvious things. That alone is more than enough to give up hope.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

At least it will be entertaining to look at how many amazingly stupid ways they screw up the franchise.

 

[Country_Gravy]

M&M X: The best FPS of 2014?

 

[Crooked Bee]

So I just took a look at the official Might & Magic Facebook page, and they seem to have started something like a M&M series retrospective just a few days ago:

Can't be a coincidence either. The hype machine is about to start.

 

[groke]

DAT COMMENT!!!

This thread is going to give me an aneurysm before it's over.

 

[Jaesun]

I still like II the best. It was my first on the Amiga 500.

 

[Mortmal]

So I just took a look at the official Might & Magic Facebook page, and they seem to have started something like a M&M series retrospective just a few days ago:

Can't be a coincidence either. The hype machine is about to start.

yes i can see the trailer video showing briefly might and magic 1to 7 then proudly and for the longest amount of time Might and magic 9 like garriot did with ultima 9 . Then they will tell us how they will revolutionarize the genre, with awesome visceral action, you will end up with a third person shooter like dark messiah with maybe a few feats or two to customize your character and of course day one dlc to get a new character costume + some new TF2 hat .No permanent connection needed as they learn from sim city debacle but Uplay will be mandatory with online checks every 5 min .

 

[Stabwound]

 

[groke]

In Portsmith, every day is Women's Day.

 

[Alex]

CEOs gathered in their offices
just like witches at black masses
evil minds that plot promotion
sorcerers of decline's construction
in their graves the old series are spinning
as the hype machine keeps turning
death and hatred to mankind
poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh, Lord yeah!

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Grotesque]

I there anything as boring as Ashan fantasy world?

 

[Indranys]

Meanwhile in Ubisoft HQ...

Ubisoft CEO: What is best in videogame business guys?
The Executives: To crush the original identity of every old titles we bought, slap them with our AAA touch+always online DRM, and to hear the lamentation of their fanboys.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

In before Josh Sawyer "fixing" M&M mechanics :facepalm:

Josh wouldn't be working on it.

 

[deuxhero]

Will GoG have a sale of the old titles at least for this? I've been meaning to play WoX for a bit.

 

[mindx2]

Is it possible that Ubisoft is officially endorsing the unofficial M&M X project that's been going on for a while?

Seems unlikely. From what I understand, Ubisoft has merely given the project its blessing. Here's what they told the project leader a few months ago:

The Might & Magic team as a whole is honoured by the time and energy you and your team are putting in the Children of the Void project. It is truly delightful and humbling to see fans hard at work to continue the tradition of the past Might & Magic games and universe...That being said, using the name “Might & Magic X” for your project is unfortunately an issue with Ubisoft. The name would imply your game is an official Might & Magic product, which could be misleading for the community. Also, there’s always the possibility a Ubisoft-produced Might & Magic X is released in the future...We have no issue however with you continuing the previous storylines or using the pre-Ashan characters. Mentioning the name Might & Magic is also OK as long as the “fan-produced” and “unofficial” nature of the project is obvious.

~Might & Magic Team Representative, Ubisoft Entertainment

By them letting this project go forward just tells me the their reboot "version" of MMX won't look or feel like 1 thru 9 at all but will be "re-imagined" for the next gen. If their game was like the M&Ms of the past they wouldn't want anything like Children of the Void to be out there.

 

[taxalot]

Fuck you, Luc Patenaude. Fuck you very much.

 

[groke]

Will GoG have a sale of the old titles at least for this? I've been meaning to play WoX for a bit.

Just download it you fuck! Ubisoft doesn't deserve your pocket change, send JVC a dollar if it bothers you so goddamn much!

 

[deuxhero]

Waiting for sales wards me against the infinite backlog piracy would give me.

 

[Grotesque]

I would rather play this