Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[fantadomat]

I started an MM6 party in this MM6-7-8Extension game: Paladin, Archer, Cleric, 2xSorcerer. But only the Archer can learn disarm trap on only expert level. That's an epic fail, I am afraid.
Should I start an MM8 party instead or start a single character and recruit NPCs? In the training building of New Sorpigal you can recruit an NPC of random class.

Disarm traps is not that big of a deal. Just take the damage.

 

[Sinatar]

I started an MM6 party in this MM6-7-8Extension game: Paladin, Archer, Cleric, 2xSorcerer. But only the Archer can learn disarm trap on only expert level. That's an epic fail, I am afraid.
Should I start an MM8 party instead or start a single character and recruit NPCs? In the training building of New Sorpigal you can recruit an NPC of random class.

Just use the telekinesis spell to trigger traps, you've certainly got enough spellcasters that can cast it.

 

[Punch]

Last year I completed Might and Magic III on my Turbografx-CD (yes even that console got a port of it) and aside from the overall slugishness of the soft rendered dungeons (on the console version of course) I found it pretty enjoyable and engrossing. How does the fourth game compare to the third one? Should I play 4 separately from 5 or do Worlds of Xeen?



Here's a video of me beating the game (and probably the only video on youtube for this version's ending). I enjoyed the new soundtrack more than the PC one to be honest.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

If you want to play Might and Magic 4 and 5 with more of a challenge, play them individually. It's way too easy to level up and load up on gear when you have twice the amount of low level dungeons to go through using the same party members. By the time you clear the first few dungeons on each side of Xeen, your characters will already be too powerful for the mid-tier dungeons.

However, I feel that Worlds of Xeen gives you a more complete experience, and I really love the special ending to the combined games. Because of that, I would recommend playing Worlds of Xeen over playing them individually.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Yeah, play WoX together. It's not as though IV or V is really challenging even if you play them individually. Most of V's content is also higher level that IV's anyways, so in all likelihood, for a first time playthrough, you will have only completed maybe 1/4 of V by the time you finish IV.

 

[Average Manatee]

It's perfectly normal to finish all of 4's areas (minus the locked ones) before going into 5. Only the first town and starting area becomes a cakewalk, since they are intended to level a character all the way 1->20.

 

[fantadomat]

It's perfectly normal to finish all of 4's areas (minus the locked ones) before going into 5. Only the first town and starting area becomes a cakewalk, since they are intended to level a character all the way 1->20.

I second that...unless you chose to play starting in the dark side. Also MM games were never about balance,in any game you can become a beast. The combined worlds is the way to play the game.

 

[Eggs is eggs]

What about playing through MM4 and MM5 with separate parties and then combining them to do with WoX endgame content?

 

[Sceptic]

What about playing through MM4 and MM5 with separate parties and then combining them to do with WoX endgame content?

You can't, you need 2 items to do the WOX endgame: one from finishing Darkside, one from finishing Cloudside.

There's really no point trying to perfectly balance the difficulty on a game like WOX anyway. The game is meant to be played as one, so just do that. Finishing most of Cloudside first is a good idea, since XP rewards in Darkside are MUCH higher and getting even 1/5th of the way through Darkside will completely trivialize Cloudside.

 

[Black]

Kinda relevant.

 

[Reinar]

I managed to do something I thought myself incapable of. Finished M&M 7 with only a single character. What a blast it was (using bugged blaster with haste... for a while). Definitely recommend it.

Now I am going to make myself a mod in which I modify all the classes - their skills and stats. Also I'd like to play a solo run with paladin (paralyse from mace...).

 

[Black]

This too is kinda relevant.
In a very dark and depressing way.

 

[Storyfag]

This too is kinda relevant.
In a very dark and depressing way.

Sorry, she's too annoying to watch. Can you post a TL;DR?

 

[Black]

Sure.
http://creaturequest.com/

The groundbreaking Collectible Strategy RPG from the creator of Might & Magic.

 

[Dorateen]

As far as I'm concerned, the creator of Might & Magic can do anything he damn well pleases.

Spoiler

But I'd prefer another JVC computer role-playing game.

 

[fantadomat]

I managed to do something I thought myself incapable of. Finished M&M 7 with only a single character. What a blast it was (using bugged blaster with haste... for a while). Definitely recommend it.

Now I am going to make myself a mod in which I modify all the classes - their skills and stats. Also I'd like to play a solo run with paladin (paralyse from mace...).

Is it fun to play a single char? I could never get people like you . Still respect mate!

 

[Dux]

Finished WoX a few hours ago. It was fun. Offensive spells are a bit of an afterthought though, aren't they? I used spells like crazy in MM1 and MM2 to survive but after that they became more and more superfluous. Buffs and a decked out party sweeps everything.

Also is Swords of Xeen worth the bother?

 

[Pope Amole II]

Is it fun to play a single char? I could never get people like you . Still respect mate!

Actually, it's more fun to play than a full party run. Well, maybe not as the priest as traveling becomes pain in the ass without Flight and Town Portal and LLoyd's Beacon, but Wizard and Archer are really fun. Archer is more difficult, though.

 

[Sceptic]

Finished WoX a few hours ago. It was fun. Offensive spells are a bit of an afterthought though, aren't they? I used spells like crazy in MM1 and MM2 to survive but after that they became more and more superfluous. Buffs and a decked out party sweeps everything.

They can still be useful, but yeah in MM3-5 it's all about the buffs, namely Day of Protection and Day of Sorcery running 24/7. I think they got a good balance of offensive vs buffing with the MM6-8 spells.

Also is Swords of Xeen worth the bother?

Not particularly. It's inferior to WOX in most ways that count (puzzles, overworld, dungeons). If you're crazing more WOX then you might as well, there's nothing else around, but if you think a drop in quality will disappoint you then you're probably better off skipping it.

 

[Reinar]

Is it fun to play a single char? I could never get people like you . Still respect mate!

Some of the fun is lost, because you progress slowly, have to rest often and usually can't defeat tough encounters as you would with full party. Lot of fun is gained from the additional challenge and planning. And the "holy shiiiit, I did it!" feel when you finish the game... priceless.
As Pope Amole said, without Fly or Town Portal the traveling gets dull, especially trips to Nighon or The Pit, but that's where the planning comes into play. Since I know every quest and every location, I was able to limit travels to locations without coach or ship and do quests in bulks. When I returned to city to train, I usually went 10 levels up, sometimes more. At the beginning I was doing it intentionally to exploit arena.

 

[fantadomat]

Did you managed to kill the dragon in the starting island for a sweat artefact?

 

[Reinar]

I didn't even try in the solo run, because it would take too long, but I did it before with a full party. Then I save-scummed him for like 10 great items. The game was interesting but obviously kind of boring.

 

[Eggs is eggs]

I played the mobile game from JVC for a bit and while you can see some of his influence and HOMM influence, for the most part it's just another grindy, F2P mobile game.

 

[fantadomat]

I didn't even try in the solo run, because it would take too long, but I did it before with a full party. Then I save-scummed him for like 10 great items. The game was interesting but obviously kind of boring.

It is pretty nice way to speed up the game on your 10th replay .

I am curious do people use the turn based mechanic? I never used it,like the strategic fps feel of the games.

 

[octavius]

First time I played MM6 I played it mostly as a FPS, but my last two time I prefered turn based.