Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[Infinitron]

Maximilian from Celestial Heavens sits down with Marcus Pregent, who was one of the Level Designers on some legendary games, including Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven.
Pregent also tells of his experience working within the gaming industry for companies ranging from New World Computing to Disney and Microsoft. He also takes us on a trip to the film industry, where he worked on titles such as Tales of the Crypt and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (The Movie).

Sit down with us for the first part of this series of interviews. Enjoy listening to stories from the past, but also hear Marcus teasing us about a fan made project and what he has in store for the future.

---Video Timeline---
0:00 Intro
01:18 Marcus' Background
14:58 New World Computing / Might and Magic VI
28:21 Heroes of Might and Magic III

 

[Poseidon00]

All of mine are on GOG and I haven't had any issues.

Been about one year in game time so far for me in 7. Get the message related to that event, had completed the dwarves main quest and the Erathia/other place conflict before that started. Currently level 12 I believe.

Druids are cool. Having all those buffs on one character is nice. Monk seems interesting-ish and I may use em in the future.

 

[zapotec]

Well now i want play MM7 again, i remember finishing it with this party (Light path) and it was a bit hard:
Paladin, Thief, Ranger, Druid.

Now i want to do a Dark path walkthrough with this party:

Fighter, Monk, Priest, Archer.

Good / Bad / Shit?

 

[Storyfag]

Now i want to do a Dark path walkthrough with this party:

Fighter, Monk, Priest, Archer.

Good / Bad / Shit?

Lacks Sorcerer for that much needed Lloyd's Beacon. But launch it using the MMMerge mod, and you'll have a 5 char party.

 

[jackofshadows]

Well now i want play MM7 again, i remember finishing it with this party (Light path) and it was a bit hard:
Paladin, Thief, Ranger, Druid.

Now i want to do a Dark path walkthrough with this party:

Fighter, Monk, Priest, Archer.

Good / Bad / Shit?

Every hybrid class (+ thief) is significantly weaker than any "pure" one so it's no surprise that your first run was "a bit hard". Worse would be only various gimped parties like 4 rangers (the worst class in the game). Your new composition I'd describe as mediocre: only 1 dark magic user, 2 melee classes and 1 ranged. You will be fine of course anyway, but if you want a stonger party I'd recommend a focused approach: either on magic (4 dark magic users for example, rush for lloyd's beacon), melee (active hired npc usage needed) or ranged (mixing archers/casters, this one sets for real-time fun mostly).

Even pirates have to use a workaround? That's some shitty invasive DRM in that case.

Yes, because after completing the first chapter (or whatever it is called) the game were sending server request to activate specific dialogue option in order to continue the journey. That's also the reason why even by adding the game in steam it still required uplay to play. Some fucked up shit indeed.

 

[zapotec]

Hmm i think i'll do
Monk, Archer, Priest and Sorcerer.

Maybe the early game will be a bit harder but it's ok for me.

 

[lukaszek]

fantadomat no shitting on given game is complete until you bring kangmaker in

 

[Desiderius]

fantadomat no shitting on given game is complete until you bring kangmaker in

Just wait until Wrath.

 

[Brozef]

fantadomat no shitting on given game is complete until you bring kangmaker in

Just wait until Wrath.

What?
Please tell me JVC is working on MM11 or there is a spiritual successor in the works

 

[zapotec]

He means Wrath of the Bugs from the creator of Pathfinder: Bugmaker

 

[Darth Canoli]

Please tell me JVC is working on MM11 or there is a spiritual successor in the works

Not by JVC but there is a M&M 11 (as in the M&M 6 fashion) game in development by some M&M devs (or at least one of them, the thread is buried here somewhere)

 

[Cyberarmy]

but there is a M&M 11 (as in the M&M 6 fashion) game in development by some M&M devs

 

[fantadomat]

Please tell me JVC is working on MM11 or there is a spiritual successor in the works

Not by JVC but there is a M&M 11 (as in the M&M 6 fashion) game in development by some M&M devs (or at least one of them, the thread is buried here somewhere)

Yeah i believe that it was the lead of MM9. I am surprised that people here didn't knew about it. Tho it is not mm11 but a blobber like mm6-9. Don't remember the name,we should ask Infinitron .

 

[CryptRat]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...er-from-mm6-7-level-designer-tim-lang.129734/

 

[Darth Canoli]

Yeah i believe that it was the lead of MM9. I am surprised that people here didn't knew about it. Tho it is not mm11 but a blobber like mm6-9. Don't remember the name,we should ask Infinitron .

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/aeolwyn’s-legacy-blobber-from-mm6-7-level-designer-tim-lang.129734/

We dodged a bullet here, M&M 9 lead designer and M&M 6+7 level designers are on a different plane of existence, Carcères for the former, Celestial plane for the latter.

 

[d1r]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/aeolwyn’s-legacy-blobber-from-mm6-7-level-designer-tim-lang.129734/

 

[Goldschmidt]

Dude a Might and Magic with no level scaling, huge epic dungeons and state of the art graphics. Sign me up!

 

[DaveO]

I downloaded his demo for his game, but real life takes precedence. And it's not helping when my brother is trying to suck me into a timesink game.

 

[Curratum]

The game looks like all of it should be 4 gb, why is just the demo this big? Or is this the full build, just content-locked somewhere in the code?

 

[Lacrymas]

And it's not helping when my brother is trying to suck me

Pervert.

 

[Desiderius]

It looks just like that Fantastic Journeys (?) game I bought last year. Both kind of mercy buys at this point. Fit and finish on both atrocious at this point.

 

[Grauken]

The English box releases of Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen have freakish huge boxes, wasn't aware of that because on images you can't really see it. Damn I love them

(for comparison the small goldbox type boxes and normal sized one for ID)

 

[Desiderius]

That pink threw me off so I never did buy the original.

 

[Grauken]

That pink threw me off so I never did buy the original.

I love the artwork on them, the pink doesn't bother me

 

[Dorateen]

It's more of a magenta.