Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[UndeadHalfOrc]

I have a simple question for folks who played MM9 because they liked MM6-7-8, BUT have not played any of the first five games:


WHY?

 

[ShiningSoldier]

I have a simple question for folks who played MM9 because they liked MM6-7-8, BUT have not played any of the first five games:


WHY?

I don't like the gameplay loop of the first 5 games. It's basically just endless battles with monsters in the tile-based world. That's why I also don't like the 6 game - same hordes of monsters in boring corridors, again and again, but this time with free movement.
P.S. also thee ninth game has the best music in the series.

 

[Eisen]

The first two are two archaic for me, but i've beaten 3-5

 

[Jaesun]

The first two are two archaic for me, but i've beaten 3-5

One is also just too archaic for me (and I like old DOS games). 2 and above are all good. Very fun.

 

[Storyfag]

The portraits, however, look less goofy than MM7 and 8

MM7 and 8 weren't goofy. 6, however...

 

[newtmonkey]

Might & Magic: Book One is one the greatest games ever made. It's in my top 3 for sure, and I only first played/completed it a few years ago. The sense of exploration and adventure is unreal, it's truly nonlinear, and it's really not very difficult at all once you figure it out. The Where Are We? (https://www.eskimo.com/~edv/lockscroll/WhereAreWe/) mapping tool makes it a breeze to play if you don't want to get out the graph paper, and it also makes some good UI and QoL additions:

You can customize the layout to display less information of course, this is just what the tool looks like with everything turned on. It also works for a bunch of other games:

• Might & Magic 1-5
• Wizardry 1-5
• The Bard's Tale 1-3

 

[Cryomancer]

The first two are two archaic for me, but i've beaten 3-5

One is also just too archaic for me (and I like old DOS games). 2 and above are all good. Very fun.

Me too. I really loved M&M World of Xeen despite never completing the Darkside of Xeen. But the first ones is too "archaic" for me. I can enjoy most of 90s RPGs but very few games from 80s... The 3 I will probably play but not 2 and 1.

 

[Daemongar]

The first two are two archaic for me, but i've beaten 3-5

One is also just too archaic for me (and I like old DOS games). 2 and above are all good. Very fun.

Me too. I really loved M&M World of Xeen despite never completing the Darkside of Xeen. But the first ones is too "archaic" for me. I can enjoy most of 90s RPGs but very few games from 80s... The 3 I will probably play but not 2 and 1.

MM3 is phenomenal. It does not feel like a game from 1991. You really should try it at least once.

 

[BruceVC]

Might & Magic: Book One is one the greatest games ever made. It's in my top 3 for sure, and I only first played/completed it a few years ago. The sense of exploration and adventure is unreal, it's truly nonlinear, and it's really not very difficult at all once you figure it out. The Where Are We? (https://www.eskimo.com/~edv/lockscroll/WhereAreWe/) mapping tool makes it a breeze to play if you don't want to get out the graph paper, and it also makes some good UI and QoL additions:

You can customize the layout to display less information of course, this is just what the tool looks like with everything turned on. It also works for a bunch of other games:

• Might & Magic 1-5
• Wizardry 1-5
• The Bard's Tale 1-3

That does look very useful, its the type of tool I will use when I play M&M1

 

[Bad Sector]

After playing for a few more hours i realized the tone and writing is as goofy/hammy as ever (the LARP-ish voice acting and dialog lines help too), i guess i misunderstood the game's tone from the first impression the visuals gave me. I have barely seen a single quest that takes itself seriously so far :-P

The portraits, however, look less goofy than MM7 and 8

The portrait 3D models look very good IMO which make me wonder how the in-game models are so low-fi even for the standards of its release.

WHY?

My guess is a combination of the older games being much less accessible and not everyone liking tile-based motion. Personally the M&M games were some of the first games i tried to play with tile-based motion and couldn't get used to them - while MM3 and MM6 are the games i played the most in the series, i actually played MM6 years before MM3 because i had a hard time getting used to the instant view switch in MM3, especially when turning around.

Weirdly enough it didn't bother me as much in games like Wizardry or MM1 due to the overly abstract graphics, but when i first tried *those* games i wasn't into manual mapping at all (which is probably another reason people do not play MM1).

Nowadays i can play such games just fine but i still prefer there to be some form of a transition animation for steps (be it zooming+sliding or even better, using real 3D) as it makes easier for my brain to keep track of where i am / looking at.

 

[grimer]

the previous games also didn't have a proper skill system which made character development really basic and boring

 

[Impressive Organ]

Started MM1 with the automap mod a few days ago. I like it a lot. All the elements of the later games are there, just in a much more primitive form. I really love this whole series.

 

[UndeadHalfOrc]

I came across the box set of the japanese PC Engine version of M&M3

 

[UndeadHalfOrc]

Omg, the techno music in that version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_NARJXLmg

 

[Mauman]

Omg, the techno music in that version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_NARJXLmg

As someone who absolutely loves the classical music feel of the snes version, that is an abomination in my eyes.