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Warriors of Might & Magic...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A spin-off of the long-lived "Might & Magic" series of PC games, and a psuedo-sequel to "Crusaders of Might & Magic," "Warriors of Might & Magic" is a better action/adventure than the aforementioned, but it is still far from perfect. With all of the other fantasy-themed hack-and-slashers out there, "Warriors of M&M" has its work cut out for it. Here is what the game does well:

· The graphics may not be the best in the business, but there are plenty of snazzy colors that catch the eye, and each new environment generally has something different to offer. Having just finished "Drakan: The Ancients' Gates" a few weeks ago, it is nice to find some variety in the visuals. Although "Drakan" is astoundingly beautiful out of doors, the indoor dungeons become very repetitive, and offer only a few different textures.
· "Warriors of Might & Magic" throws new foes at you almost every time you enter a new area, which works wonders on the pacing of the game.
· The voice-acting and rendered cut-scenes are pretty well-done. The hero of the game, Alleron, may not have any backstory to speak of, but the actor that portrays him breathes some life into an otherwise dull character.
· "Warriors of Might and Magic" offers a variety of weapons, armor, and shields for you to choose from, and most of them are quite nifty. Weapons like the "double-mace" come in handy for pounding your foes into dust.
· As Alleron slays his enemies, he gains experience points which he can use to make himself mightier, faster, smarter (which is handy for casting spells), or more durable in combat. This seemingly crude dab of role-playing really does keep things from becoming boring.

However, "Warriors of Might & Magic" is certainly not to be everyone's cup of coffee. While I enjoyed my stay within the world of Ardon, I did encounter several annoyances that kept me from complete and total addiction. They are as follows:

· The graphics are crisp and colorful, yes, but once Alleron heads outside, it all gets pretty ugly. The game's engine is clearly more adept at producing garishly lit dungeons (albeit pretty ones) than it is at capturing wide, open spaces. The few levels in the game that attempt to depict outdoor locales are pretty darn bland.
· Alas, not all of the indoor locations are pleasers either. The dungeon quality is all over the board. Some areas are atmospheric and interesting, while others are dull and unconvincing in every way. The best locales come later on in the game, though, which should add that extra bit of incentive.
· Combat in "Warriors of Might & Magic" is extremely basic, though somewhat enjoyable at times. Alleron can lock onto his enemies, attack them, and defend himself from attack as well. As long as you hold the defense button, you're untouchable (provided you're facing your foe), and the same is true of your opponents. Combat animations are also pretty scarce, so it leaves something to be desired. On top of that, fighting multiple enemies at once is a nightmare. What I wouldn't give for a "Mark of Kri" fighting system in multiple opponent situations!
· Enemy AI is weak, to put it gently. Your enemies generally just stand there as you pound on them, or if you decide to run from combat, don't expect them to care all that much about chasing you. It's inconsistent behavior, though. In some instances, monsters will pursue you until you're cursing in frustration - but most of the time they'll just give up and return to their posts as if nothing at all is amiss. Still, the game can hardly be considered a cakewalk as a result of its poor multi-opponent fighting scheme.
· There are a lot of "find this key" and "pull that level" puzzles. Blah.
· Though the locations in the game are thankfully diverse, they don't always make sense within the context of the (very slim) storyline. For example, after escaping the confines of a minotaur-infested underground city, Alleron appears in a monestary that's being attacked by undead. Naturally, the monks want Alleron to exterminate all of the undead before he can move on to the next level. This has nothing to do with the overall plot, and it is pretty jarring as well. "The Mark of Kri" always explained where you were going and why, and the knowledge would have helped "Warriors" to gel.
· NPC interaction is severely limited. For some reason, most NPCs talk in gibberish with subtitles. Worse, they're not big on dialogue. For example, "Find my magic rune and my magic staff and I'll give you a key." That's it. And then there's the merchants, who hang around in the craziest of places selling their wares. Why would a merchant sell his goods only a few feet from a hellish cult's evil temple? Goodness knows - and they won't tell you. In fact, they don't say a word.
· There's a very annoying glitch later in the game that will force you to visit the "Warriors of Might & Magic" website Q&A for a solution (unless you're really, really lucky).
· Final boss is a letdown.

As you can see, the list of negatives outweighs the list of positives. Despite this, however, "Warriors of Might & Magic" can be addictive in its own curious fashion. Despite my niggles, I kept playing... and playing... and playing. I can see how "Warriors" wouldn't satisfy just any gamer's needs, but for those who can get past its problems, there is some fun to be had - especially given the price, which is nearly pocket change now that the game has been on the market for a while. If you like hack-and-slashers and have some time to kill, you could do worse.

Final Grade: C (or 4 stars at [Amazon.com] on a curve - it's not as bad as some would have you believe, after all...)

The worst!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was horrible...
1. There were way to many useless controls.
2. The worst graffics.
3. Wierd story thats is hard to understand.
4. Horrible sound! They place what people/creatures are saying at the bottom even!
I played it for 5 mins. ato. hate!...

so-so

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an average game with lots of hack n slash gameplay and many hard dungeons.
GRAPHICS:4/10: The graphics are pretty lame The textures are rough and fuzzy and even the CG Cinemas look dated.
SOUND:7/10. The howls in dungeons are really really cool and the voice acting is just average (although there isn't a lot of it)
CONTROL:7/10: It has an average basic action adventure control scheme with a couple of good and bad touches. Nothing too great, nothing too horrible.
STORY:8/10: It had a good story about this guy who gets falsly accused of a sacreligious crime. They put this alive mask type thing on him and throw him in a dungeon.
CHARACTERS:6/10. They're typical regular characters. Except for the bird. He's awesome.
REPLAY:6/10. Yeah I suppose you could play it again if you had absolutely nothing else to do.
OVERALL FUN:6/10. With a regular leveling up system, horrible graphics, good story sometimes funny sometimes boring characters, might and magic is an average game that you should at least rent.

GLITCH-O-RAMA

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

So there we were...thinking we were having fun...when really we were just being lured into a big bucket o'frustration. What could otherwise be an aweseome game is ruined by glitches...which, of course, always seem to happen after you are waaaaaaaaaayyy into the game and there is no turning back...no solution. PHOOEY!!!

Several glitches

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, and at first I thought it was all right. "Kinda interesting," I told myself- I'm always up for an adventure game. However, there were a bunch of glitches, and eventually I got to the point where, even though I had finished the level, defeated all of the monsters, and gotten all of the keys, I COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR WHICH WOULD GET ME OUT OF THE LEVEL. Really frustrating. I was almost finished with the game, and I couldn't progress. I looked online, and a bunch of other people had the same problem. The people at 3DO, although I've loved some of their other games, must have been asleep at the wheel, on this one. Don't buy it.

Good game.But it gets boring.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Warriors of might and magic is a fairly good game with lots of diferent weapons and equipment to chose from. It's your average fantasy adventure game with hackn slash and lots of monsters that rarely change. but theres magic and some special moves to perk the fighting part of the game up.
But overall the game is repetitive. Rent this one. Don't buy it.

I'm starting to like it better :) for a rushed game ;)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I could Tell you all about it But I feel too tired to tell and also lazy...

Graphics:
Smoothed up version of PS1 game but fine with me because of the Nice Particles and good antilasting in it

Gameplay:
Boring at most times, fun at most times, and hard sometimes. but I find this game FINE...

Sound:
Annoying Freaking Annoying more annoying than a comic relief in a movie

Contorls:
THEY won't respond sometimes and this kind of bad with the fighting rent it and you know what I mean :/

at ALL:

so and soo It's GOOD for a crap game I like it and It keeps me Busy so I give it 5 stars just because It's a good Time Killer :/ I'm such a lazy flirt...

An average game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game had good graphics and a good plot but it is hard to really get into it. You need to play multiple levels before you can even care about what you are doing. Besides that it is a good game though. Some people prefer certain types of games more than others so it would probably be wise to rent the game before you buy it.

Rent before you buy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game and was glad I did because it was horrible. The game has vertually no story to it and the camera angles are horrible. Also the controls are awfull and so is the use of magic in the game. So I recommend that you rent it before you buy it

A good game but I wouldn't buy it.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game last weekend and thought it was pretty fun. The wasn't anything overly spectacular about graphics or game play, it was just fun to run around kill things. However I won't buy this game because I beat the entire game in the 5 days that I had it. I also solved 90% of the quest and found most of the secret places and still managed to beat the game before it I had to return it. Granted I did put alot of hours into it but I would expect more that five afternoons of play. Overall I thought it was a good game, it had a lot of action and was very addicting to play. I would just rather spend my money on something that gives me a little more playtime.

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