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"Lords of Magic SE" The Struggle for Urak ...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

These are dark times for the good people of Urak. Long ago, Golgoth, the terrible god of death, created Balkoth the Destroyer. Balkoth and his army of dark elves swept across the world, killing everything before them. At last, a mighty hero imprisoned the dark lord in an amulet. The amulet was locked away, never to be found. 1000 years later, Golgoth thought that the world was ripe for another era of blood and darkness. He summoned forth Balkoth and bestowed upon him a mighty artifact of power. Today, the dark elves continue to sweep across the world. Urak needs another hero who can defeat Balkoth and restore order to the lands.

"Lords of Magic Special Edition" is one of the best games I have ever played. It lets you take the idea of the mighty adventurer you've always wanted to be and make him or her come to life. To begin your battle with Balkoth, you must select a lord. Your lord is the backbone of your civilization. The type of lord you pick will determine the strengths and weaknesses of your army.

You can choose your lord to be a warrior, a theif, or a mage (wizard.) Warrior lords have the ability to rally their troops and increase their morale in battle. Warriors are the undisputed masters of melee combat. Theives prefer to attack with ranged weapons. Though they aren't as strong as warriors, they can capture, steal from, or spy on enemy lords. Mages are powerful in the ways of the magic and lore of Urak. They can cast a vareity of powerful spells, but I strongly suggest to keep them out of the fray during battles.

Another aspect of your lord that must be chosen is the kind of faith that you wish him to worship. Each faith also has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some faiths include earth, air, life, and death.

The most important thing to do in the game, besides defeating Balkoth, is to free your Great Temple. Your Great Temple is the gathering place of the followers of your religion. When Balkoth came to power, wicked monsters defiled its sacred walls. Once your temple is free, it will attract followers to work in your cities producing resources.

In "Lords of Magic," you must decide whether to control the world through military conquest or through alliances and treaties with other faiths. Trade can be conducted with allies and can also improve your relationships with unfreindly faiths.

Once your army is strong enough, you must do battle with the wicked dark elves. Perhaps if you are a mighty enough lord, and have the blessings of the gods, you might just defeat Balkoth and restore the world to the way it used to be.

Fire is good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game for a year, but I have still not beat it. It is tough, but it is a fun tough that you get addicted to. You start the game by picking a class for your champion-Warrior, Mage, or Thief. Next you pick a faith, all with different strengths and weaknesses. You have to fight monsters in caves to build up your experience, and then take your Great Temple. That is just the very beginning. The graphics for this game are not the best considering the games that are out now like Halo and the Matrix, but the gameplay is what keeps me coming back to my computer. I have always liked strategy games and fiction; this game combines the two. I like the turn-based playing system because you don't have to worry about being attacked while your trying to do something like in Age of Empires. Resource gathering and troop producing is more realistic in this game than in any other one I've played. The special Quest are great. This is a game you do not want to use cheats on, because they make the game dumb. I give it 5 stars, the gameplay overshadowing the poor graphics.

One Of the Best Games I've Ever Played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As I said above this is a really great game, even though the graphics are not 3-D. I would suggest that if you like 1 minute killing games like halo, then this game would probably not be very enjoying. But if you like Dungeons and Dragons type games, then this is the game for you! If you are a first timer, I have a few tips. Let's say you have a high leveled Thief, Warrior, or Mage. Then you should put that unit in either the Barracks, the Mage Tower or the Theves Guild. Then you wait a couple of turns, and after that look back at the "make unit" and you will see a unit that you can make at a higher level! This is also different from normal Lords of magic because you can customize and create a party. To do that you choose a faith,(Life,Air,Order,Death,Chaos,Water,Fire, or Earth,) and click on custom you should see a setup. The object of the game is to kill the evil mage death lord, Balkoth. But if you are balkoth than you have to kill all the other faiths. (You Must kill balkoth first to be death!) The big deal about faiths is that you like some other faiths, and others you hate. This game has a very, very good AI reation system, making it able to parley, or fight.(Parley means to barter over units,artifacts,buildings and spells.) Oh! And speaking of fighting, you can autocalc, which means the computer calculates the battle. (I like to use this when i'm not sure of the outcome of the battle.) Also I like to save before I fight a high Leveled area. Well, I hope you buy this game, it is a real winner!

Good game... but flawed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed this game from front to back. It has graphics that, while not amazing, you won't be confused about anything visually. The sound, however, should be award winning. It is simply magnififcent and gives you the feel of combat (when the combat music is playing, of course).

BUT: This game has bugs. One really bad one I found is when i was making a trade (this is a easy thing to do, and will happen often). I paid a lot of gold and stuff for some crossbowmen, and I never got them. It has only happened to me two times.

The game features a quest pack, but I don't find it fun. They expect you to win against dozens of creatures and evil guys and God knows what else, while you control, at best six or seven creatures.

The Lords of Magic part, however, is much better. You control one of 8 'Faiths', each with different creatures, buildings, and spells. Some of them are much better off than others: the weaker faiths have many more allies. The stronger faiths tend to have more enimies. Two Faiths, Fire and Choas, start out with only one ally, which is each other(two other faiths view them as neutral).

No matter what you do, your opposite faith and the Death faith start out powerful. This adds a new challenge to the game (The Death faith is out to kill everyone).

So, this game has good graphics, sound, and completly different gameplay. It does have bugs, but they won't ruin it for you. You should check out this game. Now, I'm going to go play a game that you, for whatever strange reason you have, still have to purchase...

A great fantasy game with potential!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Though this game has many flaws (AI etc.), it still is a great source of entertainment. The variety of units and champions produces great replay value. I had a lot of fun playing this game, and I recommend it to anyone and everyone who like games. Although it's a stragedy game, the graphics are still top quality. And unlike many other fantasy/stragedy games, you can see your units in combat. Close up too. For those of you who love stragedy/fantasy games, this is a must buy, you'll enjoy it a whole lot! For those of you who aren't... Well just buy it anyway, or else you'll miss out on one of Sierra's greatest products. (Thanks Amazon for carring this great game!)

I can't stop playing!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was the first turnbased strategy game I played, so I might not have much auuthority on how tottally awesome it is, but I just want to say that this game will keep you coming back for more. One frustrating thing is that even if load up all your followers into your capitol You have to wait days and days(that's gametime AND realtime) for enough resources to manage a sizable army. Also, it seems that nobody likes you and you have to keep giving away your money to get them to like you. I spent 60 of every resource on the water side and they're still neutral with me. Overall this is an addicting game and even realtime gamers who don't like the boardgame style of this will enjoy it.

Unused Potential

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: July 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

At first I really was enjoying this game, but it's gotten old after I beat it the first 3 or so times and I began to realize a bunch of things concerning usability. Maybe I'm just not using all the features to their fullest advantage though, so I'll give the game the benefit of the doubt. As for the interface, there are plenty of ways to make gameplay much more smooth. I find it primitive and, if possible, at the same time it is overcomplicated. I can't say I'm an expert at this, but it seems from reviews I've read concerning other software (concerning "intuitive" interfaces) that the interface can best be described as not at all intuitive. The saving system and the restrictions imposed when one gives commands in combat are my biggest pet peeves.

What the game lacks in functionality, it makes up for in amazing graphics and music. Both are truly magnificent. The quests may give you a challenge where the normal mode at times doesn't.

I enjoyed Lords of Magic but I'm sure I could have found a game that was more worth my time and money.

Fun, yet complicated

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this I thought it would be just like the demo, but it is suprisingly different. It had less flaws, but it was far more
complicated. I was more interested in the legends of Urak but they were alot more hard than the plain old Lords of Magic.It has its ups and downs, but overall, I think I got my money's worth...

a challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the few games where you can't win the game just by clicking in random spots. You actually have to think about strategy.I got this game years ago and I still haven't beaten the order legends of urak mission even with the cheats!

Lords of Magic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Lords of Magic is an exciting and challenging game in which you will have to pick one of 8 faiths. Then, you will have to create and lead creatures to take over your Great Temple, Breweries, Caves, and many other buildings that you will find. Your main objective though is to get big armies from the spoils of buildings and defeat Balkoth, the necromancer of the Death faith. Everyone will love this challenging game.

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