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THIS IS THE DEATH OF MIGHT AND MAGIC!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Why Jon Van Caneghem would put his name to this is anybody's guess. The graphics were created by 3rd graders... I'm not kidding! What can you say about a game that even screws up the fonts? How about the black ocean with clipping errors... The characters are just plain ugly. It is obivious that the graphics, level design, and that incredible opening cinematic couldn't have been created by any real game company. I was struck dumb by how incredibly BAD this product is. Even the install program glitches. The ONLY thing New World Computing did right on this game was the box cover. Very nice box cover.

Now for the other reviews on this site that gave this title a 5 star rating: they were certainly planted hoping some fools would like the box cover and remember the quality of gameplay in years past and buy this title... my advice, wait for more real reviews before you waste your money. What a [bad] effort!

Huge disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After playing MM from the beginning (still have MM1 on sega gensis), MMIX was a huge disappointment from the start. If you love the previous intro's, dont get your hopes up with MMIX...they pan down a banner with stick figures scribbled on it. Also, the character selection was sad with only two options....fighter or magic user. Once started, you will see that inventory screens and equiping items leave a lot to be desired. I will admit that the 3d can be interesting at first but it gets old real quick. As for this new dialogue, it's a pain in the behind and the only thing I can think of to describe it is....cheesy!
After eagerly awaiting this newest version, I would of preferred to save my money and re-play a previous version. Call me old fashion but I hope that they return to the old version style and quit trying to fix something that was not broken. I gave it 2 stars just because I am a die-hard M&M fan and couldn't pull myself to give it only 1 star.

Might and Magic 9

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: March 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Might and Magic 9 is a great adventure game. It's ability to combine turnbase and real time is very useful when fighting the immensely broad variety of creatures. There is a secret around every corner and treasure in every dungeon. What is really cool about this game are the towns and the ability to converse with their inhabitants. In the towns you can discover skills, gain experience, and find new team members. This game is very long and exiting and it takes time to become a master of the elements,a lord of magic, and a weilder of weaponry, but in the end all of this is well worth the wait.

A solid RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Many people have dissed this game, but after about an hour of playing it turns into a really good game. The graphics aren't up to standards, but they aren't that bad and they are a previous improvement over the previous games. Many things have been changed in this game, and if you just want another MMVIII, then you won't probably won't like it. But in my opinion, this is the best Might and Magic of them all. It is fun, addictive, and worth the money. I definitely recommend this game to a serious RPG player.

Bottom Line: The game is fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As someone who has been a hobbyist/gamer for 20 years now - you don't have to tell me what graphics are, or how games have advanced from the days of the Commodore Vic 20/64 or the Apple IIe machines until today.

To this day I still insist no finer RPG series to date (and this includes 2002 releases thus far) rivals the series called "The Bard's Tale".

Anyway, if you rate a game by graphics so critically - then hey, you are a casual gamer and no more than that. The graphics in M&M IX aren't stellar by far, but beyond saying "man the graphics are disappointing" that's it. They have little impact on your gaming experience if you are truly into RPG games and engross yourself in the actual game's content.

Some things I think are (to be blunt) "stupid" - 1) There is far too much idle walking time in the wilderness areas. You'll spend literally 2-5 minutes of actual time just walking to your destination. That's in a word: boring.

2) The interface is a bit more clumsy than I'd normally prefer. For example, the auto map has nothing labeled. So even after you visit, say the armor shop, its not like their's an icon on the map indicating it. So you have to wander around the town remembering where it is. I think that was silly how they did that. (What's the point of an auto map if it only gives you an "idea" of where to go, even after you been there?) also this is a petty thing, but it irks me...the game's save feature should be improved. It should save files and label them in real world time (in the game it will label the files with the date and time in the game world) AND when you die and it autostarts you back - it should reload the LATEST save file NOT just your latest autosave (which it currently does).

But the game other than that, is fun to play. The missions range vastly from simple...to VERY VERY challenging. I've died several times trying to complete some.

Its a good game. Not the best RPG, not the best graphics. But TRUE rpg fans can and will appreciate it.

A sad end to a great series

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have played all of the Might and Magic games over the years and do not believe I can really express how awful this game is. Stay away! You will be much better off with Wizardry VIII, a fine example of how a series should be ended.

Backward Compatibility

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Might and Magic IX is one of the few games on the market that is playable on older computers. The game is playable on a Pentium II; consequently, the game has outdated graphics. As somewho who has an 5 year old computer and refuses to buy a new one, I appreciate the fact that at least one company is still making games that I can play.

Simply Awful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a long time fan of Might and Magic all I can say is what a disappointment! Bad graphics, terrible game introduction, weak character class choices, poor fighting system, weak NPC interaction, blurry fonts that hurt the eyes, can't see hits against monsters, out-dated paper doll style character inventory, poor monster animation particularly during fighting, too few sound cues...

The game plays like an early beta or alpha version. It feels clunky and unfinished, even the introduction to the game is uninspiring making you want to uninstall rather then play! One star is too many.

well its still M&M which is good but no real improvements

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

MM9 has a lot of the features I felt made the MM series good, the skill and character development, numerous quests, diverse monsters, a few good puzzles and a decent main plot. On the down side the motion is choppy, particularly when a town or area first loads and you wish to turn around. The graphics are nothing to write home about, its about 4 years behind the times in that respect. They took out doing alchemy, which I enjoyed, cuts down on the number of skills and made the inventory items boring to look at. Some of the quests are buggy. You have to be careful to save before completeing a quest because the game does not always register a successful completion and then you may be unable to complete the game. It ok but not great. That said its still leagues better than Pool of Radiance.

RPG-ing back in the 90s

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: April 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't bother with this game. The games looks like it came strait from the 90s: only 800x600! To make things even worse: The story is very, very bad. There is no atmosphere whatsoever. And tehre are some nasty bugs in it too.
So with great games like Morrowind, DungeonSiege, Arx Fatalis and Neverwinter Nights being released in the next two or three months, MMIX won't survive...

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