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Sorry Y'all, But This Is My All-Time Favorite

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

No one makes RPGs with 1st-Person viewpoints now except Elder Scrolls. No one makes single-player RPGs with parties that can vary in size and members within a game already started. No one makes a game that runs WITH STABILITY from W98 to Vista. No one except the makers of Might & Magic. Sure, this is an old game, but I found the correct difficulty, character advancement and immersive environments here. Might & Magic 6 + 7 are made with the same engine with fixed parties of 4, with some hirelings possible, who are VERY useful in those games. Might & Magic 9 has a different engine that theydidn't get the chance to perfect. Might & Magic 1, 2, 3, 4 Clouds of Xeen, 4 1/2 Swords of Xeen, 5 Darkside of Xeen and 4 PLUS 5 TOGETHER=WORLD OF XEEN require Dosbox to run correctly in Windows. Of these, any game with XEEN in the title is a SPECTACULAR step-based RPG. The Classics Live Forever...

I......RPG gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I do not hesitate to say this was an excellent game. It's challenging and perfect for hours of entertainment. I consider myself a hardcore gamer and I like a RPG game that's a bit difficult, makes me think. If you are a candy...gamer, don't buy this game; it will probably frustrate you. But if you like a game you can sink you teeth into, one you can't master immediately. Then, this is a must buy. Crybabies beware!!!

I don't know, no room.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game is excellant and would be better with a cheat book, the characters in the game are whiney, or conceited. I understand it takes time to build these charaters up, but constantly hearing, I don't know, no room, and I can't carry it, gets to be too much. In real life its carry it or you die, and you had better know what things are as your survival depends on your knowledge and your weaponry. If you can't carry it drag it.

this would have been great back in 1994

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: April 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

What in the world is going on here? look at this game, thenlook at ANY similar rpg released in the last FIVE YEARS and this gameis pathetic....instead of real 3d we get 2d sprite graphics that look HORRIBLE, a plethora of pathing and AI bugs, an outdated game engine that allows you to walk down a hill but not back up it...MMVI was better than this.....to top it all off you cant create 4 of your own chars, you get to make 1, and then have to get the others from a pre-creates list....GRRRRR.....when wizardry 8 comes out, go have a look at that, because from what i can see alot of you dont play much besides M&M, so go look at some of the wonderful other RPGS out there...i mean, come on now, the quests/graphics/AI in EVERQUEST are better than in here....the minimum requirement is a 166 for the love of Pete, no point in having a 3d card for this game....bleh END

Not so good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Might and Magic VIII was really a dissapointment when I first played it. It has the same game engine as its most recent prequil, but with some downsides. First you only get to create one character, your main character, and the rest of your party is filled up with characters you meet. Second, and lastly, the characters are ugly expecially the male knights. If your a diehard Might and Magic fan (like me) you should definitely buy it (to add to your collection) if not stay away from it. I don't like to dis Might and Magic, but when a product stinks, it stinks.

Might & Magic VIII

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: March 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game is fun to play. Sadly, like many of the newer involved RPGs to complete it, one needs to buy the strategy guide. A further complication is that the strategy guides don't come out until weeks after the game, and are much harder to find.

Exeptional

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, five stars. I've played the last three Might & Magic games and I think that this is the best. I would like to give a piece of advice to new players. Dont spend your time with elves, clerics, warriors and trols, my party was composed by: I, a minotaur, two lichs and two dragons. Pure firepower

Depressing and not much fun!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I qualify as a Might & Magic Junky, having played all of the series since #1. The best aspect of these games is the development of the team. In my family, each person becomes a "named" character with a personality to suit the mood of the game. You always had your choice to be a good or bad. MM8 has lost all this. You now can only create/name one character on your team, and it's tough to be a good character. Only two of the eight allowed classes have possitive sounding attributes. The entire game has a dark and gloomy presentation, such as if you want a top knotch wizard, you need to be a Lich. Ugh! A Lich is to be killed, not personified. No longer can my family enjoy being their own chacters. You now "higher" your remaining (computer named) team characters. But, just when you spend all those spell points/money to become a master/grandmaster, you have to drop this body from the team to make room for a someone else in order to complete a specific quest. Too much comming and going. Too depressing. Not fun at all.

End Of A Great Trilogy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've always loved the Might & Magic series and this one is no exception. I love first person, turn-based-party games. I have been dumb enough to periodically waste money on some of the various third person games out there like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, but I hate third person and cannot get into it at all. Might & Magic does not have that problem.

This game is the third in this format after MM6 & MM7 and has the most tweaks. Some say the story and engine are getting a little long on the tooth but that is fine with me. I have become so engrossed it them that I have played all three of them at least three times each. There is no other game that even comes close.

Despite the crudeness factor, I love the graphics. The spell system is just right, and I don't mind all the monster bashing. The story kept me engaged each time I played, even knowing the outcome the second and third time around.

I just wish someone would continue the series in the same format with maybe 3-D graphics but the same game play and all the rest. I give a hats off to the Might & Magic Tribute people who are doing it on their own, since no company seems interested in doing it.

Highly recommended.

This Game Stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 22
Date: April 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is lousy. It is not worth buying. I made my character thinking it would be awesome, because the charatcer creation tool has good graphics. Then I got into the game and was faced with 2D Lizardmen sprites walking around. I talk to about 10 and they all say the same thing. I went in all the buildings (Well actually when i say go into a building, i mean open the door and see a picture of the inside with no interaction at all, and the people dont talk back to you.) I then decided well this could still be cool, lets go check out the combat. So i walked around the island I was on, walking down a hill, but not being able to walk back up it. Finally finding some pirates? and buccaneers? Well I killed a few took there gold, then healed. I kept doing this untill i had killed them all. When suddenly more appeared out of no where. I then got surrounded and died. Losing all my gold my ressurecting with full life and spell points (Mana). I've got past this part now and am exploring other islands. All though i am sorry to say some of the quests that they give me are very difficult and near impossible. I never played MM1-MM7 but this looks to me as if it should be MM1 with the lack of good graphics and a decent engine that is 6 years old.

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