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5 stars for the music alone! Incredible compositions!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really only played this game for 4-5 hours back when I first bought it years and years ago. Ever since then, I've kept the 2nd CD handy for my listening pleasure. It's great to sleep to, great to relax to when you're doing anything from chillin' out to working on the computer, etc. It's very, very well-composed. It blends so many various musical elements that I haven't heard blended as such before. So many themes can be heard throughout... elements of Irish, Scottish, classical/baroque, and just full-on ambience with the use of voices and many, many instruments. One of my favorite tunes on here starts with a very intriguingly haunting chromatic piano part with overlayed violin and cello's coming in with a beautiful minor progression that sounds like it shouldn't fit but absolutely does. The result is a disorientingly beautiful piece of music that builds into a grand change fit for a great movie (ala Braveheart).

An audiophile will hear that the instruments are obviously synth-created but the samples sound great and real enough to more than get the job done. This is great music to get lost in. There's depth to the compositions and many layers to pick out during any given passage most of the time. The usage of the instruments isn't repetitive, either. Sometimes, the drums have a very wet reverb applied to them and certain instruments sound as though they're recorded dynamically with different mic positions in different rooms.

So... from what little I played the game, it was fun but the 5 star rating comes from me rating this game SOLELY on the listening enjoyment of the music! I've had this game for somewhere from 8-10 years if I'm not mistaking and even at this very moment, I'm enjoying the music even MORE than I have before. Definitely worth it just for the music alone!

Another Great One

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
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, along with MM-6 and MM-8 are pretty much in the same format with a few tweaks. 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.

Overall a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

M&M7 was one of the first RPG games I really got into. I tried Baldur's Gate and some others but didn't like them very much. This one was relatively easy to learn and fun to play. After playing some of the others in this series, this is my favorite. One advantage of 7 over 6 (which is my second fav) is the fact the you can keep better track of where teachers are located by scrolling over the map. I resorted to printing out lists of where everyone was in 6. The game is a bit long, but I like the way you have to chose between good and evil. Overall I think it is a great game!

4 Stars and I'm just out of the starting gate...............

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm giving this game 4 Stars out of the "gate" because it's pretty much just like "M&M 6" and that's definitely a good thing. M&M 6 in my opinion is one the the best in the series and so far 7 has got me wanting to continue more of the late night session i spent with it's predicessor. Oh, and by the way, if you are having trouble getting this game to run,read on a few reviews down,( if you are reading the reviews in order of the 'date reviewed') you'll see a very simple solution shared by one of the reviewer's that works. Fret not,the game does run on XP,you'll just have to have a little 'Know How' and a little patience.-----Darvius7

Review and XP help

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've always enjoyed the M&M games, beginning to end. Yes, the graphics are outdated, but I place gameplay far above aesthetics. Consider this: I just completed Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, which has GORGEOUS graphics. The same day I finished Morrowind, I installed M&M7 and have been playing it non-stop over the last week, and I am now 3 quests short of completing every neutral/light quest in the entire game. I love it, and next I'm installing the next game in the series and doing the same thing.

On the subject of it working in XP, ignore the warnings of DirectX, and switch the graphic rendering from hardware to software when you first try to load the game. (If you already tried to load the game and picked hardware, run the configuration executable from the M&M7 folder (use 'My Computer'), which should be in C drive, 'Program Files' folder, then the '3D0' folder, and choose software rendering. Next create a new shortcut on your desktop by right clicking on desktop, highlighting the 'new' sub-menu, then choosing 'create new shortcut' and point the shortcut at the MM7 executable in the MM7 folder. Worked for XP Professional, should work for you.

Shadow of a great past

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's sad. I always liked the Might and Magic (MM) series. It was fairly simple but the built-in journaling and mapping tools made it less of a pain than other RPGs. Unfortunately MM seems to be frozen in time and this version doesn't appear to have any changes from previous one. There is a new storyline, or more precisely, a new variation of a Might and Magic storyline but graphics, sound, monsters, spells, skills and interface at all the same. I couldn't get the game run with DirectX under Windows 2000, software mode only, although the game is listed as NT-compatible. Keyboard shortcuts would stop working and occasional clipping problems got me stuck and forced a reload to get out. The sound is what really drove me crazy. The character voices can be cut off but not the NPCs. I'll have 'Have a pleasant evening!" ringing in my head for years.

For die-hard Might and Magic fanboys only.

AWSOMe

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I didn't buy the game but one of my brothers friends had the mellinum edition and gave it to me and i enjoyed the game because it was easy and yet challenging at the same time but it was still fun and was creative.

great game but not supported by XP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played this game on windows 98, and (as the other reviewers said) it was a wonderful game. Unfortunately, the following is very important:

IT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY WINDOWS XP. Some have had succcess getting it to work many cannot. Including myself (sadly).

Other then that, i highly reccomend this game.

My version of the game of the year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have ever played. Right when I played the game it became my new favorite. In story line I give it a 5 out of 5. You start out on an island for a contest that Lord Markham has put together. Graphics gets a 4.5 out of 5. The graphics are more like being into a live picture. The only thing I don't like about the graphics is you can't see your characters.
Overall this game is worth your precious time. BUY IT!!!!

Good game, but nothing new

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The best feature of this game, I agree with most, was the Arcomage mini-game. If they haven't already, 3Do should turn this into an actuall game. The option to choose between the light and dark path was nice, but the overall game was too much like MM6, without enough new features. The use of the invisibility spell makes it too easy, though, and I found myself almost done at level 20.

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