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Summary: Might & Magic VIII
Review: 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.
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Summary: This Game Stinks
Review: 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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Summary: Best in the series and yes a 5-star review
Review: This is one of few games that are really worth playing. I played mm 6 and mm7 and this one really is the best in the series. Not only the graphs (although it's a dated engine used)are better and improved but it's also the first might & magic whith a really good and exciting storyline, it always gives you the feeling you're getting somewhere... Mm6 was very good with the best musical score of any game I ever heard (mm8 music is also quite good), I disliked might and magic 7 (the worst of the series, bad music ridiculous storyline and ugly -really ugly- maps and towns...), but I never expected that MM 8 would be that damn great. Although not every town looks as beautiful as New Sorpigal (MM6, still my favourite map)this world is really intruiging. What I like the most in MM8 is that you begin with only one character and can play with lots of non-human creatures.
Worth your money, I guess
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Summary: this would have been great back in 1994
Review: 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
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Summary: Unimpressive
Review: When playing this, I was kind of amused by the thought of how little computer RPGs have advanced since I played Bard's Tale on the Apple II.Since then, I've been playing the old Baldur's Gate game, and I can see where the true development is. The takes us back to Might and Magic -- Apparently, the age of the gaming engine, along with a too-rapid development cycle hurts this game in terms of visual appearances. Voice actors are very irritating: pick carefully your character's voice, your stuck with it for a long time. Some of the world building is pretty impressive. Probably the most interesting idea is the the scenario facing the player early on: trapped on an island where a city of lizardmen battle a relentless onslaught of pirates. Cannons fire, but nothing happens (unless you get in the way), unless you can lure pirates into town with you. The storyline seems standard fare, though the end seems to assume some familiarity with the whole Might and Magic franchise. It'll consume your time nicely, but there are better ways to spend your money if you're looking for this kind of thing.
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Summary: Exeptional
Review: 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
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Summary: Exeptional
Review: 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
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