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Nirolak · Jan 19, 2017

This is made by Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Fun House. You'll remember Ubisoft Funhouse as the division created out of the Child of Light/Blood Dragon teams and other similar projects. I think this is the first in-house Might and Magic game in forever.

Basically, it's a miniature action combat game. You paint your figurines (or choose a pre-made look if you're not good at painting), equip your hero with 6 different abilities, and then set up FF12/DAO-style gambits for your three allied monster characters. You then have duels or play through a singleplayer campaign.

Steam Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/517070/

Free paint workshop app if you want to try painting figurines: http://store.steampowered.com/app/571460/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na6s1eoO_xc

Gameplay Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWJqEHLWaw

Set in the rich RPG fantasy universe of Might & Magic with its diverse bestiary, Might & Magic® SHOWDOWN is a tactical PvP combat experience where you command a team of customizable miniature heroes and creatures to overcome your opponent by mixing strategic planning and real-time action in quick, bite-sized sessions. Build your team and bring the miniatures to life through a combination of visual personalization and programmable actions that will define your playstyle and ultimately bring them to the battleground for the Showdown!

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

”The early access version of Might & Magic® Showdown is already a well-rounded package including figurine painting, a solo campaign, and a rich PvP mode. We will concentrate on balancing and polishing this experience first, but we are also fully open to add fresh content in the mix owing to your suggestions (New modes? More figurines? More solo missions? Etc.), but this is a decision we want to make with you once the Early Access started."

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

”The game is already offering a lot of varied content. In terms of gameplay experience we offer the possibility to fully paint figurines through different modes, learn the game mechanics through a solo campaign consisting of 30 missions, collect up to 20 figurines and create different teams, and finally take on the other players in a solid PvP experience.

We know that those experiences are not fully polished and balanced yet, so we will seek your feedback to make them evolve."

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

”Right now we have no plans to change the Might & Magic® Showdown price point during or after Early Access."

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

”We will be in constant dialogue with the community through the Might & Magic® Showdown Steam forums Every 2 weeks we plan on posting our current development plans in the forum based on your feedback, and every other week we will release a patch with notes associated.

So basically the community will be both able to suggest priorities, and challenge our answers on a weekly basis, so don't hesitate!"

LuciusAxelrod · Jan 19, 2017

I wonder why they decided to go with "miniatures." There has never been a line of Might & Magic minis, has there? And they're not planning on one as far as we know?
Do the developers just like minis in general?

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

The miniature painter looks pretty cool at least, you can actually use a brush. Or just use a bucket an paint by parts, or the entire miniature in one color.

Skittzo0413 · Jan 19, 2017

I see very little reason for this to be a Might and Magic game. Stop letting us M&M fans down please Ubi...

Santiako · Jan 19, 2017

At least it looks pretty.

marrec · Jan 19, 2017

Skittzo0413 said:
I see very little reason for this to be a Might and Magic game. Stop letting us M&M fans down please Ubi...

M&M X was amazing so they get a free pass for another 2 years in my book, as long as they eventually release an M&M XI that's as good or better I'm down for whatever.

Adnor said:
The miniature painter looks pretty cool at least, you can actually use a brush. Or just use a bucket an paint by parts, or the entire miniature in one color.

Ya that seemed pretty cool, and the concept ain't terrible either, I'll definitely give it a chance.

Nirolak · Jan 19, 2017

So Fun House is the Ubisoft division that was made out of the Child of Light and Blood Draogn people. It looks like they're actually taking this series in house again.

Frumix · Jan 19, 2017

marrec said:
M&M X was amazing so they get a free pass for another 2 years in my book, as long as they eventually release an M&M XI that's as good or better I'm down for whatever.

Did you miss the disaster that was Heroes 7 that was left to die?

Nirolak · Jan 19, 2017

I added a bit of a short description to the OP to make it easier to understand.

marrec · Jan 19, 2017

Nirolak said:
So Fun House is the Ubisoft division that was made out of the Child of Light and Blood Draogn people. It looks like they're actually taking this series in house again.

Ya they let go of Limbic last year right? So the future of Might and Magic is certainly questionable from a genre and quality standpoint.

Frumix said:
Did you miss the disaster that was Heroes 7 that was left to die?

The Heroes series has always been boring to me (Alright, 3 was decent), Might and Magic was garbage for years until Legacy was released and was amazing.

_DrMario_ · Jan 19, 2017

This looks really cool.

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

Looks like creating tactics for your footsoldiers is pretty complete:

QFNS · Jan 19, 2017

That battle system looks like it has some kind of FFXII like AI/Gambit stuff going on? This is weird.

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

QFNS said:
That battle system looks like it has some kind of FFXII like AI/Gambit stuff going on? This is weird.

You control one unit, the hero, directly, and give tactics for your minions before the fight.

Nirolak · Jan 19, 2017

QFNS said:
That battle system looks like it has some kind of FFXII like AI/Gambit stuff going on? This is weird.

Your main character is basically an action character with six abilities.

The AI companions use gambits, yes. You don't control them directly.

ChemicalCutthroat · Jan 19, 2017

I got really excited about painting miniatures for a minute, since I do a lot of wargaming. Then it sunk in that it is all digital... but that is still kinda cool! I doubt I can transfer my brush skills to a digital version though, but it is worth looking into.

This makes me wonder, if they did all this is there anything stopping them from eventually coming out with an actual tabletop version? If the models are well designed I could certainly see adding them to a Frostgrave warband or something. Or maybe get the 3D models of the figures and see about transferring them to a 3D printer for some physical version.

Looks neat.

SentryDown · Jan 19, 2017

Virtually painting figurines and then programming them with -what looks like- pretty deep possibilities ? Not super interested but at least that's new.

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

ChemicalCutthroat said:
I got really excited about painting miniatures for a minute, since I do a lot of wargaming. Then it sunk in that it is all digital... but that is still kinda cool! I doubt I can transfer my brush skills to a digital version though, but it is worth looking into.

This makes me wonder, if they did all this is there anything stopping them from eventually coming out with an actual tabletop version? If the models are well designed I could certainly see adding them to a Frostgrave warband or something. Or maybe get the 3D models of the figures and see about transferring them to a 3D printer for some physical version.

Looks neat.

They would do physical figurines, yeah, but it looks like you wouldn't translate the gameplay to tabletop because it's real time.

marrec · Jan 19, 2017

If this does well enough I wonder what future support looks like, booster packs or expansion packs? Hmm.

Frumix · Jan 19, 2017

I'm honestly torn on this. On one hand classic M&M gameplay, both as an RPG and as TBS is a gaseous sale at best and this isn't the first time they tried something more PVP-involved, something faster ("bite-sized"), something more for the mobile age of quick session games. Honestly, the idea of painted miniatures fighting is really cool and is landing quite close to the series roots of old NWC developers growing on DnD. I can't shake off the feeling of "not my Might and Magic" either however.

Ultimately this could be really cool if they actually put in effort into this and not send it to die with bugs, incomplete and dysfunctional multi-player like they did the last game.

marrec said:
The Heroes series has always been boring to me (Alright, 3 was decent), Might and Magic was garbage for years until Legacy was released and was amazing.

It's fine it you feel like that, but the fact is that the track record on Ubi isn't very good right now.

2+2=5 · Jan 19, 2017

It looks aestethically awesome, but for what i saw i don't like the gameplay.

Deadstar · Jan 19, 2017

Might be looking to start painting figures so this will be good practice. Anyone know of any other game on steam that let's you paint minis?

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

2+2=5 said:
It looks aestethically awesome, but for what i saw i don't like the gameplay.

Yeah, same for me, I wish it was more like a turn based wargame.

Speely · Jan 19, 2017

Whoa! Looks weird and interesting. I am in. Might try it out after work.

I like the idea, and the team has proven that it can do good work.

Nirolak · Jan 19, 2017

Deadstar said:
Might be looking to start painting figures so this will be good practice. Anyone know of any other game on steam that let's you paint minis?

The paint workshop tool is free to note: http://store.steampowered.com/app/571460/

Stormy · Jan 19, 2017

How the figures look is exactly what I would want in my perfect DnD video game. Let me choose from figurines and then have the game world simply be a map like on the tabletop. That would be so awesome. Just wanted that out there.

For this game, looks neat and I may try it out at some point.

deleted · Jan 19, 2017

Looks neat! I have no idea what to make of the Gameplay though. If they want to get behind eSports with this, it could be interesting to see what other players are doing with the settings for the AI. But in the end, there is most likely an ideal configuration that is shared all over the net after a very short while for each minion?!

And many things lean on your own character. He needs to be fun to control. And so far, it doesn't really look like that. Or they choose some awful skills to present.

Baliis · Jan 19, 2017

Looks cool. Loved Child of Light and Blood Dragon so will def give it a shot.

Parsnip · Jan 19, 2017

Huh.
Ubisoft is one of the last companies I'd expect to use Steam's early access.

Adnor · Jan 19, 2017

Parsnip said:
Huh.
Ubisoft is one of the last companies I'd expect to use Steam's early access.

They used Early Access before with M&M X

prudislav · Jan 19, 2017

Great idea with tabletop-esque figurines and general aestetic, but wasted on really bad and boring gameplay idea :-(

Tertullian · Jan 19, 2017

Looks... kinda neat and different, actually?

Uplay required?

Parsnip · Jan 19, 2017

Adnor said:
They used Early Access before with M&M X

That's news to me as well. The more you know.

Deadstar · Jan 19, 2017

Nirolak said:
The paint workshop tool is free to note: http://store.steampowered.com/app/571460/

Nice! Looks like it is available free for one month.

Metal B · Jan 19, 2017

Sounds very cool and smart. Creating a game around tactical and optimized use of KI-Event-Triggers.

Pacotez · Jan 19, 2017

Hopefully it won't be as unbalanced and greedy as M&M Duel of Champion was

Frumix · Jan 20, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsKPkpUEHo

Early impressions aren't very good.

Speely · Jan 20, 2017

Frumix said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsKPkpUEHo

Early impressions aren't very good.

Damn. Gameplay sounds really, really dull :/ I was hoping that hero control meant more than just choosing an enemy and firing off cooldown abilities. The idea of setting up the supporting characters' behaviors beforehand is very cool, but I was very much hoping that meant your hero had a bit more agency as well.

JaseC · Jan 20, 2017

Tertullian said:
Uplay required?

Yes.

Qvoth · Jan 20, 2017

saw some gameplay videos, battles seem very slow

Luq · Jan 20, 2017

Weird that Warhammer didn't do it first...

I love the concept, but I was hoping for different combat system. Still - gonna pick it up one day since it looks quite unique.

Durante · Jan 20, 2017

It's not the Might & Magic I want, but the concept seems a lot less derivative than I expected.

Castef · Jan 23, 2017

Trying this now.

Nice idea, I still have to understand who is the proper "target" for the game. Problem is: the battles themselves are pretty forgettable. Also, the UI is not very good.

Sinatar · Jul 19, 2017

Game is cancelled without ever leaving Early Access.

Hello Heroes,

We regret to announce that Might & Magic SHOWDOWN will be shutting down on July 31, 2017, ending our Early Access period and ceasing server support. As a result, the game will be inaccessible after this date.

We wish to convey our sincerest gratitude to you, our dedicated players, who have helped us navigate the management of an Early Access campaign because of you, we have learned a great deal about how best to serve you and we hope to carry these learnings forward into future Ubisoft projects.

We also owe a very special debt of gratitude to our Might & Magic fans who accepted this new take on the universe. It has been our pleasure and honor to deal with one of gamings longest lived communities.

Effective immediately, Might & Magic SHOWDOWN will be removed from the Steam Store to prevent further purchase of the Early Access license. The game will remain in your Steam Library, but server support will end on July 31, 2017 and the game itself will become inoperable. In an effort to ensure that we abide by our players expectations of the Early Access model, we will be offering full refunds to players who feel they are owed them until July 31, 2017.

Thank you Heroes.
The Might & Magic SHOWDOWN team

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