Honestly, with a game like this you probably want it to be a low budget affair. With a higher budget the game would probably have to be reinvented to fit the tastes of today's "modern gamer" and regardless of the quality of the end product, it wouldn't be a Might and Magic game.
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Might & Magic X Legacy Announced [Update: PAX East off-screen video, Q&A]
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alexandros
Banned
Come, let me hug you Ubisoft! All is forgiven!
Hm, ok.
Well, I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Maybe what Ubi is doing is seeing how MMX does, and if it does well, they'll do legacy versions of the following games.
No Jon Van Caneghem, NO DEAL!
Eh, just hoping for something...not disastrous and I'll be happy. Have been playing through MM8 recently actually, pretty underrated!
Before IX, I would have agreed with you.
Hopefully it keeps many of the elements that were featured in the better M&M games.
I still love the idea of paying to train skills, buy spells etc. I remember being so exciting finding new towns and looking for new shopkeepers and trainers. My memory may be off, but I recall M&M6 being great in terms of economy simply because gold was used for so much.
I still love the idea of paying to train skills, buy spells etc. I remember being so exciting finding new towns and looking for new shopkeepers and trainers. My memory may be off, but I recall M&M6 being great in terms of economy simply because gold was used for so much.
Baron_Calamity
Member
I'm totally on board with this!
Indeed. I spent so much time in cities and towns trying to find the right trainer. The skill and spell system is why I love 6/7/8 so much.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
This actually makes me more excited. Means they can use their meager budget for other things.
this is quite inspring. Never expected something like this (meaning: grid based) and I guess I can only thank Legend of Grimlock's success for this.
This is a definite must buy for me as I loved playing IV&V; just the good will is enough for me even if the game doesn't live up to "the hype".
This is a definite must buy for me as I loved playing IV&V; just the good will is enough for me even if the game doesn't live up to "the hype".
Meager budget? Ubisoft is no small company, are they deliberately not funding it properly?
Not sure I like hearing that.
Im not expecting something with high production values as its a legacy game, but they shouldnt handicap themselves on money, either. Especially for a game where they want to re-introduce the Might and Magic (main numbered) franchise.
Well, opening the trailer I wouldn't have thought there was the slightest chance of a "true" M&M sequel. And based on the very short glimpse of the game, I was so deliciously proven wrong.
Still the game looks relatively ugly and I can't say I'm psyched for the re-use of assets. And what is it with the line of light around the first monster skin, fugly. And, and... if they don't fuck it spectacularly, this is wonderful.
Still the game looks relatively ugly and I can't say I'm psyched for the re-use of assets. And what is it with the line of light around the first monster skin, fugly. And, and... if they don't fuck it spectacularly, this is wonderful.
Reticent Rhino
Member
I am legitimately shocked that they didn't just turn this into a Skyrim clone. I suppose Ubisoft realized that route would require an absurd budget with little guarantee of success. Are our mega-publisher overlords learning?
Here I was thinking that the most joy I would get out of this would be from watching the trainwreck. But it's turn-based, party-based and grid-based*? So far...so good? Is there some sort of catch?
* I actually would have been perfectly fine with it not being grid-based, as my fondest memories with the series were with 6-8. But at least this indicates that they're not trying to pander to the mainstream audience.
Here I was thinking that the most joy I would get out of this would be from watching the trainwreck. But it's turn-based, party-based and grid-based*? So far...so good? Is there some sort of catch?
* I actually would have been perfectly fine with it not being grid-based, as my fondest memories with the series were with 6-8. But at least this indicates that they're not trying to pander to the mainstream audience.
3, 4, and 5 are what this game looks to be mechanically based upon.
GOG has a bundle that includes 1-6, so you can play those, revisit 6 (which is still awesome), and probably ignore the first two games.
That's actually what is really cool about this.
They could have just as easily made this more like 6-8 and passed it off as a Skyrim competitor, or even just done a single character game and passed THAT off as a Skyrim competitor.
Instead, we are getting new Xeen games, and that is really fucking awesome.
I think they're testing the waters with this, if it turns out reasonably successful I could imagine a more ambitious XI.
That would make no sense. If this sells, it would not sell because buyers of this would want a different XI, it would sell because gamers need these type of gameplay DIRECTLY INJECTED INTO THEIR VEINS. Any executive greenlighting a Skyrim-clone after this one needs to rethink his decision making flowchart, imho.
That would make no sense. If this sells, it would not sell because buyers of this would want a different XI, it would sell because gamers need these type of gameplay DIRECTLY INJECTED INTO THEIR VEINS. Any executive greenlighting a Skyrim-clone after this one needs to rethink his decision making flowchart, imho.
How did you get Skyrim out of "more ambitious"?
I'm honestly not sure if I want the grid back.
That makes one of us.
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Deleted member 17706
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OMG OMG OMG! I want it!
I don't want to buy a pc for gaming
Why not?
that would be retro, not old-school.
I'm actually a little disappointed this uses old school M&M, tile-based movement.
Too be honest, this looks like a tablet game. Not saying it looks bad, but I was hoping for something a more ambitious from something called Might and Magic 10. 6 is my favorite of the series (and one of the best RPGs of all time if you ask me).
Oh well, hopefully this is good anyway.
Too be honest, this looks like a tablet game. Not saying it looks bad, but I was hoping for something a more ambitious from something called Might and Magic 10. 6 is my favorite of the series (and one of the best RPGs of all time if you ask me).
Oh well, hopefully this is good anyway.
Because i found my gaming nirvana with handhelds(psp -> vita), i'm now a hadheld man, i rarely enjoy playing on ps3(i like its games but i would enjoy them way more on vita) ...
Some small shots from developer website
Why is this grid based? Grid based movement is awful in open world. Also game looks like straight from iPad and showing gameplay off-screen doesnt comfort me at all, also many elements in environments seems pre-recorded like in Myst games for example.
Why is this grid based? Grid based movement is awful in open world. Also game looks like straight from iPad and showing gameplay off-screen doesnt comfort me at all, also many elements in environments seems pre-recorded like in Myst games for example.
Some small shots from developer website
Why this is grid based? Grid based movement is awful in open world. Also game looks like straight from iPad and showing gameplay off-screen doesnt comfort me at all, also many elements in environments seems pre-recorded like in Myst game for example.
Looks amazing, can't wait.
Open Source
Banned
A tablet version of a M&M RPG...but I can play a real M&M party-based CRPG on my tablet...I am torn.
Never was a huge fan of tile-based movement in a real time game (Stonekeep, for example) but will play this regardless.
Never was a huge fan of tile-based movement in a real time game (Stonekeep, for example) but will play this regardless.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
I want to get into this series. Which is the best M&M game to play?
StoppedInTracks
Member
First post nails i............. err did you even watch the trailer? Till the end?
This looks like OLD SCHOOL M&M1-5.
Tile-based movement? CHECK.
Turn based combat? CHECK.
Party of PCs? CHECK.
Outdoor and indoor areas? CHECK.
This *is* MIGHT AND MAGIC.
Or, for all ya yungsters out there: this is Legend of Grimrock with M&M skin on top of it.
Hype levels: MAXIMUM
StoppedInTracks
Member
It depends if you are old school, new school or nostalgia ridden.
New school: best one is Might and Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven.
Old school: best one is Might and Magic IV and V togheter as World of Xeen.
Nostalgia ridden: best one is Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra.
You can buy M&M1-6 from GOG in one package IIRC.
StoppedInTracks
Member
There is no bigger Might and Magic game than M&M6. M&M4+5 combined are bigger but as a single game M&M6 is the biggest one.
I'm not saying it's, oh no so awful but grid based maps were more of a limitation of technology rather than an intentional design choice. It feels like limiting the freedom in an open world game.
Mind you, I wouldn't mind if the combat was grid based (and turn based only as a result of that), that would make more sense, in my opinion.
StoppedInTracks
Member
I've waited 11 years for this game... 11 fucking years. You cannot understand, not a single one of you, what I am feeling right now.
You are dead to me. Grid based movement was amazing in MM 1 - 5 and Wizardry 7.
Oh I most certainly can. World of Xeen is one of my all time favorite games.
You're setting yourself up for disappointment I think.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
Whats the major difference in the Xeen era and MM6 and up?
Grid-based movement and turn-based combat?
I have never played this series before, but you have got my attention. Don't fuck this up with UPlay or anything, just quietly release it on Steamor DRM free...ha ha...ha like the other low-budget games that aren't really essential to your business.
I have never played this series before, but you have got my attention. Don't fuck this up with UPlay or anything, just quietly release it on Steam
Dreamwriter
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Tile based movement rather than free motion