You had ONE frickin' job!

Touching a rewered classic like Master Of Magic is no small feat. Making a good remake is even harder. This falls short on so many levels. The change from square to hex maps? Okay, it's a thing. But how do you manage to design an HD interface which manages to present LESS info than the old 320*200 graphics? Instead of clearly presented information we get drowned in tool tips which then hide parts of the interface. Units and towns should be clearly visible on the world map, which they aren't. My halfling cities in the woods? Only the banners signify their location and then I can't even click the banners to be transported into the town, I have to hit the hex. If you rip of Civ V's interface, include all the creature comforts as well! Speaking of "designs". That art style sure is a choice. I find it ugly as sin. And somehow the whole presentation manages to be sterile, boring and less characterful than the 1993 original. Also, I have a huge bone to pick with the utter lack of accessibility features. No option to toggle the font to something less decorative and more legible. No option to adjust font size. No option for a high contrast interface. It's strange that the original is still so crisp and easy to parse when compared to a game from 2022. Music and sound are utterly forgettable. They play the original theme song in the main menu - once. Someone forgot to set the Loop flag to "true". The rest of the audio side of things is bland. The music sounds like a cheap Age Of Wonders rip-off, much too crystalline and reverb-y when compared to the original's folky tunes. Both the 1993 OPL3 or General Midi soundtracks are much better than this cotton candy fluff. One star because it ran okay and didn't crash on me, one star for old time's sake. There is a working game in there but a worthy remake of Master Of Magic this is not. It feels cheap and not properly thought through. I'll go back playing the original now.