Mixed back, but still 5* because...
...it contains the best Might and Magic Games, so it doesn't hurt having the others too.
Might and Magic 1 is okay. Its no masterpiece, far from it. Its nice to experience it due to its historical relevance but its insanely monotone.
MM1 feels a bit like playing with a spreadsheet. If you like Excel, you'll love that game.
Somehow i think this game would have been much better without any graphics at all. Somehow i enjoyed playing Zork much more even though its a Text Adventure.
Because this game has graphics, it skips over describing the environment because, you can see it. But everything looks the same. The Tileset has like 5 images or so... i don't know.
But its not just the graphics, don't get me wrong. They aged bad but the main reason i dislike that one is the feel of playing with a spreadsheet.
MM2 already goes into the right direction. It is still heavily limited by technology but it does one thing that MM1 completely failed, it gives you immersion.
Sadly the game is very tedious. It is not as punishing as Wizardry but it demands a lot of work from you for playing it, but gives you very little in reward.
MM3 is where the fun begins. The jump from MM1 to MM2 already was big, but the jump to MM3 is insane.
Not just is the technology finally there (The Graphics look very nice, the MT-32 sounds modern to this day, control is easy to understand), the game has so much love for detail, everywhere. In the manual, the map, this is the real deal, its fun an addictive to play.
MM 4~5 do what MM3 did and just do it better. They elevate it from a very fun and enjoyable game to a masterpiece. From a technical standpoint, they improved everything, the gameplay mechanis is improved to, music too.
The only real big downside with MM3~5 is GOG delivers it with an outdated DOSBOX and without MT-32 Support. You have to setup everything yourself, that is a shame. The Game, out of the box, uses the fallback soundblaster sound that is very limited. I mean its better than nothing, but invest the time to setup MT-32
MM6 on the other hand feels like a step back. They managed to make the gameplay less fun, however they managed to do that, but its a shame.
The resolution is higher but everything looks brown and gray and fog everywhere, like most games from this era. Just look at the screenshots, MM4 at night has more colors than MM6 at day.
Its 3D and has higher resolution, but otherwise the graphics are a big step back. Level design is very questionable too and the end of the game is a slog. Only 4 Characters, no choise for race and less choices for classes... who greenlit this?
Its not a bad game, don't get me wrong, but its worse than MM3~5 even though having been released 7 years later than 3.
I grew up with non of these games as i am too young but while MM3~5 felt like awesome games you can still play today without issues, MM1~2 and MM6 feel rather outdated.
I totallly understand why they included 1~2, its interesting and cool to experience these first hand, i don't understand why they included 6. It feels like a completely different game that doesn't belong to the others.
Its like MM1 < MM2 < MM3 < MM4/5 > MM6
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