Awful and uninspired.

User Rating: 4.9 | Might and Magic IX PC
By KingLim | Review Date:
I have nothing good to say about this supposedly last installation of the Might & Magic series other that it did quite a commendable effort of converting the old 2D look to a fully 3D environment. But even so, the characters look ugly. Texture mapping is very unpolished and messy which defeats the purpose of making Might and Magic 3D.

Apart from the tech aspect, the gameplay also doesn't live up to its standard from M&M 7. A lot of unique stuff like visiting shrines and finding rare training masters are gone and thus I think that's how it lost its appeal. I got so bored with it not even halfway and had to trudge through the rest using a walkthrough, and the anti-climax ending is even more blood-spewing. I don't want to spoil it, but I guess you won't even bother to play till that stage.

KingLim

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