Could have been awesome, but some serious bugs ruined it unfortuntely, can we say Anskram Keep?

User Rating: 2.6 | Might and Magic IX PC
By FriendBear | Review Date:
I actually like this game even though i'm giving it a pretty harsh review, its the sort of game that when it works, its a pretty decent game and its fun too. However, once the bugs pop up it becomes a nightmare to play and quite often forced restarts become a reality, especially in certain places where there are very well known bugs, and sometimes its almost impossible to bypass since the game was never actually 'finished' as 3DO went bankrupt, some of the major bugs are the type that can literally kill the game for instance....

I decided to re-install the game on my new computer since I haven't played it in years and needed a change of pace from more current rpgs, played up until the Anskram Keep and unfortuntely forgeting to install the patches feel to the infamous game stopping bug there with the final imp and stairwell not appearing and after upgrading to 1.2 I can't really be bothered to restart the game again, and the unofficial patch 1.3 removes my mouse cursor.....too many problems kills this game. After another restart and finally getting the patches to install properly I get past the keep problems, however I run into one of the other major bugs which even with the TELF1.3 patches can be a nightmare to pass, and thats trying to get the Capstone of order which is needed later in the game, many times the game would crash, or not give me the capstone even after completing the mini-games, without the capstone you can't continue the story slightly later in the game, so I pretty much gave up on this game, and I suggest anyone who reads this review and is for some strange reason thinking of buying MM9, I suggest you don't, well....if its a few bucks then maybe, but I would strongly suggest getting MM6, thats one of the best in the series.

I will console myself that I have completed it once on my older computer and this game is a pretty good game but was an unfortunate casualty of its parent companies death.

All my hopes lie with Dark Messiah, thats going to rock.

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