"While technologically inferior to todays, and perhaps even its contemporary games, MMVIII is a game of great fun!"
i'm looking forward with great anticipation to play this game once again.
Although i agree on almost everyone of it's downsides, which is quite a few; Low quality graphics, bugs galore, worn - out game play, i also appreciate it's few but very important upsides.
Lots of monsters, artifacts, spells and places to go, combined with the ability to choose among a great variety of companions and choosing your own character, gives the game great replay-ability.
Further, i really don't care a lot if the graphics is terrible, because i don't think that matters in these kinds of games...
What DOES matter is whether the game makes you want to play it a lot, preferably more than once. And i would say i'm living proof of that, since i've played through it twice before.
I especially look forward to play arcomage again, a most excellent mini-game, which gives a break from the sometimes tedious hack-and-slash game play.
Concluding this review, i would greatly encourage others to play this game, especially if you are into these kinds of games.
Håvard Westby