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Is there something similar to the old Might and Magics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 hours ago by Trail@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I was especially fond of M&M 6 7 and 8 as a kid. I have also played the most recent, 10, which while different and flawed in many ways, was still good enough to be enjoyable. I have also liked things like Wizardry 8 in the past.

I did try to replay 7 recently, but I thought that it has not maybe aged too well as the combat was too grindy for my current tastes.

Can anyone recommend something similar perhaps?

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

If you're okay with some emulation, there's Dungeon Master and Captive.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I bought Might and Magic 8 and brought it home. There was only the play CD and no install CD. Never been so disappointed when buying a game in my life. I bought the game during a trip and couldn't easily return it.

TLDR: I love Steam

[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 13 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Older: King's Bounty

Newer: Songs of Conquest

Edit: Never mind, I thought you meant Heroes of Might and Magic.

Edit2: Maybe Legend of Grimrock? There is also a sequel.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Songs of Conquest is fantastic

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Legend of grimrock cannot be paused, can it?

I had seen it getting played, but somehow I think this turns me off. Optional pausing for issuing commands would be perfect, but real time only would be too stressing I believe.

But I'm willing to try if recommended enough.

[–] liyunxiao@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't been able to find anything that quite scratches the same itch but you might want to try might and magic merged, which combined 6 7 and 8 in a fairly fun way, fixes a few of the issues, and rebalances the game to not be quite as grindy. It's a mod running off the mm8 engine.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

This sounds great, I will look for it and give it a try! Thank tou.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe Valbrace in UFO50?

Edit: what about Barony?

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Thank you Barony seems quite interesting, and I'll keep it in mind. For the current moment, though, I would like to scratch an itch of something with a proper campaign instead of a roguelike. But seems up my alley for later.