

In fact, new players may want to read up on some general guides before starting, as party balance and character builds are two vital factors to your success. Thankfully there’s a spell much later in the game that allows teleporting to marked locations. It’s fun for the first couple of hours – you feel like a mortal character and not some demigod messiah – but turns into a chore once larger areas become available in Act 2. The game doesn’t care if you’re already three-quarters done with a location, either. Still, half of those fights burn through potions and supplies (consumed when resting), in turn necessitating more trips back home. The first was to restart with a better party, and the next was getting familiar with the quick-save key. I breezed through the first few hours but once elite enemies and ambushes grew more common I did two things. There’s no regenerating health or mana so expect lots of downtime between battles, either resting or trekking back to resupply.Ĭombat is quite challenging too, in the sense that poorly-made parties will suffer. Good old challengeĬoming to grips with the game’s pacing will be the biggest hurdle for newcomers. If you’ve ever played Legend of Grimrock then you know what you’re in for, except the Might & Magic brand is known for their world-building and open areas. This is as old-school as it gets, with grid-based movement and turn-based combat. Like any reboot, Might & Magic X has to choose between attracting new audiences and appealing to fans.
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While Ubisoft has done interesting spin-offs since acquiring the license in 2003, this is the first time they’ve tackled the main series.

You’ll fight for every tile, coin and treasure you come across and you’ll walk away bruised and battered, inches from death – only to rest up and do it all over again. Single-player RPGs have gotten so fast that returning to a dungeon crawler feels bizarre, yet crawl is exactly what you’ll do in Limbic Entertainment’s Might & Magic X: Legacy.
