Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer for Windows

Pros: Great character development system, loads of quests...
Cons: ... overly repetative gameplay, a few other niggles

I play a lot of freeware RPGs, (Role Playing Games) but for the first time since… ever? – I actually decided to buy one. For reasons known or unknown, even to myself, I went for Might & Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer. Overview ...

Pros: Great gameplay, huge area to explore, overall fun to play, good sound effects
Cons: Not much different from parts 6 and 7, graphics are outdated

I remember when I wrote this review, I thought I’d praise everything about it and everybody would like my opinion. Now I’ve matured a little, and one of the things I’ve learned over the months is that a good opinion tries to point out all the good sides...

Pros: Excellent, absorbing game play, and plenty of it.
Cons: Lousy music, out-dated graphics

Did you every just want to kill something? You didn’t want to wrack your brains over puzzles or wander around trying to pick up everything in sight and trying to use it every way possible; you wanted to kill something. Boy, is this game made for you!...

Pros: New character races, dungeon design, story.
Cons: Linear story line, old engine, unbalanced characters.

Those of you who have read some of my other reviews of games know that I tend to rip apart even the best game. I'll do the same here as well, even though I'd keep it as short as possible, because there's a lot to criticize.

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Pros: A new story, new character types, detailed role-playing.
Cons: Dated engine, poor realism, poor game balance.

Background
I could be fairly described as a hardcore role-playing gamer. I prefer role-playing games (RPGs) that are heavy on detail and consider the playing of an actual role very important in these games. I don’t mind one way or the about...

Pros: Loot, Blood, and Gore. Yippee.
Cons: Been there, done that, have the dragon's head..

The game LOOKS great, it SMELLS great, but is it great? I dunno..

I should preface this by saying I'm a huge Computer RPG fan. I've played every single Comptuer RPG released (ah, well, uh.. well, pretty darn close!). I have played and...

Pros: Interesting character advancement system, easy to use interface
Cons: Stupid opponents. VERY Linear plot. One dimensional NPCs. No interaction with NPC's.

Ok. I admit it. I really enjoyed Might & Magic 6 and M&M 7 back in their day. Unfortunately, I lost interest in this newest release very quickly. For one thing, the designers haven’t done a thing to update the game engine, and it pails against some of...

Pros: Polished profit
Cons: No improvements since previous game.

Sigh! Let me give you some background. I started playing this series from the 3rd game. Going back in time even further, I played all of the Bards Tale Games which started this genre.

Might and Magic series has been good - and they found a...

Pros: Worth the money, Fun, New Races/Classes
Cons: Buttons/Switches, Magic system is bad now

Wow! Might and Magic VIII is great! I'm a big fan of this series anyway, but I was greatly impressed with this installment of the games.

You are on Jadame and you have to save the world. Things that are different about this game over others...

Pros: Its MM!, good story, fun sound effects, good gameplay
Cons: I thought it was a little pricy.

This review is my initial review after playing for the first day. If my opinion changes, I may come back to revise or write a new one.

First off, MM8 is the latest installment of a fantastic series. Many of us have been playing MM games way...