Might & Magic X Legacy at Steam

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Sir Slash

January 23, 2014, 01:13:34 PM
Available today at $25. Anybody gonna take the plunge?  http://store.steampowered.com/app/238750/ 
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Rayfer

#1
January 23, 2014, 02:46:06 PM
Couldn't resist...about 60% downloaded and waiting for it to finish.  Always loved this series going back to the beginning.  This new  one goes back to its early roots (which some people hate) with tile based movement indoors and outdoors, not like 6,7,8 and 9. Crossing my fingers!

Mr. Bigglesworth

#2
January 23, 2014, 03:09:54 PM
I wanted it. Then I saw it was Ubisoft which means you have to be on their ubisoft server to play. Eurogamer review said it already crashed, locking you out of your game. No thanks.
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Greybriar

#4
January 23, 2014, 04:43:12 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 23, 2014, 01:13:34 PM
Available today at $25. Anybody gonna take the plunge?  http://store.steampowered.com/app/238750/

I haven't taken the plunge. Even though it's on Steam Uplay is mandatory.
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Rayfer

#5
January 23, 2014, 09:42:04 PM
Well...about an hour into it and I'm having a lot of fun. Playing it on the adventurer mode, normal difficulty, rather than hard. Finished the first dungeon after a difficult battle with the boss spider queen.  The dungeon aspect reminds me of Grimlock without all those convoluted puzzles but with tile based movement and turn based combat. Combat isn't at all like M&M6,7,8 and 9 where you could run and gun with bows and spells.  You have to utilize warriors up front while the spell casters help with buffs, etc. from behind.  I had no crashes or any other sort of problems running it on my five year old rig. The manual doesn't help much in determining how to create your 4 characters....there are 4 races with 3 classes each for a total of 12 to choose from.

Nefaro

#6
January 23, 2014, 10:49:47 PM
I loved the tile-based RPGs like this.  The ones that are very light on any puzzle nonsense, as mentioned.  So I picked it up awhile back despite the terrible Uplay craptastics by Ubi.  They knew how to get me.

However I couldn't bring myself to play it yet, knowing that the game isn't even one-third finished.  I'm curious as to how it is but at the same time I don't want to ruin my first play with Alpha bugs or get frustrated that it ends so quickly.  So maybe I' wait until it's over half finished?  :-*

son_of_montfort

#7
January 23, 2014, 11:03:38 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on January 23, 2014, 10:49:47 PM
I loved the tile-based RPGs like this.  The ones that are very light on any puzzle nonsense, as mentioned.  So I picked it up awhile back despite the terrible Uplay craptastics by Ubi.  They knew how to get me.

However I couldn't bring myself to play it yet, knowing that the game isn't even one-third finished.  I'm curious as to how it is but at the same time I don't want to ruin my first play with Alpha bugs or get frustrated that it ends so quickly.  So maybe I' wait until it's over half finished?  :-*

What do you mean only 1/3rd finished? I thought this was the full release? Are they doing something episodic instead?
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Yskonyn

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January 24, 2014, 01:21:59 AM Last Edit: January 24, 2014, 05:22:32 AM by Yskonyn
Yes they are... :(

Actually that is a statement from the Early Access phase. I see no reference anymore to episodic releases? Steam even advertises it to be the 'Full game' now. ?
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Tpek

#9
January 24, 2014, 06:16:40 AM
The game is finished.
The 1/4-Done was how the first Early Access release was.

Nefaro

#10
January 24, 2014, 08:07:54 AM
Quote from: Tpek on January 24, 2014, 06:16:40 AM
The game is finished.

Seriously?!

When I checked the status a month ago, it mentioned only being about 1/4 finished content-wise.  You're telling me they just crammed most of the campaign content in the last month or two?  That's kinda worrisome. 

I hope they didn't cut the originally intended length of the game short.  ???

Tpek

#11
January 24, 2014, 08:12:22 AM
That 25% done was how the first part of the Early Access was.
Since then they released more and more content with patches.

Nefaro

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January 24, 2014, 08:15:02 AM Last Edit: January 24, 2014, 08:16:37 AM by Nefaro
Quote from: Tpek on January 24, 2014, 08:12:22 AM
That 25% done was how the first part of the Early Access was.
Since then they released more and more content with patches.

Exactly.  The last release was around the end of November or early December and the update said they were only about 1/3rd finished at that time. 

That being only a month and a half ago, I expected the content to take a few more months to finish.  Hrmmm..

I suppose if we can get 40-60 hours in a single campaign, all is well.  I have a sneaking suspicion that things were cut short, though.

BanzaiCat

#13
January 24, 2014, 01:56:32 PM
I haven't played anything Might & Magic since M&M III. I've been thinking about buying this one, but it'll be a few weeks before I can.

Silent Disapproval Robot

#14
January 24, 2014, 03:48:55 PM
Looks like the anti-porn filters in the UK don't care for the smutty Uplay boudoir photos.  BT's shitty ISP is blocking users from Uplay as well as from some Ubisoft webpages.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/24/bt-infinity-blocks-ubisofts-uplay-or-vice-versa/
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