First off, admittedly I am not a huge fan of the whole fantasy/wizard/D&D thing. Personally I’m a Naval/Air combat simmer and FPS fan.That being said I didn’t really purchase the game willingly it came bundled with a GeForce 8800 GTS. I figured what the heck let’s see what this title is about. Like all smart gamers I checked for a patch before running and installed it. While being ordered around by some wizard to play fetch I wanted to vomit but the game had some good visuals and I wanted to see more besides, I figured this was just the training mission. The game seems to blend fantasy with FPS fairly well although, for me it’s the first time I’ve played such a title. One can shoot arrows/magic or choose to wield a sword & shield, of course for those who just can’t make up their mind you can swap style at the push of a button. Fighting can seem repetitive at times but with things being fairly interactive its fun and easy finding different was to kill adversaries. There’s nothing quite like a foot in the back to demonstrate the effects of gravity from a few stories up. And yes, you can sneak around quite effectively as long as you use the walk or crouch button.
Character development is ok; you can choose to enhance different abilities be they magical or physical attributes hence, one could focus on the magical for wizardry or the physical for swordsmanship/archery and the like. However, earning points to do so feels linear since points are awarded only after objectives are met. I could be wrong but the amount of points received doesn’t seem to have to do with ones performance in completing the objective.
That little voice in your head is not your wife/gf making suggestions, that is Xana, the games way of hinting you through to completion. Other than that, I’m not quite sure what roll she plays (still playing). The voice acting seems on par with any other game but it did seem a bit overacted at times. Overall, for me this was a decent sleeper. I have no clue what the “Might and Magic” universe is but playing the game got me interested.
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