Talk:Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen/@comment-7706473-20130718103224

AAAAAAAH

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaAH

Purple carnations and daffodils twirling through the air, because Might and Magic were the absolute best games of the ever, and I played Heroes II and the old Apple versions of MM I and II for perhaps more hours then I played any modern game save interactive fiction. I remember my first party was all named after Nintendo Characters, because before I knew how awesome New World Computing was I was just sad I didn't have one of those Nintensega thingies.

But let's talk pasta. This is pretty good, especially for those who had a great (bordering on insane) nostalgia for classic dungeon crawlers. The games themselves, though decidedly cartoony, already had a great deal of 'emptiness' that I can't really describe to people who haven't played them. At some points, you'd just be wondering around, looking for a dungeon or waiting for something to happen - and nothing would. There was a feeling, perhaps subconscious, in many of the earlier (I-V) MM games that the worlds were dead, or dying.

There are some issues I have, though; I think the 'disturbing images suddenly flashed' is a bit silly, and always have. I really liked the addition of the new monster types, and the organic dungeons. Given that MM VII had the Barrow Downs and Eofol, and MM VI had the rather brutal (and creepily sexualized) cannibal corpses, I could actually see JVC sitting down and smugly saying - let's scar some children. By joining with 3DO... Sigh.

Overall, the theme is pretty good - it's interesting and presented realistically enough, though I'm definitely biased because I love the subject matter. Either way - I enjoyed it immensely, and regardless of how psychologically scarred the experience might have left you and other 'betatesters' I'd be quite glad to take that evil and traumatizing disc off your hands... ; D


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