Zero Punctuation: Might & Magic X: Legacy

[SandroTheMaster]

Maybe Yahtzee should've played at Adventurer difficulty. It is not really hard to take down Minotaurs right out from Castle Portmeyron. And it took me until midway Act II to realize how badly optimized my party actually was. Still didn't start a new game because of it. Made those losers tough it up and push onwards despite being woefully unequipped to face their challenges.

But in any case, the game's limitations were all due to the tiny budget of the game. It was priced as an indie title because it was pretty much budgeted like a high-end indie. A prettier Legend of Grimmrock. Heck, I'm actually amazed that Yahtzee even reviewed it. Ubisoft didn't exactly advertise the game. How the hell did he even know it was released? At the very least I thought he'd like to play a game for once where you can actually bite more than you can chew. Wasn't that the reason he liked Max Payne 3? Because it allowed for failure?

Anyway, the game was made into grid mostly because it didn't have the budget to make it free-roaming. Heck, it didn't even have the budget to animate the character portraits. Or give them ragdolls. The only reason it even looks as good as it does was because it had access to terabytes of art assets from previous Might & Magic titles from Ubi (even though this is the first "proper" Might and Magic title Ubi published).

Yes, I too would have preferred a free-roaming Might and Magic. But that'll only be a possibility if Ubisoft greenlights another sequel with a budget large enough to at least buy two grilled cheese sandwiches (or maybe, one can dream, three grilled cheese sandwiches!). But to be fair, they did an amazing job by balancing and designing the game around the grid.

 

[Requia]

That last punchline was perfect lmao

So spiteful, so angry. I've never even considered playing M&M, yet I have Dungeons of Dreadmore on my list.

This, and Tales of Maj'Eyal (my current roguelike), come to mind immediately the second he starts bitching about grid based combat. Like it's part of the game and I would absolutely not want to change it, because the games are about making *exactly* the right move. On the other hand they have much simpler graphics that *fit* the grid based combat.

Of course, ToME would probably drive Yahtzee nuts for other reasons like it still gets free gameplay updates in the 'unfinished' model and even has an optional lives system (the other option being fuck you you made a single mistake and we deleted your save in true rogue-like fashion).

 

[Palora]

Oh it's been a while since we had one quite this fun. Also nice to see Plissken with something to do after he reset the world.

 

[Kyrdra]

Somebody else remembered Battleforge! WHOOOO!

I thought it was funny that he brought it up with 'dealing out cards' when Battleforge absolutely did let you see the giant monsters on the cards brutally murderize each other.

I second your emotion complettly. Sadly it was brought down by EA

 

[Mr. Q]

I guess MovieBob isn't the only one suffering from the "fuck all is coming out" first months of the new year. The only thing I could possibly see Yahtzee getting into is the HD release of Resident Evil 4 for PC's. But that won't come out until February 27 and, even if he does review it, its gonna be another week or two before that particular video pops up on Escapist.

Perfect opportunity to do several things though:

Retro review Resident Evil 4
Talk about how great PC gaming is.
Talk about how great PS2 gaming was.
Talk about how shit next (even though it's current) gen is.

But we'll have to wait another month for that, darn. Or maybe it's an oppurtunity to talk about how great the Gamecube was, depending on what version he had.

Maybe, prior to that he could do a retrospective on the Resident Evil games leading up to #4 like he did with the Prince of Persia games. Give the viewers his opinion on where the series went right and where it went wrong... aside from the storyline, of course.

 

[Living_Brain]

The part from 4:24 to 4:44 was Grade A+ Yahtzee! Absolutely brilliant warp-speed section there.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Sounds like a shitty version of Etrian Odyssey.

THAT series does grid based movement right (mostly because the only reason they have it is so you can literally map out the dungeon yourself with ease on the bottom screen of the DS). That and towns are quick menu based affairs, skills are super simple to upgrade and manage, and the combat can get friendishly difficult at times.

Why yes, I am a fan of the EO games and I highly reccomend them if you have a DS. EO4 is on the 3Ds and it's really well done.

Also DAT ENDING TO THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING. XD

 

[Wackymon]

The ending... Just... Wow...

Also, yeah, the porpoise of retro games are to bring back the type of game from the past, and add modern conventions. I suppose it might simply be my ignorance, though

 

[Do4600]

But you could have played Heroes of Might and Magic III and realized that it is the best game that has ever had faeries in it...including the Zelda games. You also wouldn't have had to print out the entire wiki on the game either. Also, Squares are terrible, hexs are where it's at.

 

[Covarr]

The mainseries M&M games are a waste of time. They all range from bland to crap. Heroes of Might and Magic 3, on the other hand, is fucking stellar. It's like a bunch of RTS mechanics and Fire Emblem had a weird baby that's turn-based but wishes it wasn't, but it's all the better for it.

P.S. Thanks

 

[AldUK]

The mainseries M&M games are a waste of time. They all range from bland to crap. Heroes of Might and Magic 3, on the other hand, is fucking stellar. It's like a bunch of RTS mechanics and Fire Emblem had a weird baby that's turn-based but wishes it wasn't, but it's all the better for it.

P.S. Thanks

Heroes 3 is undeniably the best in the Might & Magic universe of games and everyone knows it. However it's not even the same genre as the RPG series that spawned it, so you can't really compare them. As far as the actual RPG series goes, 7 is still the best. Free-roaming, huge game world, tons of dungeons, skills, secrets and challenge. It's everything I wish 10 was, but with crappier graphics. (Which shouldn't actually matter to you if you're just looking for a good time in gaming.)

 

[IrisNetwork]

Making a film black & white to evoke the past? Did you watch The Artist

I haven't played this game but I've played one with 4 party members walking simultaneusly. Started with a G. Forgot it though. Its not really my cup of tea.

 

[Evil Smurf]

That was a very good episode, I like the dig at our PM **** in charge.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Every so often we get a truly wonderful review like this =]

-M

 

[blackrave]

I actually quite enjoy MMX, then again I played all the MM games before, including Heroes, and have been quite a fan of the series.

Mind if I ask- what is the connection between M&M and HoM&M?
Are they set in same universe? Same time period? Did they sometimes had common events (shown from different perspectives)?

 

[Evonisia]

I guess MovieBob isn't the only one suffering from the "fuck all is coming out" first months of the new year. The only thing I could possibly see Yahtzee getting into is the HD release of Resident Evil 4 for PC's. But that won't come out until February 27 and, even if he does review it, its gonna be another week or two before that particular video pops up on Escapist.

Perfect opportunity to do several things though:

Retro review Resident Evil 4
Talk about how great PC gaming is.
Talk about how great PS2 gaming was.
Talk about how shit next (even though it's current) gen is.

But we'll have to wait another month for that, darn. Or maybe it's an oppurtunity to talk about how great the Gamecube was, depending on what version he had.

Maybe, prior to that he could do a retrospective on the Resident Evil games leading up to #4 like he did with the Prince of Persia games. Give the viewers his opinion on where the series went right and where it went wrong... aside from the storyline, of course.

Well he did summarise his thoughts on Resident Evils 1 through 3 in the Resident Evil 5 review saying that it was a corridor fest with an extremely silly plot and the sequels just added arbitrary gameplay additions and more unresolved plot threads. Maybe that counts, maybe it doesn't.

This whole video was worth it just for the fast talking segment. Though statements against Current Gen consoles, their games and Modern Military Shooters fell out of place, however accurate the statements were.

Yahtzee is clearly playing his greatest hits. Though I was pissed off there were no MuhMorPuhGuh riffs. I even waited for the encore, and nothing. Why the snub? I didn't hold this lighter up for my health!

Oh yes I forgot about the MuhMorPuhGuh opportunity. He did bring back the Triple C****d H****r last week which could support that greatest hits idea.

 

[Evonisia]

This whole video was worth it just for the fast talking segment. Though statements against Current Gen consoles, their games and Modern Military Shooters fell out of place, however accurate the statements were.

I guess the flames of caustic spite burned a little too bright for containment. Yahtzee truly is at his best when he's got an excuse to dip things in acid, set them on fire, and then stab the charred remains for good measure.

I just realised that I typed "fell" instead of "felt". Another term for "stab the charred remains" is beat the dead horse. Bringing up the lack of games for Current Gen consoles was irrelevant to the January wasteland thing he was building up, for example. Talking about Modern Military Shooters needing to be more like DOOM didn't feel in place either, nor did the "hype up next gen shooters" quip.

 

[Abomination]

I actually quite enjoy MMX, then again I played all the MM games before, including Heroes, and have been quite a fan of the series.

Mind if I ask- what is the connection between M&M and HoM&M?
Are they set in same universe? Same time period? Did they sometimes had common events (shown from different perspectives)?

The M&M Universe has been reset about 3 times. M&M6 was really the first one, based off the transition between HoM&M 2&3. Presently HoM&M 6 is the prequel to M&MX.

They're pretty much set in the same Universe but it's a really large Universe. The events of HoM&M are pretty much geo-political events whereas M&M are small adventurers dealing with a significant issue in a nation or continent and not a world-spanning event.

 

[hexFrank202]

It's so impressive; after the better part of a decade of this, Yahtzee is still just as funny and sharp as he was on day one. It can't take anything less that intense dedication, focus and genius to keep it going this consistently good for this long.

 

[VinLAURiA]

Yahtzee complaining about people being too snarky and cynical? Christ, that'd be like a drunk hobo rambling about how the poor don't take care of themselves. This is less a pot calling the kettle black and more a soul food restaurant chef wearing a Darth Vader costume in the bottom of a coal mine calling the kettle black.

Though I have to admit, I can relate to the "pretend the banal and tedious chore is a video game and may actually be interesting even though it won't" situation; my dad has a nasty habit of that. It was even worse back in school days when he applied it to homework, the whole concept of which I still insist is akin to a miniature labor camp with even less practical application! "Here, do these mindless robotic tasks that are meant to hone a skill you mastered two grades ago, while the only other person who will ever see them is the teacher tasked with writing little Os or Xs all over the damn thing before immediately going back to the Drambuie to erase yet another night of needless monotony." Great, thanks, Dad. This only accomplishes nothing for all parties involved!