Might & Magic X - Legacy

Long review alert. Might & Magic X - Legacy and Might & Magic VI reviews in the same thread, since the later game can only be purchased here.

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1. Might & Magic X - Legacy Review.

Might & Magic X - Legacy was one of the first few games I bought on Steam, I remember having so much fun back then. I decided to play again.

Unlike recent CRPGs, the character creation page is simple, offering just 4 races with 3 careers to choose from. There are no complex facial or body modifications, just pick a gender (man or woman), choose an appearance (golden or black hair), you’re all set.

The beginning cutscenes feel overwhelming, as it throws a lot of history, names, wars, plot twists all at once, the game drops everything on you right from the start. If it were made today, I think the devs would opt to pace it and save some cutscenes for later chapters.

The game uses a grid-based movement system where you can only move in one of 4 directions per turn. Right-clicking and dragging lets you move the camera free, but you can only walk and fight in the basic grid directions. The grid strategy games are rare to see even today, reason being a puzzle to me.

The duo map both showing the town and the world is helpful. As you explore, it automatically marks locations of interest - town names, doors, caves, NPCs to talk to, etc. What’s especially handy is the ability to add notes on the map. I use this feature all the time to keep track of locked doors, broken bridges, useful companions, (not-functioning) portals, dangerous caves I've cleared or not, and other important details. Some quests can be long, and many missions only give you a location name or ask you to speak to an NPC, so having notes has saved me lots of time. However, the map does have a flaw: it lacks a zoom function. Even with notes added, I often have to get close to a location before I can read the note. Besides, fast travel is only available in later game when you are in town and wild, not in a dungeon.

The towns are modestly sized, but some dungeons have multiple floors, hidden walls, and triggers to open gates. Dungeon exploration is the highlight, it’s fun to find treasures and battle enemies, but I hated the levers placed on walls that you need to trigger to open gates. Sometimes, while walking near a wall with treasure behind, a team member might say, "Hmm? What’s that?" indicating a secret nearby. However, the levers are often placed far from the gates and no hints are given, it can be tedious to locate them. I’ve heard that if you have a wolf cub companion, it can help discover these levers, I did find one locked in a small cage but I couldn’t release it, The only thing I could do was pet it. Quite funny, considering I had an animal rescue mission to complete at the time, involving eliminating 4 poachers and rescuing animals.

More frustratingly, the game’s quest mechanic is outdated. For example, in Chapter 2 I was tasked with rescuing a prisoner, but the local thief guild only agreed to help if I retrieved a lost treasure chest from a deserted ship. However, I already had the chest, yet I still had to revisit the shipwreck and talk to someone I’d already spoken to, who relieves a location I’d already cleared (Skull Rock). Visiting again, the mission has finally renewed. Another issue is that some essential items aren’t given directly but  have to be picked up. I missed the fire key somewhere and I'm not sure how to make the wind portals function. This leads to another major flaw: there’s no in-game guide to point you in the right direction.

After 20 hours of play, I strongly recommend checking a walkthrough if you’re a first-time player. I spent quite a while figuring out that I needed to get a wish from the water god in the Elemental Forge to cross a river or walk on shallow water, rather than expecting a specific item from a mission, but there's no quest log about Elemental Forge, nor it is mentioned anywhere - just something you’ll need to figure out on your own. As for the enemies, I found the normal difficulty to be very challenging. Early on, enemies with poison are troublesome because my mage doesn't have an antidote spell yet. Later in the game, enemies with paralyze ability become a serious threat, particularly in groups when they target my only mage.

Playing today, I realize the game isn’t as great as I remember it, but that’s to be expected. I probably spent weeks or even months exploring strategy and routes when I first played it 10 years ago, but now, after 20 hours and two chapters completed, I feel like I’ve experienced most of what the game has to offer. I’m stuck on how to get to the Tomb of Thousand Terrors, frustrated by something I missed, and have ultimately uninstalled the game. It’s interesting how time could change a person, because the 2015 me would have continued, but today’s me doesn’t have the same patience.

In conclusion, despite its flaws, which are most likely a result of the tech limitations at the time, Might & Magic X - Legacy is a great game for its era and fun to play now. I recommend this game.

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2. Might & Magic VI Review.

So here it is - the game I played once on someone else’s computer back in the 90s, that game I always wondered was: Might & Magic VI.

I remember being allowed to play on a PC and loading up a save back then (and told not to save again). I recall there being four characters with faces at the bottom of the screen, I was in a town, having a witch member shoot purple fireballs to defend myself from angry villagers. Eventually, one character died, and a tomb icon appeared. Also, I could pick up coins from the corpses. I didn’t play for long, but I had tremendous fun, even though I had no idea what I was doing.

Might & Magic VI sat in my inventory for years, but I’d always ruled it out because I thought what I've played was a grid-based, turn-based game like Might & Magic X: Legacy. But now that I think about it, I must’ve been wrong, as I remember hitting the Spacebar to fire furiously, and the other games in the franchise are all top-down, turn-based strategy games, not what I was looking for.

It's comforting to identify the game. And this time I wasn’t loading anyone’s save file but starting fresh, picking up an old game isn’t easy. The starting town is small but has essentials: an inn, an armor shop, a stable for fast travel...and a church only asks for donations but won't heal health. Some shops are only open from 6 AM to 6 PM.

I was taken down by some goblins near the apple trees because I didn’t know how to fire. But once I figured it out, I cleared a bunch of enemies in a harbor city using bows. The skills are a bit of a mystery, though, everyone I met in the first town only teaches experts. I guess some villagers know who takes care of novices. An hour into the game I started to get a general sense of it. I found a post in the community asking for advice at the early stage, the top answer gave a really helpful overview of what to expect, reading it feels like playing through a couple of hours of the game.

I can’t help but think back to how much I always wanted to play this game again as a kid. But now I’m an adult who’s played thousands of games. I don’t think I’ll play it for long or even finish it, since some of the mechanics feel too old. But I’m grateful that I finally got to answer one of my biggest childhood questions.

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It looks like there's a range of opinions for this game, and I think this says something in itself. I would suggest that there is a lot of classic RPG game here, but you have to be clear about what you are getting. It is a modern attempt at classic grid based RPG gaming. And it is not perfect.

But I got a lot of enjoyment out of this game. You explore, level your characters, upgrade your skills, improve your equipment, fight in large battles, have lots of boss encounters. The graphics are still fine for 2025, and I think Ubisoft did put a reasonable amount of effort and resources into it.

Yes, many of the criticisms mentioned can exist. But I do disagree somewhat on how much each of them need to impact you. I would suggest installing the unofficial patch, and the forums have some good tips for getting going. So if you want to experience some classic M&M 3 -5 style gaming with some modern features, relax, be prepared for a few speedbumps, and then settle in for a lot of the good things on offer here.

⭐ Rating: 6.5/10

Might & Magic X - Legacy is a decent throwback to old-school, grid-based dungeon crawlers, but it comes with some rough edges. If you’re a fan of classic Might & Magic games or titles like Legend of Grimrock, you’ll find something to enjoy here.

Pros:
✅ Classic Turn-Based Combat – The strategic, step-by-step battles feel rewarding, especially when facing tougher enemies.
✅ Decent Party Customization – Different races and classes allow for some variety in playstyle.
✅ Nostalgic Vibes – It sticks to the traditional Might & Magic formula, which is great for fans of the series.

Cons:
❌ Buggy and Unfinished – Ubisoft abandoned support for the game early, leaving some technical issues unresolved.
❌ Repetitive Dungeons & Quests – Level design is serviceable but can get dull over time.
❌ DRM & Connectivity Issues – Some content was tied to online servers, which have since been shut down, limiting access to certain features.

Final Verdict:
For hardcore Might & Magic fans, it’s a decent (but flawed) attempt at reviving the series. However, the lack of support and missing content make it hard to fully recommend. If you don’t mind some jank, grab it on sale. Otherwise, there are better RPGs out there.

Great game, wish they were still making more of this series.

I rate it 6/10
It's above average as a game, it's good, it's enjoyable, it's interesting.
Though the context will be might and magic series games.
Take notes on things you find, you'll likely be looking for them later in game.

The good:
*It's a might and magic game, it's designed similarly and acts like it too (it was rebooted, so forget the old lore).
*Gear and abilities make a significant difference.
*The fights are neither too easy nor impossibly hard, I didn't manage to screw myself over or have a useless character.
*Very good variety of enemies, enemy group / faction theme and designs, decent amount of unique enemies.
*Visually the game looks good, the enemies look good, some areas and dungeons look really good and you have a good variety of regions to explore and each will have their own unique designs.
*Decent amount of quests and their variety was good.

The bad:
*Grid based game made it slower to travel, you can't ravel across or over things, they made vegetation and such into walls, and you'll be travelling a lot, pair that with backtracking and looking for things will make it a drag.
*Limited or no ability to move across the map fast or instantly.
*Enemy behavior is clunky, they approach you and then start rotating before they finally face you and fight you.
*Some enemies have absurd and cheap skills and you can do nothing about it.
*Some dungeons are very, very small making their monsters and dungeon design so rare and unexplored.
*Some dungeons cannot be fully explored unless you have a specific character class as its locked behind a class promotion quest.
*The main quest lines story is a bit weak, you can see how problems are happening and how everything gets serious, but the antagonist that supposedly made this happen doesn't seem intimidating or threatening, he feels out of place and doesn't fit the behind the scenes actions, the antagonist knew about your actions and could have won very easily but simply didn't and this isn't explored at all.

If they'd remove the grid and let you simply walk as you pleased and also allow you to fly right through places you've already explored, it'd be an 8/10

Its old but it plays well and is still miles better than what this genre has produced in the last ten years.

Who loves might and magic series, know that this is one of the best games ever.

superb!

Good old-school game

This game is a nice throwback to the classic Might and Magic games. Fans of old school RPGs will appreciate it.

So far I would suggest not buying this game. It starts on a black screen that I can't get rid of. Unless something changes, it's just money down the drain.

I ve been playing Might and Magic since 1997 "Mandate of Heaven". I can say that this one is definitely worth it and dont mind the square movements. From character creation to the level ups - and the variety of skils are just tuned up well and puts you in the game. If you like open world RPG and FRP games this is right for ya

simple as it is, i actually enjoyed this game a lot when I played it in years past, the classes and progression are interesting, taking elements from earlier games in the series and remixing them to fit a new world.

however, removal of online features in 2024 has removed access to my saved games in act 3 of the game which fully resets my progress and forces me to start over. not only that but exclusive content previously available for connecting to the uplay servers has been removed from player access. i don't think those items were essential to enjoy the game, but it does include a post-game dungeon in addition to the somewhat unnecessary but still fun relics you would previously start the game with.

ubisoft has handled this game in the worst possible way for players consistently and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. you can probably still have a good time playing it if you're a fan of classic games in the series (circa mm4&5 especially) but I just feel disheartened

This game might have very steep learning curve, but it is absolutely classic.

This game is great if you enjoyed world of xeen. If grid-based movement is gonna make you cry than you won't enjoy this game. Personally I think grid based movement is better than what Might and Magic games turned into after the 6th game (xeen) but some people don't like it.

This game is not as good as xeen for me personally and I am not sure if that has to do with the size and scope of the game or something else but none the less I thoroughly enjoyed this game I just wish it was twice as big. If you grew up playing the dos MM games this is a must play...its that simple but if you were born in 2000s or later and grid movement makes you cry than yeah stay away.

Good old school game

I've tried so hard to find things to like about this game...Unfortunately, it's all for naught due to one important detail:

The game is poorly designed and terribly-made.

Please, let me tell you about it, because it's incredible to me that M&M 10 manages to be SO much worse than the much older games in the series- Whose coattails it's blatantly trying to ride upon at every opportunity. I could write an entire article about all the many things wrong with this game, and the lack of good things, but to give a summarised list:
-Buggy and unfinished. You WILL encounter constant bugs. Graphical glitches, music getting stuck, quest flag glitches, dialogue stuttering or restarting, animation glitches, camera clipping, poor geometry making the skybox visible through the ground...You name a bug, it's got it.
-Frustrating gameplay. For a game with so little content, it sure manages to take a long time to do aaaanything. Combat design is unimpressive, overworld navigation is slow and clunky, menu and inventory management is barebones, and there are virtually no QoL features- Which is extra awful, because previous M&M games created decades ago did often have such features!
-The voice barks. Oh my god. You will hear the same three lines from each character literally hundreds of times. This is not an overstatement. Also, the voice acting itself is kinda lame and the audio is poorly balanced- Some lines will be ultra quiet, others halfway shouted.
-Speaking of audio, I think the game has exactly two songs. There isn't even a main menu theme. Remember when the Windows 95 M&M games had overworld music, dungeon music, town music..? I think the developers of this game just gave up.
-The graphics are of questionable quality throughout, and there's weird draw distance issues, pop-in from distances of mere feet away, camera issues including NPCs unavoidably clipping through it, and a lot of big rocks in your way to hide that the skybox is awful. The game does not look good.
-Bad performance with long frequent loading screens, and frame-drops when there's only a single enemy on screen (HOW?!). No amount of specs will avoid this- It's just completely unoptimised. An impressive feat, really, to have such terrible performance on a game that also looks so flat and lacking in detail!
-Speaking of detail, the worldbuilding is unnecessarily convoluted, poorly presented, and full of attempts to flesh out a world that you don't get to see or interact with in ANY way. Some of the 'details' are just shallow references to past M&M games, and the game makes sure to reeeeally point these out when they happen, with a really 'haha look we're making a reference' sort of attitude.

I could go on, but seriously, don't give this game your money. Did you know that M&M VI: Mandate Of Heaven has fanmods? Go play those instead, or hell, go replay the vanilla game- You'll get a lot more content and a lot better build quality than this obviously-rushed, buggy, unfinished mess of a blatant cashgrab.

this game has allot of potential, and it feels like its been wasted on a short game, some bugs but nothing I couldnt live with. had fun playing it.

There might be a few bugs but they are minor. This is a very good and perfectly playable game with oustanding balance in character creation. You get that good old Might and Magic feel although a bit easier and streamlined. I've played multiple times, multiple parties, it's always fun.
You quest, kill stuff, level up, choose your stats, your skills, find equipment, learn spells. Support spells are good, debuffs are good, all classes have their pluses. Just this is enough to beat 98% of the games that come out nowadays, where you don't really get equipments or to choose your stats and skills.

I really like this one. Beautiful world but somewhat different than what I usually see in other games.

I do not recommend you play hard mode .

I started on the hardest mode, and I managed to get quite a bit into the game (3rd town). Unfortunately, it became so challenging it was too much of a burden.

I like the game so much though that I will start over and play it again one day on the regular mode.

The music is great. However, it does become repetitive.

It may be a good idea to bring a second set of music.

I wish it were not so. Some of the music is fantastic but has very repetitive drum beats that just eat into your head after a while.

Pros
- Nice graphics in comparison to the older games.

Cons
- Requires 3rd party linking for Uplay to play a single player game.
- If you played M&M 6, 7, 8, you might remember the game being open world. This is not. It's tile based so you can only move on a few tiles.
- Game play is decent but honestly I'd save your money and get a GoG account to buy the good Might and Magics.

I wouldn't recommend this game just because it doesn't live up to the title of Might and Magic. If you never played any of the other games, you might enjoy.

A solid fix for your classical RPG craving in a bargain price, even if it's much shorter than the previous titles in the series and still a bit buggy (crashes, hang ups, graphics oddities...). The game system is solid and the main campaign is reasonably cute. It would be best enjoyed by players who played Heroes VI (and the "Pirates of the savage sea" adventure pack) as they'd know the characters and the story is actually a sequel.
The falcon and the unicorn DLC, however, is far less attractive than the main game, demonstrating the annoying habit of robbing your high level characters from their quality equipment and replacing the former straightforward gameplay with rouge-like bull in order to generate a challenge. This is not the way to do it.

Edit: don't forget to install the relevant steam patch to recover starting relics and passage to act 2!
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When "Might & Magic X - Legacy" was first announced, I was pretty hyped. I loved the OG Might and Magic franchise. And when Ubisoft rescued the franchise, I found Heroes V to be fun (with one major problem). When I initially started playing in 2014, the game was buggy, but it was fine. Yet I stopped playing. Then in 2020, I decided to replay the game, streaming it on Twitch and posting the videos to my YouTube channel. Man, the years did NOT do this game any favors.

The story is rather forgettable. Your party has to come to Sorpigal (and not the one from Might and Magic VI) to bury your late master. Your party gets caught up in local events and well, one thing leads to another which after hours and hours, leads to the final, irritating boss. That's literally all I remember about the story (and I'm even now finally editing my final, 10-hour stream to upload and I can't recall the story).

What I Liked: Strategic Play

The one thing I liked about Might & Magic X was the strategic game play. Granted, I went with the recommended party setup (two mages to cover the elemental schools, two warriors to have a sword and ax player for the relics). This makes the game a lot easier, not that it means much. It is still difficult, even on the "easy" setting. And because most areas, both out in the world and inside a dungeon, are a grid-based labyrinth, combat was about getting into a place where enemies could only come at you from one direction.

Sadly, this was about the only thing I liked about the game. And even it is tainted.

What I Hated: Combat Encounters

While I may have liked the strategic combat, I hated the combat encounters. For a start, the moment your party enters combat (and you don't get a choice in that--it is a grid you step on--more on that in a bit), you are locked. You can run all over the map, and you cannot disengage from combat. If you are in a dungeon, you cannot leave. If you are in the world, you cannot teleport away with a spell (you should be able to). You cannot enter a town and you should be able to. So if you accidentally triggered a monster who was too tough, OR if you got a role-play breaking ambush that you can't defeat, you die. I hated it.

Which brings me to another aspect I hated -- the ambushes. So imagine, you are walking in an empty room. You step on a square and suddenly, the room is full of . It wasn't that they were teleported in. No, it was more like the Devs just decided you needed to fight if you stepped on a certain grid location. Much of the time, these triggers would create a massively unfair fight where you get pounded from all sides. I hated that.

Finally, the final boss fight sucked. One of the combat rules is that if an opponent is on the grid next to you, neither you nor your opponent can move. You have to fight. Ah, but the final boss could move wherever, and that sucked.

What I Hated: Bad Graphics and Sounds

When Might & Magic X came out in 2014, the graphics and sounds were okay, despite all other bugs. By 2020, the graphics are broken in the game. Thus many "shiny" enemies have a Star Trek transporter effect on them. How is this possible? I have lots of old game that still look the same as they did back in the day. Sure, they are more pixelated due to the resolution for OG games, but that's not the same as the graphics failures. Apparently, to get the graphics "fixed", one has to revert to an obsolete graphics driver. Insane.

The audio aspects were trash too. Sometimes the dialog would be muffled. Sometimes, incidental music would become insanely loud. Ditto sound effects. And at times, the audio sounded like it was coming from a toilet. Just nuts that a game falls apart on these fronts.

What I Hate: Puzzle Obsession

The Might & Magic X developers were obsessed with puzzles, and that drove me nuts. It could be something simple like, "Hey! Here's my castle. You have to go to the west wing of the castle to open a door on the east wing. Isn't that awesome?" (No, it isn't.)

Then there were the various crypts, with insane puzzles. I don't know how folks solved these without blowing their brains out. Basically, I ended up going with a cheat guide 'cause most of the puzzles were just insanely stupid to deal with.

Next are the trash riddles that need to be solved to get passed certain areas, or unlock certain chests.

Finally, the map itself is a labyrinth puzzle. In the early sections, to touch all the grid places on the map, it is fairly wide open, so one sweeps as if mowing the grass. But deeper into the game, there are woods galore and mountains. Thus trying to explore is like going through a maze. Further, it is tedious as all get out. So traveling around the world is the worst, even though there's a Town Portal spell.

Conclusion

I could rant on and on and on about how bad this game is. Even with a small budget, the game could have been good. But it is filled with bugs galore, including optional places that cannot be accessed. And over the years, things have gotten worse with graphics and audio, to say nothing about Ubisoft requiring the game to be linked to their launcher, even though it was originally released cleanly.

Many other negative reviews have mentioned Ubisoft inserting their nasty service in as a middle man, but in my case it think it broke my game. I would save, open load, and see no saves. Maybe you're the hard-core-ist but I don't think one-sitting iron man mode is something most people want to play.

I don't like this game franchise. Their games are buggy and ill-written. One needs a constant reference to the internet or an unreal helping of patience to solve many of their puzzles. Unless you are young or out of work I can't recommend this.

They fixed all the bugs. This game is amazing. A hidden gem for those that enjoy this style of game.

decent old school game, wish there was another title been years!

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Lots of areas to explore, only requires mouse and keyboard to play, wide variety of armor, magic and weapons to use, numerous hidden treasures to find, good graphics for an older game.

Summary

As someone who has replayed Might and Magic 1-5 many times over, I can say this is my favorite Might and Magic game so far, despite the (very) rough edges. I don't think newcomers to the series will find much of value over other blobbers / dungeon crawlers. Definitely use the Acid mod if you play -- check the Discussion boards.

Loved

Addictiveness. This has the same "one more quest" / "one more location" hook that kept me up way too late as a kid playing World of Xeen. They nailed the most important part.

Character progression. It has problems, but I like how specialized all the race/class combinations are. Many of them become satisfyingly overpowered near endgame. (Many others are just bad, though. That's OK.)

Moddability. You can tweak many parameters of the game by editing text files. This is wonderful for QoL, and for working around bugs when they strike. (I had a superboss fail to drop a critical item, and I was easily able to mod it back into a trivial quest I hadn't yet completed, for example.)

Setting. It's gorgeous. While the island feels small, it has this delightful feeling of being on a gorgeous Mediterranean island. Despite the game's age and the graphical hiccups, I often just stopped to look around. The dungeons are all quite different and well-realized too.

Some folks have complained about MMX has dropped the sci-fi elements that are usually present in Might and Magic games. This is true, but I think they're overselling how present these elements are. Starting in MM1, they literally drop sci-fi on you in the last minute of the game. Once you get all the way to MM4-5, it's not really until the last 10% that it becomes a real part of the game. I have no idea about MM6-9. I didn't feel like MMX was missing much by sticking to high fantasy.

Liked

Combat It's deeper than MM1-5, but that's not saying much. Combat is very satisfying, once you're in position (I'll comment on this later.)

idk

Lore Maybe I would have been more interested if I'd played the Heroes of Might and Magic series (which I hear is great.) However, I found myself constantly mashing through NPC conversations and the countless books that are dropped on you.

Plot I don't know why they tried to make the plot so intricate -- it's really hard to build effective characterization in a blobber like this. I ignored basically the whole story. There was a big reveal at the end where an established character is revealed to be someone else, but I had no memory of who he was in the first place. I did like the emphasis on the whole story revolving around a different group of adventurers; it fit the overall theme very well.

Ambushes The combat is fun, but dear god is it tedious to start encounters. There are dozens of hardcoded ambushes, and there's nothing you can do about them except predict/detect when they might happen and throw up some protective buffs. There are spells to detect traps which are essentially unused the entire game; why not give some ability to defuse ambushes? It doesn't ruin the game, but it just feels stupid.

Balance I don't care about this, but if it's important to you, the class balancing in this game might anger you. Some are clearly near-busted (Blademaster, Runepriest, Mercenary) and others are clearly useless. I think it might actually make it difficult to finish the game if you pick too many unviable classes, or if your team synergy is off.

Equipment I don't think this was thought out very well. You have a bunch of different ways of hyper-specializing what equipment you use, but very little enchanted gear drops in general, and you need to get the right combination of prefix + gear type + gear quality + suffix for it to be useful. I ended up modding the shops to only stock high-quality versions of stuff I needed, and even then it took a lot of savescumming to get anything good. This is mostly for weapons; I found lots of good armor just by adventuring.

Dislike

Bugs and poor performance. I'm not sure why they bothered releasing DLC when there were obviously so many issues with the engine itself. I encountered quite a few bugs and crashes. I played on an RTX2 and there are incredibly laggy spots on overworld areas you travel through over and over again, not to mention a hilarious amount of pop-in. It feels silly to require a high-end machine in 2024 to get reasonable performance out of a 2014 Unity game.

Postgame I was looking forward to it, but it's just bad. There's one pre-DLC dungeon that is a developer room, and it was boring. The DLC itself is super disappointing; you've just killed a demigod, and then you're thrown in an incredible tedious jailbreak with none of the stuff you just spent dozens of hours collecting. Why not send us somewhere epic?! We just saved the bloody world. I gave up less than 25% through the DLC and scanned a youtube video of it, which helped me confirm that I made the right decision. Left me with a bad taste in my mouth as I shelved the game, which is unfortunate.

It's a game that has its faults like many games but because it requires a good strategy and planning I find it interesting to challenge myself to come up with the right combination of skills and equipment to defeat bosses and other enemies. The puzzles and riddles are not easy for me, although some others may find them easy, but if you really set your mind to it you can solve most of them, but some are ridiculously hard and almost impossible to solve given the graphics layout. Overall it is quite playable but it is certainly not for most people to play that are used to more modern games.