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    Default Re: What Game Really got you into PC gaming?

    I forget what game got me into PC gaming in the first place, but I remember the game that drew me towards strategy: Master of Magic, one of the greatest strategy games of ALL time.

    This game is amazing. The basic premise is that you are a powerful wizard. You can choose from two dozen preset wizards or create your own. That is one of the games amazing features and one way it was ahead of its time. The customization available was staggering! After your avatar was selected you can choose from a host of character traits and pick spellbooks from 5 different schools of magic. Each school easily had over hundred spells. Afterwards you pick from around 15-20 races and start the game.

    Did I mention that the game maps are generated EACH TIME you play? That's one of the other great things that set it ahead of its time and added infinite replayability. You never played the same game twice. You start off with a city, 2 units, and couple spells. Cities can be built up with dozens of different buildings. You build units, research spells, and eventually kill all your wizard opponents (max of only 4 unfourtantly.)

    Combat was also amazing in this game. The mechanics of the combat system were extremely complex. When two stacks of units fought you were taken into a gridbased battle map. On the battlemap your units duked it with the enemies with the help of spells you can cast from your spellbook. Now each unit might have several men/figures in it and each figure's attack is determined SEPERATLY! So if the troll spearmen had 4 men and attacked some war bears (2 figures) the each individual spearmen would have an attack roll! Terrain and the like was also factored in. This was a really, really developed and fleshed out system and was years ahead of its time (1994 game was made.)

    This game is amazing and I was still playing it in the beginning of the year (before I found MTW ), but after playing a hundred odd campaigns it doesn't have the same feeling.

    This game is like an ancient MTW set to a fantasy theme. The game rocks. I recomend it to everyone. Luckly its abandonware now so you can get it here:

    [edit: link removed]

    Ninja edit: The game was developed by Microprose, the company responsible for the X-COM series, the Master of Orion series, and many other fantastic games.

    Real Edit: In fact, after reviewing some of the games Microprose had produced, I realized this company made dozens of fantastic games. Some of them are real classics and I'm sure you might have heard of them already. Here's a list of their abandonware games: [edit: link removed]


    EDIT: No unofficial abandonware please; it's a very dodgy area legally.

    Edit: If anyone wants the link pm me.
    Last edited by Sethik; 10-27-2004 at 20:05.
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