Features

• Many hours of gameplay
• Precursor to modern 3-D RPGs
• For one player
• Collection of seven classic AD&D role-playing games
• Old-school graphics and 2-D action

Reviews (2)

Classic CRPG
First of all, understand that these games were cutting edge for their time. They were a step up from the old black and white text-only games. From that perspective, these games were incredibly well done. If not for these games, there would have been no NeverWinter Nights, Baldur's Gate (1 or 2) or PlainScape or any other number of the CRPG's that are out now.

If you want to take a step back into the past and enjoy some well-formed gaming, try these. NOte: I reccomend trying them on Win 98 or with an emulator on WinXP. Any of today's modern systems are so fast and advanced that the game(s) may not play properly or at all, unaided.

Get The Silver Collection
This should really be labled as Collection 0.5 it is the first collection released and only includes half of the games from the silver edition collection. None of which, by the way, have been reworked to perform anybetter. ... Read more

Features

• Become the hero Tarnum and fight legions of demons and undead warriors
• Escort Queen Allison through the underworld to retrieve her father's stolen soul
• 1 of 4 story-driven strategy games set in the Might and Magic world

Reviews (2)

DITTO!
This game does not work, major issues with compatablity, controls, graphics, you name it .... a big mistake!

Worst Game EVER!
The PS2 version might have been "playable", but the PC version of this sorry excuse of a game is awful. The controls suck...the graphics are terrible unless you have a $300 graphics card, and the overall gameplay is boring, slow and absolutely mind numbingly stupid! ... Read more

Reviews (10)

all wrong!!!!!
this didn't install properly, after i got it installed 2 of the games didn't work!!!! sim golf and sim theme park.. totally waste of money and time i feel sorry for my mom who bought this! i wonder what sim mania 3 will include?? if you thought it would be cool to ride your rollercoasters and make them on sim coaster you were wrong. there is not enough power over your coasters and the challenges are hard to beat on sim coaster.
sim golf was pathetic!! i couldn't even play sim theme park it didn't work so good!!! golly gee why couldn't they put other sim games in it.

Way To Skip The Best One, EA Games
I give this 2 stars for benefit of the doubt because I have not played Sim Coaster.

Sim Theme Park and Sim Golf did nothing for me, not even fun in an initial sense, but I confess I've never played a Golf video game I liked.Golf for me is being there.

Sim City 3k, when it came out and I rushed to buy it, I thought was a step up in detail, capability and graphics from its predecessor, but it was a step down in gameplay, stability and music (though many couldn't care less about the latter).

This visit to Amazon was actually to see if there was a Sim Mania package that had SimCity 2000, because I'd love to have that game compatible with my current system.THAT was a heck of a game.SimCity Classic was popular, but it was 2k that really put Maxis (the developer at the time) on the map.It wasn't as advanced as SimCity 3k, but it was an all around superior game.

The reason why I'd rate SimCity3k at only 1 star is not because it's a terrible game.It's okay.But I just think it's a waste of time.SimCity 2k is worth playing, and if you really want the best SimCity game all around (that's currently out), I can't imagine an arguement against SimCity 4, as long as you get the Rush Hour expansion pack too.

My Op
Maybe they did not work on your computers because simply your computer is outdated. It workered great on mine no problems i even ran with Xp. This game is ok but i prefer other EA games. And to anyone who thinks EA is a bad company is wrong. This company is making millions and is making the games i love. I suggest anyone read up on them they are not some unqualified team of dummys but one team of experts.

sim coaster sucks

want to do rides
not how much revenue fromsnow cones etc

didnt install correct had to reinstall

this is about simcoaster part only

simcity3000 better than previous versions

I LOVE THESE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These games are so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's all there is to say.........Just wonderful. And very creative- they think of EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

Features

• The kingdom of Enroth is falling apart. Evil cultists are planning to overthrow the prince of a ruined land, unless you lead a group of heroes against them.
• Lead a unique party of up to 6 characters in this nonlinear adventure system
• Carve a path through the hellish enemies you'll be facing
• Play in real-time or turn-based combat, in hundreds of amazing battles and subquests
• Smooth 16-bit 3D graphics for a better gaming experience

Reviews (2)

Little Disappointed.
I love Might and Magic. I have played 6-8 and was very excited thinking this was a new game. Save your money! Amazon did not do a very good job of representing this game. What you are buying is 1-5 to include 6. I already have 1-6. Returning it is not an option as it's costing me postage to send it back. Plus 1-5 are so antique looking, they are just too tough to even work playing. The graphics are poor. Might and Magic 6 is a great game, and I would recommend it to anybody, but don't buy this game. Just buy 6-8.

One Of THE Best Oldies!!
I bought this game three years ago, and there are sooo many ways to play it!For instance, you can win the game and save the world, or you can win the game but forget to do something important and the world is destroyed anyway!That's just one...
The only problem I had with it was that you couldn't auto-fire while holding down the "A" button.You have to keep hitting.. and hitting...and hitting that blasted "A" button when facing hordes of enemies or the really tough ones like dragons and liches.Killing goblins makes good practice for your heroes.Try not to kill civilians, though, or the whole village will hunt you down and try to kill your heroes.
Also, the puzzles you have to solve get harder and harder, and only the really smart (or those who have access to cheat codes) will get them quickly.
If you love D&D-type role play, this is a must-have game!
Have fun and enjoy the adventure!! ... Read more

Features

• Overtake and command 27 different ships, enhancing them with ammo, cannon and other Upgrades
• Take on deadly foes from all sides -- merchant and military captains, ferocious pirates, evil gentry and even rival suitors
• Dispatch your buccaneers in battles and try to take over entire cities -- confront enemies on ramparts, mansions, even taverns
• Collect items to help you become a better pirate - swords, spyglasses, armor, even hats & coats
• As your wealth increases you'll get chances to impress the governor's daughter -- charm her with your fame, heroism and even dancing skills

Reviews (3)

Minority Report
Guess I'll be the only complainer, but here goes:
Game Play on the high seas:Excellent, 5+ stars.Lots of fun!Thoroughly enjoyable!
Sword Fights & Dancing:Miserable, -1 star.Didn't work for me (no hand-eye coordination, I guess). No fun and, as far as I'm concerned, did not add anything to the game.

First Sid Meier game I've ever had a problem with.And no, I never played the first Pirates.

This Game should be game of the year!
This game is great. I just love unleashing a broadside right into the enemy ship. I recommend this game to anyone. It is great fun and very addicting. You have got to play this one.

Sid Meier = Evil Genius
Sid Meier's Pirates! is another rock of computer crack that can't be put down once you start.It's true to the original 1987 version, with some additions and a few things left out.

Your story starts as an 8 year old, when an evil Marquis takes your family into bondage.You escape, and ten years later begin your career as an able seaman.Through a twist of fate, you end up in control of the ship, and sail into a port to talk to a governor who gives you a letter of marque or a mission, and explains the current state of politics.

The gameplay is better than the original.The control system still uses the number pad, which is better than the mouse for minute steering adjustments.The graphics are done in a cartoonish 3D style which fits the genre well.The only thing missing from the original that I have noticed so far is that you don't have to take a sun sight, which wasn't very fun anyway.

The courting system can be a bit repetitive, as it uses a DDR type "hit this button in sequence" mode to impress women (much like GTA:San Andreas has).You can opt out of the dance if you are eager to get back to the hacking and slashing bits.

The hand-to-hand combat system is almost exactly an update of the original game, with a lot of 3D pre-set moves added.If you want a sword fighting game, there are better ones out there.This game, however, is a great mix of many genres.I highly recommend it for people who don't need sleep. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Imagine being able to play with over 7,000 Magic: The Gatheringcards, with everything from the original Alpha release to MercadianMasques (and then some). Now, for the price of a computer game you canhave such a dream collection with the Magic: The GatheringInteractive Encyclopedia.

The Interactive Encyclopedia offers more than just prettypictures of every card in the massive database. It also lets playerssort cards based on standard statistics like casting cost, color,artist, or any combination you like. You can use the Deckbuilderutility to sort the cards into decks, which then can be analyzed by thecomputer. There's a complete series of strategy articles and otherhelpful information right on the CD-ROM to help novices build aneffective deck right away.

Once players have built the ultimate deck, the InteractiveEncyclopedia lets them test their creations online against otherplayers. Note that the computer doesn't enforce the rules of the gameat all. As in a real match it's up to the players to tap cards, resolvethe various phases of the game, and keep track of things. TheInteractive Encyclopedia just serves as a virtual card tablethat happens to let you play with practically every Magic: TheGathering card ever created--cards that contain so many complexrules that having the computer resolve everything is far beyond theability of current technology.

The few flaws this encyclopedia had when originally released have forthe most part been amended by a series of patches, so be sure to visitthe official Web site to download the latest version. It's also worth avisit because Wizards of the Coast regularly posts updated price listsfor the cards along with new expansion packs, like the Nemesis cardset, that can be added to the database. The only problem we had withthe Interactive Encyclopedia was its overall sluggishness, whichis somewhat forgivable given the size of the database. Beginners willabsolutely love the ability to see all of the rare cards they've onlyheard about, and even experts should appreciate how easy it is to usethe database so they can refine their decks. There's something forevery Magic: The Gathering fan in this package. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Over 7,000 cards--each with a picture and full stats
• Expansion packs available for download
• Lets you play online with any deck you can imagine

• Runs sluggishly on all but the fastest computers
• Search tools may not be robust enough for the most advanced players

Reviews (21)

M:TGIE tries to be all things to all gamers
The Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia (M:TGIE) promises a lot. It claims to be a playing tool, an encyclopedia, and a deckbuilding assistant all in one. That's a pretty tall order. Is Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) up to the challenge? Let's find out!

The M:TGIE's interface takes up the entire screen. It's a black background that doesn't lend itself to skipping between programs, even though much of the system relies on a Web browser. My preferred weapon of choice is Netscape, so it's possible the interface works better with Internet Explorer. After a couple of extraneous and irritating animations (that you must skip through every time you load the program), you have a choice of five sections:

Magic Online

This section allows you to find an opponent and begin an online game of Magic: The Gathering. It's not quite the same experience as playing a non-virtual game. Essentially, this is just a virtual gaming table.

Like so many other attempts to duplicate in-person, face-to-face gaming, the gaming table is a poor substitute. While it does standardize some aspects of a face-to-face game, like not having to worry about getting soda on your cards or the size of your gaming table, it's not going to replace the card game any time soon. Of course, WOTC knows this, or they wouldn't have created M:TGIE. But at least you don't have to worry about running out of counters anymore.

All the typical elements of virtual gaming are evident, including the ability for coin tosses and dice rolls, so you don't have to guess if your opponent really got a Heads on that last flip. There's also a list of parameters you can set for prospective players, which help ensure you play the game the way you want to play. You won't find an AI computer opponent with this program though.

Beyond the awkwardness of a virtual interface, which takes some getting used to, the biggest problem with this section lies in its communication tools. M:TGIE doesn't provide for audio interaction (although it does have a chat window). This isn't usually an issue with most games, because there are plenty of other shareware programs that you can use to work around it. The problem, however, is that M:TGIE is not Windows friendly. Switching between windows is laggy and can cause the program to crash. The window doesn't minimize either.

Still, considering the chaotic nature of most Magic: The Gathering games, the controlled virtual environment may be a welcome reprieve for gamers with high blood pressure.

Deckbuilder

The Deckbuilder is a fabulous feature for collectors, because it allows you to see what cards you still need. This is also where you can create your own virtual decks. The ability to print data about each card is very useful, but you can't print the pictures. No surprises here - if WOTC did this, you could probably create your own cards at home. But you can print a list of your entire collection, as well as the details of each individual card (including the quotes!).

Let's face it, the best part of collecting is gloating over the value of your Black Lotus. Although WOTC doesn't officially endorse any particular pricing list, they've given you the ability to download pricing lists on the Web. What they didn't give you was the ability to sort or display the prices in any useful way. So if you want to figure out the value of your deck, you'll have to look at each and every card individually. If you're a collector like me, this can take a very, very long time. Still, it's faster than looking up the value of each card, which is something I simply wouldn't bother to do (I'm the lazy collector-type).

There are also a few problems with the Deckbuilder section. Some views do not display correctly on screen. The search view appeared to be broken, as I was only able to display the upper left part of the search window. Patches and updates to the program didn't fix the problem.

Encyclopedia

This is the real meat of the encyclopedia. This section tackles the daunting task of giving you access to every Magic card ever printed. Almost all of them, anyway - there were no Guru cards that I could find. Useful features include the ability to make your own notes about each card, additional information from WOTC about background information on each card, why it was created, its intended use, or strategy tips. One particularly useful feature is the ability to zoom in on the artwork. I didn't think this mattered much until I began to notice the subtle differences between the seemingly endless editions of Magic: The Gathering cards. The only way to determine which cards you have is to carefully scrutinizing those graphics. It's also amusing to see how the game has changed for the better, and how some obviously abusable rules were clarified in later editions.

Strategy Library

The strategy library is a storehouse of articles and writings to help with your game play. It includes rules and formats, articles, the history of the game, and organized play. Don't get too excited though, as this isn't proprietary information - it's all available (and linked to) WOTC's Web site. This guarantees the information is kept up to date, but it makes for an awkward interface that doesn't mesh well with your Web browser.

Magic Links

This is where the true value of the M:TGIE becomes clear. With the speed that WOTC produces cards, this encyclopedia would be rapidly outdated in a matter of months. But just a few simple downloads, and -- voila! - my encyclopedia was up to date. This also included updates to the card pricing, ensuring the latest and most up to date values.

Conclusions

The M:TGIE tries to be all things to all gamers, and only achieves some of them successfully. As an interactive gaming tool, it's a novelty. As a collector's assistant, it's invaluable. As a reference, it's less successful due to the broken search function and awkward Windows interface. Most importantly, the Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia utilizes the full power of the Internet, ensuring that its shelf life will be measured in years rather than months.

If you want Magic on the PC this is the one...
The Magic the Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia is a very useful tool to stay up to date with the latest expansions. It features an vast library that covers all cards ever printed in the original language (english) and covers every single edition for this game, including Unglued. It features the ability to play online or on LAN. Sadly this feature is not as useful as one might suggest now. Several little problems or missing features make it quite hard to play a decent game. The most disappointing thing about the Online play funtcion is, that you can only play duels. One of the most eagerly awaited things by the magic online community is a program that enables them to play large multiplayer games. Sadly WotC did not implement it. Nevertheless this one is a keeper, and woth the ... you have to pay for it. I just hope that WotC does better next time :-)

Were Are They All????????????????????
Why is everything I want (this prouduct included)at Amazon.com out of stock.You would think that a site that sells so much would not be able to sell so much without keeping the items in stock(could sell much more and make much more if they did; hint hint) My rating of the game is not accurated because I don't have it because it is out of stock!!! HINT HINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent tool for MTG Players!
Whether your a Magic Veteran or a Newbie, this is an excellent tool for any player of Magic. It contains all the cards ever made and has FREE downloads of newly released sets. There is online play to go decktesting, see if your newly created deck holds up against the nets best. A deck builder, to fine tune your deck before you go spend your money on card singles. It also analyzes your deck, not enough mana, too much mana. it's just an excellent tool for deck building and fine tuning! Cause we all know how expensive Magic can get.The search engine is great for finding that card that you need. A detailed picture of the card (exact picture of the card to be exact) is also available. Invest in this, and you'll end up saving lots of money. Grade:A+ GAMER247 is OUT!!!!

Great for online play, only good for searching...
The first thing to say about the Magic Interactive Encyclopedia is: absolutely great for playing online! Having the chance to play with every Magic card ever made, seeing even their pictures on the play table, is a fantastic experience for an expert Magic player like I consider myself. The game interface is simple and easily understandable for everybody that already knows Magic The Gathering. A lot of fun, it's a promise! But there's a problem, a big one: if you want to search through the database for some specific cards using the categories the programmers have prepared... well, you'll probably have an headache! The program isn't a good one if you were looking for a big help searching the right cards for your deck. I use the deck builder together with a free downloadable database, very good to find quickly the cards you need.

What can I say? Are you looking for a Magic The Gathering program to play online with players all around the world? Well, this 4-stars program is surely for you! But if you're not a wannabe online player... You better forget this software. You can download better useful databases without paying for them! And they'll work even better than the MTG Encyclopedia... ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Immerse yourself in a medieval world of magic, lost treasures, and forgotten realms. This is a world where Garkham, grand master of the Black Magicians, has sworn to take possession of the Book of Hexplore. From this moment, the whole world is in great peril from the secret brotherhood of dark sorcerers. For this manuscript will most certainly lead those who find it to the Garden of Eden, the resting place of Divine Power. Aware of this immense danger, four heroes join to thwart Garkham's evil plans. And so a perilous adventure begins. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Good fun, but a bit annoying at times.
This game is pretty fun, with not-so-good graphics, but hey, for ten bucks, that's pretty good.The first level is fun, but the second seems nearly impossible.I had a guy die and had his ghost walk around the second level world, and it seems impossible to kill all the glores and whatnot around there.If you've gotten farther, you must spend more time than I do on this game. Oh well, I hope that at least YOU have a good time with this game.

A good pass time
it was just what i expected it was a half way decent rpg that i just used as a pass time till some of the better rpg's come out by the masters like Interplay.

it has good graphics and a nice plot but it is no baldursgate.i think any rpg freak like me should buy this game for a nice timetill the mighty games come out like Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate II. Dont have really high expectations, what do you expect for $10.00 nowdays:-)

i hope you have as much fun as me!

Ugh
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. THERE ARE MUCH BETTER ALTERNATIVES. IF you are simply looking for a cheap game go ahead, but do not waste your hard earned money on this when there are so many better options out there. ... Read more

Product Description

Lords of EverQuest is a revolutionary Real-Time Strategy game inspired by the lore of the online gaming phenomenon EverQuest. Lords of EverQuest brings the best elements of the real-time strategy (RTS) world together with the epic storyline and depth of the legendary EverQuest fantasy roleplaying game (RPG). By capitalizing on the rich history, detailed charac ... Read more

Features

• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Mission: Three factions will vie for control of the continent Antonica to ultimately shape the future of Norrath
• Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

Reviews (21)

Top Tier budget, graphics, voice talent, low tier design!
It's funny that I have so much admiration for a product and company that has so little admiration for me...Hmm..deep statement.But anyways, I've been reading the reviews and I can tell that most of the people who have reviewed this game are obvious Warcraft fanboys.Meaning they won't even bother to give this game a critical review.So I decided to type up my own review on Lords of Everquest.As my title suggest there are a lot of things that are quite spectacular about this game.It is certainly worth more than 1 or 2 stars.I'll start with pros (good news) amd finish with the cons(bad news).

The pros are that this game has great graphics.The units are more true to size ratio to buildings and the graphics have a more photorealistic look as opposed to the big, blocky coloring book graphics of Warcraft 3.Also this game has a true population limit of like 45 units.This is a true 45 meaning you can actually build 45 units.In Warcraft 3 there is a point total of 75 and some units cost more than 1 point.In fact some units in WC3 cost like 8 points.So even though you have a population limit of 75, that population could be comprised of like 7 dragons and a few grunts.In LOE you will have room for 45 no matter how big the creature you build is.Also LOE at times pays some real nice attention to real world physics.For instance when units cross shallow water they move slower, which is how it should be but in WC3 they still move the same speed.LOE has a good deal of upgrades, some of them I found quite cool.And like all good RTS games there is that one army this is obviously head and shoulders above all the rest.In LOE, the Elddar Alliance is the Protoss of the game.Every game should have an unbalanced superpowerful army if for nothing else than to give the players something to log onto message forums and bitch about.Mounted units can be thrown from their mounts and then say funny phrases when they now have to walk around.Speaking of phrases this leads to the biggest bonus feature of LOE.The voice talent.LOE has assembled the best voice talent probably in the history of voice acting in one game.Some of the legends in anime have lent their voices to this game like Wendee Lee from Cowboy Beebop, Kevin Conroy from Justice League, and even the guy that plays Bato from the Ghost in the Shell anime.They have lots of other B+ voice talent too like Fairuza Balk, Cree Summer, and Claudia Black.It's really just cool to hear all these celebrities in a video game, which is kind of an indicator of the budget this game had.Which in turn makes you kinda wonder how they went so wrong in the gameplay development.

This leads me to the cons of this game.First off this game has tons of bugs.For instance, if you send flying units off across the map, they don't fly over cliffs or bodies of water but rather they will fly around cliffs and travel across shallow bodies of water like the ground units do.Also the A.I. is pretty bad.Unit's don't always attack when you tell them too and for units that are so undisciplined their should be a button that allows you to give them an "attitude" similar to the ones in the Warlord Battlecry game.So like you could tell your units to have a defensive attitude so even when you move them around they won't go running after anything they see but in this game they do and this can be frustrating.Also the range on some of the archers like the Wood Elf archers is a joke.These guys have a maximum range of like 15 feet it seems.There is almost little benefit to having range units beside the fact that they can seem to just barely shoot over the shoulder of the fighters.They have also copied Warcraft in having their units say some funny things if you click on them over and over again.The campaign battles can be deceiving about this game.In the campaign the battle are all just a small warband run through a series of winding, twisting forest.Good RTS games have large battles on open frontiers with a few, scaled down "seek and destory" quests thrown in the side.But if you can manage to play the game single player you will be able to play some of those wide open, large battles.That's another bad thing, the single player skirmish option is broke.You can get around this by hosting a lan game and selecting a computer opponent.But this shouldn't have to be done.Also there is a severe lack of nice scenery for the battles.Most of the fighting takes place on wide open, barren wastelands, with no eye candy like temples, shrines, castles and bridges.Just a few gnoll campsites here and there.Also this game suffers from the same defensive shortcomings as WC3.No walls.Not that I'm in love with walls, it's just that in some cases a large band of enemies can just charge right around your turrets and weave their way through your buildings and start slaying your workers.Walls could prevent this.Casual RTS players don't see this but the pros take note of this.

All in all this game is okay.You can tell that by the way they got some things spot on and some things terrible that this game must have been rushed.It certainly wasn't because of budget.But there is still not excuse for this.The players, namely myself, gave those guys tons of advice and they did not seem to take it.In all I'd say this game falls just a notch behind Warcraft 3, but it's certainly worth more than 2 stars if you can find a crafty way to get single player and multi player lan games going.On its own it's worth about 3 stars.If you thrown in the great voice talent, then its' worth 4 stars.

Really sucks
this game is boring crappy and not worth my time or anyone elses the multiplayer and the campain sucks and there is no skrimish the battles are confusing and there are no builders in the army. to make things worse there is only one resorce and the game iself emits an aura of boredom.

Don't Buy This
This is without a doubt the worest attempt at stategy and RPG.The box of this game depicts massive armies slugging it out.I don't know how this is possible when you can only create a maximum of 28 units in this game..Thats pretty sad when compared to todays standards.The AI is also nonexistant.I had only purchased this game because it was an Everquest product and I know that they are popular.This is definately a game to be left on the shelf of the store and regarded as nonsense.The makers of EverQuest should stick to RPG and not try to make a niche for themselves in strategy.

very fun
it is a great strategy game and is addicting i play a ton.

Buy Warcraft 3 instead folks
Lords of Everquest is obviously an attempt for Sony to get revenge on Blizzard since Blizzard is taking their Warcraft world into the Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game Genre(a genre that Everquest put on the map). Only problem is...Blizzard knows how to translate Warcraft(Real Time Strategy Game)into an MMORPG...unlike Sony who obviously does NOT know how to translate Everquest into an RTS game.

I laughed at my friend when he showed me he bought this game for his PC. He was like "Shut up, how was I supposed to know this game was garbage!!" LOL! Funny stuff.

I suggest you only buy this game if you can get it for under 20 dollars otherwise invest your money into WarCraft. ... Read more

Features

• Multiple learning games and lessons help your child become a skilled reader, just by having fun
• Kids will explore Clifford's neighborhood and enjoy fun activities
• Make words that will inspire Monique the artist
• Dunk Clifford into the ocean by popping the word balloons
• Catch the falling letters and organize them into the right boxes

Features

• The Chamber Of Secrets has been opened and the Heir To Slytherin is causing havoc -- Harry and his friends have to stop it!
• Explore the complete world of Hogwarts -- completely immersive, interactive environments are waiting to be explored
• Use your knowledge of spells to save the students who are being petrified by Slytherin
• Fly through the dangerous aerial levels on Harry's Nimbus 2000
• Combat the deadly menace unleashed by the Chamber with all-new spells and techniques

Amazon.com Review

Sudden Strike's realistic terrain and soldier and vehiclegraphics make it one of the most visually impressive WWII strategy games we'veever seen. The gameplay follows the simple conventions of real-time strategygames like Command & Conquer or StarCraft, except you don't haveto harvest resources in Sudden Strike.

The problem with the game is that it may be too simple. The point of SuddenStrike is to grab hold of your units (and to the game's credit there is awide variety of units to control) and fling them at the enemy en masse. Thislack of strategic depth isn't a fatal flaw; most strategy games of this stripeusually devolve into that sort of battle. But the unit pathfinding is poor andit gets frustrating watching your own troops get stuck on trees or wander allover the battlefield trying to get to where you want them to go. This weakartificial intelligence is especially evident when you play the single-playergame against the computer. It just cannot mount a well-conceived assault tosaveits silicon life.

Yet the maps are attractive and there are about 40 missions to play. Combatgetsintense with up to 1,000 units on the field, and things do blow up real good.You can portray the Russians, Germans, Americans, or Polish as well. Varietyandgenerous multiplayer options (up to 12 players), coupled with attractivegraphics, might win over strategy players new to the real-time scene, butveterans aren't going to be wowed by this weak graphical blitzkrieg.--AndrewS. Bub

Pros:

• Attractive graphics
• Simple, straightforward gameplay

• Overly simplistic gameplay
• Bad artificial intelligence

Reviews (32)

It's a frustratingly mixed bag.
This game is both good and bad, so although it is frustrating you will find yourself coming back to it more than once.

To its credit the game gives you a mass of units and unit types making it enticing to WWII buffs.Everything on the map explodes nicely and for the most part the sounds are above average (except for the previously mentioned ambulance drivers).

But the overall game plan leaves a lot to be desired.As stated before the units have no AI whatsoever.The units are not true to life in either speed, range or firepower.Mortars can decimate everything including tanks, and AT guns can't fire 10' in front of them.But the single most annoying factor is that your units are literally blind.No one can see anything except the officers, and the computer is really good about hanging just back into the fog of war and blowing them all to hell.In fact, the computer can blow just about anything you have to hell without you ever seeing half the units.Strategy is out the window and a blind rush only works if you don't get surrouned.Save your money and buy it used - cheap.

THIS GAME ROCKS!
I have not played many WW2 games, but I can tell this is one of the best. It's pretty hard without codes but even when you are invincible it's real fun. Very good graphics.

Big Disapointment
I have my own rule when it comes to buying new games.Never buy the game without playing the demo first.I violated that rule on this one and boy, do I regret it.

If you have never played a strategy game before, or perhaps if you have not played anything since the first SimCity came out, this will seem like it's great.But. . . after Starcraft, Age of Empires, and Empire Earth, this is downright pedantic.The graphics are adequate, the AI is terrible, the gameplay is awkward, words are misspelled, navigating the menus is a pain, and the instruction manual is barely enough to get started.

If you want to play a good strategy game, get Empire Earth and set it to WWII if that is what you are desperate to play.If you want to play a realistic wargame, get Operational Art of War.If you want to find out how many half-truths can be written on the side of a software box, get this one.

I recommend you don't.

Awesome Fun!!!
I would rate this my all time favorite strategy game. I've been playing strategy games for over 20 years. Some of my reasons for this include:

1) Historical realism. Being a WWII history buff I loved looking up the different units in books I have to get more complete specs. on the units.

2) New Paradigm for RTS: Something I REALLY LIKE about this game is the ability to give orders in the pause mode. This enables you to really stop and ponder in depth tatics and strategies and issue the orders before resuming play.

3) Great graphics.

4) Grand Scale Missions. The missions are on a grand scale. Numerous times I found myself thinking I had completed the mission only to discover I had only just completed the first segement... with much more to go. Some missions took me over a week to complete.

5) The AI is great too. It's set up to play out a sequence of events based on certain triggers (ie time, reaching a point on the map etc). This doesn't seem as 'intelligent' or intuitive as many other AI's, but it actually makes for a much better game. Less random behavior, becuase it has all been thought out in advance by the map builder.

Downsides

1) The game is German biased, in my opinion, in that Germany has a lot more unit types to choose from. Well... it was developed in Germany and they did have the most innovative army of the time. Before I even opened the box, I was most excited about playing the German side. But, I'd like to have seen a more balanced game with respect to the units portrayed.

2) At least on my computer there was one glitch where the game would sometimes hang-up in pause mode and require me to re-boot my whole system losing whatever progress I had made in a game.

All in all this is a great game.

Nice graphic but not a good game
Only word I can say is this game has the nice graphic but the rolling screen hurting my eyes. pretty hard to win the game..I don't have any fun playing this game. ... Read more

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It's alright, but there are some issues.
I will review this in three parts, arranged by game.

Dungeon Hack:If you like hack and slash games and don't care about plot, this is possibly for you.The plot is this, you are recovering an item from a dungeon.That's it.You can set up the dungeon, or pick from preset settings.It can be fun, but it quickly get repetitive since the only other characters in the dungeon are the monsters.

Menzobaranzan:I played it for about five minutes.That isn't to say its that bad, its just I couldn't get it to work on my OLD (six years, at least) laptop, and decided to see if it would on my new one.The graphics aren't bad, and the game play is original.You start out with two characters, with a first person view like the Eye of the Beholder games, but with "motion" (not a screen to screen game, like myst or EOB).I didn't get into any battles, but it looks really nice.I'll update this review IF I ever play anything on my laptop but Baulders Gate etc. again.

Blood and Magic:This game is almost wonderfull.It is a strategy game which is fun except there are only a few scenerios with a few missions each.I enjoyed it somewhat, although the levels can go slowly, but I didn't feel like finishing it.It just didn't seem worth it.It doesn't have much of a storyline, and just as you start to get strong and the game gets really fun (there are EXP and items), you have to lose your progress and start on a different scenerio.If you want a strategy game, get Warcraft 3, or Starcraft or something like that.

I believe I would have enjoyed Menzoberanzan if I could have played it, but the other two games don't seem to be worth the money.I recomend Buying one of the other collections or silver edition, the games are much better and more D&D oriented.

Check Silver Edition
Silver Edition has all the games from 2nd & 3rd edition for the same price or less.

Entertaining RPG
I thought this game was good but it is also boring. You get three games and that is cool but the graphics on 2 of the games really suck and the third is just o.k. If you dont mind using the keyboard to move the guysthan this game is for you and buy the game even if you don't like using thekeyboard.P.S. It is entertaining. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

The Might and Magic role-playing-game series debuted way back in themid-'80s. In the '90s, it spun off into an excellent turn-based strategy series,due for a new installment in the fall (Heroes of Might and Magic IV). Now3DO is taking its franchise, monsters, heroes, spells, might, and, of course,magic into a whole new genre: the multiplayer online shooter. Legends ofMight and Magic plays like Quake, Tribes, and UnrealTournament, but with swords and sorcery instead of guns and rocketlaunchers.

Actually, that's not true: Legends of Might and Magic plays exactly likethose futuristic shooters, only instead of lasers you're shooting magic rays andarrows. There's not much of a difference in gameplay, and experienced playersmight find themselves wondering why they aren't playing a modern-day action gamelike Half-Life: Counter-Strike instead.

Legends does feature plenty of cool monsters and player models, but thevarious character classes play the same. The game uses the LithTech graphicsengine, which just isn't as pretty as the engines of other current games. Whilecharacters are detailed and colorful, they are also angular and stiff.

Like in Counter-Strike, you begin each round "buying" stuff to use in thefracas. Then you fight the enemy team in fantasy medieval versions of standardFPS scenarios. Instead of rescuing a scientist or a president, you've got torescue a damsel in distress. Sword in the Stone mode replaces Capture the Flagvariants, Protect the Warlord stands in for Protect the VIP, and Slay the Dragonjust isn't as cool as it sounds. Given the size and scope of Legends of Mightand Magic's bestiary, the game is a little disappointing.

But not-so-jaded fans, new players, and Might and Magic fans in particular willfind all the repetitive things mentioned above a fun take on a genre crowdedwith look-alike modern combat games. Maybe next time 3DO can add a little moremagic to the mix and come up with something more than a polymorphedCounter-Strike. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

• 1st-person Might and Magic action
• It's basically fantasy Counter-Strike
• Plenty of weapons and game modes

• It's basically just fantasy Counter-Strike
• The graphics are angular and a little fakey
• The classes are too similar

Reviews (7)

A great, addictive game
I think this is an awesome game. First I'll talk about the major criticisms:

"The graphics are subpar" - So what? They do the job.

"The classes are not very different" - Untrue! The differences may be subtle, and not very obvious to inexperienced players. The sorceress and archer have superior long range abilities, but are worse at melee and cannot use all armor types. This brings me to one of my favorite combinations - Tracking Crossbow + Plate Armor on a Warrior/Paladin. You're like a tank, but incredibly slow. It doesn't work quite as well with sorceresses, for example (they can't buy plate). While you save up enough money to pay for this combination you'll possibly want to rely on cheap throwing knives and use of melee to get your kills. Since Paladins/Warriors are the best at melee this works out pretty well.

Other reasons the classes are different - Druids and Heretics are quite powerful at short range, terrible at long range, and middle ground in melee. On most maps you'll want about 50% of your team consisting of druids or heretics, as they are the most well-rounded. Melee is a very important part of this game (see below). If you're on a wide open map, you can be sure you'll always have a solid long range weapon if you're a sorceress or archer, even if you just died (and thus lost your purchased weapon). Not so for the other classes.

"The fantasy aspect is lost" or "it's just like every other shooter" - I disagree. Sure, there are lots of explosions and rays being fired, but melee is a very important part of this game, much more so than UT, for example. In confined areas a paladin will most likely destroy an archer if he uses sword. Turn on your fire ring in conjunction with a melee weapon and you're a monster in close quarters. Plus, melee duels are fun as hell if the players involved are any good. The armor worn by melee participants makes things more interesting, as speed and damage taken vary depending on armor type. In tight spaces, having armor is usually good for melee. But if you want to chase someone around the map with a battle axe in a frenzied rage, you might be better off with no armor. It's so much fun butchering armor-burdened enemies who can't escape from you!

"The monsters are dumb" - Yeah, they are. As are the monsters in most games. Most servers turn them off anyway so this is a moot point. For beginners, it could be a good idea to beat up on monsters in single player practice mode, just to get used to things. I suppose if you play small games, such as 2 vs. 2, monsters could liven things up. But I recommend larger games.

My only gripes about this game are as follows:

3DO discontinued support. This means no more servers. Not a big deal since there are plenty of user-made ones. This also means there is no hope for a map editor. I honestly don't get bored of the stock maps, but I do think it [stinks] that we can't make our own. And it would be nice if the glitches could be fixed.

There ARE a few minor glitches, such as getting stuck on ladders, but with experience you learn how to get around them. Oh yeah, I wish losing focus (alt-tab, receiving an instant message, etc.) wouldn't disconnect me from the server.

The prices of fire staff and holy hand grenade are too low. These weapons are very powerful for their respective prices, so they pop up way too often. This causes some other weapons to be neglected. Servers can be configured to adjust the prices, although I think a hack might be necessary (never set up a server myself so I'm not sure). The server I play on adjusted some prices so the game is much more balanced.

I highly recommend Legends of Might and Magic. This is a very addictive game that I keep coming back to on a daily basis. Especially at this price, you can't go wrong!

Decent game, definitely could be better
I had a lot of fun playing Might and Magic 6, so when I heard about Legends of Might and Magic I thought that 3DO would bring some of that fun to a multiplayer format. What they offered instead is a game unoriginal in concept (this is basically a medieval Counterstrike), presented with a production that leaves quite a bit to be desired. This game still manages to offer some fun though its flaws, however.

Legends of Might and Magic allows you to choose a character on one of two sides, Good or Evil, and to choose one of three classes on each side (the Good classes are Paladin, Druid and Sorceress, the Evil classes are Heretic, Warrior and Archer). Once you choose a class the goal is to duke it out against the other team in one of four mission-based scenarios (Sword in the Stone, Rescue the Princess, Warlord Escape, and Slay the Dragon). The maps are relatively well done and offer some of the better graphics in the game, and they are (optionally) sprinkled with some monsters to mix things up a bit. Basically the goal for each of the maps is to meet the scenario's objective while you bang on the enemy and try to make their team all dead before they kill all of your team, or until the round ends.

There are extra-special super weapons unique to each class, but beyond this and each class's starting weapons there are no real differences between the classes beyond their blocky character models and the different voices used for each and the grunts each emits when hit or killed. Some of the weapons (which you can buy at the beginning of the round in Counterstrike style) are pretty neat and imaginative and fun to use. The character animations themselves are uninspired, to put it mildly. The monsters have no real A.I., and with their cheesy animations they are more funny than scary and more of a nuisance than anything - most of the servers, its no wonder, have the monsters turned off. You will notice this among the few servers you will find up and running at any time. I find it humorous how on Gamespy I'll see at most 20 or 30 Legends servers running at any one time and usually over a thousand Half-Life servers, and Half-Life is four years old.

Legends of Might and Magic does offer some lighthearted multiplayer fun, and I still play it occasionally for a distraction. It does make me wonder, however, what a more competent game design company could have done with a similar concept. Still, it has its positive points which make it a good purchase from the discount rack.

An wonderful addition to the Greatest Game Series Ever!
Legends of Might and Magic (LoMM) is the new spinoff of the wildly popular Might and Magic series and it definitley stands up to its ancestors. Maps range from new areas to old favorites like Xeen (from Might and Magic 4 and 5). The LithTech engine runs beautifully and its just a great game. I highly reccomend it!

Great potential, sadly unrealized
What a great concept:take 3DO's popular "Might and Magic" universe and add online, multiplayer support.It should have worked, but unfortunately, the shipping product is more like a poor Half-Life: Counstrike with a fantasy setting.

Releasing or including an editing tool that allows users to create their own maps is a common practice; how else to explain the continued, huge popularity of a game like Half-Life?Nearly three years after its release, Half-Life is still the most popular multiplayer, online game, with thousands of servers operating at any given time.The Half-Life community has created enormously popular "mods" for Half-Life, such as Counterstrike and Day of Defeat.Curiously, 3DO has not released a set of editing tools for Legends of Might and Magic, which means players are stuck with a handful of maps provided in the shipping product.This may explain why, on a given night, only 17 servers operate, with an average total of maybe 80 players engaged in battle.

Essentially, gameplay options cover familar scenarios: an escort style called "Warlord," where one team is tasked with getting a designated player to a particular destination, while the other team tries to take out the warlord; "Princess," with a team attempting to rescue a kidnapped princess; "Sword in The Stone," which is another version of capture the flag; and "Dragon," where competing teams attempt to kill a dragon.

Players can choose to be good or evil, but there is no roleplaying element involved in that choice.Between good and evil there are only six player models to choose from.Unlike Quake III, or Unreal Tournament, you cannot alter the appearance of your on-screen avatar.

Graphics are provided by Monolith's Lithtech game engine.Amazingly, the same engine that powers the visually exciting "No One Lives Forever" powers Legends, but the graphics are not particularly engaging or visually interesting.Character models are a bit blocky, and the player animation is simplistic.The scenery looks okay, but it's not in the same league as NOLF.

Hopefully 3DO will release a level editor and the gaming community will breathe some life into a game that has a lot of potential.

Fantasy FPS (First Person Shooter) wanna be
Over the years 3DO has put out some great Magic and Magic games especially Heroes of Might and Magic, But Legends... is a different story -what can I say the 'round' is over before you can begin playing and before you know it the game is over. In short if your a veteran of DF:Land Warrior or WWII Online, you will be disappointed. There are no Map Editors so you MUST use stock maps and these are WAY too short and very limited in game space also certain classes are Evil only and the others are Good only. There are no 'abilities' or skills to excel in, the money in this game is about useless. 3DO just decided to jump on the wagon with an onliner and this what they put together, a very poor,repeatitive and very DULL wanna be Fantasy FPS. This is an Online Game but it does feature a offline practice- no goals, no missions just practice. All in all I am disapointed in this game I would wait for it to make its way to the Software bargain bin before you buy it, which shouldnt be that long. ... Read more

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Short, fun, and just challenging enough for a newbie
I am pretty terrible at computer games, preferring to stick with ones that do not need need coordination, but rely on logic. While this game lacks some of the more challenging puzzles I have found elsewhere, it is a fun romp through exotic settings, involves some interesting films, and gave me a good 3 days of wandering in its world.

This one won't keep you busy for too long, but for the price, you'll get more than what you paid for! ... Read more

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The AD&D Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas invites role players to explore never-before-seen realms--sprawling cities, treacherous overland routes, perilous dungeons--as well as any of the maps they've traversed in previous Forgotten Realms adventures. Players can zoom in for local details or examine the maps of entire continents with this completely interactive CD-ROM. The world is at your fingertips. ... Read more

Reviews (9)

THIS OS A RIP OFF
DO NOT BUY THIS THIS IS A PICE OF CRAP

An excellent accessory to Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
This review is mostly aimed at new DMs or those not familiar with Forgotten Realms.After having been "out" of AD&D for about 5-7 years, my kids rekindled my interest.Since there appeared to be awealth of information on Forgotten Realms, I purchased this CD-ROM.

Theonly "caveat" to any potential "emptors" out there isthe Interactive Atlas has only the MAPS of the Forgotten Realms.You willstill need to have the Campaign Setting available if you wish to understandthe background information.

That being said, it is well worth the moneyto get both.The Campaign Setting does not have all the beautifullydetailed color maps available in the Interactive Atlas, but it does havethe stories which make these maps and your campaigns come alive.

Excellent Product!Well worth the cost!
The atlas, especially with the two updates available for download makes for a tremendous amount of information for the DM and player alike.Plan a campaign from Waterdeep to Westgate, with miles along the trail, or bringup maps of Kara Tur, Maztica, Chult, Zakhara -- anywhere in the Realms.Iteven contains floorplans of many buildings, inns and dungeons. Zoom in orout as needed, import the files into CC2 for making your own changes, or asmany DM's do, capture the image and add your adventure items with yourfavorite graphics program.

I run a PBeM with 20 players and the FR Atlasmakes keeping track of the various player groups and providing them withinformation on their adventuring area a breeze.Combined with CC2 and theCR2 software & Expansion I can provide my players with all the maps,diagrams and information they'll need.

The two updates contain a wealthof new maps and corrections.Most areas where there had been tilingproblems cutting areas in two have been corrected so you can ignore the onereviewers earlier comments on this part.

All in all the FR Atlas is awonderful program and of all the game software I use for D&D the FRAtlas icon gets the most use.The support from the Pro-fantasy staff whenI've had questions has been unreal - fast responses and with moreinformation and hints than my questions asked in the first place!

Kudosto ProFantasy for their work on this product!

FR Interactive Atlas: Can't get more for your money.
The Forgotten Realms: Interactive Atlas is one of the most comprehensive FR products to date. I have been using it for several months now so it is about time to write a review.This product is THE map source for the FRfan, DM or player.The atlas is easy to use and we finally get to see theentire globe (yes, the whole world is mapped).The new regions have beenleft blank as of this review, but even so basic terrain is shown and thereis even a rotating globe that you can use to navigate the atlas.The mapsare colorful, easy to use, print, save etc.

The maps use a"hyperlink" system so invariably there is going to be a divisionright in one of your favorite areas but you can get around this most of thetime by zooming out to the next level map. There are several updatesavailable on the web that will add several hundred more maps to thisbeautiful product.It is the gift that keeps on giving.If you are a fanof the Realms, this is a must buy product.

Highly recommended
Ever buy some old Forgotten Realms products and find out laterthat the map is missing? I know I have, but now I don't worry becauseI can just go to the atlas and print out the missing map.

I have all of the Forgotten Realms material ever published and I can safely say this is the most complete collection of maps you will find. If you have found some maps are missing, chances are good you probably neglected the free map downloads available.

The crew at Pro-Fantasy couldn't be more helpful. If you ever have problems you don't have to worry about poor support. They are fantastic.END ... Read more