tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post3994355640221879051..comments2024-01-29T18:11:40.469-08:00Comments on The RPG Consoler: Game #35: Might and Magic: Gates to Another World (Genesis) - Why Game, Why? (Finished)Zenic Reveriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-88487798665512944282017-07-05T22:28:13.288-07:002017-07-05T22:28:13.288-07:00I do remember the cuisinarts offering good experie...I do remember the cuisinarts offering good experience, but I never bothered to return when I had higher level spells. By that time I wasn't too worried about leveling up.<br /><br />I've been trying to get a game going in Might and Magic III for the past month, but I've run into a bug that keeps crashing and wiping the save. Hopefully I can find a way around it. Happened recently on emulator as well.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-23850037370528700402017-05-07T12:20:23.729-07:002017-05-07T12:20:23.729-07:00The way I trivialized the battles happened after s...The way I trivialized the battles happened after some obscure hint in a German game magazine lead me to the three cuisinarts (claiming I would get tons of exp, gold and jewels this way) and getting utterly wrecked the first time around. <br /><br />After trying again and I again, I suddenly noticed how the disintegrate-spell had a high chance of working on them. So as long as one sorceror survived long enough to cast disintegrate, the battles ended in my favour. Then I grinded on them shamelessly until I had something absurd like 30 characters with levels ranging between 70 to 100+ at the end.<br /><br />Later I noticed most bosses and hard to crack encounters were equally vulnerable to disintegration. I must have massacred enough creatures to populate a medium-sized country before I got bored.<br /><br />But the experience on the SNES-version of this game meant I later was interested enough to try another Might and Magic game: The 7th and my absolute favourite.Libluinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524606710871977666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-20799017024349178862015-10-19T10:11:07.804-07:002015-10-19T10:11:07.804-07:00Good to know. Glad it wasn't anything unique. ...Good to know. Glad it wasn't anything unique. I hate the feeling of missing special items that enhance the game.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-54345217150992819232015-10-13T08:46:57.335-07:002015-10-13T08:46:57.335-07:00The reward for guessing the Pegasus' name is, ...The reward for guessing the Pegasus' name is, I believe, 10000 gold.Kahran042https://www.blogger.com/profile/00731014097389234780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-38605761134577351832015-03-01T21:00:06.167-08:002015-03-01T21:00:06.167-08:00@Victar: Mailing in for a certificate reminds me o...@Victar: Mailing in for a certificate reminds me of another game. I want to say one of the Ultima games you could mail in the ending screen to Origin and get a certificate.<br /><br />That's how I'll be playing Fatal Labyrinth as well, sans save states. I figured it was going to be story light.<br /><br />@Jason: Thanks for the tips. Sounds like standard dungeon crawler or roguelike tactics. Cheats no, bugs, if I run across it through normal play, then I might exploit them. In most cases though, I won't be actively trying to break the game.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-22701689818969555872015-03-01T20:55:32.620-08:002015-03-01T20:55:32.620-08:00I suppose that's true, but Kilroy was the only...I suppose that's true, but Kilroy was the only name I had to guess with at the time. I remember using the walkthrough booklets for Pool of Radiance and the rest of the gold box series to ensure I didn't miss anything. We also had an adventure game walkthrough book that had a lot of different games like the Infocom ones (Zork, Enchanter, etc.), Quest, and Wilderness. I'm not sure how many there were, but there were also a lot of games in that book we didn't have.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-75294172206026892952015-02-28T16:48:49.570-08:002015-02-28T16:48:49.570-08:00Best thing is to not get surrounded - stand in the...Best thing is to not get surrounded - stand in the doorways as much as possible. Merciless is definitely the right word. Slow and steady for this one, I think. If you get stuck, there's a few cheats/bugs that help out a bit (but probably are against this blog's rules?). Definitely wasn't a favourite, but my brain wouldn't leave me alone until I beat it...Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-29575508871519003432015-02-28T13:50:18.182-08:002015-02-28T13:50:18.182-08:00The pegasus at the beginning barely counts as a si...The pegasus at the beginning barely counts as a sidequest. If you obsessively explore the game world, you'll find his name carved on a tree somewhere, and you'll find him hanging out in the middle of some other wilderness area. When you tell him his name, you get some minor benefit, or maybe just a hint. You don't get to fly around on him or anything.<br /><br />Some of the dungeons under castles were little more than places to adventure and boost stats. Especially the dungeons that barred party members of a specific race; they're just for powering up your ethnically cleansed team.<br /><br />Like most if not all MM's, MM2 is a medley of sidequests and optional goals; the more your do, the higher your score is at the end. It used to be that you could mail your score off to New World Computing and get a physical certificate commemorating your achievement. I don't know if they were still doing that by the time of the Genesis port, let alone today.<br /><br />I played Fatal Labyrinth as part of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. The game has no story whatsoever other than its intro and ending.<br /><br />I beat Fatal Labyrinth through cheating, i.e. abusing save states. The game is mercilessly random about suddenly throwing you into rooms where you are surrounded by half a dozen powerful enemies. Beating it without save states would require both strategy and a LOT of luck, I think.<br />Victarhttp://www.victarfanfics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-4029743636327125452015-02-27T19:35:53.026-08:002015-02-27T19:35:53.026-08:00I'm guessing Kilroy is more of a reference to ...I'm guessing Kilroy is more of a reference to the WWI picture/person/meme and not necessarily the name of the unicorn (Kilroy Was Here)... I wish I could answer your other questions, though, but I can't remember the game well enough anymore. I know I beat it, but I'm not entirely sure how (I have a feeling I bought a walkthrough book to help me out... remember those?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com