| Lords of Magic, Special Edition (Jewel Case) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 46 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8849
Category: Video Games
Publisher: Sierra
Studio: Sierra
Brand: Sierra
Label: Sierra
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows 98
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Special (Jewel Case)
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.3
Model: 71153
UPC: 020626711531
EAN: 0020626705820
ASIN: B00001NFS5
Release Date: September 9, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The ultimate combination of strategy, fantasy role-playing, and combat. Enter a mystical, magical world of fantasy and fury, where you command a teeming conglomeration of elves, vampires, skeletons, fire-breathing dragons, and other fantastical creatures in a fierce battle against the evil Lord Balkoth. Includes: Legends of Urak Quest Pack.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Lords of Magic Special Edition combines the turn-based exploration and real-time combat of the enhanced Lords of Magic with the all-new Legends of Urak Quest Pack.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
I loved this game. Reording it just for kicks July 6, 2008
This game was one of my all time favorites on any platform.
It is uniquely challenging and rewarding. It is not a game that can normally be played in a few minutes, so it does take some patience and practice, which may frustrate some people who are used to modern games that take little patience or deep thought.
As a rebuttal to those who perhaps gave this game a less than favorable review, I noticed many of those were based on percieved difficulty, particularly in the Player vs computer mode.
The Death computer DOES start with at least one extra hero, I believe two extra heros on the highest difficulty setting, but that is because Balkoth has the most enemies, and he's supposed to be over powered. It balances out though.
If you find that the computer has a much larger army than you, its only because you haven't properly balanced economy, military and exploraton. In short, try again.
I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who has never played it.
Some tips to anyone who recently bought it and perhaps struggling, or a new customer.
1) Never use autocalculate unless there is no chance whatsoever of losing the fight. Never autocalculate vs an enemy's main hero even if you think there is no chance of losing. Balkoth will murder you on Autocalculate, especially on high difficulty.
2)You MUST micro and manually fight most main enemy hero parties or you will simply lose too many units. You may get lucky sometimes with autocalculate, but in general you'll lose so much stuff over several battles that Balkoth, or some other enemy hero, will end up too far ahead of you. Manual is definitely to your advantage.
3) When you get ready to fight Balkoth, do not just use one or two battalions, especially if the game has gone on long and he is max level. Balkoth is almost strictly better than any other hero in the game, so there is no such thing as a "fair" fight against his main party.
Conquer several cities and Macro up a couple dozen battalions. Then, play hit and run, killing as many of his supporting battalions and outlying towns as possible, while avoiding Balkoth himsef. After this, corner Balkoth's main party somewhere on the map. Next, send wave after wave of "expendable" battalions to weaken him. Once most of his army is dead, send in your main hero's party to finish him off.
4) After you win the game on easy or normal, play through the game a time or two AS Death so you learn more about their strengths and weaknesses. This will be a cakewalk compared to playing vs Death, but it will help you tremendously on the highest difficulty setting because it will help you learn what they can and can't get away with.
I like classics September 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an old favorite that I cannot leave behind even though graphics and sound are dated. Gameplay is quite addicting and guess what? It runs smoothly on Windows XP even though it was created ages ago. Most oldies I like to replay I have to run on my old Windows98 machine that I keep around just for this purpose. But LoM sits comfortably next to Civ4 and Heroes of M&M V on my XP machine.
 Lords of cRacK!!! November 7, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't sToP pLAYinG.!!! I rediscovered this game after running into a mod site (got google? Keyword mantera gs5 impz xorgate lomse) and downloaded the mod and more importantly MODIFICATION TOOLS that allows access to the game's engine to edit spells units artifacts and other aspects of the game's engine.
Fundamentally, the game is still the same, with that unique ability to barter and beg 6 wildcats for 1 Xena from other, more clever AI players that makes it so unique among these types of games. However the mod (and you need to get this game if only to check out the mod and aforementioned mod tools), changes things in such a way to correct bugs left over from the final Special Edition release and the later LOMSE.exe beta patch and added a few extras such as AI security for capitol and the temple.
Even without the mod this game is slamming!!!.
Load times for dungeons and encounters are quick on the XP Pentium 4's and though the mouse moves way to fast for overland and combat scroll, the keyboard arrow keys work just fine.
After 8 years LORDS of MAGIC did not get older, it got better.
UPDATE --A fan "finished" the game with release of a 3.02 patch that corrects some problems from the earlier released 3.01 beta patch (use keyword search as described above to find both patches).
Classic Strategy RPG September 10, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Try this game out. Even though it's old, it's worth a look. One of my all time favorites!
 Good game, not the finest May 15, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I remember getting this game a while back when I was younger. The game was difficult to master, which I attributed to my young age, but I loved to play it because of the nice atmosphere it gave; beautiful, fantasy surrounding, pleasant music, pretty landscape (the 3D terrain had an enhancing effect over other strategy RPGs I had played on the PC before). Overall, I enjoyed the game a lot.
Moving back to the present day, I had lost my copy and was itching to play it again, having all but forgotten what the game was like. My girlfriend and I had gotten hooked on Age of Wonders, and I wanted to investigate similar games for her.
I ordered LoM SE on Amazon not too long after. After installing and playing the game for a bit, I was a little dissapointed. I was still the game that I remember, but it seemed deficient in ways I hadn't noticed before.
For example, the graphics did not age well. I can go back and play much older games from my childhood such as Quest for Glory I & II (SCI engine) and still marvel at how beautiful the graphics are despite only 16 available colors and a screen resolution of 320x240. This is double edged, because while I feel that LoM has pretty graphics, they still seem to work out poorly in the long run.
Secondly, I still find the gameplay to be difficult. I'm not a kid anymore, and I have since mastered other fantasy RPGs, but the system in LoM seems a bit awkward and difficult to master. I couldn't play it for more than a half hour.
Overall, I think it's a good game. Even though it's not my cup of tea anymore, I can see that lots of other people really love it, so if you like the genre then I give it a good recommendation. The price tag is very cheap, and it's well worth a grab.
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