Might and Magic IX
This episode in the fantasy Might & Magic series built around a new LithTech-powered, 3D game engine. Improvements include overland maps, branching conversations, a new class system, more flexible spell…
Might and Magic IX is a role-playing (rpg) developed by New World Computing, released 28 March 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Might and Magic IX is
Might and Magic IX is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by New World Computing and released in 2002. It was published by The 3DO Company. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on LithTech 1.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This episode in the fantasy Might & Magic series built around a new LithTech-powered, 3D game engine. Improvements include overland maps, branching conversations, a new class system, more flexible spell casting, and twenty-three unique skills. The adventure begins with a player's adventure party voyages from Cheh'dian to Mendossus to gather fresh supplies. The boat they are traveling on crashes into the Isle of Ashes in the middle of the Verhoffin Sea. You and the rest of the survivors are scattered amongst the wreckage. Once you have re-assembled what is left of your team your fate soon unravels and you must reunite the 6 clans of the Cheh'dian against invading hordes from the west. Ten…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Might and Magic series
Might and Magic IX is the 31st of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. It arrived 9 months after Legends of Might and Magic. The next entry was Heroes of Might and Magic IV in 2002. Its critic score of 62 is 11 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia at 91.
How it was received
Might and Magic IX holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 18% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Might and Magic IX launched on 28 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
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