Lords of Magic: Special Edition (Jewel Case)
	Rating
	Brand	Sierra
	Type	CD-ROM
	Release Date	2004-09-09
	List Price	$6.99
	Special Price
	Lowest New Price	$48.53
	Lowest Used Price	$2.78
Categories
Sierra  Sierra Studios  All Blizzard, Knowledge Adventure & Sierra  CD  Microsoft Windows  Strategy  All Games  Kids & Family  Everyone  Windows 98
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Description
The Lords of Magic Exclusive Edition combines the turn-based exploration and real-time combat of the increased Lords of Magic together with the all-new Legends of Urak Quest Pack.
Additional Accessories
PC Gamer [with CD] (1-year) The Matrix Lords of Magic (Prima`s Official Strategy Guide)
Customer Reviews
Lords of Magic SE   2009-10-14
By Peter E. Blank (Planet Earth)
This game is an old classic ! Graphics are good for being old and gameplay is pretty good too!
I loved this game. Reording it just for kicks   2008-07-06
By Wade Daniel Smith
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   2007-09-06
By Dimitris Lotsis
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!!!   2006-11-07
By SteamaZon
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   2006-09-10
By B44CCD21 (OKC, OK USA)
Try this game out. Even though it's old, it's worth a look. One of my all time favorites!