Lords of Magic: Special Edition

Buy92%

Very Positive · 556 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Impressions Games · Strategy · Dec 3, 2015

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Lords of Magic: Special Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 556 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
That said, the game shines, not for it's functional but dated graphics, but the fluff.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is far superior and helps shed a blind eye towards it.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
When opposing armies meet, the game shifts into real-time combat, a distinctive feature that separates it from many contemporaries like Heroes of Might and Magic or Master of Magic.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I have played my last several games at the hardest difficulty setting and I feel and enjoy that wonderful sense of challange while having never felt like the enemy is cheating.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
These are story-rich with a fair bit of voice acting and videos.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The interface, though dated, is functional once mastered, and the ambient soundtrack does much to build the mood of exploration and peril.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics52 reviews
Gameplay48 reviews
Combat43 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Story21 reviews
Audio21 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
82% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
82% still recommend
Multiplayer
89% still recommend
Crashes
63% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.29.

6 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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