Might and Magic Might & Magic X Pre-Release Thread

[warmonger3]

I have to give it to them, they are trying and actually seem to listen to us. Now I shall also cautiously fap with my socks on in the darkness of my game room.
Game will be a must buy now. I have support it.

 

[Stabwound]

Say what you will about Ubisoft sticking their hands in this and making an insincere game, but they really are going above and beyond what 99% of developers would do. I mean, this speaks volumes about their intentions and it's pretty hard to say that it's not sincere. What big publisher in the past 10 years has opened up a community site to interact with the fans about their game, accepting feedback, etc?

 

[IDtenT]

This is what Codexers really craved all these years - some acknowledgement.

 

[sser]

Say what you will about Ubisoft sticking their hands in this and making an insincere game, but they really are going above and beyond what 99% of developers would do. I mean, this speaks volumes about their intentions and it's pretty hard to say that it's not sincere. What big publisher in the past 10 years has opened up a community site to interact with the fans about their game, accepting feedback, etc?

BioWare. And that public interaction between company employees and idiots has been oh so sweet.

 

[Broseph]

Even the worst people on that Might and Magic forum are a far cry from the kind of degenerate faggotry going on at the BSN.

 

[HobGoblin42]

Vitality and spirit are totally superfluous.

I looked it up and Lore is a legit German name. Huh.

But with a total different meaning: Lore is a trolley for mining in German.
A word that actually means lore would be Kunde/Lehre/Überlieferung.

 

[catfood]

Even the worst people on that Might and Magic forum are a far cry from the kind of degenerate faggotry going on at the BSN.

Just give it a little bit of time.

 

[Infinitron]

On facial expressions https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog/post/view/51b8936ae754b65937000000

Hello everyone, thank you for the warm welcome! We’re kind of busy right now getting everything started here, but we’ll get back to your comments soon, promised! Of course we’re following everything you write about MMX on different channels, and one topic that has popped up frequently are character portraits in general and portrait expressions in particular. Portrait expressions reflect the current status of your characters, so you can see at a glance whether they’re looking okay, a little bit peaky but still able to act, or whether they’re totally stricken and unable to do anything.

This is a draft of what a female Dwarf might look like under good conditions (left) and in different states of despair. Not all expressions have made it to the game though; this is merely to show what work in progress can look like.

So your opinions on portrait expressions have been taken into account when we discussed the topic within the team. At the very beginning of the project, no expressions were planned at all, but due to fan feedback, we decided they are too important to leave them out. We chose to have three different states that a character can have: neutral (a serene face), peaky (hurt, with a strained expression) and knocked out (hurt and with eyes closed). These three different expressions carry the most important information about the status of your characters: are they alright, or just a little beat up but still able to fight, or are they out for the time being?

Human female in an okay state, hurt, and knocked out.

In order to find out what exactly hit your characters (are they stunned, paralyzed etc.), you can either use the information provided by tooltip or check the character sheet.
However, the different states of strainedness are just the cherry on the cake. There has been a lot of work going on in order to make the different character portraits unique and expressive as they are. This is what it looks like when artists work on developing characters:

WIP: Some different approaches to the faces of Dwarfs

And this is what it looks like after the drafts have been discussed and reworked:

The final Dwarf artwork, featuring ferocious beard styles.

 

[Darth Roxor]

 

[Grunker]

That shit is SWEET

 

[Stabwound]

Awesome. I'm so glad they're keeping little details like the facial expressions, not to mention the artwork is great. Come on, they're really trying here. I can't wait for this game.

 

[catfood]

Am I the only one who thinks the original dwarf portraits look better than the finalized ones? They look kinda sterile.

 

[Crispy]

No, really:

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

Am I the only one who thinks the original dwarf portraits look better than the finalized ones? They look kinda sterile.

Yeah, the rough strokes of the original drawings makes them look better. The newer ones looks somewhat plastic. Not bad, but I liked the originals better. Maybe Maiandros, the pretentious "designer" of the horrible Dead State portraits could learn something.

 

[VonVentrue]

Those drafts do look lovely. It does seem they're putting some effort into this project, and I can only applaud them for that.

 

[CappenVarra]

I give it a

/10

seal of approval

 

[Scroo]

I give it a

/10

seal of approval

I would pay 10 bucks more just to have them look like this again. Man, hopefully they won't let the characters look to serious - I need my shitty looking portraits when they are suffering from a status effect.

 

[retardation]

Is that sperm on men's faces?

 

[Luzur]

Is that sperm on men's faces?

drool actually, but i always thought about it as sperm.

 

[Redlands]

Am I the only one who thinks the original dwarf portraits look better than the finalized ones? They look kinda sterile.

I do as well, but I think it might make doing the different expressions easier with the newer style as well, so that's something to consider.

 

[Alchemist]

Glad to see them doing the facial expressions and they seem to have some solid artists working on them.

Am I the only one who thinks the original dwarf portraits look better than the finalized ones? They look kinda sterile.

I'm with ya there - the rough drafts have a bit more vitality to them. It's a common problem when making finished versions of artwork. Still, the quality level of the finished ones is quite good.

I could do without the Elvis hair on the blonde dwarf and the female dwarf's eyes look a bit strange (too elven maybe?) - but this is just nitpicking. Overall I'm happy with the direction they're going in.

 

[IDtenT]

At least it doesn't look like Ubisoft hired a complete idiot to do the art. I.e. Not a terrible budget.

 

[Wizfall]

It looks good and considering the small budget it even looks very good.
Would have like a more complex stat system but it has never been the strong point of the M&M games unlike Wizardry.
I's quite good too though.
Very positively surprised by everything i have seen so far, well except the map which should not matter greatly (i hope).

 

[norolim]

This game keeps getting better. What's next?

 

[Infinitron]

This game keeps getting better. What's next?

The game's forums have become much more active. They're still full of strange, butthurt people, but there are also people who like the game.

The Communication chicks have started posting there, too: http://forums.ubi.com/search.php?searchid=2208381