Monsters of Mican

A very well done homage to the old Might & Magic series, but with a unique twist! First of all, the developer is active in the forums and continues to work on the game / squash bugs that come up. This is always a key factor for me in recommending a game. Very quirky game world with creative monster amalgams! Playing the game, you can truly feel the joy and creativity the developer put into making and maintaining this game. Although a more humorous setting, there is a solid backbone to gameplay which works well, and makes the fighting tactical and enjoyable (for those of us that like to do more than autoattack our way through a problem!). Classes are all balanced in the sense all classes can learn all skills with the difference being the starting skills (you can learn any skills you do not pick at creation) and the class special ability. However given that skill points are a finite resource, you can't master every skill on every class. So you truly have the flexibility to develop each character in whatever image / trope you wish. If I had to pick on anything, the inventory management is a little clunky and I'd love to see some more improvements to this system (sort …

Don't let the weird monsters fool you - this is quite a good blobber taking inspiration from both early Might & Magic series (in the wackiness of the setting) and later M&M games (in the free roaming aspects). The game setting was quite a psychedelic experience at the start with the hotdog and baguette monsters, but it actually is ultimately explained in-game towards the end. Lots of puzzles, secrets and optional areas to explore, upgrading loot is very satisfying and the level up system (having to pay to level up) ensures you keep exploring and fighting enemies to get more money/loot to sell off to be able to afford levelling up. All in all a very fun experience. The game got a UI update a few months ago which is the 2nd time I tried (and then finished!) it, so I'm glad for this UI overhaul. The dev is already working on a second game so be on the look out for that - the new WIP UI is already looking much cooler.

Monsters of Mican is a treat to play. It's a keystone addition to a genre with a lot of games, but in my opinion with only a few that really live up to the feeling I got playing its predecessors that defined the genre for me. For a modernized version of Might & Magic VI, it's fantastic. There's a lot of grid blobbers out there, but not many Might & Magic-likes in general. The closest we have to MM3/MM4-5 is Legends of Amberland, with The Quest feeling like a lovely hybridization of a couple of genres, and maybe Islands of the Caliph. Most others are twists on Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, great in their own right but very different games to the Might and Magic series. (Legends of Grimrock, Vaporum, etc) In my opinion, Mican shines due to the fact that this isn't a hyper-polished studio game. It really feels like a game born from the love of its muse. It rides the line of making sure that the game takes itself seriously enough for an RPG about epic quests and also having enemies like "Sandwitch." A witch who also happens to be a literal sandwich. The skill system and character building work exactly as you'd expect from Might and Magic 6+. The combat is more modernized an…

Great game in all the wonkiest ways. It takes a little figuring out at first, but it's well worth it! Dev is genuine and responsive to feedback.

Thought it might be what I was looking for for interesting game play and mechanics, but... GOT to frustrated with game... Every place i try to go and fight things just decimates me. Spent two hours trying to figure out what to do to the point of frustration that I don't want to play anymore I mean I either fail first encounter, drown or some insane traps kills.. ME! CANT SEEM TO FIND INTRODUCTION DUNGEON OR ANYTHING

The UI is so poorly optimized it ruins the game. It is VERY clear the devs are amateurs with no experience creating games. I mean "WASD" LOL ummm... Nope. Might as well be a side scroller.