Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Tom Ono (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima's Official Strategy Guide | Publication Date: June 16, 1999

Detailed guides for every region
Expert advice on party creation and development
Complete skill and spell lists
In-depth walkthroughs for every quest
Essential creature attribute tables

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Might & Magic VII is the latest title in one of the best and most popular role-playing series available on the PC. Prima's guide to the game is an exhaustive resource that can help you build a balanced party of characters to survive the cruel world of Erathia. You'll find tips for selecting the best mix of character races and classes, along with guidance for effectively assigning skills and skill points to each character. The book also includes maps of each area in the game, both underground and outdoors. Town maps include a list of guilds to join, along with the experts, masters, and grand masters who reside in each locale. Each of the various magic disciplines--along with the spells that go with it--is explained. Also, you'll find a complete bestiary that describes the many types of monsters you can expect to encounter during the game. Walkthroughs are provided for both core and secondary quests. --Mike Fehlauer

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Your castle. Your problem.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (June 16, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761520694
• ISBN-13: 978-0761520696
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #672,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back!, December 7, 1999

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Debra Loveless (Decatur, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

One word comes to mind--disgust! This book was poorly written and organized. The maps are microscopic and the walk-throughs are so simplistic as to be condescending. Aren't walk-throughs supposed to be just that--walk throughs? (If it looks like a teleporter, and smells like a teleporter, then it probably is!) The obvioius does not need to be spelled out for me!

Not to mention what little information that _is_ included is incorrect! The author obviously is not a gamer, nor has he played this game. There are no charts to quickly guide you to your destination, nothing to cross reference and the maps are utterly worthless. They should have stuck to the M&M 6 format! Don't bother buying the book--just get what you need online.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing if compared to their M&M VI hint book, September 7, 1999

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This review is from: Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

I've been a Might & Magic fan since the first of the series. Geez, that really dates me. This hint book was deficient in several ways compared to the M&M VI hint book.

There wasn't a chart showing the locations and requirements to upgrade the various skills of your players. You had to root through the listings of every single map to try to find them. I found an online FAQ that was very helpful though.

The maps were often too small with locations listed on the back of the page. A minor point but the M&M VI book had all the maps together and they used the whole page. It also had the locations listed on that page with a line directly to the spot.

All in all it is helpful but a better job could've been done to make it more useful. Did I say that the M&M VI was better done?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars badly organized, incomplete, February 10, 2000

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Auros (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

The back says "In-depth walkthroughs of every quest", but a quick examination reveals that they don't even include information on where to find a couple of the class promotion quests, which are very important. Also, they've organized everything around the regions instead of around the quests, which makes it difficult to find the info you want without accidentally seeing stuff about quests that happen in the same region, but much later in the game.

It's an OK book, and does cover the things that are likely to have you stuck, but the MM6 book was superior in many ways.