They’re drab at first, but rather impressive to behold once everything’s in place. Gone, for instance, are the 3D towns in their place, Limbic introduces 2D town maps where you can create and upgrade new troops and buildings through an intuitive progression tree. There’s also a drive for simplification at work here - one that’s aimed at bringing the series back to its roots and stripping away the chaff that’s worked its way in since the late ’90s. It’s a shame, then, that Limbic’s efforts at prettifying the world and characters sometimes backfire, as in the ways that the seven resources (like wood and ore) sometimes get lost in the busy details of the otherwise-attractive maps. The few other additions to the old formula chiefly amount to eye candy, as in the dynamic events that sometimes pop up on the overworld map, such as when an ogre smashes a key bridge in two with a boulder. Dynamic events sometimes pop up on the overworld map, such as when an ogre smashes a key bridge in two with a boulder. That’s all here, and there’s virtually nothing here that hasn’t been seen before aside from a welcome addition in the ability to deal additional damage to enemies by flanking them with multiple soldiers. Finding one of the latter means jumping into strategic battles that superficially resemble Holochess from Star Wars, and where your named heroes dish out damage and protect their minions for the sidelines. True to the series, this is a turn-based game about sending heroes out to explore a world shrouded in a fog of war, where they find resources, allies, and foes hidden throughout.

To its credit, MMH7 generally gets the broad strokes right.

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