[K T Ong]

One of the things that really appealed to me about the Might & Magic games is how your party members' faces get distorted in all sorts of hilarious ways when they are stricken with various adverse conditions, particularly in World of Xeen and The Mandate of Heaven. Always burst into uncontrollable laughter when I see how my characters' normal expressions twist into a hideous leer when they are drunk, diseased or insane, etc. In fact in those games I actually purposely made them drunk etc just to see those funny faces. Boy, if only you had such things in the Wizardry series.

Have to say I'm inclined to agree that the M&M games do seem to offer many more side-quests. There also seem many more exciting new things to discover, such as the odd fountain or well that confers extra levels or spell points, the hitherto unknown dungeon in the wild, or the obscure residence of the teacher who can raise your skills to new heights. But all the same, Wiz 8 is still a great game. After all, it's visually the best RPG game of all at present.