Its all about what you got out of it. For me, Doc, and a lot of others-- we got a great deal. I'm pretty proud to have personally recommended the game to Doc myself--not knowing just how much enjoyment he got out of it.
About game locking up: That's a video card problem. I've had that happen before to me with a nonstandard (cruddly built-in laptop) video chipset. Go to Display properties, there should be a slider from full to no hardware acceleration from the video card. Turn off hardware acceleration. It'll require a restart to work. If this doesn't solve the problem, you can always turn hardware acceleration (video card) back on.
Comments/Tips:
-- Rogues may kill your own buildings (and take bribes--enemy reward flags) for 500+, but they'll go anywhere or do anything for much lower. 200-300 gold reward. Dwarves accept low rewards too, they're quite misers.
--If you don't want your heroes to die as often. be a generous host subsidize their equipment outfitting. Plant explore flags near the desired hero and build shopping structures (blacksmiths/wizard guilds/rogue's guilds/marketplace, etc) near their homes. Better yet, watch over them and aid their conquests. Baby-sit them. The oldest trick in my book is keeping the wizard under constant invisibility when under attack by trolls, dragons, golems, and whatnot.
--Oh, don't invest too heavily in low tier heroes the first time around. People do that for challenge, not serious gameplay. Warriors are grunts, foot soldiers, expendable. They die. A lot. So do rogues and rangers if you let them defend homes by themselves. There are some really cool nearly self-sufficient Temple and warriors guild + temple heroes, but everything needs some babying to be readily effective.
BTW--For all you Majesty Fans, there's a Majesty 2 in development. No guarantee on release date or that'll finish, but here's to hope and teasers:
http://www.strategyplanet.com/majesty/m2sc...s20030424.shtml
http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.p...?ArticleID=7530
About game locking up: That's a video card problem. I've had that happen before to me with a nonstandard (cruddly built-in laptop) video chipset. Go to Display properties, there should be a slider from full to no hardware acceleration from the video card. Turn off hardware acceleration. It'll require a restart to work. If this doesn't solve the problem, you can always turn hardware acceleration (video card) back on.
Comments/Tips:
-- Rogues may kill your own buildings (and take bribes--enemy reward flags) for 500+, but they'll go anywhere or do anything for much lower. 200-300 gold reward. Dwarves accept low rewards too, they're quite misers.
--If you don't want your heroes to die as often. be a generous host subsidize their equipment outfitting. Plant explore flags near the desired hero and build shopping structures (blacksmiths/wizard guilds/rogue's guilds/marketplace, etc) near their homes. Better yet, watch over them and aid their conquests. Baby-sit them. The oldest trick in my book is keeping the wizard under constant invisibility when under attack by trolls, dragons, golems, and whatnot.
--Oh, don't invest too heavily in low tier heroes the first time around. People do that for challenge, not serious gameplay. Warriors are grunts, foot soldiers, expendable. They die. A lot. So do rogues and rangers if you let them defend homes by themselves. There are some really cool nearly self-sufficient Temple and warriors guild + temple heroes, but everything needs some babying to be readily effective.
BTW--For all you Majesty Fans, there's a Majesty 2 in development. No guarantee on release date or that'll finish, but here's to hope and teasers:
http://www.strategyplanet.com/majesty/m2sc...s20030424.shtml
http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.p...?ArticleID=7530