

These traits and books are predetermined by the wizard you choose unless you opt in to custom-build one of your own. The first choices you make involve deciding upon the starting race that you rule over as well as your wizard’s traits and collection of magical books. The wizard that you play as has a significant impact on how your empire develops, even if they do not appear as a unit directly on the campaign map or in any battles. Mortu the Black Knight has arrived and it is time to conquer these realms! Ruling From Atop The Tower As such, the question that ends up being raised is less about whether or not Master of Magic is a good game, but whether or not it continues to stand as a gem amongst its contemporary competition. Though it’s been many years since I played the original, it was clear to me that as long as the classic was respected, it would be worth it, thanks to the modernized graphics and audio. Needless to say, when I heard that Master of Magic was getting remade, I knew that I had to get my hands on it. Though it lacked a strong, independent narrative, each world was different due to its own generation, player choice, and random events. Its process of mixing-and-matching different aspects of your wizard before the game had even begun was especially thrilling to those of us who loved plenty of customization options in our chosen sources of entertainment.

A 4X strategy title with a wide variety of races and magic to enlist, it broke away from the mold of the genre at a time when most factions played remarkably similar. The classic Master of Magic was a trailblazer in its time.
