From: thornt_g@cs.uwa.oz.au (Sebastian Nobwit DeLaBler)
Subject: PLEASE HELP w/ BC, and MM3 review
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 06:24:34 GMT

Re: Black Crypt.

I am stuck on this seemingly brilliant game. Let me describe
the situation: 
I have below the level with the unseen ones but I have not
dealt with them yet. have encountered a ring of skulls but
can not get past them. I have been in a teleporter that takes
me to a place with four closed doors that I can not open
and a riddle about 4 fountains that I have not solved.
I am in a level where there is a lot of pillars that block
off passages and there are a lot of closed doors that I cannot
open. I have found a button to move one of the pillars, but if
I go in there, I find pits that I cannot get past, and then
I cannot get back out. I have tried throwing every spell and
object that I possess at the ring of skulls, and the pits, all
to no avail. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! I BEG ASSISTANCE!!
I have done and gotten everything that I can possibly think of.
Mail to me, post to me, anything!

Re: Might & Magic III

I have recently bought this game, as I loved MM2, so I snapped
up a copy as soon as I saw it. I must say, I am disappointed.
Not terribly disappointed mind you, but not particularly
impressed. For a start, it is slow. Sometimes it takes 0.5 to
2 seconds to 'process' a keystroke (probably because it's
doing other things). I am not saying that it should be able to
perform faster with all of the graphics that are being used, 
I am saying that perhaps they shouldn't have designed the
program to be so graphical if it results in slowness. My
personal opinion is that speed is of critical importance in a
user interface. For those who have not seen it yet: basically
the entire interface is graphical. Basically anything that
was text in MM2 is now represented visually. Your party members
all have a frame of their face, which changes expression 
depending on their condition, so rather than see 'POISND' on
the screen next to their name, their face would change in some
(often comical) way. You can of course go to their stats screen
to find out precisely what is wrong (ie. poison, disease, etc.).
The background music is annoying. At least you can toggle it off.
The game itself is not too bad, there is certainly a lot of it!
Also, for some strange reason, they've changed the way the
automaps look. You remember in MM2, you had a very nice, clear
easy to look at map of cities, dungeons that you went to?
Well, they have changed from a bird's eye view to a crappy,
semi-3D horrible isometric look! WHY?? It looks bloody 
hopeless!! I REALLY can't figure that one out. Anyway, for those
of you who are thinking of getting MM3: it's ok, certainly better
than most, but not a significant improvement over MM2, in fact,
I would say that it is no improvement at all, just different.
Maybe they intended it to be different and not better, but I
think they could've done a better job. Just my opinion. Get it
if you really like these games, consider it if you think these
kind of games are ok, but don't bother if you're looking for
something really special.


My Email address: thornt_g@kultarr.cs.uwa.edu.au