Is Majesty any good?
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Is Majesty any good?
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absolutely. one of my favorite games
>Play one of the campaign chapter
>Dragon suddenly pop out and Rush B to my castle in a minute
>Lose
Is this a thing? Also which races do you usually invite? For me it was the elves.
It has some significant flaws, but I still really enjoyed it. There also isn't much else like it, at least so far as I'm aware.
I do recall at least one mission where you have to deal with dragons fairly quickly. That isn't as hard to do as you might think, as even low level priestesses of Krypta perform pretty well against dragons.
>Also which races do you usually invite?
Usually dwarves, because their defensive structures are absurdly good and the dwarves themselves are fairly useful. I do find elves to be a better choice in certain circumstances, though.
>as even low level priestesses of Krypta perform pretty well against dragons.
More specifically, Krypta, and even MORE specifically, skeletons, perform well against dragons due to high fire resist. Most of the enemies in the game have matchups they're good/bad at. Paladins and clerics stomp undead, Wizards can stomp melee as long as there is a buffer, and thieves get stomped by everything.
>skeletons, perform well against dragons due to high fire resist
Ackshually, it's because skellies have like 99 pierce resist and the fireballs from dragons count as piercing damage.
>fireballs from dragons count as piercing damage
What the frick.
>piercing
More like ranged attack which makes sense (kind of).
>here also isn't much else like it, at least so far as I'm aware
It's sandbox but if you want more fantasy kingdom simming, check Stronghold (the D&D one) from the 90s
You roll a character like one of the dungeon crawlers, and that is now someone on the council in your rpg city. You'll build facilities aligned to them, appropriate pops will gather and upgrade/level over time, when you've got a city of human fighter/thieves and want some variation, roll an elf to add to the council and unlock more buildings/pops etc.
In the meantime enemy dungeons will appear and spawn enemies who can attack your town, so building up a populace of levelled, well-equipped adventurers who you can rally out to suppress any and all threats is the arching goal
sometimes gnomes are essential to avoiding rushes
It's great. Peak comfy, some of the later levels were peak bullshit tho
Sometimes the dragon doesn't kill you and just leaves
Literally one of the best games ever, gets a lil easy once you figure it out and the random generated maps/events can go a little overboard (the one that spawns a ton of monsters at all edges on an early day) but overall it’s an amazing game. Too bad majesty 2 could never replicate the AI that made 1 so great
It’s well known that krypta skeletons are basically anti dragon force. They have high dodge to missiles and dragon attacks count as missiles so you can effectively have an unhittable meat shield army blocking them. And typically I go elves for the easy market bonus but sometimes gnomes for early base survival and if you get dwarves you can effectively use ballistas to creep outwards against even the most absurd mod maps
Wasn't keen, much preferred Warlords Battlecry from the same era. Plays like a traditional RTS with some rpg mechanics like a persistent levelling hero, as well as levelling grunts that you may take map to map
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>keep losing missions because i ignore everything to babysit wizards so i can watch them cast meteorite
How the hell do I beat that minotaur mission?
Lightning Storm
Majesty is amazing.
2 is better.
Why would you post a terrible bait such as this?
My virgin eyes
Hee hee
>play majesty 2 first
>oh this is pretty cool why is everyone shutting on it
>play majesty 1
>realize 2 is actually shit
I actually do like 2 more because it lets you make parties.
I'm in this exact same boat:
I played Majesty 2, including all the DLC, and I loved it despite considering the game scuffed and somewhat sloppy in execution (feels like a ton of content was ultimately cut and we just got what we got).
Super duper curious about Majesty 1. Does anybody think they could pitch it to me on what it does so well vs the newer game?
>Super duper curious about Majesty 1. Does anybody think they could pitch it to me on what it does so well vs the newer game?
soul v soulless
I don't generally say this but I consider Majesty to be the perfect example of a sequel sucking out the soul from the series. I can't even describe it any other way but Majesty 1 is this cool, interesting, whimsical, janky ass game while Majesty 2 is a realistic game for realistic adults that don't need no fun. Another perfect example is KIng's Bounty(Legend, Crossworlds etc) vs King's Bounty 2.
no gnomes in majesty 2. they build fast as shit and can level up. they make that aspect of the game less tedious, majesty 2 feels slow as molasses without them.
I think some of the other cults were missing too. Less content, less sovl. the only interesting addition is the party making making thing and that didnt work very well.
All the sovlfvl voicelines were just ported from 1
Majesty 1 has more heroes, buildings, monsters, scenarios are better, free play has more options, multiplayer, and AI is better different heroes can act very differently compared to 1. Music is better, art is better, narrator in 1 is GOAT. Can't remember the writing in 2 but it was a little funny at times in 1.
it's like 3 usd on sale if you don't want to pirate it. runs on my machine no issue.
The AI of majesty one simply wasn’t replicated on 2. 1s feels much more organic between different units whereas two had weird scaling with who would or wouldn’t approach bounty flags or raid outposts etc
What the other anons saying about the AI sucking are true, and I can give a very specific example: In Majesty 1, the different characters respond to bounty flags more readily based on their own personal interests, to a point where it sometimes wasn't needed at all. Warriors would typically respond to any bounty flag placed on an enemy near the city extremely quickly, even if it was 100 gold. Rangers would respond to Explore flags as low as 100. In fact, Rangers would often just explore on their own because uncovering fog-of-war increased Ranger XP, and if there was no fog of war for them anymore, rangers would actually LEAVE the map on their own, "Exploring distant lands." On the other hand, Solari Priests would routinely run up and down the city, almost never leaving the city boarder, just looking for internal threats and acting as guards. In Majesty 1, I could analyze, identify the weakness of my city, and then build accordingly knowing how the heroes would act on their own.
One of the first experiences I had in Majesty 2 was plopping down a ranger guild in the tutorial, walking away for half-an-hour to deal with something, and coming back to 0% of the map explored AT ALL. They just hung out at camp all day. When I finally put down an explore flag, they didn't even respond to it until I had put in like 400-500 gold, and when I did, the rangers, warriors, clerics, thieves, and wizards all equally responded and went after that same flag.
Majesty 1 = Boomer ambition to do things on their own.
Majesty 2 = Zoomer apathy.
>hire wizard
>5 seconds later
>I'm melting!
>but I'm just a gnoooooooome
>invite ~~*elves*~~ to kingdom
>immediately gambling, prostitution and debt enters my realm
but also GDP
haha green line go up
I thought elves suppose to be proud and noble long lived race.
wienersleeves
You are talking about Tolkien elves. Tolkien was gay and every Tolkien fantasy race is gay.
One of the most replayable games ever I can always go back every year or so. Wish there was a nice remaster that scaled up the sprites and such for high resolutions, there's a HD version on steam but the ui stays tiny and just looks off compared to playing on a CRT back in the day. It's got some mods on the workshop though you can frick around with.
So, Solari or Paladins?
paladin is like best unit in gmae
Haven't played in like... 25 years?
But I remember absolutely loving it as a kid. One of those games that pretty much defined my childhood.
I should revisit it one day.
dota 2 has some voice lines based on the majesty ones, since they're so good
It was a really cool game for its time. But I played it recently and it is carried so heavily by its fantastic voice acting.
The concept is neat, i'm really not sure how it could be expanded further to be more of a game. But it's click a few things and watch shit happen simulator style.
imo spells feel either cheap or like busy work so expanding them isnt the answer. Maybe some kind of convuluted tech tree or eco related stuff for your base would make more of a game.
2 is shit because no gnomes, slowed the game down so much and made it more of a slog.
>dota 2 has some voice lines based on the majesty ones, since they're so good
which ones would they be? can't think of any off hand
>which ones would they be? can't think of any off hand
I think Enchantress has some lines. Sproink?
i dont remember sproink in majesty.
Cultist saying "run run run run run run" is similar to timbersaw saying "cut cut cut cut cut cut" but i feel that's referencing something earlier.
Timermaw says run run run run run run run
Yeah, it's absolutely amazing, and via an effort of some autist it's actually compatible with modern systems fully, so you just play it and it works. I love this game so much I've completed a few times in last couple of years.
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Is there anything else like Majesty? Nowadays the "you're a governor of a city in a fantasy setting" always comes with "BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO PLAY AN RTS AND MAKE UNITS LIKE WARCRAFT" or there's no combat at all.
I just want to make blacksmiths and taverns and see groups of npcs organically form and go out to claim my bounties.
nah there is no indie majesty that I'm aware of. It's pretty much a tower defense but instead of towers you build a base and hire dudes while being bombarded by unfair bullshit.
It's hilarious and pure soul.
seems like an indie COULD make a majesty clone though, like the production requirements aren't that high
would just need some good art and some SOULFUL writing/VA
I've made a Majesty prototype myself, got all of the functionality and even learned how to scrape the original game for stats, but got burned as it came to the asset creation.
Driftland: The Magic Revival
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1697870/Crown_of_Greed/
Also this one which is the closest imaginable I can think of besides Driftland
>In the case of our game, however, the situation is totally different. Instead of having direct control over units, players participate in the life of their kingdom as if they were a part of it, rather than an all-powerful, controlling entity. And so, you can't simply select your units, oh no. What you will get is an array of management features and options, that MAY bend the independent inhabitants of the Land of Rodovia to your will.... or not!
>With this in mind, flag your target and then set a fee that you are willing to pay to the hero who will take up the challenge (naturally, the higher the reward, the greater the chance that a more powerful hero will take on the task). While completing missions, adventurers gain experience points and gold. They can then spend it in your city, which keeps cash in constant circulation!
Holy fricking shit, it's actually happening.
Found this one too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461280/Lessaria_Fantasy_kingdom_sim/
They aren't even hiding kek
I have no problem with shameless ripoffs as long as it's good.
>Release date: 2024
Huh, I guess something to look forw...
>We value your input and would love to hear your thoughts.
>1. What aspects of the game would you like to see developed?
>2. Are there any specific features, mechanics, or content that you feel would enhance your gameplay experience and that you would like implemented in the game?
It's Early Access, isn't it
low system reqs because it's made for Slavs in mind is a bonus
but does it have heroes saying comfy voice lines?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/328080/Rise_to_Ruins/
also kinda similar but a bit more in depth management wise.
Ugly art style
>a mystical realm inspired by Slavic mythology
What's wrong with that? It's just Witcher.
>It's just Witcher.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1697870/discussions/0/3183485686837028757/
Thanks a lot.
It seems they dropped a dev update 2 weeks ago, so that post seems to be bullshit.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1697870/view/4000953071930877946?l=english
It's over
>Driftland: The Magic Revival
Hmm pretty sure you have to micromanage everything here. The heroes don't have coding making them do things without your explicit order so it's really no the same type of game.
Leviathan's Fantasy but instead of western fantasy it's chink
Welp, time to reinstall
Try Against the Storm
Pros:
>fantasy city builder
>get to watch your little goobers scurry around
>pleasant art style & music
>no microing units
>mildly furry
Cons
>only recently out of early access
>"rougelite" approach to missions
>still have to manage where to allocate your citizens
>mildly furry
not only is good, it's great, a very unique game that stood against the test of time
The campaign is really just a puzzle game in a lot of the missions. You can't just play it like it's a free-form kingdom management game.
Who care about Majesty clones, are there any Majesty mods?
Majesty Gold HD has workshop on Steam with dozens of mods anon
It's good to see so many Anons like Majesty, my faith in humanity is slightly restored.
I serve with pleasssuuureeeeee
GooooOOOOld your majesty
[dies gayly]
>makes a beeline for your tax collector
Just place Guardhouses near your Marketplaces. They'll spawn in and then immediately get attacked by it so they'll go for the guardhouse instead.
I've always loved the little lore descriptions on everything in Majesty.
It's fantastic I replay the campaign fully at least once every year, it never gets boring.
It's very comfy, until you try to do pic related without save scumming.
Its too bad there's no way mod in the inn party feature of majesty 2 to 1, it sucks that your heroes dont band together unless its specific pairs like healers and warriors or rangers and barbarians
>Is Majesty any good?
yes, it is
/thread
Who is the worst god and why is it Lunord?
>doesn't enjoy making things go fast
If I want things to go fast I can just go
>KROOOOOOLM
I have no idea, I never played it. But I remember watching a friend play it. It was the very first RTS I ever saw, and I wasn't even familiar with the genre yet, or PC gaming in general. It seems like nothing today and I've played plenty of RTS and management games now, but at the time it's hard to describe how mind blowing the game was to me. Just being able to plop down buildings like that.
>majesty
>RTS
anon...
>a strategy game utilizing real time gameplay
Majesty is literally the opposite of an RTS
You don't even control units
RTS without the micro, whatever. Anyone would call this the same genre as AoE or StarCraft back then. The genre is bloated and dead now anyway and trying to redefine it in the modern day is part of the problem.
>Anyone would call this the same genre as AoE or StarCraft back then
It had more in common with city builders than either of those or the copy paste RTS formula of the time (C&C)
it's so fricking good, the game always looked really cool back then but i never got to play it and only just recently bought it, it's just pure soul
>taaax collectuuuuuuuur~
Oh man, this game is PURE SOUL.
I have every dialogue line engrained in my memory.
>that motherfricking mission during winter with medusas and all that other shit coming at me non stop
i only managed to finish this mission ONCE without cheating.
holy frick it was difficult.
Mission starts you with magic bazaar for a reason, all you have to do is gate couple of heroes when first wave of medusas starts attacking elven bungalow. After that you can abandon it completely as another elven building will spawn next to your castle and then you just surround it with fighter guilds for easy call to arms and/or couple of magic towers. Then you destroy all temples and build paladins or Krolm and its EZ victory every time.
Explain, boomers.
It's pronounced ZAR
Whats that middle game
Кaзaки
Cossacks, particularly 3
that's a lot of cope on majesty's side then
>There will be no True 2D sequel in your lifetime
>mfw
My overall faith in video game developers is so hilariously low that I wouldn't be excited even if it were announced.
Looks like a discounted warcraft 2.
Only thing this game should’ve done better is more difficulty to the medium difficulty maps. They really feel like too much of a cakewalk
Guys what kind of fantasy game like these can I play and have fun as a newcomer? I tried AoW4 but its too much information overload where I have no idea what I'm doing 10 minutes in. I keep hearing HoMM is alive and well but I'm pretty sure is more of the same, no explanation given, will need to have to check a wiki before clicking and It's only Russians playing
Majesty itself is a pretty good for a newcomer.
you don't need a wiki to enjoy HoMM
I started with HoMM 2 and no wiki and it was fun
Majesty is fine for beginners. HoMM3 is fine too and you only need to concern yourself with Russians if you only intend to play multiplayer.
>HoMM3 is fine too and you only need to concern yourself with Russians if you only intend to play multiplayer.
Yes but do I play HoTA or download the HD mod?
I'd say just get the complete version from GOG. You can think about getting HoTA if you like the original game and the expansions.
It's amazing.
I can't believe at some point in time I have played through Majesty 2. Recently I finished Majesty Gold and logically moved on to M2. I don't recall when the previous time before that was when I alt-F4'ed out of a game and uninstalled immediately after.
My jimmies were super rustled after Majesty 2 came out. It was so bad.