Help me remember these two older PC games

[Scrax]

I hate to make a thread for this, but I figure it will sink away fast enough.

The first game is (I think) a Heroes of Might and Magic game. It's first person. You choose 4 heroes as your party, and you start off on an island. You eventually get a castle that you have to fix up. You can eventually visit Heaven and Hell. There is a side game of visiting all the taverns in the world playing a card game where you have to defeat the computer's tower. A major plot point involved dividing up the land of 2 competing factions.

The second game was a first person fantasy game as well. There were four different factions you could join, but you had to limit yourself to the powers of two of them. I believe they were the classic fighter/healer/mage/thief factions. The only identifiable detail I remember is that you could also hire a pet from a third faction that had bonus abilities. For instance, I could have been a fighter/mage, and then hire the healer pet which I think was a floating suit of armor. The thief faction had a flying ferret that could steal things for you.

Thanks for any ideas!

[forgeforsaken]

I hate to make a thread for this, but I figure it will sink away fast enough.

The first game is (I think) a Heroes of Might and Magic game. It's first person. You choose 4 heroes as your party, and you start off on an island. You eventually get a castle that you have to fix up. You can eventually visit Heaven and Hell. There is a side game of visiting all the taverns in the world playing a card game where you have to defeat the computer's tower. A major plot point involved dividing up the land of 2 competing factions.


This is definitely a Might and Magic, but I forget which number, it's not a Heroes of game though. I'll see if I can figure out which one it is. I want to say 7, it's either 7 or 8 as those are the only ones with the Arcomage minigame in them.

[jellyfish]

Sounds like Might and Magic VII.

[Tom Chick]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Populous yet.

-Tom

[Adree]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Populous yet.

-Tom

Probably because that's not the game he's trying to remember?

[Robert Sharp]

The first is definitely M&M VII. I don't know the other one.

[BigWeather]

Were there volcanoes?

/Sorry, got nothin'.

[RichardC]

It's Lands of Lore III.

[Scrax]

Ahhh yes, the first game is definately Might and Magic VII, thanks! I can't remember too many other details about the other PC game that isn't standard fantasy fluff from every other game in the world. The only thing I can think of are the familiars you can get from the different factions. (I think), a floating sword, a floating suit of armor, and definitely a flying ferret. The 4th pet may have even been a flying will-o-wisp/fairy creature. Mmmmm googling flying ferrets just gives me creepy ferret people.

[Scrax]

It's Lands of Lore III.

Yeesssss! That's absolutely it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54A0Zsix80 Man, that game was great when I was the non-distinguishing youth of my past. If only I could find a copy somewhere.

Thanks a ton guys!

[Dan_Theman]

I never got Lands of Lore 3. I loved the first, but the second left me cold. Hmm ... I wonder if it still runs on dosbox.

[peacedog]

Where is the populous joke coming from?

Also, Arcomage (the card game from M&M 7) ruled*



*was buggy as shit.

[jellyfish]

Where is the populous joke coming from?

It all started here...
http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=58925
See posts 1, 21-24 and then all the rest of the internet.

[Q*bert911]

LoL3 is "out there" (but its' 4cds) and on amazon for $8; it came out in 1999 for windows.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/lands-of-lore-iii (http://www.mobygames.com/game/populous)

[Raife]

Below the Root.