EOB and Ishar were awesome but I never managed to get very far into them. I think Startrail was the first game of that style I managed to make serious headway into, and that was one super deep and challenging RPG.
There is something awesomely retro and nostalgic about the EOB series for me though. Perhaps it was the box art. I saw the big box version in Electronics Boutique a few weeks after the game was released and the graphics on the back of the box looked awesome. Then again I only had a BBC Master and Amstrad CPC at home back then.
Thanks for the heads up though.
There is also a humble bundle floating around the internet somewhere and for $10 you get every single Might and Magic game ever made, including the Heroes series. It's a pretty superb deal. My friend bought it, but he didn't link me (I have them all anyways). Every game though, from Dark Messiah to M&M X Legacy etc. I'll try to find the link and post it up.
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