As with its two predecessors, the game world is divided into fourteen 'regions', including five elemental planes, each of which contains a varying mix of explorable towns, dungeons and wildernesses. Aside from human knights, clerics and necromancers, available classes include minotaurs, dragons, vampires, dark elves, and trolls, each of whom possesses traits unique to their particular race. In place of the traditional class system, Might and Magic VIII features non-archetypical playable races. The experience, spells, levelling and skill system present in both previous Might and Magic titles is retained, with only minor updates. The character class system used in the previous two games has similarly been overhauled, with only the cleric and knight classes remaining. Unlike the previous two games, however, Might and Magic VIII introduces a new party management system that allows all but one of the five possible player characters to be hired, dismissed or re-hired at any time during gameplay. Might and Magic VIII is based on the Might and Magic VI game engine, and many of its elements are strongly similar to the previous two titles in the series.

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