Might and Magic 7 was effectively more of the same and was tied very closely to Heroes III and Might and Magic III. For instance, Archibald Ironfist, an evil mage defeated in the canonical ending to HOMM2, was freed in Might and Magic 6, returned in Might And Magic 7 and helped free a character who then showed up in an addon to HOMM3. Along the way this plot traded points back and forth with the HOMM games. Said Devils turn out to be alien enemies of the Ancients, and defeating them involved unearthing some of the Ancients' Lost Technology. The plot of this one concerned an invasion of the world by Devils. (Think Doom, but with large outdoor areas.) The setting moved to the world Enroth, where HOMM2 had taken place, joining the continuity more tightly with that of Heroes of Might and Magic. It switched to a different kind of graphics: instead of flat tiles it became a true 3D world, with 2D sprites for characters and monsters, and the option of real-time combat. M&M 6 started a new story arc in the series. Sheltem is finally defeated in M&M 5, bringing an end to the whole plot arc. All these games have the player pitted against Sheltem, a Planetary Guardian constructed by the Ancients, who went rogue and decided to protect his homeworld by blowing up all other worlds. M&M 4 and 5 were set on XEEN, another flat platform, with a twist: the world of M&M 5 was Darkside of XEEN, literally the flip side of the world from number four. The third moved the action to a "round" ( actually toroidal) planet. In the first two games, the action was set on flat, square worlds orbiting in space.
The engine used sprites to simulate a 3D view, and combat was turn based. Its maps were flat areas made of discrete tiles, and all movement happened in the four cardinal directions, one ten-foot "step" at a time. The first game of the series had a rather non-linear plot for its time (though it lacked most elements of the modern Wide-Open Sandbox).
The games heavily emphasize combat and puzzle-solving over story and character interaction. In terms of gameplay, Might and Magic games are all centered around first-person party-based Dungeon Crawling in an open world.
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