Master of Magic, the original (and arguably still the best) fantasy 4x, from 1994, has undergone a renaissance of late. A brilliant modder named Seravy has been patching the hell out of, hex-editing its old-school assembler to fix bugs and add new features at quite a remarkable clip.
The resulting mod, Caster of Magic, makes some impressive changes:
- Fixes for over 200 bugs
- AI is significantly improved
- AI is capable of doing things it wasn't able to before
- AI diplomatic actions like offering treaties now actually happen
- AI personality and objective now has a much higher impact on diplomacy and declaration of wars
- Alliances now provide more significant benefits to the player
- Improved game mechanics
- New hero abilities