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Might and Magic 2.

Everyone praises 4+5 and 6, and even go as far as to tell new players to the series to start with 3. I feel Might and Magic 2 is a wonderfully broken RPG and fun because of it. You can boost every stat to 255 except Endurance due to a bug, which can only go to 180ish or so before it loops around to 0. You can upgrade your equipment to give a magical bonus of +63. You can buy cheap potions that give you temporary +5 levels per use, with 5 uses per potion. You can have a fully customized team of six and two hirelings. You can get so much health the game won't even tell you how much you have. You can get into fights with 1,000+ enemies, and they can call for reinforcements by the hundreds. You can encounter enemies you have no hope of beating no matter how powerful your team is. It's rough around the edges, lacks many modern conveniences, is cryptic to the point of being incomprehensible with clues, the plot is silly as shit, and the game never plays fair. Still, I love this game.