Are there any modern iterations?

nah, the owner sold the rights to a jap company after wiz 8 and all they did was make a bunch of unrelated shit and slap "wizardry" on them

>>4129608

just popping in to say "mages fucking slap" that is all

>>4129625
>all they did was make a bunch of unrelated shit and slap "wizardry" on them
Strictly speaking, they kept remaking Wiz 5 with animu esthetics and narratives.
Nipponese gamers didn't like the 'grittier' story and graphics of Wiz 6+, so they basically stopped at 5.
Roughly the same thing happened with Ultima. They actually didn't like the increased interactivity from VI+, so their party-based jRPGs tended to resemble V.

>>4131197
such soulless bug people

>>4131197
ah, thanks anon. I've only played 6-8, so I knew what I saw of the derivatives was very alien.

I edited my ranger and bard classes to be like the wiz7 versions (locks+traps, and wizardry respectively), and the game feels a lot more flexible.

>>4129608
I hope you carry'd over save imported from Wiz 6 then 7 anon!

its insane how much i love this game and also hate this game. its like a marriage

so many fucking things to love but everytime i have to go back to unpani general or traverse across the map i want to kill everyone and then myself. how did they make such a fucking torturous game?

my first play through i did a poor build and gave up 90% in when the enemies outscaled me fml