Dark Messiah - Might and Magic

[FUGGER]

Arkane Studios - Multiplayer

I have not seent his one yet but I will check it out soon, it is shipping tomorrow and will be on shelves very soon.

www.darkmessiahgame.com

Just a heads up

[bouc]

There's a demo.

Haven't had too many time to test it (5 mins) but it looks great ;)

[dimasdw]

i played the demo,i lke this game graphic and game play ...,Graphic not too far from HL2,since this game use Source Engine..,as FPS RPG the gameplay is fun :banana: ,there's many skill to kill enemy :D

[[cTx]Philosophy]

If it gets better fps than Oblivion this will be my next RPG venture..

[Fr3ak]

I liked the demo a lot. Fighting is a lot of fun as its very fast and arcade, but still easy to control.
That game is on my list for sure.

[bouc]

Philosophy']If it gets better fps than Oblivion this will be my next RPG venture..

oblivion will stay in a chest during the time I 'm going to play this one :D

Really nice and fun

[One_Hertz]

beat this in under 10 hours... The game has way too many bugs and the fighting gets boring after a few hours. Also the diffuclty is extremely unbalanced, I played it on hardest difficulty and never broke a sweat. The boss of the game died after like 30 seconds and didnt even get my health down half way. Considering I had plenty of ways to heal myself it was just really dumb. He could have been at least 10-20x stronger. Same can be said for most other creatures, later on they die in 1-2 hits and do like no damage.

[Modzilla]

Ah the Might & Magic franchise, tis close to my heart. MM2 was my first real computer game, played on a Tandy (not counting text adventures played on an Apple IIe). I have played them all, not including the latest release of Dark Messiah. Some were great and some sucked.

RPG's, also close to my heart. I have played many: pen & paper (D&D, AD&D, editions 1st through 3rd), the Wizardry series, the Elder Scrolls series (Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion), SSI/D&D games, etc. Some were great and some sucked.

For those that have played Dark Messiah: Is there any role-playing, quests, character and gameplay choices (other than how to defeat an opponent)? Or is it a fps in the guise of a fantasy role-playing game, where the only real choices are combat style and equipment? (which is ok, if done right).

Is there a construction set or level editor/creator released with the game also? That would be cool.

[One_Hertz]

For those that have played Dark Messiah: Is there any role-playing, quests, character and gameplay choices (other than how to defeat an opponent)? Or is it a fps in the guise of a fantasy role-playing game, where the only real choices are combat style and equipment? (which is ok, if done right).

Is there a construction set or level editor/creator released with the game also? That would be cool.

There is like 3 story choices that do nothing major in the end, so yeah the only real choices are combat style and equipment, which are also quite limited.

[Fr3ak]

Its not really a role play game in the traditional style. Its more like a action based fps with swords and other old weapons and a little bit of role playing.

But I liked the demo very much. The way you fight is nothing compared to Oblivion and the like. Fights are very arcade and full of action. I liked that really much. Cant wait for the game release in Germany :)

[[cTx]Philosophy]

beat this in under 10 hours...

You mean the demo im sure correct?

The game is alost 8 gigs, thats a helluva lot more than 10 hrs gameplay

[MikalCarbine]

I played the online beta and hated it

The fighting style is very unique and fun, but online it is so lame when 2+ fighters gang up on you, it just turns into random slashing. The play gets boring, very fast

[perkam]

1gb demos own me.

Perkam

[One_Hertz]

Philosophy']You mean the demo im sure correct?

The game is alost 8 gigs, thats a helluva lot more than 10 hrs gameplay

no, sadly I dont. The game overall took me 10h. Most enemies can be klilled with one kick due to the extremely high amount of clifs, traps and spikes everywhere.

[[cTx]Philosophy]

wow, you beat the whole game in 10 hrs, that makes this download feel a whole lot better...

[\/icious]

Yeah the game is way too short for the 50 dollars i spent not to mention its the buggiest game i have ever played. I do not recommend this game to anyone

[WesM63]

I have yet to see a good game that uses the Steam engine. Vampires: Mascerede bloodlines was another that used the steam engine. A longer game IIRC but very buggy and made poor use of the steam engine.

I played the demo of this and wasn't impressed.

[szukalski]

The game is too linear, nice graphics and all but if I only have set paths then I get very bored very quickly..

[biohead]

hmm the website and its sounds gave me a NoX (http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/article/2000/03/22/game75_nox07.jpg) feeling lol

[One_Hertz]

I have yet to see a good game that uses the Steam engine. Vampires: Mascerede bloodlines was another that used the steam engine. A longer game IIRC but very buggy and made poor use of the steam engine.

I played the demo of this and wasn't impressed.

I actually liked bloodlines, however I beat it about a year after release when most of the bugs have been worked out. At least that game had somewhat of a storyline not like the useless little thing that made up dark messiah.

[WesM63]

I actually liked bloodlines, however I beat it about a year after release when most of the bugs have been worked out. At least that game had somewhat of a storyline not like the useless little thing that made up dark messiah.


Sorry to go OT. It has a good story, but it didn't make use of the steam engine very well. I quit playing it, couldn't stand all the bugs.