Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

[metadigital]

Meta, seen any footage? In one of the clips, the PC casts an ice spell on the ground, around the corner of some pretty tall tower. An orc chasing the PC comes around the corner, then slips off the tower, ragdoll-style. Very cool.

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Yeah, saw that.

 

It sounds more FPS than RPG, but that isn't a criticism, just a lame categorisation. FPS with RPG elements, as if Gordon Freeman gets a new HGV suit, or the super-jump from the first game when he get's to Xen ...

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HEV HEV

 

 

Oh the atrocities.

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Tired. Kryptonite spam has drained posting power. Must rest to recuperate ...

[Haitoku]

Wasn't the Might & Magic always pretty poor when compared to just about any other RPG?

 

I still laugh every time I see a M&M title, they always look so bad.

[karka]

Past tiles were fun and good games.

[Llyranor]

MM9 is a classic

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Wasn't the Might & Magic always pretty poor when compared to just about any other RPG?

 

I still laugh every time I see a M&M title, they always look so bad.

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Different kind of RPG.

 

Big maps , huge dungeons, lots of combat. And some really evil puzzles.

[metadigital]

Heroic?

[karka]

MM9 is a classic 

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Oh! Yes, it was crap.

[Haitoku]

Wasn't the Might & Magic always pretty poor when compared to just about any other RPG?

 

I still laugh every time I see a M&M title, they always look so bad.

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Different kind of RPG.

 

Big maps , huge dungeons, lots of combat. And some really evil puzzles.

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Guess they are not my kind of thing. I hate hack and slash RPGs...

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Was it 7 or 8 that had the split path ? Think it was 7 and 8 was the one where you recruited party members. Might have them backwards though.

[mkreku]

I played the first Might and Magic's on my Commodore 64. I think it was 1-3. Then I missed 4-5, but I started again with 6, didn't like 7, enjoyed 8 a great deal and really, really tried liking 9 but failed miserably.

 

I think it's a respectable series. Lots of exploring, lots of quest, not so much dialogue but often good stories (except the earliest parts). Combat and character building has changed a lot between the different games, but they've mostly been enjoyable.

[Hurlshort]

It's the new Hexen. I'm excited to see the M&M franchise getting some new life, but I'm of course concerned about both this and the new HoMM. I hope they pull them off. This is definitely a FPS...First Person Sworder game.

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[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Nine was just not very good...

[Llyranor]

Not necessarily a bad thing.

[Hurlshort]

Might and Magic was king of the RPG's for awhile. MM3 was great, and Clouds of Xeen combined with Darkside of Xeen made one of the first real epic RPG's. It had a pretty solid revival with 6 and 7, but it was tun in to the ground after that.

[Berserk]

Man I still remember the "Crossword dungeon" in World of Xeen. Good times.

[metadigital]

Sounds like a few devs have 'borrowed' that idea since ...

[Gabrielle]

Ideas have been recycled throughout the ages. What else is new?

[metadigital]

Not recycling ideas? ^_^

[Gabrielle]

You bet.

[Morgoth]

If it plays like the Thief games, I'll be happy. If it's just a mere melee action game, I'll say "No thanks!".

God thanks it isn't that Stats/character-driven FP crap kind of game, that's way too old school for these days.

[6 Foot Invisible Rabbit]

Probably will suck then again nearly all the M&M games sucked.

[Dhruin]

I think it will be a good fantasy action game with a few (very) light RPG elements - enough to give it a bit of texture. Arkane did a great job with the atmosphere in Arx and I think they are perfect for this. It's a new game world, new developer...the old M&M is irrelevant to how this will turn out.