Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic

[Pidesco]

You already did. There's an option for one of three formats, including QT.

 

 

Awesome stuff. I honestly can't wait, I'm practically making little jumps while sitting. (w00t)

 

Cool stuff:

 

There was this one time in the demo where I did the stabbing finishing move against an orc, and then pushed that same orc against another orc, which stumbled back against one of those wooden pillars, broke it and proceeded to get pummeled by a bunch of barrels falling from the platform.

 

Another situation was where I used ice on the floor, an orc slipped on it and fell against some crates which I then set fire to thus burning the orc.

Edited August 26, 2006 by Pidesco

[metadigital]

That video looks pretty impressive, I must say. (I must.)

[taks]

i kicked off the download of this beast the other night and finished in 29 minutes, 24 seconds. for a 1.4 GB file, that works out to 6.7 Mbits/s plus overhead, probably putting me close to 8-9 Mbits/s transfer rate. unbelievable.

 

unfortunately, screaming download speeds aside, the game is very difficult to run with the highest settings. above 1024x768 and my 6800 (with GT modification) booooogs down. dropping the settings a bit did not seem to change the detail too much, so i'll retry when i have a chance. it looks pretty cool, however. fantasy first-person shooter with a bit of a story behind it. should be fun.

 

taks

[Pidesco]

My system runs it like the wind. :D

[Pidesco]

Eurogamer's review of Dark Messiah:

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69141

 

 

Enjoy.

[Morgoth]

Sounds more like a linear slaughter-FPS set in a Tolkien-like universe. Meh. I hoped stealth and exploration a'la Thief would be a major part, but since playing the demo I knew the gameplay lends more toward fast action instead of "intelligent" action. I'm not overly hyped on that game right, so I think I'll save that for the bargain bin.

[Slowtrain]

I'll wait a couple weeks to see how buggy it is. If it seems OK, I'm buying it. This is my kind of game! All stealth and slaughter and character leveling with no talk!

 

*kicks orcs off a high ledge*

 

awesome!

[karka]

Ign's Review:

 

http://pc.ign.com/articles/741/741956p1.html

Edited October 26, 2006 by karka

[Sand]

It looks too action oriented for my tastes. I got my fill of action heavy RPG-lite with a first person view from Oblivion.

Edited October 26, 2006 by Sand

[Musopticon?]

I doubt you should call this an action-rpg anyway. More like fantasy FPS.

[Pidesco]

But, unlike Oblivion, the combat works. In fact, it's freaking awesome. I've always wanted a first person melee action game done right.

[Dark_Raven]

Sounds fun!

 

So this is better than Oblivion?

[Pidesco]

The combat is. But the game itself is nothing like Oblivion. Basically it's an FPS that focus on melee. Although magic and stealth can be pretty awesome too.

[Dark_Raven]

That's good. Not many good melee games viewed from the first person.

[letsryde23]

I would'nt really say "better" but its different in the same way, wait does that make sense?! I downloaded it from steam and it ran and looked great, yeah the demo was dammed short, but it caught my attention and i will probably buy it causei'm a sucker for RPG's even if they are "Fantasy FPS's"

[Pidesco]

But the combat in Oblivion is a big pile of poo.

[Pop]

But the combat in Oblivion is a big pile of poo.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Meh, it was about as good melee combat as you're going to get out of an FPS. Morrowind was ****tier by light years.

 

I imagine I'll have to play this at some point.

[Dark_Raven]

But the combat in Oblivion is a big pile of poo.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

[Pidesco]

Meh, it was about as good melee combat as you're going to get out of an FPS.

 

I agree. Or at least I agreed before playing Dark Messiah's demo. The best way to describe the combat in it is that it feels crunchy.

[Dark_Raven]

Meh, it was about as good melee combat as you're going to get out of an FPS.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I agree. Or at least I agreed before playing Dark Messiah's demo. The best way to describe the combat in it is that it feels crunchy.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Better than Kotor?

[Sand]

Fallout had the best combat in a PC game I have ever played. Jade Empire has the best combat I have played in a Console game. KotOR's combat is far below both of them.

[Cyric]

You were thinking body awareness, right?

 

Watch this. It's ****ing perfect. And real refreshing to see a video that's not about the demo level. That city looks dman near perfect and I love that the game has parts that are not inhabited by simply hostile entities.

 

And a ship, can you...pirates?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Wow! (w00t) Thanx a million Musopticon for linking that. Those trailers are t3h r0xx0rZ!

 

Is this game better than Oblivion? Many times over. Compared to this game Oblivion was flat, 2 dimensional. So was its predecessor Morrowind.

This game pushes the game mechanics and feel of adventure to new levels.

 

Having played Arx Fatalis, one of Arkane Studios previous games I am already a fan of their work. Arx Fatalis was a good game as well and one can see they expanded the 3 dimensional feel to their game world in Dark Messiah. :cool:

 

Kinda reminds me of when Severance Blade of Darkness came out, there was nothing like it on the market, same goes for this game.

 

I see there's a slight nod to the Pirhana Bytes Gothic series, ending ur enemies by delivering the coup de gr

Edited October 27, 2006 by Cyric

[Darque]

Meh, it was about as good melee combat as you're going to get out of an FPS.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I agree. Or at least I agreed before playing Dark Messiah's demo. The best way to describe the combat in it is that it feels crunchy.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Better than Kotor?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Why not... just... get the demo and find out?

[Pop]

Meh, it was about as good melee combat as you're going to get out of an FPS.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I agree. Or at least I agreed before playing Dark Messiah's demo. The best way to describe the combat in it is that it feels crunchy.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Better than Kotor?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Why not... just... get the demo and find out?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's 1500 ****ing megabytes, that's why It's taking my DSL over 12 hours to download.

[Sand]

It would take Dark Raven a few years to download the Demo. Dial up, man. Dial up.