Dark Messiah a game of Fantasy, Stradegy, and obviously without doubt, a game of Action. A Must Get!

User Rating: 8.9 | Dark Messiah of Might and Magic PC
By Robertwelsh2 | Review Date:
Dark Messiah takes place in the eyes of a young apprentice wizard, named Sareth. The story takes place during a pre-dark age period, long ago thousands of years ago, when Mythology was all but too real. Magic is not false, but true, and monsters are all but groseque and Elves, along with Mages are intertwined with Men in the battle of Good Vs Evil, or so to speak. In the game, you find that Sareth, is struggling between his own opinions, and the manipulation of other characters in the game. His mentor or master, Phenrig, whose consoles him, trains him, and puts Sareth on a path of ultimate destruction and woe, throughout all of Ashan. Phenrig, later on in the game, urges Sareth to ride to a 'Free City', named Stonehelm, to possibly join an expedition to find the Ancient Artifact and lost Skull of Shadows, to finally repel the darkness that engulfs the countyside. When at Stonehelm, Sareth joins up with Expidition Leader, menelag who is an old and experienced Wizard. But he also meets with his neice, Leanna, an ambitious young explorer, who's one goal is to find the Skull of Shadows. But while in Stonhelm, thing go awry and tormoil is unleashed, Sareth soon finds himself detatched from his master Phenrigs protection, and Sareth finds himself in an adventure of his own...

Gameplay:

Gameplay has to be one of the games finest points! The clashing of sword on sword, the yelling and taunts of enemies, the fluid motions of a sword, kicks, sheild butts and many more, is uncomperable to any standards.

Graphics:

Valve obviously worked hard on upgrading the source engine, to meet the need of Dark Messiah's large world. Bloom effects and HDR lighting, reflections of water, light radiating from fires and in a sense, make the game not only beautiful but in a sense majestic. Although some Half Life 2, Day of Defeat Source, and Counter-strike source players, may be seeing the same picture.

Sound:

New character voices have been put into place, and ambient noise has been introduced, FINALLY! The sounds of Orcs crying in pain, after hearing a sucessfully rewarding, CRUNCH!, of a kick always gives me a good dosage of satisfaction.

Value:

If your looking forward to a game that costs 20$ and your thinking to yourself, "WOW this is going to be so cool I'm going to get Dark Messiah for a really cheap price!" Then think again my poor readers! Dark Messiah is not an episode to another game, it isn't a small game, and not a game produced on a small budget, NO! The game is going to cost around 50$ But dont cry just yet! The game will lower its price in about.... Four months perhaps, Hurrah for that!

Reviewers Tilt:

I have no compliments nor any critisim, so... I have no suggestions or comments at this time.

Have fun!

Author--Robertwelsh2

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