Dark Messiah Might and Magic You Should Play This Game If You Haven't

This game came out in 2006 and was extremely buggy. Bought it, registered it with Steam, played it for a while,

then gave up in frustration.

I recently fired it up again, and I must say, it's an extremely enjoyable first person action game, with light rpg elements thrown in.

Story and voice acting are not that great, basically, you' re a magician's son on a quest. It s the usual fantasy settings and figures, but the best

thing is the stellar combat that makes great use of the environments. It runs on the Source engine, so there are a good number of ways to dispose of enemies

using your surroundings.

Finally, a game I actually enjoy playing!

Nice to hear that I'm not the only one around here that enjoyed the game. Can't wait for Dishonored, the new project by Arkane studios.

Have you played Arx Fatalis? It's from the same studio, but clearly an RPG compared to Dark Messiah.

I really didn't have any problems with it at release either...but I agree it's a fantastic game. I do wish Arkane would have made Arx Fatalis 2 instead Dark Messiah though (I half expected it to be a spiritual successor at the time). With that said Dishonored sounds cool too...Arkane is a great dev.

This game came out in 2006 and was extremely buggy. Bought it, registered it with Steam, played it for a while,

then gave up in frustration.

I recently fired it up again, and I must say, it's an extremely enjoyable first person action game, with light rpg elements thrown in.

Story and voice acting are not that great, basically, you' re a magician's son on a quest. It s the usual fantasy settings and figures, but the best

thing is the stellar combat that makes great use of the environments. It runs on the Source engine, so there are a good number of ways to dispose of enemies

using your surroundings.

Finally, a game I actually enjoy playing!

Ricardo41

Did they patch it good or did it just play better on a new computer?

[QUOTE="Ricardo41"]

This game came out in 2006 and was extremely buggy. Bought it, registered it with Steam, played it for a while,

then gave up in frustration.

I recently fired it up again, and I must say, it's an extremely enjoyable first person action game, with light rpg elements thrown in.

Story and voice acting are not that great, basically, you' re a magician's son on a quest. It s the usual fantasy settings and figures, but the best

thing is the stellar combat that makes great use of the environments. It runs on the Source engine, so there are a good number of ways to dispose of enemies

using your surroundings.

Finally, a game I actually enjoy playing!

Rickylee

Did they patch it good or did it just play better on a new computer?

Both, it's patched (I|m playing the steam version), and I have a better box. It runs well on Windows 7 64 bit, but I am getting an error message each time I close the game, something like: mmexe has stopped working. But that doesn't seem to effect saving and loading of the game.

I've loved this game from the start and I've always thought it had the combat system The Elder Scrolls should have. Try out the multiplayer! Best comparison I can make is medieval Counter-Strike. There aren't many people on now, but a few years ago you could get full servers and it was wild.

Both, it's patched (I|m playing the steam version), and I have a better box. It runs well on Windows 7 64 bit, but I am getting an error message each time I close the game, something like: mmexe has stopped working. But that doesn't seem to effect saving and loading of the game.Ricardo41

Yup, loved this game when it came out. Just started replaying it actually. Combat is very well done.

I did not like the game... But then again they kinda slaughtered what might and magic was about so i wont forgive them for that :PKalDurenik

It wasn't supposed to be a Might and Magic game, that's why.

I tried that game back in 2006 and it wasn't much. The only bright thing was the combat system which was pretty good though, much better than in Oblivion which was the prime RPG back then.

Only game I ever played through more than once.....played it 3x and might hit it up again now that you mentioned it;)

It was a good game, but wasn't too healthy at launch, specifically it ran horribly.nutcrackr

It got terrible reviews, but i bought it during a steam sale a few years ago, and i absolutely loved that game.

I need to play it again.

I also enjoyed it once they got rid of the bugs.

It's a great game. I picked up a few months ago and enjoyed it a lot. Although I did encounter some weird physics. :D

Its a fun game, very underated.

Would like to see more games with great melee like this.

When they first announced this game.. and first screenshots, I was really excited. I might pick this one up now that you say it's a good game. Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]When they first announced this game.. and first screenshots, I was really excited. I might pick this one up now that you say it's a good game. Makari

I played it close to release, and I really enjoyed the SP campaign - I thought the story and acting was pretty good as well :D

It was a good game, but wasn't too healthy at launch, specifically it ran horribly.nutcrackr

I loved the demo!

Yeah, Apart from Portal 1 & 2, This is the best use of the source engine that i have ever seen.

Dark Messiah Might and Magic andelder scrolls oblivion is the best sowrd story drivin game ya good choose !

i have a weird love for that game. A lot of things about it are bad. for example: The story, world, characters some of the level design. the rpg elements arent well design either. But the basic first person combat mechanics are great, and its got some cool and some other interesting mechanics, and fun to explore environments. The rope arrow is cool too.

its not a good game, but it has some good parts.... maybe i'll go play it again... lol

I loved the demo!

Daytona_178

I played the demo and it gave me motion sickness.Lonelynight

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"]I played the demo and it gave me motion sickness.jmrwacko

Wow, what a blast from the past. Dark Messiah was fun and had interesting gameplay (fun multiplayer), but story-wise and graphics/animation wise, it was fairly mediocre. No surprise it did bad in terms of reviews. Want to play a good, unique first-person brawler? Go buy Zeno Clash.jmrwacko

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I loved the demo!

jettpack

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[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

I loved the demo!

Daytona_178

Didn't play the demo but I'm thinkin' I'll buy it now on the cheap.:)

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="jettpack"]yeah, i played the demo like 4 times before i bought the game. The demo is great

Rickylee

Didn't play the demo but I'm thinkin' I'll buy it now on the cheap.:)

My thoughts on Dark Messiah.RK-Mara

Funny how people always bring up Oblivion when talking about this game. Dark Messiah has possibly the best melee combat, what fps has the best shooting combat? Crysis maybe? Do people bring up Crysis combat when talking about Fallout 3?

On the flip side I remember people complaining thatDark Messiah was linear. Oblivion was open world so some seem to think that every melee game should be open world for some reason. There mind couldnt fathom a linear melee game.

Linear action gamesshould always havebetter combat than an open world game. Takes so much work to build the world, theirs not much time and resources left for a great combat system.

Still annoyed that the game failed financially.So few games like this. Dark Messiah seems to have more in common with the Jedi Knight games than any other, and now we have no more of either.

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[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

I loved the demo!

Daytona_178

Its not a great game, but its got some good stuff, Buy it !

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="jettpack"]yeah, i played the demo like 4 times before i bought the game. The demo is great

jettpack

Its not a great game, but its got some good stuff, Buy it !

I disagree, it IS a great game. But hey, opinions vary.

And for the guy who said the graphics were mediocre when it came out.....I just fired it back up max at 1920x1080 and it STILL looks good today, which means it was nothing less than cutting edge in 2006. Sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about.

Well this sucks. I get by the nvidea screen fine but now it's nothing but a black screen with the mouse pointer.

Good thing it's the demo.