SO i kinda love DARK MESSIAH of might and magic, How do you guys feel about it?

A lot of stuff about that game is bad. The story, characters, voice acting etc. all of that stuff is dumb. Some aspsects of the combat and navigation are really cool and interesting though. I its got the best first persion melee combat ive ever played, and that rope Bow is great.

How do you guys feel about it? am i alone?

I like it a lot aswell.

It's better than Skyrim, but I don't like Skyrim so everything is better than it :P

Some of the best combat in a first person sword game I have ever played.

The rest of the game was okayish

One of my top games of all time. Can't wait for Arkane's new game.

Combat engine was way ahead of its time, and it was a very good game at its time of release. Can't really take it seriously now days though as the scripted events are too obvious and out-dated in their execution.

Lots of bugs and crappy animation, really crappy. The combat has good ideas but is very poorly executed.

The combat wasn't really poorly executed at all, it was actually very well done.

Lots of bugs and crappy animation, really crappy. The combat has good ideas but is very poorly executed.

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I feel it's one of the few games that actually deserve to be called underrated.

The combat was insane. Absolutely insane. The only part that I dislike are the friggin annoying ghouls. Sure, the story could have been better and the character system more detailed, but the game in its length was BRILLIANT.

It's really sad that it received so little recognition when its combat makes other games' combat look like an archaic mess six years after it was released (I'm looking at you Skyrim, nevermind Oblivion that came out six months earlier).

I'm just going to answer the title directly.

I loved Dark Messiah. Its one of my favorite games. In spite of that, it fell short on a TON of potential. I think they nailed first person melee/magic better then any game up to this point. Skyrim is actually very satisfying in melee, considering Oblivion sucked a big one. Warband I put about equal with Skyrim on the combat. And as it is with DMoMM, Combat is what its all about.

To that end, if you feel the same way as me, check out this game (Kingdoms of Amalur: Recoking)

Combat Diary:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyu38nXLcko

Website: http://reckoning.amalur.com/

I actually know very little about the game. I've read a bit about the character progression a month or some ago and it sounded really cool. Very open ended and up to the player to decide what you are as a fighter. Very much so like DMoMM, but with more skill paths it seems. I kinda said "Eh, cool" and shrugged it off and never looked again until I saw the combat trailer today. If you actually watch the diary up to the end you can really see some kick ass combat and it is explained pretty well. It reminds me of a hybrid DMoMM and Devil May Cry combat. Its suposed to have substantial RPG elements as well (beyond combat skills, ie story etc)

Best kicking simulator around!

The Skull of the Seventh Dragon!

Nice to see some fans of this game. I also thought that this game was underappreciated. Kicking enemies around never got old ;). Dishonored, in development at the same studio, is the game I look forward to most in 2012.

it's one of the very few games i have decided to play more than once and I hate replaying games i've already beaten. if oblivion and skyrim had a comparable combat system they would have been much, much better games

It had the combat I wish Oblivion had. It's a great game actually, especially when you can do something like this.rmfd341

Great video mate ;)

Reminds me of what I liked in the game.

I regreat buying it. i only managed to get to some part where you get attacked by a dragon and then i stopped playing it. The game gets boring waaaay to fast, what's worser i can't even play the MP anymore since the game is registered on an old Steam account i made in 2007. Don't know the password,secreat answer or even the e-mail adress anymore.

It's a great game... in fact, i need to go back and play that one again.

It feels more like an Fps instead of Rpg. And that's dissappointed me.murekkep

I guess I was lucky that I played Dark Messiah before Arx Fatalis. Otherwise I would have expected the same.