Dark Messiah Multiplayer

[Rico]

Ok guys I have a question for all of you who have played/heard about Dark Messiah's multiplayer aspect.

My birthday is coming up shortly and as such the unusual chance of getting af ew games for my new rig is about to come up. I'm a big fan of multiplayer games, due to the fact that good ones usually provide with hours of gameplay far beyond the SP.

My question is, is Dark Messiah's multiplayer any good? If so, what's the playerbase like? Are there lots of servers and people playing it online? Balance issues?

From the SP demo it seems like a fun little game, though the demo did stutter any time I got hit by an enemy (was this an issue for other people, and did it get fixed for retail?). It seems that for the SP alone it must be pretty fun.

Oh an yeah, are there booby traps ala SP in the MP or are they cut out entirely? Can you impale people, set them on fire, throw them off cliffs and so on?

Many thanks to all those that reply!

 

[Lucid]

The multiplayer is atrocious, it's a dumbed down singleplayer.

It's a spell spam fest, and laggy as hell.

I'd refrain from getting it tbh.

 

[Dynasty]

And if im not mistaken, its 15GB??? I tried to install it when i bought the game on its release day and said i didnt have 15gb free space on the drive??

 

[Ravioli]

To be honest the MP is really crap....the SP is great tho!!!

 

[Rico]

Holy crap, 15GB?!

Appreciate the comments so far, keep em coming! I still have a little while before I buy anything so plenty of time to chime in.

 

[Lucid]

Holy crap, 15GB?!

Appreciate the comments so far, keep em coming! I still have a little while before I buy anything so plenty of time to chime in.

Any other games you have your eyes on?

 

[Rico]

I was thinking probably CoH, maybe the WoW expansion (big maybe on that, seeing as I have less and less time these days to play videogames).

Any games you guys would recommend other than that? I really wish Hellgate:London was already out, I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

 

[Lucid]

I was thinking probably CoH, maybe the WoW expansion (big maybe on that, seeing as I have less and less time these days to play videogames).

Any games you guys would recommend other than that? I really wish Hellgate:London was already out, I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

If you're thinking about getting Company of Heroes, don't give it another moment's hesitation.
Buy it.
Right. now.
GO!

 

[ktimekiller]

A game worthbuying... FREELANCER!

 

[tehsolace]

Get Halflife2 :]

 

[Shakermaker]

If you're thinking about getting Company of Heroes, don't give it another moment's hesitation.
Buy it.
Right. now.
GO!

What he said. Best game I played in 2006.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

the MP beta was complete crap...and the game shipped shortly after so I don't imagine that has changed...it's one of the reason that I haven't bought the game yet...waiting for price to go down.

go with Company of heroes instead...I only played the demo(no money for games...+ my graphics card busted so I'm on a gforce mx440 at the moment) but just from playing the demo I can tell it's an awesome game...one of the few games that even if your getting your ass kicked it's still fun because the combat is so spectacular to watch.