Dark Messiah of Might and Magic on Steam

[Hectic Glenn]

Following on from Smash's newspost, for those of your interested in the game it's now available internationally on Steam. Wahey![br]

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[br]If you wish to know any more about this game check out the official website. (fixed pictures - thanks)

 

[OmegaX]

How similar is this game to Oblivion?

 

[Sanius]

Nice ninja edit on the pictures there..:cheese:

 

[Hectic Glenn]

That's no ninja edit, had to start from scratch eek! This game seems to be getting a lot of attention from many places, I'm quite surprised how well it's doing.

 

[DannyC.]

Teh pr1cey.... is it worth the 50 bucks? Sure looks good.

 

[TeHLaMAH]

Teh pr1cey.... is it worth the 50 bucks? Sure looks good.

its not worth buying over steam ^^ but go to the store and get it for 30 instead, the MP is better then the SP imo

 

[Asuka]

I got myself the collectors edition. Haven't played it yet. Playing FEAR extraction Point 1st.

 

[Zaph]

I think the game is awesome! Lots and lots of yummy, delicious combat.
There's a couple of small problems here and there, nothing major.
Well, except for the Steam version, I've heard there's a bit of technical difficulties with that.
I got it for 45 bucks, games are a bit more expensive here in Norway. :'<
But I got it before the release date! I asked for the game in and the guy in the store was like:
"Uhm, I'm not sure if we're supposed to sell this yet. ...ah, what the heck."
So I could rub that in the faces of my friends who bought it at Steam.
Uh, anyfruit, great game. If you're like me, and played the demo too many times to count, don't hesitate to get the game, run to the store at once!

 

[Ennui]

my brother bought it on one of our steam accounts, it looks cool but i haven't played it yet

 

[Psycho]

I've ordered it, and I'm surprised that it's actually cheaper when I buy it in the stores than when I buy it over Steam...but I guess that's not Valve's choice.

 

[Aenama]

me be getti'n it the Pirates way JARRRR.....with my first paycheck in Pirates cloths

 

[boglito]

I'm loving it to bits. Especially the orcs. To bloody bits...

.bog.

 

[bigburpco]

Oh man. I leave for a while then suddenly all the news posts start flooding in.

 

[madog]

I think the game is awesome! Lots and lots of yummy, delicious combat.
There's a couple of small problems here and there, nothing major.
Well, except for the Steam version, I've heard there's a bit of technical difficulties with that.
I got it for 45 bucks, games are a bit more expensive here in Norway. :'<
But I got it before the release date! I asked for the game in and the guy in the store was like:
"Uhm, I'm not sure if we're supposed to sell this yet. ...ah, what the heck."
So I could rub that in the faces of my friends who bought it at Steam.
Uh, anyfruit, great game. If you're like me, and played the demo too many times to count, don't hesitate to get the game, run to the store at once!

It costs 50$ in America.

Anyway I beat it and I must say it is a frekin awesome game despite some errors on my system. However these are just minor inconvieniences and hopefully will be fixed. There are 4 different ways you can end the game and I did all them so now I'm going through it a second time except this time with all the skill points already :sniper:

I love shrinking your enemies with adrenaline effect on weaken. You get here them squeal in this little tiny voice its pretty funny. I also love the inferno spell because it makes me feel like a flamethrower dude from WWII. You literally just torch people, it is quite satisfying. You guys will enjoy this game and although it doesn't offer as much freedom as Oblivion, you can kill people a hell of a lot more ways and it is definitely more gruesome (hence the M rating) You also get a nice peek at Xana in one of the vids.:naughty:

 

[bbson john]

With all the hot ladies, I think I would have one copy if it is on sell in Hong Kong.

 

[Tyguy]

i dunno, so far the fire spell stinks, it takes 3 of them to kill the guy. Does your magic increase later in game?

 

[polyguns]

the reviews are pretty bad, 6.7 and 7 on ign and GS


how are the load times, more or less frequent then HL2?

 

[Dynasty]

Load times kind of take the piss sometimes. Early levels = sleep during the load times. Stupidly though, later on the load times decrease even though there is roughly the same amount or more going on/scripted to happen...weird.

Deserves more than 7/10 for god sake. Not 9 as the story is shite, but 7.5 or 8 maybe. Definitely worth getting though. But bugger me its a big game disk space wise.

 

[OmegaX]

IGN Gave it a 8.8 while Gamespot gave it a 6.7

 

[polyguns]

IGN Gave it a 8.8 while Gamespot gave it a 6.7

ign gave it a 7, ign AU gave it a 8.8

I normally won't buy a game under a 9, unless its a genre which i really love. sides im waiting on crysis to build a pc for

 

[madog]

i dunno, so far the fire spell stinks, it takes 3 of them to kill the guy. Does your magic increase later in game?

wait until you get inferno, the final fire spell. Your arm basically becomes a flamethrower and you can roast a multitude of people and hold it down for as long as it takes to satisfy your pyromaniac pleasure.

 

[Gusdor]

Ive gone down the combat tree - I love experimenting with different weapons for different things - flicking to lightening daggers when you get adrenaline is hilarious - as is doing the same withe a lightning bolt scroll.

The melee combat is very nicely balences, with staves, swords and daggers (the main weapon types) being very subtle but suberbly useful for different activities - they even seem to scale in difficulty technique wise, with staves being pretty hard to use safely in a tight situation, while a sword and shield is childs play in comparison with a shield blocking most things.

Mmmmh, Staff of the Firelord makes me grin as it sets people on fire buhahaha