Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

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Product Details

Platform : Windows XP
Binding : DVD-ROM
EAN : 0008888683155
Manufacturer : Ubisoft
Product Group : Video Games
Release Date : 2006-11-10
UPC : 008888683155

ASIN : B000FSQD9Y

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Customer Reviews

A Leap Into the Fantasy FPS (2006-12-22)

To be honest, I always took a much greater interest in the multiplayer portion of Dark Messiah rather than its single player brethren. Developed by Kuju Entertainment, the company responsible for helping develop the EyeToy games for the PS2, the multiplayer mode for Call of Duty: Finest Hour, and Battalion Wars for the Nintendo Gamecube, the multiplayer mode of Dark Messiah encompasses a unique style of gameplay in a fantasy setting. The game splits between 2 factions, the Humans and the Undead. Each faction allows 5 playable classes, the Assassin, the Priestess, the Mage, the Archer, and the Warrior. The only difference between the Humans and the Undead is their physical appearance; otherwise, they are essentially the same.Now the question is, how does the multiplayer stack up?Pretty nicely, and I wonýt stop there.Despite some slight conflicts of class balance, the multiplayer portion of the game leads as an excellent and worthy contender of popular multiplayer first person shooters. To begin with, the Assassin is a very fast paced and fun-to-play class. In fact, all classes are extremely fun to play, and it will only get better as Kuju decides what should be done to help make the game even better. (And they do, their commitment to the Open Beta was extraordinary, as far as updates and forum responses go). The Warrior is a tanker loverýs dream, being able to negate any spells and absorbing the most damage with its Reinforced Armor. Surprisingly, the Warriorýs attacks are powerful as well. The Priestess is most likely the main concern of many balance critics. With her instant self-heal ability and an armor buff that lowers any kind of damage, the Priestess can take on any class and win. I havenýt even mentioned the insane range of her Corrupt ability and the Bramble spell that slows ALL players to a crawl. Kuju Entertainment obviously decided that Priestesses should do more than just supporting other classes. The Mage is insanely powerful as well, but only in late levels. Finally, the Archer is a class that rewards those with practice; arrows not only take time to reach the target, but they also arc as well. However, 1 fully charged shot deals 56 damage; 2 shots will kill the player.In conclusion, the multiplayer portion of Dark Messiah is anything but the norm. It features a retrospective view of the modern first person shooter with 5 totally different playable classes. The game delivers tons of different tactical strategies, and will only get better as Kuju Entertainment continues to please its fans with updates and additions to the game.

Half-Life 2 meets Might and Magic (2006-12-19)

Dark Messiah is an extremely fun action game. If you have played before any of the Might and Magic games, be prepared that this game is not a RPG though it has several RPG elements like skills and inventory. The game uses Source engine - the same that made Half-Life 2 one of the best games of all times (so far) and the game feels somewhat similar to Half-Life 2, not Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, how many have compared it. Dark Messiah delivers pure action!What I love most in the game is the combat which is the best I have seen in any game so far. Player can kill the enemies in dozen ways including sword fighting, backstabbing with daggers, burning with direct damage spells, kick on spikes, freeze them and disintegrate into pieces, with Telekinesis spell grab them and send to the Moon, etc. In Dark Messiah during one game I was heavily using sword, bow and several direct damage spells at the same time, which makes the game so much fun. And there are enemies on whom certain attack works the best - for example, sword fighting against any melee enemies, archery against zombies.The storyline of Dark Messiah is rather simple - if you have watched the last amazing trailer, you already pretty much know what will happen there. There are several unexpected turns of events though that you might find very surprising - for an action game it fits perfectly.The graphics are really nice, as you could expect it from a game that uses Source engine. I was playing the game on medium settings and yet I was amazed by the beauty of dungeons (though a bit straightforward) and the detail the developers have put into them. The character models are well designed as well though it made me smile that one of the main characters Leanna wears a miniskirt, and sounds so totally naive girl! Meanwhile Xana is a real succub character, you will love her dialogues.Voice acting in the game is simply superb, I really cant add anything to it - it really feels that the voices were recorded by professional actors, like in Half-Life 2. The game soundtrack is amazing as well though I wish they used some themes a bit more - the same combat soundtrack in the end of the game really started to feel a little repetitive but that is a minor thing.While I was experiencing no tech problems with the game, I know some gamers have so I would strongly advise to install any patches up-to-date before trying the game, though I had absolutely no need for one. The game demo gives a good example what the game is about, even if it shows so little. Dark Messiah is one of the best games I have played so far.

Dark Messiah...a great game but a few glitches! (2006-11-29)

Despite all the problems, the game itself is really fun to play!The Pros:Dark Messiah Might and Magic is the type of computer game I really enjoy, that being primarily a FPS combined with touch of RPG; if you like System Shock or Deus Ex then I'm sure this game will be of interest to you. This game (when it works properly [more below]) has it all; some interesting quests, first person combat with traditional weapons or magic against various groups of enemies. There were even a few individual bosses to defeat along the way.One of the nicest things about this game is its replayability; you could, for instance, play the game as a warrior/fighter and then try the game again using the skill points you've earned to develop a top flight assassin or mage. Lots of variety, lots of choices, IF, you can get the game to run properly.The Cons: ( from most important to minor)1.)Crashes; lots of them, even with the patch. I eventually put the game settings on low, shut down my virus, firewall and antispyware (if they tried to update while I was playing, the game would crash). I found the above technique reduced a lot (not all) the crashes and these usually occurred when I tried to reload after dying or loading a new scene. It seems to be taking forever to get the second patch out; but hopefully they'll do it right this time.2.)The audio and video were often out of sync, for both talking scenes and battle sounds.3.)Only a small number of recent saves (maybe 3 or 4 ) which sometimes made it difficult to use your hard earned skill points wisely for upgrades. (some skills were very useful [depending on your character], others less so).4.) Really annoying, grating voice acting for Leanne and Phenrig.All in all, a great game; they just needed to wait a little longer to fix the bugs before releasing it.

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