Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

[Antagonist]

A demo was released for this game a few days ago, anyone else playing it? It's basically an first-person action game set in the Might and Magic universe, uses the Source engine. Superficially it plays pretty much like Oblivion or Gothic 2, without most of the RPG elements, but it's also heavily influenced by the games of Looking Glass studios: the developer's previous game Arx Fatalis was a spiritual sequel to Ultima Underworld, and the influence of games like Deus Ex and Thief is also very apparent, with a lot of emphasis placed manipulating the environment and AI, rather then a linear, cinematic style.

The demo should be available on most of the main websites by now. It's extremely large, especially considering that the demo itself is so short, but by it's nature it encourages replaying it using different strategies.

Personally I never particularly like the MM/HoMM games and universe, but the talk of similarities with Looking Glass games piqued my interest and I really enjoyed it.

Antagonist