Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

**Lemur** · 10-26-2006, 17:51

What little I've seen of this looks more FPS than RPG. I think I will take a pass, especially with Gothic 3, Neverwinter Nights 2, and (*ahem*) Medieval 2 Total War coming out next month. My hard drive runneth over.

**Nobunaga** · 10-26-2006, 18:32

been waiting for this game for a while now i really have big expectations especially after i saw the trailers

**Zenicetus** · 10-26-2006, 19:58

I tried the demo. It was fun. The basic style is FPS but it's very "physical"... you don't just shoot the enemy at long range (although that's an option). Most of the combat is melee, with lots of different moves you can make. You can do things like pick up a crate and toss it at an enemy to knock it off-guard, kick out a wooden support strut for a balcony to bring it crashing down, sneak up behind guards and kick them off cliffs, etc. Also lots of chopping off heads, arms, impaling Orcs on the floor with finishing moves, etc. It provides a good feel for up-close, physical combat.

I don't know if it will appeal to all FPS game fans, because there's a lot of button-mashing and defensive moves compared to something like COD2. It can get kinda frantic when you're dealing with more than one enemy at a time (like that last set piece in the castle room with multiple Orcs). It almost feels like a cross between a FPS and a Mortal Kombat type game. But I guess you'd get comfortable with it after playing enough. I mapped the main combat buttons onto a Nostromo N52 game keypad controller to use alongside the mouse, and that helped.

The demo was very linear, and I guess the game will be like that too, but that's typical for FPS games. I'll probably buy it as a coffee break time-waster. I don't think it will be an immersive RPG like Oblivion, but sometimes I just want to a half hour killing stuff, and this looks good for that.

**alman7272** · 10-28-2006, 07:45

It was pretty cool fighting, but not RPG-ish enough for me. I'll see what reviews say.

**doc_bean** · 10-28-2006, 15:43

Apparently it's still incredibly buggy. Unplayable on several systems. At wait until the first patch is released an then check around if it's still in such an awful state...

**edyzmedieval** · 10-29-2006, 19:12

Ok, so I guess I'll wait to play the demo first.

**doc_bean** · 10-29-2006, 22:14

According to another forum I read, a smoothly running demo isn't a guarantee.

However, pretty much everyone who has managed to get this to run decently seems to think it's a great game. Though it appears to be mostly about kicking orcs off a bridge