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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Limited Edition Review
User Submitted Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Limited Edition Reviews
Date: 2008-09-28
Game Won't Even Load
My computer was well above the "recommended" specs, and I still can't get it to load. The game will play the opening screen shot, then shut down with an error. I wish I had payed more attention to all the posts noting to many problems in loading and playing this game (both here and elsewhere). Many of the posts were old, and I believed that the 2 patches would have fixed the most serious problems in this 2-year-old game. I was wrong. Even being able to run the demo is no guarentee that this game will play on someone's computer. It is ridiculous that a game would be released that can't play on most standard computer configurations.
Date: 2008-07-14
Story and Action draw you in hook, line, and sinker
I am playing the game after patching it with the latest patch and have experienced no problems. I really like the fighting mechanics and magic system, both are graphically stunning. There is a great deal of action to detail, environments are realistic, the physics accurate. I like the story action, a bit linear, but that is ok by me. I like being drawn into a story and this game does that very well.
Date: 2008-01-02
Beauty in Individuality
When I fist started Dark Messiah I had already played the demo, so I had a small idea of what was to come. Though as all demos go, you never really do see the full extent of what it is really made of.
One of the first things you learn about your character is you are a sturdy and competent young apprentice lead to many locations by people you meet on your travels along one of the most beautiful plot lines I have ever seen, very similar to Half Life2 (not that there are aliens in it or anything). In the start of things you immediately begin killing and delving into the elaborate wonder which is a small part of the Might & Magic realm. There are many character and plot twists that had me way more excited than I should have been but hey, why not? Why spend money if you don't let yourself be effected?
Characters, monsters, weapons, it is all amazingly well done. You have choices that affect the balance and outcome of several parts of the story. Everything is about good or evil. You choose which you wish to be, not quite like Fable. The skill system is pretty simple which is good because it allows you to get more into the action. I would have to say though, for a game that is completely 1st person, this is the best for using weapons, the movements are smooth and well thought out. It is a lot of fun to laugh at the zombies when you shoot pieces of their body parts off with an electrical damage bow.
Anyway, though it is very sad when you eventually finish, you are very satisfied after having played. This game is good for people who have quick reaction times if you want to make things more exciting. There are lots of different creatures, a few points in the game to rest and keep from having a heart attack, and an amazingly new variety of ways to dispatch your enemies.
Date: 2007-09-16
Dont buy it used
I purchased this game used to added to my steam account, but what I found out after typing the key is that it has been used, omg! the original owner didn't reset the key on steam, another useless game.
Date: 2007-08-26
Improved with STEAM updates
I saw it on sale for 15.00--I could not refuse.
Beautiful maps, interesting interactive environment and fight options with a "whats going to happen next" kept me going. It was fun throwing a crate at an Orc, knocking him off a steep ledge, to join his just tossed victim in the vast chasm below. or set fire to a narrow path and all the ornery guards who come running through are suddenly aflame. Or just kick the ghoul into the spiky wall rack the inhabitants are so fond of decorating this world with and it adds up to what could have been a lot of fun.
However, restarting the computer due to freezes or stutter locks every 15 to 20 minutes is very UNFUN. And so are the boss monsters which take at least three computer restarts to defeat.
After pouring arrows into one of the boss monsters, using up all my mana potions ( I horded 17) blasting fireballs at it, I used the cheat mode, turned GOD on and waded it with staves and swords for another computer restart or two. It still did not die.
I quit.
I probably could keep at it for another hour, but my ferret needs feeding.
And it is looking like such a nice day outside.
I might have finished this game, as parts are indeed fun--spells to have an enemy join you and watch them fight until the mob is only one guy and then finish him; or plant a few fire mines and watch the spiders burn.
It could have been a contender--lets have less crashes and more ways to kill boss monsters!
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Update
Dark Messiah--improved since Steam now has it. I updated it off of Steam and crashes and lockups I earlier experienced are minimal.
I did find out at last how to get rid of that boss at the end, if all else fails SCOUR the INTERNET
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