Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Limited Edition

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:46 pm

$19 @ GoGamer. Is it worth that? I thought the demo was fun but played like crap on my old vid card. But then i heard a lot of negative stuff.

Seems like a good buy. Unfortunately the other old game I want..Star Wolves..is still a freaking $40! darnit.

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:37 pm

I thought the game was tons of fun. I've read the complaints in the reviews, and don't agree with them. The graphics are beautiful, the action is fun and varied, and overall, it's a very well-constructed game. The story stinks and your supposedly sexy sidekick is absurd, but the game is really all about the combat. There is some stuttering when loading areas due to the Source engine, and I had a few lockups, but nothing too bad.

Quipp · Post by **Quipp** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:17 am

It would constantly crash on my old rig but it ran flawlessly on my new one. It has nice graphics and animations. The first person melee combat is system is fun, really the best I've played and offers several different styles for dispatching your foes. The game is fairly linear, not very long and the story is standard fantasy fare, but I enjoyed my time with it. If you can get it to run on your PC I would recommend giving it a try.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:43 am

Does it run about as well as HL2 does, on a similar system?

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:45 am

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Does it run about as well as HL2 does, on a similar system?

I would think so; but there are some scripted parts that can get a bit chuggy. I picked it up for $20 back in the spring. I enjoyed it. You can also take the registration code and just enter it into the STEAM engine to allow you download the client directly from them (that's what I did).

For $20? I think it was worth it. Pretty short and linear, but fun.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:21 am

Smoove_B wrote:
Freezer-TPF- wrote:Does it run about as well as HL2 does, on a similar system?
I would think so; but there are some scripted parts that can get a bit chuggy. I picked it up for $20 back in the spring. I enjoyed it. You can also take the registration code and just enter it into the STEAM engine to allow you download the client directly from them (that's what I did).

For $20? I think it was worth it. Pretty short and linear, but fun.

Short, linear and fun sounds pretty good right now. It is also coming up $14 at Amazon and CC, even better. Thanks.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:19 am

I'm playing through it know. It's good cheesey fun. Perfect for the current game lull.

qp · Post by qp » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:37 am

I really enjoyed this, I've been picking my way through Hardcore difficulty (with the stealth tree no less), you really need to use every dirty trick as you can rarely do a stealth kill. I actually miss the gameplay a lot when I switch back to playing Oblivion...now there's a game combo that would rock.

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:49 pm

Every time I play Oblivion now, I wish I could kick the enemies

JonathanStrange · Post by **JonathanStrange** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:15 pm

For $14, I'll buy in. I thought the demo looked fun but not really to my taste; what with highly flammable orcs and such. Fun, but in a silly "are they serious?" sort of way. At a lower price, however, I'll buy it and I bet I like it 'cause I won't be very demanding at all.