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Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 20:26
by MORDETH LESTOK
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Arkane Studios
Release Date: October 2006
One of the surprise hits of E3 2006, Dark Messiah is a brutal first-person action game set in a fantasy world
Dark Messiah is a brutal game of hack-and-slash first-person combat. Featuring impressive context-sensitive moves and animations, viscerally satisfying hand-to-hand combat, and an open-ended approach to murdering orcs and goblins
the multiplayer will be going for something like a cross between Battlefield and Lord of the Rings, in terms of its style and scope
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/darkm ... ay=6153915
Yes...I know its another Fantasy-based game...but something about them saying "brutal" in every paragraph gets me droolin a bit...
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:23
by Sticky Label
Is this the one that has one of the designers from Theif working on it? It might be interesting.
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:39
by MORDETH LESTOK
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:42
by Chickenz
warning to all, tis a 1.18Gb demo. However is it like oblivion with more brutalness?
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:45
by Roman Totale
Mr. Chicken wrote:However is it like oblivion with more brutalness?
You took the words right out of my fingers.
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:51
by FatherJack
Mr. Chicken wrote:like oblivion with more brutalness?
Doesn't sound such a bad thing. Elves (heh), Zombies, Skeletons, Flaming Goatse Portals and gorgeously-rendered Dead Rats In Caves. More of this sort of thing.
Had a look through the screenshots and it looks rather good, will give the demo a try.
Posted: August 8th, 2006, 21:52
by Chickenz
Roman Totale wrote:
You took the words right out of my fingers.
Have just watched many trailers for it. OMG it looks awesome, as a wizard when you use a fire spell your fingers glow like embers. This game looks ace plus its an online mp so it maye be firm fave with us too.
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 10:11
by Lee
I'm really looking forward to this. Gonna download the demo and see how it plays
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 14:53
by Lee
Hmm... Well the graphics are very nice but there seems to be one huge problem. You're supposed to be able to kill your enemy stealthily and use the environment to your advantage, but its kind of impossible when the enemy notices you instantly when you get within a certain distance...
Maybe I'm just doing something wrong, anyone else found this?
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 15:17
by MORDETH LESTOK
there's supposed to be a "Stealth Bar" at the bottom of the screen but I didnt see mine do anything...maybe its just not in the demo...I did notice if I stayed in the darkest shadows...they didnt see me till i shot at em
maybe restart and put all your skill points into stealth...
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 16:01
by Nickface
36% done. I have been intriuged by this game and I cannot wait to see what it looks like.
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 16:51
by Lee
MORDETH LESTOK wrote:there's supposed to be a "Stealth Bar" at the bottom of the screen but I didnt see mine do anything...maybe its just not in the demo...I did notice if I stayed in the darkest shadows...they didnt see me till i shot at em
maybe restart and put all your skill points into stealth...
Hehe, I completely overlooked the stealth skills
It was way better second time through with the right skills.
I think the stealth bar is the circle around your crosshair, when its full you're at your most stealthiest.
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 17:16
by FatherJack
Mirror or torrent anyone? - I kicked it off last night, but it only got 102mb
Posted: August 9th, 2006, 17:21
by Dr. kitteny berk
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 12:48
by spoodie
That is pretty good, looks nice and runs smoothly at quite high settings on my machine. There's obviously a lot of potential for different playing styles depending on your preference. Although anything with goblins and whatnot does leave me cold after a while, now if it just had some lasers and robots as well ...
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 13:34
by Joose
spoodie wrote:That is pretty good, looks nice and runs smoothly at quite high settings on my machine. There's obviously a lot of potential for different playing styles depending on your preference. Although anything with goblins and whatnot does leave me cold after a while, now if it just had some lasers and robots as well ...
Fantasy *and* sci-fi? Sounds like shadowrun. Now, A shadowrun MMO, that would be very win indeed.
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 13:41
by Dog Pants
Joose wrote:
Fantasy *and* sci-fi? Sounds like shadowrun. Now, A shadowrun MMO, that would be very win indeed.
I concur. Cyberpunk (the genre, not the game) has been a bit under-used lately. Bring back Syndicate!
I suppose RF Online was sort of magic and guns though...
EDIT: Ooh, or Steampunk! Chaos Engine was win!
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 13:48
by Sheriff Fatman
Dog Pants wrote:
I concur. Cyberpunk (the genre, not the game) has been a bit under-used lately. Bring back Syndicate!
I would love a good Cyberpunk 2020 MMO
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 14:23
by Joose
Dog Pants wrote:
I concur. Cyberpunk (the genre, not the game) has been a bit under-used lately. Bring back Syndicate!
I suppose RF Online was sort of magic and guns though...
EDIT: Ooh, or Steampunk! Chaos Engine was win!
But RF was shite, so it doesnt count. Chaos Engine was extremely win.
Oooh, how about a syndicate MMO?
Posted: August 10th, 2006, 14:40
by Dog Pants
Joose wrote:
But RF was shite, so it doesnt count. Chaos Engine was extremely win.
Oooh, how about a syndicate MMO?
Way I see it 50% of players in any given MMONG want to wear trenchcoats anyway, so why not put one on everyone!
Hmmm. Syndicate + Deus Ex + MMO = potential win.
Any developers listening? No?