The story revolves around a crystal that you recover after defeating a giant spider-like creature in the opening level, before handing it over to supposedly safer hands. You play as Sareth, an apprentice working under a magician named Phenrig.
This Xbox 360 game is essentially the same game that hit PC over a year ago. Quite why it’s taken so long to arrive on the Xbox 360 is unclear, but now it’s here can it hope to compete with the console’s growing stack of high quality, truly next-gen titles?
The result was something a little different but ultimately not quite the game it could have been. The Source Engine powered brawler swapped guns and soldiers for swords and demons. These, rather obviously, also differ according to the weapon you chose to equip yourself with.Dark Messiah of Might and Magic proved to be a solid first-person action game on its release towards the end of 2006. As you play around, you become aware of various combinations and forms of attack that are open to you. Moving from one direction to another while attacking can give you a variety of moves too. The weapons are perfectly weighted in the most part, hold the left mouse button for a more powerful swipe, or just tap it for smaller stabs. Arkane must have spent many hours really perfecting the feel and control of Mêlée combat more than any other game of its kind. No, this is a gratifyingly grounded affair, which makes you recoil in your chair as an Orc crashes his mighty sword into your shield, born about by a fantastic and natural control system. There is no generic hack n slash game play here.
You see this is what makes Dark Messiah, Might and Magic tick more than anything else the gritty, full filling combat. In amongst this setting, you will land yourself in numerous situations, which will require all of your skill and power to fight your way out of. There is a major twist around half way through the game that I wont go into, so as not to spoil the surprise, but is a welcome change from the norm. Ultimately you decide, and the choices you make, while generally quite obvious and arbitrary, do impact on the conclusion and a few of the events within the game. Their role in your future is played out across the game, as is the ambiguity over whether you are in fact good or evil. The choices laid out to you are also confused by the voice of your guide/helper Xana, who has been imposed upon you by your mentor and the conflicting role of Leana These to generally act in akin to your good conscience vs bad conscience. Many question marks are left hovering over what exactly your purpose is on this quest, where you come from, and exactly what your destiny maybe. Orcs of the world beware!ĭark Messiah sets you off on this world of adventure, as an inexperienced apprentice on a quest to find the illusive skull of shadows. thats just perfect for a winter escape! So, in I jumped (well, actually I pressed the on button), readying myself for a heroic quest against all that is evil, and a self gratifying amount of time slaying foes by my bloodied sword. Eagerly unwrapping it, I stood staring at a gate into a world of devilry, sorcery, Orcs and villains. It was on one such morning, that a package dropped onto the door mat. Test System: Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 3.5 GHz) 2gb OCZ Memory, 2xX1900 Crossfire, X-Fi Platinum Pro, Logitech Z680 Speakers.īeing English, youd think I would be used to the rain by now, but every year, as the days draw in, become altogether gloomier and more depressing its easy to get frustrated (and wet!). AMD Athlon/Intel PIV 3ghz, 1gb Memory, 256mb DX9 Video Card 7gb HDD Space DX9 Compliant Soundcard.