Posts from Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Game discussion.

Everything is said here. Information about the game can be found in the relevant thread. Let's start discussing it. :cool:

Actually, I'd like to see something like that on the Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 engine, but with new, beautiful models created by professional 3DMax artists. That would be amazing.

And many people say for no reason that the engine was exhausted by the 8th part. Maybe it's just a poorly developed plot, but definitely not the engine. By the way, it's very convenient. Of course, it should be updated with new models, and it would be simply perfect.

I'm not an expert in hardware. But here are my thoughts on this: ;) 1. If a game isn't made on a custom engine, but on an existing one, then it's a second-rate game. 2. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is a Hexen clone. And here's why: - 3 character classes. I saw this in Hexen. And they're the same ones. - First-person view and everything related to it. Again, it was all in the good old Hexen. And it was implemented in exactly the same way. - One big world. And Hexen had that too. - RPG-style skill dependence on the character's level. Guess where that was? ;) That's right, in Hexen :) (I'm referring to the dependence described by the developers). - Plot. You won't believe it, but it's Hexen. This thing has nothing to do with the space-themed plot of the Might and Magic world. 3. It will definitely flop at the box office. Fans won't accept it. According to a poll on the official forum, only 10% are "for" it so far. I'll post the results when the poll closes. 4. Orcs. Damn Peter Jackson. Everyone is copying him shamelessly, and no one is paying him. You plagiarizing bastards. Just like J.K. Rowling with that damn Harry Potter. "If you're not caught, you're not a thief" won't work with us! We see everything, we know everything :) That's how it is: rolleyes:

Well, let's hope that after Nival and Nsoft finish Heroes 5, they will start working on MM10. After all, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is not Might and Magic X; the titles may contain a couple of the same words, but they are still different. I wonder if the rights to this number, X, were purchased. If not, there is still hope to see MMX in 3-4 years.
But there is no hope for this Dark Messiah at all:(.

Might and Magic should always remain Might and Magic... it's a shame that 3DO fell apart; I almost cried when they disbanded...:( :( :( and my hopes for Might & Magic X have completely vanished... but now, weak hopes are starting to appear... I'm afraid it won't be the same as it once was...


P.S. Why did 3DO fall apart? I still haven't found a clear answer:confused: :confused:

Materials from the encyclopedia http://wiki.tatet.ru/en/3DO.html state the following:

"3DO Company (NASDAQ: THDO) was founded in 1991 as SMSG, Inc. by Electronics Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins in partnership with seven other companies, including Matsushita, AT&T, MCA, Time Warner, and Electronics Arts. The company's initial goal was to create a next-generation video game system based on compact discs, which would be manufactured by various partners and licensees; 3DO would collect royalties from each console sold and from each game produced. For game publishers, the low royalty rate of $3 per game was a better deal than the higher royalties paid to Nintendo and Sega for developing games for their consoles. The platform's launch in October 1993 was a good debut, attracting significant media attention as part of the "multimedia wave" in the computer world at the time.

Unfortunately, the 3DO console itself was priced at $700, and the promised "early adopters" never showed a large-scale demand for games. The quality of 3DO games was generally considered to be low. When the Sony PlayStation appeared in 1994 with its hardware support for 3D graphics and its outstanding game software, all remaining hopes for the 3DO consoles were dashed. In 1996, 3DO Company sold its console rights to Matsushita and changed its business to develop and publish games for both PlayStation and other consoles, as well as for PC.

After the 3DO consoles disappeared, the company's biggest hit was its Army Men game series, featuring a generation of green plastic toy soldiers that were overhyped by the unrelated Toy Story movie. Its Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic series, created with New World Computing, were also popular and profitable for the company. After struggling for survival for several years, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2003."

The unpleasant conclusion is that a company founded in 1991 deviated from its intended path after just 5 years and went down the path of ruin in 1996...

And yet, I still remember the second half of the 90s, when I got a 3DO console, and what a revelation it was after Dendy and Sega... But then new discs stopped appearing, and old ones disappeared from the shelves... and all this served as a revival for the great Heroes series and the demise of its creators...

Thank you very much... it's a pity...

I recently watched a video... The game has really cool gameplay; everything is great, just REALLY great. But it's not Might and Magic... I'm actually looking forward to the mediocre Tribute, to be honest.

Haven't seen anything bad yet. As for whether it's not a Might & Magic game, I won't say anything, as I haven't played it, but the video was impressive: the gameplay is great.

no one knows when DARK MESSIAH will be released.

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According to data from IXBT.com, this happened in September of this year. You can read the news here: /topic/36/

Hmm... I have a question...
If my computer could run Half-Life 2 (and even Heroes of Might and Magic V) on low settings, with a GeForce4 MX, 1000 MHz, 256+128 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive, without any lag, will it be able to run Dark Messiah of Might and Magic?
Or are they promising those damn pixel shaders in that game?

Hmm... I have a question...
If my computer can run Half-Life 2 (and even Heroes 5) on low settings with a GeForce4 MX, 1000 MHz, 256+128 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive, without any lag, will Dark Messiah of Might and Magic run on it?
Or will it require those damn pixel shaders?

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is made using the Half-Life 2 engine, so if Half-Life 2 runs fine, I don't think there will be any problems. ;)

Hmm...
I'll get it in the fall... But it doesn't support GeForce 4 MX...
I probably won't be able to afford a new computer in the fall...
But I really want to play this game... Even though it's not Might & Magic 10.
I hope it runs as well as Half-Life 2.

By the way, why is the poll closed? I would have gladly voted.