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

The game is certainly great, but personally, I prefer Might & Magic 6-8. They are more like RPGs.

As a fan of the old Might and Magic games, I simply hated Dark Messiah! Well, excuse me, Gabe Newell somehow showed up there and ruined everything... Personally, I thought that no one would share my opinion about this game. But I was pleasantly surprised when I looked at the poll)))) It's nice to know that there are still fans of the old school.

Diples, the poll was closed quite a while ago, and most forum users (like me) simply didn't have time to vote, so this poll isn't objective.

In any case, I personally will insist on my point of view. Because what was done in the 10th installment is hardly something you can call Might and Magic.

In any case, I will stick to my opinion)) Because what was done in the 10th part of Might and Magic can hardly be called Might and Magic.

No, but why? :smile26: Well, it's not Might and Magic 10, it's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Might and Magic 10 should be an RPG in any case.
Objectively, Dark Messiah is a very good game, with excellent physics and gameplay, if, of course, you like action games.

Knight, I completely agree with you; it's a good game on its own, but not as a continuation of Might and Magic. By the way, Hammerfall is a cool game.

Although I enjoyed playing Dark Messiah, it's still an action game. I hope the next Might & Magic game will be more original and not so short.

Yes, indeed... I would like to see something more large-scale, with the ability to choose your own path, your own quests... With the ability to explore the cities of humans, forest elves, dwarves, etc. from the inside. Something similar to Oblivion. But that was the problem with Dark Messiah: releasing a game that would compete with Oblivion was a big risk, and its action-oriented version found its niche and became one of the best games of the year.

Dark Messiah is a slasher; it's not an RPG at all, and therefore cannot compete with or be compared to The Elder Scrolls or Might and Magic.

Well, the very presence of experience and the skills acquired for it – isn’t that an RPG element? Of course, in terms of developing this system, Messiah is infinitely far from games like Fallout or D&D, but as an action/RPG, it’s more than adequate. And the universally beloved Oblivion, which I strongly dislike, is also very difficult to call an RPG in that case. After all, even there, you have to swing a sword using a crosshair. I really enjoyed Messiah; its essence isn’t in the abundance of puzzles, characteristics, and other things, but in the process itself. If in Heroes, we observe that an ogre with the number ten always hits gnomes with the number fifteen with a club in the same way, and they fall to the ground next to two more corpses, then Messiah offers the player greater variability in combat styles and ways to kill opponents. This wasn’t seen before. Yes, there were isolated cases somewhere, but here it’s improved by an order of magnitude. I got a lot of pleasure from playing through various situations in different ways, many of which can be resolved without a single sword swing. The game is simply excellent, and to “hate” it based on the brand in the title is simply foolish.

the best combat system in the history of the gaming industry, stunning physics, and an excellent plot – all of this is Dark Messiah. When playing it, you feel everything that is happening on the screen, you immerse yourself in the game world, and while playing, you realize that this is not just a game, it's a life.

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The game is truly addictive. I don't want to offend fans of Might & Magic, but these are two different genres, and comparing these two games is simply absurd.

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Each is a masterpiece in its own category, and playing them is a true pleasure.

Dark Messiah is a cool game; it's interesting to play through it several times. It has many features and engaging gameplay. By the way, does anyone know how to throw daggers?

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The game is cool, but does anyone know how to throw daggers?

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

Yeah, I'd like that too, but Dark Messiah is a pretty good game as well.

A silly comparison, in my opinion. DM is not a continuation; it's not MM10, and even on the old engine, it would have looked terrible. If they had made MM10 on a new engine, with good graphics, and taken the best ideas from the old MM games, including the style, it would have been amazing. Ah, dreams...

That's a silly comparison, in my opinion. DM isn't a continuation at all; it's not Might & Magic 10, and even on the old engine, it would have looked terrible. If they had made Might & Magic 10 on a new engine, with good graphics, and taken the best ideas from the old Might & Magic games, including the style, it would have been amazing. Ah, dreams...

Yeah, but DM doesn't look like a continuation of Might & Magic...
I usually think like this: It's a good game, but not Might & Magic; it's like a completely different game.
And by the way, since we're discussing the game... the age rating is +18, but I'm 14; I played the game when I was 13, and my psyche seems to be okay so far:D