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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45726

As promised, Ubi Soft has released a playable demo for
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, allowing you to try out this Source-powered first-person fantasy action RPG by Arkane Studios. The massive 1.4GB demo offers a tutorial along with the first level of the game. The demo co-premiered on

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yhancik · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject:

1.4Gb ?
demos are getting bigger and bigger those days

anyway it's way too much for my monthly download limit :/

AhPook · Contributor Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 20

Ahh, Might and Magic, used to love those games, not so much the Heroes series though.

Hopefully Dark Messiah will be good and a bit nostalgic.

Love living in a rural area except for not having broadband Crying or Very sad

Will have to download it at a friend's place this weekend.

xxxx · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject:

Yes I wasn't a fan of the Heroes either. This though looks great and I plan on getting it. In the old days, I finished all the MM titles. I just hope this new one doesn't lag like hell like Oblivion. I hate Bethseda, they write the worst code in the industry imo. Everything they release is buggy and not optimized and though years have passed by they've gone nowhere in terms of code quality. Too bad nobody gives a shit. Morrowind was the crossover imo, where people just didn't give a shit anymore if games had lousy code.

yhancik · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

from what i read here and there, the demo is time-limited (around 30 minutes, but it includes the tutorial)

xxxx · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:33 am Post subject:

I downloaded it over last night. Tried to install it tonite and it said, "send error report to ms" Sad

Now that I know it's 30mins, wont even bother wasting the bandwidth, I'll just pick it up at the store. Thanks for that info.

xxxx · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:03 am Post subject:

This game is awesome. You need to try it. I'm so done with Oblivion when this comes out. So glad they didn't destroy this classic game with a cheap quality game. Glad they did it on a FPS engine, even if it is Source. 'Enhanced' Source engine. hehehe. Fighting and everything is so cool its just more exciting to play. 10 thumbs up!

DarknessIncarn8 · Contributor Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

when i try 2 run install shield wizard the thing finishes installing and my curser is an hourglass around it like theres something there but its invisible i think my comp is halffreezing when it tries 2 run the program this sux any1 else hav this problem????

DarknessIncarn8 · Contributor Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

[quote="xxxx"]Too bad nobody gives a shit. Morrowind was the crossover imo, where people just didn't give a shit anymore if games had lousy code.[/quote]

2 tru 2 tru 2 many people dont care if the game has a wrs code than bz (battle zone hav u evr playd that game? its better than many 2day) which was releasd the first time in the 80s i think it was then rmd to hav better 3d graphics somtime from 1990-1995 its pretty Sad

Sabot · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

well i'm not too impressed, i cannot understand the references to Oblivion??? This is more like a 2006 version of Hexen crossed with Hitman controls. Besides it's just caves with a bare glimpse of outside. What's with the points system...? erm that has more in common with LOTR.

Whilst people have a dig at Bethesda they sadly fail to realise that they raised the bar that not one other company has *ever* got near. Sure there are aplenty RPGs out there possibly better for a story, but they are linear scripted-follow-this-path-only affairs.

Bethesda like Bohemia interactive (operation Flashpoint) and Far Cry have created worlds that are true free roam and daring. Plus the HUGE amount of code that goes into writing 100+s of quests and sub quests is CRAZY! You guys are being silly pointing the finger as if they are producing a 10hour game that goes A to B 'The End'

Sadly each to their own i guess.

Paulie · Contributor Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 12

Well, anywho, Im buying a new graphics card thanks to this new MM.
Played the demo, it was truly great, but fps was bit low on my X800GTO, so i thought why not buy a X1900GT and OC the shit out of it with the help of little Vf900cu Twisted Evil

Game looks and feels awsome, and its not caves with a glimpse of outside Rolling Eyes

Demo had a big part of outside work. i.e. getting into the castle for one.

I like the new fighting system, but it seemed a bit confusing to get the character to do what I wanted not what he feeled doing, but practice makes master, right? Very Happy

Sabot · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: