Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Steam preload/order begun

Post by **skipclarke** » 06 Oct 2006, 01:55

http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=2100&

It's $50 ($49.95), plus tax if you pay tax, with no discount like they usually have going on before the actual release day.

I dunno. Might have been interested if it were a little cheaper, more reasonably priced, something like $30 or even up to $40. What are your opinions?

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 06 Oct 2006, 02:25

Will be buying it, but not off Steam.

Post by **skipclarke** » 06 Oct 2006, 02:45

On closer reflection I guess $50 could be considered a fair price. It is a full game after all (i.e. not episodic), plus it's got single and multiplayer components. I guess I'm too used to the regular stuff on Steam and have forgotten what a full-priced game costs any more. No matter.

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 06 Oct 2006, 02:49

I'd probably pay a good portion of that just for the MP component, never mind the SP as well.

Post by **skipclarke** » 06 Oct 2006, 09:22

Ah hell, I thought 'wtf' and bought it anyway. As others have noted elsewhere, the deals off Steam tends to be cheaper for a lot of us not living in the US. For example, in my case the conversion goes as 49.95 USD = 66.9377 AUD (Australian Dollars), and virtually all full-priced games in Australia are sold on the stores at between $80-$90, sometimes $100, so we do end up getting the better deal from Steam anyway.

xocomaox · Post by **xocomaox** » 06 Oct 2006, 13:39

I downloaded the demo and thought it played very poorly.

The engine didn't seem to perform like I thought it would. The combat system was trash. I didn't even like the voiceovers.

I will not be buying it.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:18

I loved it ...
The demo played great ...
The engine performed just fine ...
The combat system is awesome ...
And the voiceovers seemed ok ...

It just shows you how two people can differ so much with their opinion of a game ... :shock: :lol:

I bought it ... I like Steam

Post by **skipclarke** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:23

I downloaded the demo and thought it played very poorly.

The engine didn't seem to perform like I thought it would. The combat system was trash. I didn't even like the voiceovers.

I will not be buying it.

Well to be fair, the demo was not built using a final version of the game, so who knows what improvements have been made to the engine and combat mechanics since then. Doesn't help the voice overs I guess, but whatchagonnado.

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:26

When are voice overs ever good anyway :P.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:31

When are voice overs ever good anyway :P.

Not often ... as I said I thought they were ok ... in "Call of Juarez" they are spot on ... about as good as I have ever heard in a game ... :shock:

emanuel.en · Post by **emanuel.en** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:37

I don't know why I don't like the game... (crazy sentence :lol:)

The fightsystem was really bad and the whole demo was boring for me. it doesn't made fun to kill those orks, usually I like to kill something. :?

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:40

Just out of curiosity, those of you that didn't like the combat system, what didn't you like about it?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 06 Oct 2006, 15:43

Yeah ... the combat system is the best bit ... :shock:

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 06 Oct 2006, 16:40

I have to agree with paddy and everyone, the combat system is bloody brilliant! Best ive ever seen in a first person RPG.. just look at oblivion - its combat system was pretty crap.

I will definatly be buying this game, im counting down the days lol.

As for the price, it's a little cheap - games like this normally sell for around Ã‚Â£39.99 or at least Ã‚Â£29.99 over here, and steam are giving it us for just over Ã‚Â£24 pre-order, and Play.com will accept pre orders at Ã‚Â£26 delivered. Very good price in my opinion.

xocomaox · Post by **xocomaox** » 06 Oct 2006, 17:26

They tried to do something really original with the combat system, and I will agree, it's cool. But it's not fun to use, or at least for me it isn't. Can't really describe this in words.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 06 Oct 2006, 20:39

I'll probably buy a boxed copy.

I'm not as adamantly against Steam as I was, but I still don't like it too much. :(

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 06 Oct 2006, 22:16

Theres just something about having an actual boxed phsyical copy of the game.

SnowBall · Post by **SnowBall** » 07 Oct 2006, 00:57

Loved the demo and will definately be buying the game!

Trouble is, I'm travelling from 12th November so won;t have long to play it! :?

Gecko · Post by **Gecko** » 26 Oct 2006, 14:59

Played the demo, and I liked it! It's cool that they finally came up with another real FPS game in the fantasy genre, Oblivion being the first, of course... :lol: :D :D

I bought the full game off Steam, started downloading last night. Was going well at 350+ Kb/s, then slowed down to around 50...grrr.

Will finish tonight, then it's orcs into the spikes time! :D

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 26 Oct 2006, 15:01

I'm gonna pick it up tomorrow if local places have it in stock. They'd better...

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