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

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 26 Oct 2006, 15:05

Or perhaps the three Elder Scrolls before Oblivion... ;)

I'll see about picking it up on Saturday...

xocomaox · Post by **xocomaox** » 26 Oct 2006, 17:09

I am downloading the game now. 7GB.... 2 DVD's!

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 27 Oct 2006, 02:03

same here, but I disagree. I'm not sure how the x850 ran it, but my 6800 got raped...hardcore, the engine was not responsive and it sucked, (thanks to huge textures and HDR that you couldn't turn OFF)

with the new card, I completely disagree.

Post by **skipclarke** » 27 Oct 2006, 10:01

I am downloading the game now. 7GB.... 2 DVD's!

Nice to see you changed your mind about not buying it dude. :)

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 27 Oct 2006, 11:16

Im intent on buying it, it came out just over an hour ago (on steam) but i don't think ill be buying it off steam, dont like the idea of buying a game and just downloading it - nice to have a box etc. Popped into GAME this morning, Ã‚Â£35!! Thats Ã‚Â£10 more than steam and anywhere else, rip off merchants - looks like ill be ordering it from play instead.

xocomaox · Post by **xocomaox** » 27 Oct 2006, 14:40

[quote]I am downloading the game now. 7GB.... 2 DVD's!

Nice to see you changed your mind about not buying it dude. :)

I am just getting it to have in my archive of games. Who said I bought it? ;)

Cabezone · Post by **Cabezone** » 27 Oct 2006, 20:33

If you buy the box copy, in the states anyway, you can use both the steam version and the copy on the DVD with the same code. I got the DVD for 10 USD less than the Steam version so all is good.

BTW if you like the action games such as Jedi Academy, you should dig this game also.

Haanz · Post by **Haanz** » 27 Oct 2006, 21:38

[quote]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:

Ah, Call of Juarez.. The spoken narrative in loading screens almost made up for their length. Best voiceover work. Ever.

As for Dark Messiah.. I should be getting it sometime soon. I liked the demo. The only thing that bothered me was the length of time it takes for you to attack after you block. If you don't kick them back immediately after blocking, by the time you strike them back, they're striking you simaltaneously. Kinda defeats the purpose of the whole block thing.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen a timing based block/recoil system, Condemned style. Ah well, you can still kick right after a block anyway.

Gecko · Post by **Gecko** » 27 Oct 2006, 23:28

Got it, installed fine. Having issues playing it though.

See my system specs.

Game is having a hard time with textures on 'high'. Set to medium, and audio at medium, game runs ok. Freakin' hardware hog though.

Seeing as it's Source based, you'd think it would be a pretty optimized engine by now. I'm guessing massive textures?

Anyway, it's pretty sad that a rig like mine - while not the top - but still around 90% of what's out there, has a hard time running it. Plenty of crashes and hangs.

Got it running ok now...hope a patch addresses some of these issues.

Oh yeah, when actually playing, the game is funs so far... :lol:

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 28 Oct 2006, 00:01

Damn steam to hell, decided i wanted to play it this weekend so thought id buy it off steam - but they only accept credit cards, not debit cards. Useless. Ordered off play instead.

xocomaox · Post by **xocomaox** » 28 Oct 2006, 00:31

Damn steam to hell, decided i wanted to play it this weekend so thought id buy it off steam - but they only accept credit cards, not debit cards. Useless. Ordered off play instead.

How do you enter your PIN number over the internet?

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 28 Oct 2006, 00:38

Don't need to enter your PIN when using debit cards online - the whole "chip n pin" crap is just as insecure as it was before CNP was introduced.

Gecko · Post by **Gecko** » 28 Oct 2006, 02:38

Update - buggy as hell. Crashes/hangs frequently, even with settings dumbed down...

*sigh*

All part of the PC game experience I suppose. Now where's that exercise wheel? This guinea pig needs to stretch his legs...

Gabbo · Post by **Gabbo** » 28 Oct 2006, 23:15

Update - buggy as hell. Crashes/hangs frequently, even with settings dumbed down...

*sigh*

All part of the PC game experience I suppose. Now where's that exercise wheel? This guinea pig needs to stretch his legs...

Weird. I played it for a few hours last night and it never crashed at all. The source engine is pretty stable as far as I can tell.

As far as impressions go...

It's ok. Slightly above "meh...". Graphics are adequate. Gameplay is adequate. Storyline so far has been ok. This game has so far failed to excite me, but it's not terrible, so I haven't given up on it yet.

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 29 Oct 2006, 00:45

Well, I finally picked it up today, it's installing right now. Can't waits to smack me up some orcs :P.

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 29 Oct 2006, 11:27

Mine will be here tuesday/wednesday - the waiting is killing me :P

But, its also probably good as i have a Software Requirements Specification in for Tuesday.

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 29 Oct 2006, 19:02

7gb is huge...download is taking forever.

oh well, I got fear extraction point to entertain me...lol

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 29 Oct 2006, 20:20

Well, I have to say that this game is the way Steam releases should be done. Steam required for multiplayer, but Steam not required for single player! Yes! I like it! It doesn't even need the damned CD key for single play Dark Messiah goodness. :D

I picked it up in Tesco's of all places - and it was cheaper than buying it online! - on Saturday, and had a quick blast for... well.. most of Saturday.

Until I reached about the fifth time in the same number of levels where you fail if someone other than you dies - I hate games that do that! I don't want to go into spoilers, but damn, if the AI enemies aren't some of the most accurate archers ever and the AI friends the most stupidly retarded bunch of morons to ever grace a FPS RPG...

...

Now I've got that out of my system, I've not had any serious problems with the game - load times are horrific with everything right up at max, and after a load, the sound stutters like a bitch for about ten seconds... but then it calms down and sorts itself out. For those of you using the Steam version, defrag your game cache files. For those of you not, defrag your whole HDD. ;)

Microtia · Post by **Microtia** » 29 Oct 2006, 20:33

Oh god don't even get me started on "escort" type missions. I HATE THEMS! :evil:.

PS, I assume you have texture detail at max as well? Generally people find that putting it to medium reduces load times a VAST amount.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 29 Oct 2006, 20:36

Yeah, I've got textures at max. I saw that there was some stuff online about turning it down to medium decreased load times, but I thought, "What the hell, I'll leave it at max..." ;)

I've failed the same 'chapter' six times now, as the incredibly crap friend AI keeps getting itself killed.

I swear, with friends like that, who needs enemies? :lol:

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