Dark Messiah - Elements

Logsi · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:31

Hey Guys,

Did anyone get this yesterday or is intending to get it?

Got my copy through from Swap Game today, amazed that i did, i put it on my rental queue of 12 titles and about 5 minutes after i put this on there it was despatched, good service once again!

Gonna go play it shortly. Heard it's not very good, but anything is worth a rent!

Josh

Abooie · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:54

I'm umming and ahhhing over it. I didn't thing the demo offered anything new so to speak but many PC afficanodos speak highly of it and it does look like my sort of game. (Plus, for my shame I have played and finished many a M&M game of old; so I feel some sort of connection with it).

So, let me know what you think!

Logsi · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:55

I always wanted the PC game but never bought it. The demo gave me motion sickness for some reason, odd character movement. Never had it motion sickness before though, strange.

Gonna go play now!

Josh

Metalface Mark · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:56

5bjoshua said:
I always wanted the PC game but never bought it. The demo gave me motion sickness for some reason, odd character movement. Never had it motion sickness before though, strange.

Gonna go play now!

Josh

Id be totally screwed then, i get motion sickness on anything, so if this gives it to someone who dosent get it, id last about 2 minutes before barfing.

Shamikebab · 16 Feb 2008 at 11:58

I intended to. Then I played the demo. Just seems like everything I enjoyed from the PC version has been changed

msmalls74 · 16 Feb 2008 at 12:29

I enjoyed the PC game when most of the bugs were fixed, it wasnt quite what i thought it would be though. It got a 5.7 in the IGN review http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/852/852734p1.html

Closing Comments
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Elements tells a formulaic story atop repetitive gameplay and is troubled by frequent technical problems. There's some truly fun melee combat and treasure hunting buried deep within the game, but the joy of killing the same enemies over and over, environmentally or not, quickly wears thin. If you're looking for a smooth, snappy, fantasy action game with true RPG elements, keep looking.

Logsi · 16 Feb 2008 at 12:45

Just played the first training mission and then some of the first chapter.

Seems alright, there is some major technical issues though, sloppy framerates, weird clipping etc...

The voices seem to be masked by the musical score playing, i got lost sometimes as i couldn't hear the person telling me what to do.

It's kinda like oblivion without the RPG elements.

Worth a rent though I guess.

Josh