Dark Messiah

nands · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:25

Wondering if anyone else has pre-ordered/looking forward to this?

I thought that the demo was superb, not played any multiplayer yet though, will have to wait until Friday.

nands · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:04

anyone know if this game is set up to take advantage of dual processors?

nands · 25 Oct 2006 at 09:00

djay said:
Having seen the review in the new PCZone i'm a little bit worried it's not going to be as good as i hoped. It only scored 84%. QUOTE]

It got 88% in PC Gamer though, so average is going up! Still from the demo and all of the previews I thought it would be scoring higher.

nands · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:03

Nahema said:
When is this game officially going to be released?

Friday (27th)for retail and 10am Friday morning for steam.

nands · 26 Oct 2006 at 08:55

neverender said:
Mines in the post as I type ^_^

Got my confirmation last night too, looking forward to this one.

nands · 26 Oct 2006 at 09:13

Some more reviews in-

Game Informer - 9.25/10
PC Format - 88%

Bringing the average score to 88.1% - getting better, still will judge for myself!

nands · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:56

Read some more reviews comparing it favourably with the Theif series, which is good.

nands · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:17

regulus said:
You cannot just jump in and keep whacking Mouse1 because they'll just block everything.

That was the issue I had with combat in Oblivion, looking forward to a proper sword fight. Or maybe I will go a bit more stealthily.

nands · 27 Oct 2006 at 09:45

mark_t50 said:
Hmm, didn't get a great review on Gamespot (6.7/10).

I read that one too, but how can he give the graphics 7 out of ten? Everyone who has played the demo knows they are better than that. Reviewer stikes me as someone who just didn't like the game.

Not seen any other reviews below 80% and some in the 90s.

nands · 30 Oct 2006 at 09:46

Can't believe soe of you have finished the game twice already, but then I have a wife and 2 kids so my gaming time is severely limited!

I am on Chapter 4 and just enjoy standing at the top of a staircase and getting my kicks by kicking guards in the head as they run up the stairs! Class!

If I had a compaint it would be load times, not the longer load of the game, I can handle that, but the quick save/load is not so quick.

nands · 30 Oct 2006 at 10:07

ben_j_davis said:
Hom much Ram does everyone have? I've got 1 gig, do you reckon i need 2 to run this game smoothly.

I have 2 gig, no stuttering at all here.

4800X2, X1900XT and the 2 gig working in harmony - all settings on full at 1280x1024.

Aside from the load times I have had no issues at all.

nands · 30 Oct 2006 at 17:00

Neil79 said:
Best game ive played this year so far

That is the best review I have heard yet!

nands · 3 Nov 2006 at 17:03

There is a tweak guide available for this game:-

http://www.tweakguides.com/DMOMM_1.html

Hope it helps if you are having problems.

nands · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:19

Panzerbjorn said:
I'm really enjoying this although I've not had time to get very far. My only niggle is that no matter how quietly I try to walk or how careful I am keeping to the dark, I always get seen. Makes stealth like in the Thief series very difficult!

I agree, I gave up increasing my stealth skills when they just didn't seem to do anything.

My other gripe would be the range of weapons, I play and feel that I am a healthy distance away from an orc and yet he manages to do me some damage. However it works both ways and means that you don't have to get as close when you want to kick them off the edge os a cliff!

nands · 8 Nov 2006 at 12:30

There is definately a patch coming 'soon'. Details here.

nands · 8 Dec 2006 at 20:21

no_1_dave said:
Nooo, I ended up with so much strength & a powerful sword that even the orcs only needed 1 swipe. I just marched through near then end smacking everything out my way

You're right, by the end I felt too strong, there was no challenge at all. Still a fun game and I enjoyed it. Not replayed it though, not sure I can be bothered - I never replay games though, so that is nothing special for this game.