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Chairman Lmao's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
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| [February 10, 2007 02:19:50 AM]
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The plot of Dark Messiah is largely predictable, though it does afford the player the option succumb to evil or vanquish it. The impressive artwork, cut scenes, voice acting, and attention to detail allows to game to overcome its humble storyline to become an immersive experience.
My favorite aspect of the fantasy genre has always been the casting of spells, and though there are no classes in Dark Messiah, you can specialize yourself by allocating skill points in certain areas. Skill points accrue over time as you accomplish a variety of goals and defeat monstrous bosses, and you can spend these points advancing a number of tech trees that split off into even more specialized trees. To create a mage, I spent most of my points advancing my knowledge of offensive spells as well as increasing my mana pool and regeneration.
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| [February 10, 2007 02:19:45 AM]
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Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is an impressive first person shooter game for the PC. Set in a fantasy world, known as Ashan, most aspects of the game are conventions of the genre: wizards that can produce flaming projectiles, undead that crawl out of graves, and stalwart knights of unfathomable bravery. Despite a notable lack of originality, the combat system is refreshingly intuitive and the character development system very rewarding.
Dark Messiah's physics engine, Source Engine, is extremely powerful. It has been used in over 20 other games to great success, due to its "large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven, shader-based renderer, industry-leading lip sync and facial expression technology, and a powerful, efficient and completely network-enabled physics system" (Wikipedia). Source Engine allows Dark Messiah to enjoy a fantastic combat system in which patient stalking, varying levels of force, weapon choice, and attention to parrying all must be considered in order to achieve victory. Combat is fluid and dynamic; if you focus all your attention on one enemy, his friend might sneak up and shank your flank.
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Chairman Lmao's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
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GameLog started on: Saturday 10 February, 2007
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