Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

[Harthwain]

I liked the story for Dark Messiah. I always thought it was fitting the kind of game it was. My only criticism was that they made it way too easy to side with evil, because they made the "good" sorceress act like a bitch about you not getting rid of the nice demon lady. That was, like, no choice whatsoever.

 

[Peachcurl]

I liked the story for Dark Messiah. I always thought it was fitting the kind of game it was. My only criticism was that they made it way too easy to side with evil, because they made the "good" sorceress act like a bitch about you not getting rid of the nice demon lady. That was, like, no choice whatsoever.

Well, Leanna coulde be a bit less annoying, but otherwise I think it fits. The temptation of evil, and all. Unlike many games where evil choices end up looking extremely stupid from all angles.

 

[Sykar]

Xana

 

[Mikeal]

I liked the story for Dark Messiah. I always thought it was fitting the kind of game it was. My only criticism was that they made it way too easy to side with evil, because they made the "good" sorceress act like a bitch about you not getting rid of the nice demon lady. That was, like, no choice whatsoever.

Well Xana constantly proposes to kill Leliana so they're even.

 

[Lagole Gon]

The only thing this game lacks is The Third Way option. Xana possesses the body of Leanna and you do all kinds of kinky shit with it.
Eat the cake and have it too.

 

[JDR13]

I'm playing it right now and enjoying it, but there are some serious annoyances. The hitboxes are really messed up in this game. I've lost count of how many times my weapon passed right through an enemy without registering as a hit. It's particualrly bad when fighting Goblins.

 

[Harthwain]

I liked the story for Dark Messiah. I always thought it was fitting the kind of game it was. My only criticism was that they made it way too easy to side with evil, because they made the "good" sorceress act like a bitch about you not getting rid of the nice demon lady. That was, like, no choice whatsoever.

Well Xana constantly proposes to kill Leliana so they're even.

Not even close.

Xana acompanies Sareth almost from the beginning. She's entertaining and cares for her host's well being, which makes her seem nice. If I remember correctly, she manages to save Sareth at least once. When it comes to Leliana there is literally no room nor reason to grow emotionally attached to her. She is very dull as a character and has to be saved by the player every step of the way, which doesn't help paint her in a good light. I only picked Leliana to see the other ending. That was literally it.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Xana is basically your sister you know

 

[Wilian]

Xana is basically your sister you know

This deal keeps getting better.

 

[abnaxus]

Leanna had bigger tits.

 

[JDR13]

The giant worm in chapter 6...wtf? I don't remember it being such a POS to get past.

 

[ItsChon]

I still can't get this fucking game to work.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

I still can't get this fucking game to work.

Have you tried using Large Address Aware? IMO seems to make most problems people have with running the game go away.

 

[ItsChon]

I still can't get this fucking game to work.

Have you tried using Large Address Aware? IMO seems to make most problems people have with running the game go away.

I'll give it a shot.

 

[JDR13]

I still can't get this fucking game to work.

What OS you running? It's doing ok for me in Win 10 64. I've had a couple of crashes, but it generally runs fine.

 

[what am i doing]

I liked the story for Dark Messiah. I always thought it was fitting the kind of game it was.

Agreed. I also like the fact that Arantir can come across as either the good guy or a bad guy depending entirely on which choice you made in the end. If you freed your father then Arantir was the good guy of the story, he tried to protect the world from Kha-Beleth, and while doing this would mean the deaths of everyone in Stonehelm it was the only option he had available. If you imprisoned your father then Arantir was one of the bad guys in the story, who was going to kill a city's worth of people unnecessarily and who obstructed you from locking your dad away properly. And since he had no way of knowing which option you were going to pick, it casts him in a favourable light as a pragmatic character who did what he believed was necessary for the safety of Ashan.

High quality antagonist.

 

[Semiurge]

The giant worm in chapter 6...wtf? I don't remember it being such a POS to get past.

It's considerably easier to get past it if you have a shield with you. Otherwise its attacks will always succeed, as I recall.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Wait!! Can we really take that advice from a worm avatar? I suspect trickery. I too would have liked it on gog. Considering steam.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I rate the spiders in this game a 9.5/10.

 

[Excommunicator]

Show me a 10

 

[Semiurge]

WTF'ed by Max Damage, indeed. Blocking the worm's attacks with a shield may negate most, if not all of the damage. Of course there should have been some stuff like big rocks to hide behind so that the shieldless can get by. It's been about 10 years since my last playthrough though.

 

[what am i doing]

You can get by just by running and using the hiding spots unless you're on Hardcore difficulty. On Hardcore you basically need either Sanctuary spell, Sanctuary scroll (picked up much earlier in the game, iirc in that chest past the platform traps in the upper temple, near the mana and health rooms) or burn a Ring of the Phoenix, since it can one hit kill you. Any other difficulty you can typically survive a hit from it if you're not naked, so just use a healing item or spell.

If you're running properly and using the midway hiding spot it will get no more than one hit on you - although if it does that hit while you're on the wooden scaffolding right after the halfway point cave, you can get fucked over by just falling to your death when the floor disappears.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Show me a 10

I'm still waiting.

 

[octavius]

Show me a 10

I'm still waiting.

 

[DalekFlay]

The giant worm in chapter 6...wtf? I don't remember it being such a POS to get past.

It's considerably easier to get past it if you have a shield with you. Otherwise its attacks will always succeed, as I recall.

My memory of Dark Messiah is that the stealthy rogue type stuff made the game much harder. I remember thinking it was obviously designed around melee, with maybe some fireballs thrown in. I'm pretty sure I started as a rogue and then started over with a more normal melee guy. I could be wrong though, it was a long time ago. Maybe time for a replay finally...