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Dark Messiah of M&M singleplayer demo released
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and another: http://www.gamershell.com/download_14927.shtml
Mark Gonzales
Banned
Somebody post impressions. I'm stuck at work 
Still downloading here, but I've read from a few people who have finished the demo saying it's the area from the class movies they released recently. It's also really short.
System Requirements
Supported OS: Windows® XP
Processor: AMD Athlon, Pentium® 2.2 GHz (3 GHz recommended)
RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9-compatible video card (256MB recommended)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9 or higher
Hard Drive Space: 3 GB free
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible mouse and keyboard
Supported Video Cards:
NVIDIA® GeForce FX/6/7 families
ATI® Radeon 9/X families
Quite a bit higher than HL2's reqs.
System Requirements
Supported OS: Windows® XP
Processor: AMD Athlon, Pentium® 2.2 GHz (3 GHz recommended)
RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9-compatible video card (256MB recommended)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9 or higher
Hard Drive Space: 3 GB free
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible mouse and keyboard
Supported Video Cards:
NVIDIA® GeForce FX/6/7 families
ATI® Radeon 9/X families
Quite a bit higher than HL2's reqs.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Thanks fellas. Any impressions yet?
MightyHedgehog
Member
I'm pretty confident it's hitting next-gen consoles thanks to Valve's work with the console version of Source.Chris_C said:
Xdrive05
Member
Just got through playing it. Graphics are definitely better than Oblivion, while the art is hit and miss. It also runs better, which shouldn't be a suprise considerring how this game is broken up into levels. The fighting mechanics are pretty cool. Just like any of the videos they've shown so far. The voice acting is pretty embarrassing though, to me. It sounds like a cheesy Saturday morning fantasy cartoon, at least the way the "mentor" figure talks. I didn't beat the demo, but I fooled around for about a half hour, so it's not too terribly short, but probably isn't as long as the Prey demo either.
The controls feel a little loose and spotty, but they work well enough for me. I'm running fine on an overclocked Athlon XP with a gig of RAM and an overclocked 6800GT. Highest settings, 1280x1024 but no AA yet. The biggest environments gets me some lower framerates, but still generally better than Oblivion, and plenty for the gameplay speed (this isn't counterstrike afterall). But it does feel enough like Oblivion to have to fight to urge to call it a "cash-in" or something.
The mechanics can use some work yet, but overall I'm feeling pretty good about it.
The controls feel a little loose and spotty, but they work well enough for me. I'm running fine on an overclocked Athlon XP with a gig of RAM and an overclocked 6800GT. Highest settings, 1280x1024 but no AA yet. The biggest environments gets me some lower framerates, but still generally better than Oblivion, and plenty for the gameplay speed (this isn't counterstrike afterall). But it does feel enough like Oblivion to have to fight to urge to call it a "cash-in" or something.
The mechanics can use some work yet, but overall I'm feeling pretty good about it.
EternalDarko
Member
Excellent, downloading now.
Xdrive05
Member
Tieno said:
Because it feels like Oblivion when you play it, with roughly the same key mapping and a similar "feel" to the melee combat. The melee combat in Dark Messiah is deeper and the level is designed to be exploited with it.
No, it's not an open world RPG, it's a closed level RPG. In the broader sense it's nothing like Oblivion, it doesn't have the scale. But just with the details and the "feel" it's a lot like Oblivion in places.
Yeah, the game is nothing like Oblivion. The only similarity is that they both have first person melee combat.
I enjoyed the demo, but it took me all of 10 mins to complete it. My only complaint would be that I'm gonna have to upgrade my machine to play it when it's released. Had to set everything to low and it still stuttered like crazy.
I enjoyed the demo, but it took me all of 10 mins to complete it. My only complaint would be that I'm gonna have to upgrade my machine to play it when it's released. Had to set everything to low and it still stuttered like crazy.
momolicious
Member
demos are not fully optimized
I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong but it feels...hectic and clunky at the same time.
The trailer made the game appear much more dynamic than Oblivion (regarding combat) but now that I've played it, it essentially boils down to Slash, block, slash, kick, cut random rope in hope for evil trap that kills enemy, repeat. It's certainly entertaining but IMHO isn't much better than what Oblivion offered. I even may go so far as to say that Oblivion felt a bit more controlled in combat, and here...it doesn't feel as good as it should. Maybe it just takes some time getting used to it.
The trailer made the game appear much more dynamic than Oblivion (regarding combat) but now that I've played it, it essentially boils down to Slash, block, slash, kick, cut random rope in hope for evil trap that kills enemy, repeat. It's certainly entertaining but IMHO isn't much better than what Oblivion offered. I even may go so far as to say that Oblivion felt a bit more controlled in combat, and here...it doesn't feel as good as it should. Maybe it just takes some time getting used to it.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Any torrents up yet?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Those screens are the dogs bollocks. Source can be a beast in the right hands.