UbiSoft Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements (XB360)

$22.07 to $36.86 from 6 sellers

XB360

Rating: 8 8

In Dark Messiah, you are Sareth, apprentice to Phenrig, a powerful wizard. Phenrig, your foster father, has raised you from birth for a single purpose, training you in the arts of magic and war.At the beginning of the game you are sent to the free city of Stonehelm, home to the mage Menelag, a friend of your master to help him retrieve the long lost Skull of Shadows. The Might and Magic Universe?s Darkest Side. Explore the most remote recesses of Ashan, populated with fearless orcs, dreadful undead, elusive cyclops and many other creatures that defy nature?s creation. This is the darkest side of the legendary Might and Magic universe, where the forces of evil are stronger and more cunning than ever.

bit-tech Review

"The framerate problems are probably the biggest issue we’d have with Dark Messiah: Elements too and framerate drops are something I honestly just can’t tolerate on a console game. When you are aiming for specific hardware then there’s no excuse to let your game get into a framerate dropping scenario.

Aside from that, the games major fault is that despite the changes and tweaks it doesn’t actually do all that much above and beyond the PC version – it’s just rebalanced and with a few new levels slapped in. There’s nothing wrong with that at all – Dark Messiah: Elements is perfectly alright – but it was never going to bowl us over, not with the engine starting to show it’s age." - 10th March 2008

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Review Date: 29-Jun-08
kgivens

Rating: Rating 6 6

Time with product: 3 Days

Strengths: Lots of swordplay, plenty of enemies

Weaknesses: Perhaps a bit too much swordplay

Summary: Oblivion it ain't. This is really just a sword-based fighting game as far as I'm concerned. Available at a budget price lately, it's not a bad way to kill an hour, but don't expect any character depth or exciting missions.
Review Date: 20-Feb-08
PusherRobot

Rating: Rating 10 10

Time with product: 10

Strengths: Graphics, can play either magic or brute force

Weaknesses: Not long enough

Summary: This game is awesome you can play using mainly magic, or weapons lots of both to choose from, cut off limbs, kick into spikes, set on fire, you name it and its pretty much there, only problem I had was I wanted to keep playing. The game has good graphics along with a decent story line I don't have any real complaints except for length but that's almost all games, you get into them and don't want to stop playing.

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