Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360 - Kotaku Comments

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

turkeyfunk — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:05:05 MST

turkeyfunk

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

turkeyfunk — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:04:05 MST

@Krackatoa:
Lol I did the same thing. Just dumped the good girl when she decried me as evil. Did one of those chest-stabbing animation thingies. It was brutal. I felt bad for a little bit, until I realized she wouldn't be pestering me for the rest of the game.

turkeyfunk

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

argh — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:01:29 MST

Well I just played the demo for an hour and it's terrible. Controls feel clunky and slow. The graphics, animations, and voice acting suck. Multiplayer is a lag-fest.

argh

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

argh — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:53:39 MST

I played the PC demo a million times, the physics were a lot of fun, it ran like crap on my clunker PC however. Hopefully it's as good, or better on the 360.

argh

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

BigWeather — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:42:34 MST

@chimp_o_death:

Holy crap! Triple CCC?! CCCCCCCCC?!?!

Choices
Consequences
Curse words
Cloaks
Crushing blows
Can't think of any more!

Seriously, though, I thought the demo was OK. It is on my radar now, at least. But January 10 is a bit early for me to get this -- I'll be gorging on a Christmas diet of Mass Effect, CoD4, Beautiful Katamari, Ace Combat 6, Ratchet & Clank, and Uncharted. Hopefully it'll drop in price before GTA4 hits (hopefully late April) and I'll be in a drought then.

BigWeather

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

bloog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:01:48 MST

I played the pc version recently and it's easily one of my favorite games of all time now.
For some reason I only really enjoyed it as the bow class though.

bloog

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Rhys — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:55:15 MST

Yeah no problems on the PC for me either. I played through the game a few times with different abilities and enjoyed myself each time. Maybe it's just my kind of game though.

Rhys

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Maiken — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:52:00 MST

The PC multiplayer was bad too. the only good part about the game is the fighting system, the levels are pretty boring, voices are terrible and the story is a cleche "Who am I?" plot. Though I kinda wish oblivon had the same fighting system, minus that dumb boot.

Maiken

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Crux117 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:42:35 MST

It wont let me download it bcuz its M rated?? Im 19 and all the family settings are turned off....what gives??

Crux117

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

zaky — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:21:58 MST

Multiplayer is poop. I am sad.

zaky

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

MBCpeanut — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:57:55 MST

Gotta say, I never had a single problem with the PC version.

MBCpeanut

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

MediocreSumo — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:17:07 MST

Ive just played it on my xbox, and by what i can tell...this game needs more time! I know, its a demo. But the game feels very slow and you cant imagine how much bugs/glitches I have found in less then 10 minutes.

Oh and by the way, if you find all the secret items in the level you will unlock a new map to play online.

MediocreSumo

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

metal_dawn — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:07:06 MST

Well, I just d/l'd this and my GF is playing it as I type. I think she played for all of 10 minutes before telling me she wants it. And well, lizy wants lizy gets. So I guess I'm buying this game now! Here's to hoping it doesn't suck.

metal_dawn

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

UncleScrotar — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:01:39 MST

Fired it up and I must say it's looking a little dated, like a pretty Xbox 1 game. That said, i couldn't find the look inversion option and turned it off... I'll stick with the PC version for now.

UncleScrotar

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

humperdinck — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:41:40 MST

@chimp_o_death: That's all well and good, but what IS this Triple CCC of which you speak?

humperdinck

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Ghede — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:34:13 MST

@chimp_o_death: ELABORATE!
You have piqued my rural interest.

Ghede

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Gladman — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:33:26 MST

Great game on the PC, absolutley loved it, don't really know what bugs you lot are talking about, I never really notice gameplay buigs anymore I just consider them a way of gaming life.

Gladman

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Caowyth — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:32:19 MST

I hope they sell enough of this to justify continuing the franchise in some fashion.

I like Sword & Sorcery FPS type games.

Caowyth

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Ghede — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:26:30 MST

I never had a problem with bugs in the PC version. But the multiplayer was seriously broken. Kuju sucks eggs.

Ghede

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

chimp_o_death — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:13:56 MST

Just tried the demo.

I'm coining a new phrase for games like these: Triple CCC.

chimp_o_death

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Sumone989 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:08:53 MST

The dashboard update prevents me from downloading anything M-rated. YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER MR. GATES!!

Sumone989

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

KaneTaker — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:55:50 MST

Loved the PC single player mode. Never did try multiplayer after the many patches. Have to load this up again...after I get my new computer. It may be Source, but its higher on system gnawing.

KaneTaker

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Cell9song — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:55:36 MST

Hopefully they'll put something in that will prevent players from falling asleep like it did to PC users.

such a disappointing game that looked so great during developement.

Cell9song

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Yoshep — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:48:19 MST

I wanted to get excited about it too, but I'll have to join the frothing masses and get an XBL Gold Subscription first. I'm not big on multi-player, though...so Gamefly it is i guess.

Yoshep

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Allfather Black — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:38:03 MST

I wanted to get excited about this, but I went to the website... the first one had its flaws and had inarguably repetitive combat (which I still enjoyed almost til the end), and as far as I can tell, this is just the 360 port. Hell, if you go to the weapons section, you can see every weapon in the game, at least the PC version, and its a pathetic selection at best. The PC originals flaws were arguably relatively easy to fix, so Im crossing my fingers that they address them, throw in a little more content, and that the people who missed it on the PC get a chance to pick it up. But if you played it already, I cant fathom a guess as to what would make you play the 360 version...

Allfather Black

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

xaksei — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:34:49 MST

@GameraTheGreat: Horray for First Person Swingers (hmmm... kinda sounds like a porno...)

xaksei

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Ollivander — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:33:31 MST

I really enjoyed the demo. I'll definitely rent when it comes out

Ollivander

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Krackatoa — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:30:16 MST

[SPOILER ALERT]

Eh, combat was fun. I didn't like the story. You couldn't be good AND keep the hot demoness who saved your life on numerous occasions... which made me angry. Stuck up good woman was all like "So you're EVIL!" and I was all like "NO! This chick in my head stopped me from kicking the bucket ten times over before you were even INTRODUCED into the story! So screw you if you think I'm just going to trade her for a +10 Sword of Demonslaying, you heartless bar-wench."

Yeah... not enough choices in that game... <_<

Krackatoa

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Argyle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:11 MST

yea a lot of people slagged Dark Messiah, I really enjoyed it and I really didn't have many bug issues. It actually made swinging a sword around in 1st person feel pretty brutal and fun.

Argyle

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

DiskoDanyo — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:24:27 MST

Played through it this morning, it's certainly not bad but it needs a lot of work.

+source engine
+unique sword combat

-source engine graphics look a bit dated now
-just feels unfinished

DiskoDanyo

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Zhabin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:24:16 MST

I loved the PC version minus the bugs, I'll have to try it out on the 360 when it finally hits. Hopefully they just fixed its general glitchiness/buginess, everything else was ok in my book.

Zhabin

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

levarien — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:23:20 MST

@Strangelove: it had some decent platforming too. Those rope arrows were fun.

levarien

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

edb87 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:21:10 MST

Downloading now. I had high hopes for the series until, you know, it came out and sucked.

Hopefully they fixed things.

edb87

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Winterbringer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:15:52 MST

I had the PC version, it had issues for certain, but was a lot of fun to play through. The MP was a bit too crazy to be enjoyed though. Hopefully they will iron things out for the 360.

Winterbringer

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Beatseeker — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:15:09 MST

i played for about a half hour this morning
level design is very open with tons of secrets
i think it's prettier than Oblivion
source engine ftw

Beatseeker

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Spilt_Milk — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:14:18 MST

I could not even get the demo running at all on the pc but 6 months later it was all fixed up and I had an absolute blast playing thru it. I am definately getting this on the 360. It will be a blast. The demo is great fun.

Spilt_Milk

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Strangelove — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:57:51 MST

I loved the melee combat engine for the PC version -- if only Oblivion had the same ...

But the rest of the game was kind of a mess. The level design, world textures, voice acting, and story were generally pretty awful, in my opinion. But the combat, oh, the combat ...

Strangelove

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

jihadjoe343 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:25 MST

Hopefully my 360 will be back from repairs soon because I've actually been somewhat interested in this game.

jihadjoe343

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

GameraTheGreat — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:53:11 MST

Wow....I didn't think I would be into this game (FPS and all, but who knew you could trade the s in for "sword") but I will be downloading this right after work. I may actually get this......a now sony fans, please begin your hatred.

GameraTheGreat

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

ASchwarzenegger — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:52:27 MST

Interestingly enough, I am interested in online RPG battles

/needs 360 at work

ASchwarzenegger

Dark Messiah: Elements Demo Casts Spell On 360

Tale — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:52:17 MST

I wish I could get the updated content for the PC version. I really loved this game.

Tale