Dark Messiah of Might And Magic: Elements on Xbox 360

Looks good, but not out yet

Jinjernuts from Wales , 05/09/2007

didn't think this game was out until mid oct? The videos and gameplay footage look good, but not sure which I would prefer between this and Two Worlds.

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Oh dear...

THEmeagles from Hereford, England , 13/01/2008

I've only played the demo but, what I did play was terrible. It was very glitchy (which I put down to it being a demo) but graphically it was more last generation than next. With the likes Halo 3 and now the excellent Call of Duty 4 available, this game needs a lot of work to come up to their standards. Shame really, I was looking forward to it. Download the demo of Xbox Live and you'll see what I mean.

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oblivion wannabe

dannyshep from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/03/2008

I rented this game as I am really into RPG's but wasn't convinced this game could live up to the high standard that has been set by Oblivion, which it doesn't. In every way. Everything from the graphics, gameplay, and controls is has just the feel of something thats not quite finished. Stay away or get Oblivion which with all the expansions will keep you engrossed for days. Don't settle for second best

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Wanted to like it a lot more.

Flameswordsman from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 12/08/2008

Lets get one thing staright from the off: This is not an RPG. It was when it was released on the PC, but it has been dumbed down for the console versions. Its now basically a first-person action/adventure game.

I wanted to like this game a lot more. Its by no means a terrible game, and I actually quite enjoyed playing as an assassin and taking people out quitely, or kicking people off edges/into fire/into spikes with the decent physics engine in the game.

Unfortunately, it is a bit glitchy, with the occassional freeze-up, enemies stuck in walls etc.... nothing major, but its there. I suppose my biggest complaints would be that things drag on a bit. The story was better than it first seemed, but going through one massive cave of a level that takes 2 hours to complete just started to get very boring. There are a few others levels like this that seem to go on forever. Fighting is a key part to the whole game, and while there are multiple wweapon types, magic spells etc.... the action quickly becomes a bit stale once you relealise you only really have 2 attack types: quick, and the power-strike. You have to kill hundreds of enemies throughout the game pretty much just using these.

Its not a bad game, but its just not that good. [and the online multiplayer is completely dead, so you cant get a match going there]

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Looks good, but not out yet

Jinjernuts from Wales , 05/09/2007

didn't think this game was out until mid oct? The videos and gameplay footage look good, but not sure which I would prefer between this and Two Worlds.

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Dull Messiah

A customer from Cambs , 03/04/2008

A lot of people say its oblivion wannabe but its not even close.Its a dull 1st person hack and slash with standard level design (eg get to point B with no choices like oblivion) set in sword & sorcery fantasy world.

The graphics are out-dated and have not been updated from its PC release (the textures are poor), also a lot of bugs/glitches have been added which the developer/publisher have not fixed still. By the start of Chapter 6 I was so bored I sent it back

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