Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

unfortunately its really buggy
the general physics suck ass
which is REALLY worrying since it tries to be a platforming game.......
theres tons of sections where you have to jump ledge to ledge, platform to platform, make your own ropes etc
and it is just really garbage feeling because the physics either are half broken or just plain suck.
the grabbing onto ledges in particular is half glitched.
the combat system isnt really that great. you basically just hold a direction then mouse button for a Power attack, and you spam that over and over for 90% of the game.
theres 3 difficulties, Medium, Hard, And Hardcore, and i picked medium, and the game was WAY too easy...so maybe thats my fault but..
I never died a single time from combat, i died OVER AND OVER AND OVER to the fucking shitty platforming though! Fun! You end up quick saving, jump, quick save, jump, fall, quickload, jump, ETC, ETC. it SUCKS

Like, it really is a glitchy mess of hot shit. At one point I couldn't beat an entire level because the NPC wouldn't come through the door with me. Really sad.

The story is kind of dog shit. i never gave a fuck, its cringy, cliche, boring, uninteresting. so the few choices at the end i never cared for, just wanted to get it over with.
You level up and find gear, but it doesn't really matter much past a certain point.
The level design is pretty annoying, you never really know where to go, so it ends up being you looking around the map in circles looking for that one (key) or (object) or (switch) that you missed to progress. Really frustrating.

This game coulda been really sweet, people kind of hail it as a modern classic or hidden gem, but its got WAY too many flaws for me to even think about praising it. Probably avoid this one unless you like glitchy, Half life 2 with swords (but way worse) shitty games.

6/10

Its a very disappointing game, considering how much people praise it. I heard people claimming it to be one of the best action focused RPGs, better than Oblivion and one of the best games of 2006. Its none of those things. What it is is an extremely linear action game with some minor RPG aspects, with a dull story and some very clunky first person combat.

Its not bad, but more mediocre than anything else. The visuals are from the early ps3 era, which means of course that they have aged terrible and aesthetically its worst than a lot of PS2 games. The combat should be the star of the show, but unfortunatly its really janky. I dont think that anyway still has made first person melee combat that feels great to play with, but certainly things have evolved a lot since this game. It feels unresponsive, and at times it fails bows that should be connecting. The ability to kick enemies off ledges or into spikes is a very good addition to the game, but so much that it is silly of how much that is more effective than the actual swords in the game. There is also bows in the game, but due to how the projectiles work and the frequent presence of shielded enemies means that they are not as enjoyable to use as they should.

Overal its a let down, and i cant really recommend it to anyone seeking an action RPG due to its many flaws.