Why is this masterpiece that was ahead of its time so underrated

I would really like custom co-op maps for this game.

STRANGER WIL-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

Gameplay rarely sells, unfortunately.

Also, this released recently, and it's basically that but rogue-super-lite. Definitely worth a shot.

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brings me back. good times

>Gameplay rarely sells
youtube.com/watch?v=k72Qkm_DQnE

Is this what you consider gameplay that rarely sells?

I mean it's made from the same studio that made dishonored.

hey that looks cool

sorry, but what's your point? it's fun, even if a bit grindy and not very roguelike at all.

Literally no game has ever had your interact with the environment in the same before or after

The combat is meh at best.

>2 dimensional sprite enemies that can be nudged off of ledges, they can't even jump over obstacles to get to enemies.

There aren't enough games with a top tier succubus as a character.

youtu.be/I1GLZILJc24
Time to post kino!

well, that's just like your opinion man. it plays exactly like Dark Messiah except without the cool spells, a cooldown on kicks, and dumber albeit more varied enemies.

>shitting on 2D enemies when they're animated on all directions, including the z-axis when they're dead.
also, using the enviroment is part of the fun. it's not all rooms that have easily accessible chasms like that.

no shit stray elements have been done before, but dark messiah brought them all together to create the physics-based combat sandbox that would go on to become a popular design. try being less of a disingenuous pretentious faggot and actually think before you speak.

it's very unstable. besides that, it's too old(good) for modern gamers. (which is why it wasn't ahead of it's time. It just get's better with time.)

Dark Messiah was never underrated at all.
In fact, it was so highly thought of that it was a janky disappointment when it came time to play.

Did anybody ever play the multiplayer?

Man the demon in Dark Messiah was hot

i did, it felt in a way like goofy chivalry and was a ton of fun when it was working

it doesnt look that good
i've tried dishonored when it first came out and never finished it, might be a good time to revisit
this

>ahead of its time
It was heavily based on Arx Fatalis which was heavily based on Ultima Underworld. I wouldn't be surprised if even Dark Messiah was older than you.

>has nothing to do with the rest of the Might & Magic series
>is also is best game in the series
any more examples of this?

The game's becoming a pain in the ass to run properly. I booted it up for a playthrough not long ago and the FPS would dip or absolutely chug making the game unplayable. Couldn't seem to find anything to fix this.

Its absolute and utter dogshit, installed it again recently and dropped it even faster than on my first try. Its complete, total dog. Everything about this game is bafflingly generic and reddit and the one thing I want to do in it (fuck around with the physics platforming and combat systems) is constantly gatekept by its epic attempts at being some epically story driven reddit fantashit wannabe RPG. "Underrated"? Not being considered a 0/10 is overrated for this abysmal pile of shit

>reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit
Apply yourself.

One of my personal favourites, but the game itself isn't a masterpiece. Just look at Chapter 6 for example. Still, I wish the game was recognized a lot more, there's still no game that could best it's FP melee combat.

This opinion is objectively wrong

>tfw no loyal succubus wife

I replayed it like a week ago, and it's one of those i remember fondly but didn't wanna play. The combat is amazing, but legit 60% of levels are spiders and cave. Physics barely work against spiders, and i remember i was just trying to bore though just waiting until i found the outside world and humanoid enemies. The game was dope, but seems like wasted potential. Just take this combat and put it in a better setting and levels... fuck, would be great.

blade and sorcery for vr

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arx fatalis was also made by the same company known as arkane studios.

>twirls out sword with an epic animation
>'tis a great thing to see!!1 *says NPC charging at you before giving you reddit gold*
>do the gigachad face and kick him into spikes
>twirl the sword back into its sheathe
>run around for 20 minutes listening to some generic fantashit NPC spout reddit dialogue into your ear from inside your head before you engage in a generic fantasy™ story mission to engage with X fantasy™ macguffin
>finally find 2 other enemies, twirl out your epic sword and kick them into spikes
>twirl your sword back into its sheathe while doing the "based" boy face because the sheathing animations are so epic and badass
>sprint and jump into a chain, engage in platforming gameplay for 4 seconds total before continuing fantashit™ macguffin hunt
>generic NPC talks inside your head about shit worldbuilding some more
>cutscene starts that crashes the game
>OH MY GOD THE MOST UNDERRATED, SYSTEMS DRIVEN , SWORDPLAY Zig Forums GAME OF ALL TIME

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t.

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All that text to say nothing.

Any elderborn chads itt? Graven takes a lot from dark messiah it seems from trying the demo. Shady knight is another upcoming indie that tries to emulate DM combat

>All that text to say nothing.

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