Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Preview

The folks at Bit-Tech.net have written up a three-page preview of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, based on some recent hands-on time they had with the game.

If traditional killing with a sword isn’t your bag, then you can dedicate your hard earned skill points to improving magical abilities. There aren’t a huge amount of magical skills to choose from, but what is available is quite cool nonetheless. For instance, you can become skilled in creating ice. This will make chasing enemies slip and fall, allowing you to quickly plunge a dagger into their hearts. Alternatively, the more hot-headed of you may invest in a skill called firetrap, a fire spell that acts a bit like a grenade allowing you to blow away groups of enemies.

There are also more passive magical abilities: healing, for instance is the bog standard exchange-mana-for-health option. For those of you who aren’t battle-worn RPG gamers, mana is a general term used for the energy to supply magical abilities. There are potions discoverable in game to top up your mana, usually found along side red health potions, which are in boxes market with a dragon insignia (though what exactly this dragon actually represents is unclear).