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New Elements game is port.

Ubisoft has revealed at its event in Paris that Dark Messiah of Might & Magic Elements is an Xbox 360 title.

It will be a port of the game that appeared on PC last year, but with new and additional content.

Elements will be shown to press throughout today, so expect Tom's impressions as soon as he can barge his way in.

A logo for the game appeared on the "Ubidays" brochure yesterday, leading press to speculate whether it was an expansion or a console version of the game.

Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is a first-person fantasy action game from Arkane Studios. It was built on Valve's Source engine and makes clever use of physics: allowing you to freeze the ground to make your enemies go arse-over-elbow, for instance.

Head over to our Dark Messiah review to see why it was just what the fantasy market needed.

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ratmaggot #1 5 years ago

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Excellent. I had this on PC but I kinda "felt" it was more suited to the 360. One to get for sure.
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Inquisitor #2 5 years ago

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I was always looking at this title as being likely for a console port.

Though it didn't turn out to be as fantastic as the early videos seemed to promise it reviewed solidly.
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souljacker2000 #3 5 years ago

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O yes i was hoping that this was gona happen...

/creams pants
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evilashchris #4 5 years ago

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I have been waiting for this too, excellent news!
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sickpuppysoftware #5 5 years ago

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Bah, I was hoping for an expansion
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patriot #6 5 years ago

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crap. no addon for us pc gamers then
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Rirekon #7 5 years ago

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See this is why I just can't be bothered to get a proper PC, all the top-end games end up on consoles eventually.
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Xerx3s #8 5 years ago

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Meh.
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Dizzy #9 5 years ago

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Good stuff... must get.
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UncleLou #10 5 years ago

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See this is why I just can't be bothered to get a proper PC, all the top-end games end up on consoles eventually.
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Wait a minute, that's my argument for not buying the 360, don't just turn it around!

DMOM&M is great - yeah, the story is a bit lame, but it's a ton of fun, with some great level design and attention to detail.
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mkreku #11 5 years ago

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I thought it was a horribly stupid game with probably the worst level design I've ever seen in a game. Everywhere you went you had these really obvious spike traps, fires, shelves with barrels on them.. and just by coincidence, the orcs loved to hang around next to them so you could kick them into these death traps.. over and over and over.. Oh, and if there was a cliff nearby, there was ALWAYS an orc standing on the edge of the cliff with his back turned. I think I used my sword like.. three times in the entire game. Kick, kick, kick!!
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kangarootoo #12 5 years ago

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Whoohoo!!

That is all I have to say.
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kangarootoo #13 5 years ago

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@mkreku

"Suspension of disbelief" is not a dirty word you know. So long as its fun, I don't care where the orcs stand.
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JediMasterMalik #14 5 years ago

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Shame, was hoping for an expansion.
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Hugundo #15 5 years ago

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They were listening to me!
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repairmanjack #16 5 years ago

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Ooh!

New news!

Like the sound of this.
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UncleLou #17 5 years ago

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You could have, you know, just not kicked them, and enjoyed the brilliant sword-fighting? Besides, I don't know which difficulty level you played on, but there are enough fights with multiple orcs where you're running out of stamina pretty quickly if you try kicking them all the time.

Could the kicking be exploited a bit too much? Yes, probably. Does this break the game in any way, unless you yourself decided to exploit it? No.
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kangarootoo #18 5 years ago

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+1
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DUFFMAN5 #19 5 years ago

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"Suspension of disbelief" is not a dirty word you know......crevis is a dirty word. I'm looking forward to this.
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spongebob #20 5 years ago

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Wow! This is great. Gaming is so much better on consoles because of the set system specs. I hate PC upgrading.
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Dynamize #21 5 years ago

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Not an expansion for the PC then
Oh well, the console chaps can have a go on it, enjoy it, then Ubi will commission an expansion for the PC on the back of the increased interest
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Pablo2k5 #22 5 years ago

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Quote from Rirekon... "See this is why I just can't be bothered to get a proper PC, all the top-end games end up on consoles eventually."

LOL. Yeah, dumbed down gameplay with shit graphics, gimme some of that! LOL.

Edited by 2 at 23/05/07 @ 18:35
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LonesomeRoad #23 5 years ago

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Ever since that leaked Ubi release paper last year I've been looking forward to this. Can't wait.
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MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #24 5 years ago

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crevis is a dirty word

But it means 'crawfish'. What's dirty about miniature lobsters?
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