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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

Arkane Studios · Released 2006-10-25

Action RPG

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Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

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Difficulty Modes

1 mode · 3 tiers

A ladder of tiers, with the effects that change per tier and the rules that apply to all of them.

Standard3 tiers

The following tiers cover the standard mode. There are no known permadeath or hardcore mechanics in Dark Messiah of Might & Magic natively. However, there is a permadeath enforcement patch available here.

Tier
Enemy HealthDetermines how much damage enemies can withstand.
Enemy DamageDetermines how much damage enemies deal to the player.
Uniques Hp BonusAdditional flat health granted on top of the general enemyhealth scaling.

Normal

100%

100%

0Only found for these three entities. Other units do not get this bonus presumably.Lich0Lich King0Arantir0

Hard

~200%Community-reported figure, not confirmed by the developers.

~300%Community-reported figure, not confirmed by the developers.

200Only found for these three entities. Other units do not get this bonus presumably.Lich200Lich King200Arantir200

Hardcore

~300%Community-reported figure, not confirmed by the developers.

~400%Community-reported figure, not confirmed by the developers.

400Only found for these three entities. Other units do not get this bonus presumably.Lich400Lich King400Arantir400

HardcoreUnlockAvailable From Start

Basesoftcore

Extremely punishing (or rewarding) and generally not recommended, with prolonged fights and enemies capable of killing the player in only a few hits.

Tier rulesRules that apply only to a specific difficulty tier and differ from the mode's other tiers.

Inferno DamageInferno's normal damage is doubled on Hardcore.

Enemy BehaviourImproved dodging

Tier statsMeasured or numerical values specific to each difficulty tier, such as health, costs, resource availability or other scaling values.

Enemy Health~300%

Enemy Damage~400%

Uniques Hp Bonus400

Mode rulesRules that apply across every difficulty tier within the mode.

Locked DifficultyDifficulty is chosen when starting a game and cannot be changed afterwards.

Permadeath

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Companion

Validated

Scoring

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Before you play

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This game has known issues

See PCGamingWiki for in-depth documentation about these issues.

Quick facts

DeveloperArkane Studios

PublisherUbisoft

Released2006-10-25

Platforms

Languages

Features

ControllerNo

Always onlineNo

MicrotransactionsNo

Split screenNo

LANNo

VRNo

HDRNo

SubscriptionNo

Requirements

OSWindows XP
CPUMinimum: AMD Athlon™, Pentium® 2.4 GHz, 512MB RAM, 128MB video card, 7GB HDD Space, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
RAM512MB RAM

Contact

Websitewww.darkmessiahmightandmagic.com