Dark Messiah: Elements demo drops on Xbox Live

by Justin McElroy { Dec 21st 2007 at 9:35AM }

Usually demo posts are little more than public service announcements, but this one really took us by surprise. After all, the last time we heard anything about Xbox 360's Dark Messiah: Elements, it was due in early September of this year, a goal that, as you've probably noticed, it did not reach. Now, it's come from nowhere with a brand new demo on Xbox Live and a new date: Feb. 5, 2008, if Gamestop can be believed.

When it launched on the PC late last year, the reviews were all over the map. But it's been a year since then and we look forward to seeing how it has grown in the intervening 14 months. What's more, the demo features both single and multiplayer campaigns. Give it a spin and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Tags: dark-messiah, darkmessiah, ubisoft

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Easo @ Dec 21st 2007 9:43AM

Elder Scrolls 5 confirmed?

NATO_Duke @ Dec 21st 2007 10:09AM

I have been looking forward to this one. Even if its below oblivion quality and yet higher than the quality of 2 Worlds, then its worth the entry fee to me.

Warlord @ Dec 21st 2007 10:20AM

The combat is fantastic, but the inventory and the lack of an open world restricted it's replayability.

I yearn for Oblivion with DMoM&M's combat system.

Cyro @ Dec 21st 2007 10:58AM

i played it on PC and in my opinion I believe it was a great game. The graphics were great. I might go for it, if all the glitches that plagued the PC version are gone.

PS: Cool Story.

t_m @ Dec 21st 2007 11:00AM

I had hoped it'd be more like a medieval Deus Ex with physics. But it wasn't at all bad.

Multiplayer was a waste of resources though...

Edge @ Dec 21st 2007 11:20AM

The multiplayer was pretty laggy and felt shoehorned. What fun is it if your opponents have abilities that freeze you in your tracks... from a distance while they close on you and hack up your body.

But the core single player game feels pretty sold and combat is satisfying at the same or better level as Oblivion. Exploration? Not quite as much at this point.

bounchfx @ Dec 21st 2007 12:20PM

I bought this game for 6$ on PC.

if only my PC could handle it. :(

I'm looking forward to playing it...

Mr.ESC @ Dec 21st 2007 1:14PM

Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme.

I liked Dark messiah because it remind me of Hexxen and Heretic which are ones of my favorites of all time but this one reminds me of Oblivion which is even cooler but is just me or the mage powers look like the plasmids of Bioshock?

I’m looking forward to this game,now that the only thing concerns me is Ubisoft because since I bought Assassin’s creed I lost faith on them so I better keep my expectative down.

Matt B @ Dec 21st 2007 1:19PM

Got it off of steam almost a year ago and finished it. Great game. If you have already played bioshock, then the gameplay in this game will be easy for you. NOw you have a sword instead of a gun and magic instead of plasmids. You may even think after playing this that bioshock ripped off the whole gameplay element. See for yourself.