Dance of Romance: Sareth has a dream where he dances with Leanna in the moonlight as romantic music plays.Lastly, the games numerous systems make it easy for a skilled player to dispose of his enemies however he wishes as enemies take lots of damage from falling, being hit with heavy objects, and so on. Secondly, even early on enemies deal a LOT of damage and can block your attacks frequently, making it difficult to win in a straight up fight. This is actually ideal due to a number of factors: for starters, you don't gain EXP from killing enemies, so disposing of them in the quickest way possible is ideal. Combat Pragmatist: Sareth frequently uses his environment to his advantage.Perhaps surprisingly she stays entirely loyal to you throughout the game, even going out of her way to save and revive you when you are killed midway into the game. She will even betray the Demon Sovereign if Sareth chooses to leave his father sealed. Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Xana, as every other succubus in the series, frequently suggests that Sareth betray his allies, even when they are technically on her side.Played straight in the multiplayer though. Character Class: Averted, the game uses a point buy system for abilities.This really only becomes an issue with food rations (which all food becomes when picked up) and mana potions for non-pure mages. Cap: You can only hold 20 of an item at once.Blade Lock: Known as "Contests of Might" in-game, but it's there.Big "NO!": Performed by Leanna, if you choose to release your dad.Beware My Stinger Tail: In your demon form, your charged attack strikes at an enemy with your tail.Betty and Veronica: The game presents you with two strongly contrasted female companions in the form of the blonde, goody-two-shoes mage Leanna and the dark-haired, sultry, and Obviously Evil Xana.Useless Useful Stealth is averted here, this technique works on the Final Boss. Back Stab: You can pull off stealth kills once you raise your Sneak skill high enough.With practice this needn't be a problem however. Awesome, but Impractical: The inferno spell does tremendous damage to a foe standing right in front of you, and blinds you while it is being cast so that you can't see if the foe has stepped back out of the fire.Artificial Stupidity: The AI doesn't recognize that walking through a burning puddle of oil is a bad idea.The player must use everything in his arsenal and all the fun things in the environment to survive fights, especially on higher difficulties. Enemies are both strong and plentiful and there is no EXP rewarded for killing them, only completing objectives. The environment is often littered with cliffs, barrels, oil pots and spike racks, and the player is given incentive to take advantage of these factors. Spells allow you to freeze the ground, throw big things around with telekinesis, light your enemies on fire and be a general badass. Magic is similarly more than a rocket launcher. Objects in the world of appropriate size can be picked up and thrown at foes to disrupt them, while strong blows, or the game's dedicated "kick attack", can knock enemies around (this is particularly pronounced with Goblins and Undead due to their lack of bulk), pushing them into traps, bottomless pits or each other.
#DARK MESSIAH OF MIGHT AND MAGIC XANA AND LEANNA FULL#
The game is built on Valve Software's Source engine and it makes full use of the engine's physics component. Before Sareth leaves, a woman called "Xana" is fused to his spirit by Phenrig to advise him and provide running commentary.Ĭombat can be best described seeing the world through the eyes of a Combat Pragmatist. After a short training mission where a magic crystal is acquired, Phenrig sends Sareth "half a world away" to locate an artifact known as the " Skull of Shadows" - the crystal being a key to the Skull - with the help of fellow wizard Menelag and his apprentice/niece Leanna. The game stars Sareth, a young student of a mage called "Phenrig" trained in both magic and martial arts.