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Very very impressive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I approached this game with caution as I was not a fan of Nomad Soul and expect it to be similar. Yes it has similarites but it is 10 times better! Firstly you dont get lost and wonder aimlsessly. There is a logical behind everything. The idea of pocessing enemies is a new and original one. Its what makes the game for me actually. There are graphical and soung bugs (like a lot of 'rushed' games these days) but Messiah is an original and novel idea. Controls are good. Story is good but no masterful plot. It is a game I didn;t expect too much from but was hooked. Give it a try - you might like it. Oh one other thing: This game is tough from day 1. Theres a big learning curve but once this is passed it will be weeks of enjoyment until you complete it. Hurray for Bob!

messiah, a truely great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

messiah is in a genere of its own. It mixes awsome graphics with nice sounds and great AI. The power to posses people lets you be mulitple characters through out the game. I had lots of fun playing this game(the boss is extremely hard)

A piece of junk

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrible. There are too many bugs. The game play isn't smooth. Save your money.

Exiting But Challenging

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game is very exiting but also very difficult to figure out initially. The graphics are amazing and the 3D freeplay creates a real feeling of being in the game.

No rules, no limits, and no fear makes this game a must own.

A Breakthrough in Gaming Technology!........A Great Game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: April 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is About Bob a chubby little Cherib sent by God to save the world.But the little Cheribs only defense is the power of possesion. And you can posess over fourty amazing characters. Such as rats,cops,medics,bouncers etc etc etc to help you in your quest......GOOD LUCK !

You mean you can play the game too?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: June 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I tried changing display drivers and tinkering with the sound and downloading software and switching disks, I even took the game back to the retailer to try a different copy. My PC met all the system requirements on the outside of the box. Why wouldn't the stupid thing work? I emailed tech support and they were no help. And trust me, I've played dozens of games on this PC and never had more than a minor glitch or two. Nothing that a quick patch download couldn't fix. So if you work for NASA or perhaps write game software please buy this game maybe you can fix it. If you have trouble programming a VCR, save your money and just hit yourself in the head with a hammer. You'll end up with the same headache.

Messiah

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Messiah is a third person game. Set in the future you play an angel called Bob sent from god to save the world from the bad humans. The angel is very small and weak, It can be easily killed, but it can posses any charecter it wants and take control of the charecter, Only after becoming someone it can carry weapons. The graphics and sound are average, charecter animation are not very impressive. Messiah's problems is that it is quite difficult, To posses someone you need to fly behind him and jump into his back and that is very hard to do so because of the third person camera angle. The game is quite short too.

Awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has some of the best graphis i have seen and overal game play (once you adjust the controlls) rules. The dude that said it had too many bugs probably has a bad computer

Incedible game and a unique Idea

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played this along time ago and was immersed until the end. It was on my old PC and the graphics were top notch but I could not play at full copacity...I am now going to play it on my new gaming pc and it shall rock..This game is beutiful, challenging, full of action and smarts. The idea behind the game play is awesome. The worlds and characters are realistic and belivable...so, put on that Halo and get ready to be plunged into a new futuristic world!!!

Short but Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you can get this game up and running (for me it took two patches to work with my graphics card) then you will find this game to be a rare treat. Shiny have managed to skilfully combine several genre's, so that stealth, action, puzzles (admittedly few) and platform elements all merge into an enthralling experience. The nature of the gameplay means that there are multiple ways of completing each area, such as posessing people as camoflage or jumping into a heavy cop and blowing everyone away.

What mostly hit me throughout this game was the quality of the graphics. I own an Athlon 800 with a GeForce card, and even in 1024X768 resolution the level of detail was stunning without affecting the frame-rate. Each area of the environment has been lavished with attention to detail and colour, and coupled with the excelent ambient sound effects and music the atmosphere is at turns both dark and humourous. Indeed, a lot of the enjoyment with this game is aesthetic. Its also extremely violent. You can possess someone, hurl them from a roof, break their legs and then force them to crawl on their twisted limbs. The harpoon gun pins enemies to walls where they writhe in agony. And if you manage to posess a behemoth, you can mash peoples heads to jelly with your bare hands. The fact that a baby in a nappy is inflicting this punishment adds a further disturbing element. But this is Shiny, and their trademark wacky sense of humour is ever-present, lightening the mood. The only downsides to this game are that it is over far to quickly, and that it is ludicrously difficult, bordering on frustrating in places (although I did play it on the hardest difficulty level). But don't let this put you off - the open ended gamplay of this game makes it highly replayable, and it feels great to beat a tough section. In short, a classic.

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