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Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Messiah is simply a great action game! It has excellent graphics, sounds, controls, and atmosphere. I've read some reviews that claim it has a few bugs and problems with certain video and sound cards, but I have experienced no such problems whatsoever! I am using a Viper v770 ultra video card and a SoundBlaster Live audio card, and the game runs as smooth as Bob's butt. The game itself is very entertaining and it is a very unique experience from other action games. I highly recommend Messiah, especially if you enjoyed Half-Life and other such games.

Amazing Gaming Experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

An a fairly experienced gamer, I found "Messiah" to be a breath of fresh air in the glut of sub-par games out there deigned to take our valuable money. By now, you know the scheme and the tasks. Let me just say I found the game both rewarding and challenging, and appealed to all of my creative instincts that a game should appeal to. And yes, it is funny...

My computer did struggle with the game, and I did experience a few crashes. But nowadays, what DOESNT crash our computer except Microsoft Hearts and Minesweeper? I did find the patch very helpful in these situations.

If you are a gamer, I strongly recommend Messiah as your next purchase. You won't regret your choice.

An Excellent Game!

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

I've read alot about other peoples problems with this game, but I have had no problems at all, even without the patch! I have a Pentium Pro 200 Mhz processer, 96 megs of RAM, a 3D Blaster Savage 4 PCI 32 MB graphics card, and a Sound Blaster AWE 32 sound card. Even though my processor is slower than the minimum requirement, the game still runs great, and there isn't much loss of detail. I'm pretty surprised that my computer hasn't crashed with this game, because most games (Half-Life, Quake 3, etc.) will lock up.

As for the game play, the game is very enjoyable, even after you beat it. Possesing people and blending in with the croud is alot of fun, as well as jumping in someones back, picking up a flame thrower, and torching everything that moves! The replay value is great, since there is always more than one way to accomplish a task. If you like either being steathy, or shooting anything that moves, you'll enjoy Messiah.

Fantastically original and gorgeous to look at

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've rarely seen a game where opinions are so sharply divided, but perhaps I can make it a bit clearer. First, many of the negative comments have to do with technical problems (from installation to crashes). Don't let that put you off: there's a patch that seems to solve all the serious problems. I had no issues at all with the latest version.

As for the game itself, all I can say is that I haven't been this engrossed in a game for years. You start off thinking it's a first-person shooter, a la Half Life, but soon (after dying a lot) you realize that you'll need to try something else. That's when the clever stealth side really emerges. It's not MGS-like sneaking around (yawn), but hiding in broad daylight *in other people*.

Once you get the hang of it (it's hard but fair), it's incredibly cool. It opens a whole new dimension of game play and lateral thinking. It also means that you can solve problem in any number of ways (possess a cop to shoot your way out, a prostitute to charm your way out, a rat to sneak your way out, etc.)

And of course the game looks fabulous, as technically impressive as Half Life but with Shiny's trademark lush sci-fi detailing (think MDK) and vivid hues and transparencies. If you find first-person-shooters a bit samey but want more action than Tomb Raider-like exploramas, this is the game for you. Beautiful, provacative, fast-moving and seductive. Highly recommended.

The best action game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Two words: Must play. The graphics, sound, and gameplay are all seamless. It's also refresing because it's so different from other shooters. The level of diffuculty is good too, not a pushover but not impossible. I was anticipating this game a lot and I wasn't let down. Buy this now!

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.

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

A REDEEMING GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Before starting this game, be warned: It is tough. Try it on the easy difficulty if you like solving problems but have trouble with tough enemies. The amount of hits a character can take are realistic, but unfortunately, the enemies are abundant, making it a frustrating time for gamers like you and me. It has a feel of the Oddworld games in that the gameplay is not as clear cut as other games, and that it challenges you to explore all the possibilities (sometimes to the point of wanting to break the CD in half against your forehead). For instance, I was at this seemingly impossible part in the first level (shut up...this game is tough), I could not overcome the seemingly endless legions of enemies. So frustrated, I had an epiphany. I ditched my cop, possessed a nuclear technician, and radiated the hell out of the bad guys with some nuclear waste I picked up. Brilliant! I was thrilled with the freedom I recieved from this game. The characters are expendable (at point you have to depossess your character in midair, so that he will fall into a grinder and fill a container with blood, while you remain unscathed) and that definetly adds a sadistic thrill to the game. Okay, now the bad news, sometimes this game can sometimes be unrealistically hard. The cops are demonic sadists, who will start beating you up for no reason, and if you shoot a cop, no matter how secluded you think you are, 7 cops rush in and mangle you. This might have been OK, but the AI can take the killing to even uglier extremes. Once, I was involved in a battle as a cop fighting against the Chots(sewer dwelling people), after the other cops and I had eradicated the Chots, the cops turned on me and started blowing me away. I'M ON YOUR #^@$%!& SIDE I yelled angrily. Okay, so to recap:

PROS great graphics brilliant design superior gameplay good sadistic fun

CONS ruthless AI too hard (for some) WEAK ending

oh, about the bugs that I'm sure you've heard about, I don't know. The problems I experienced were: 1) sound problems in some cutscenes 2) occasional start up probs 3) minor glitches in Bob

If you're up for a tough, quasi-groundbreaking game, check this out.

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)

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