Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

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[PC] We go hilt deep with this gritty fantasy fighter

If you've ever played Bushido Blade - a classic PSone samurai sword-fighter, where skilled bladesmiths could perform one-slash kills - you'll know the kind of strategic, thoughtful violence to expect from Dark Messiah. You can almost feel the weight of the weapon in your hand, but this doesn't interfere with the high-action pace. Instead it encourages creative battling, instead of mindless sword-waving.

Face-to-face battles with the beastly hordes are always frenetic, but you could opt to sneak in and take them by surprise. Each weapon has different charge attacks, performed by tapping a direction while charging your attack - left or right trigger powerful slashes, while forwards sets you up for a lunging stab - and if you can get close while unnoticed you can unleash a stealthy instant-kill.

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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.