Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a decent action adventure. The combat is pretty solid. There's that kicking meme, but it serves its combat utility purpose well enough. Swinging your weapons and performing power attacks and using physics objects against enemies (like creating an avalanche of stuff, or using telekinesis spell to throw objects with greater force) is satisfying. The platforming... admittedly, it's kind of mediocre. My biggest issue is how unbelivably janky the ledge climbing is. Later I discovered that you have to hold down the jump button to climb stuff, I've never seen this implementation of ledge grabbing anywhere else. Even then, Sareth will fail to climb some objects. You also have to sprint to make across some gaps, which doesn't always feel reliable. The fast paced sections where you have to quickly run feel a little trial and errory for my tastes Later on, you obtain a rope bow which allows you to shoot at wooden objects to create ropes to climb them up. Pro-tip: Don't jump onto the rope as soon as it falls, let it straighten itself, otherwise you may find yourself out of bounds, since the rope itself doesn't have collision. Speaking of bugs, I had to fix some compatibility issues that caused crashes, that 4GB issue and Nvidia's Threaded Optimization thing. After which, I've experienced no crashes at all, but be aware of those technical issues. The story... it's kind of basic. The ending in particular felt kind of underwhelming, I chose to purge the demon power, and I think I used the skull to use its power instead of freeing the father, but really, all I did was to plop it at pretty much the same place it's been before (though looking a different direction). The ending cutscene is short and I didn't gain much from it. I guess the world is saved? The game is also relatively short. This isn't necessarily an issue, but a noteworthy observation. The game definitely has rough edges, but the gameplay is fun and engaging enough despite some jank. An interesting spinoff to the Might and Magic series.