Darkfall

Originally posted by Scubiedude

Like I said,from what I have read on this forum there is alot of conflictingting information .Good and Bad.It is hard to know what to believe.

See OP, even after 5 more pages of debate, I'll bet you aren't any clearer on what to believe than you were reading the other threads.

It all boils down to a matter of faith really, as hard evidence is circumstantial and incomplete at this point at time. Sure, you can find links to this and that, but none of it really proves beyond a shadow of a doubt whether Darkfall will ever be released, never mind released in the state that the developers promised us.

But in theory, we won't have much longer to wait. Tasos promised us a release before the end of 2008 (and we all know Aventurine/Razorwax never breaks their promises  )

What I hope will happen is the game will actually be released by years end, because I for one would love to give it a try.

What I think will happen (yes, I know, speculation on my part) is that the date will come and go, and we'll go through 2009 once again debating the existence of DF with a whole new set of supporters who will magically create new accounts to prop up the game.

Originally posted by Waterlily

No one knows if it's legit.

The problems start when you try to find games these people have made before, you will find NONE.

That's because they're a new company, just like Mythic was before they made Dark Age of Camelot.

When you try to find any other games anyone designing this game have worked on, you will find NONE.

You've personally checked into the backround of all the developers and found nothing? Prove it.

Here's one. http://www.henningludvigsen.com/wordpress/?page_id=8

When you try to find a business or publisher who has ever supported this game or company, you will find NONE.

Wrong again. Nice try. They have a very old, wealthy and well respected publisher. http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=58541&highlight=publisher

When you try to find out the building they supposidly work in, you will find 0 pictures of them at work.

What?! Are you serious? You're complaining about not having a picture of their office? You've got to be joking. That's just sad and pathetic. Wasn't there a huge google Earth thread of Hashbrick trying to find their office, making an idiot of himself because he forgot to translate avenue?Well, here they are. http://www.moondawn.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=48

No one seems to have played a closed beta.

Wrong. The people who have visited the office in Greece have played and commented on it, but of course people like you will just say its all fake, cause you want to troll. Ahhh I see who you are now. Waterlilly, you never have anything good to say despite all the evidence that gets stacked against you. My troll radar should have gone off right away.

No real gameplay video's, just some video's that anyone could have made that just show some simple landscapes.

There are about 4-5 videos. One showing combat and large battles. The other showing all the landscapes and systems in place. Another one showing mounts. There are also 500 other screenshots at least. Nice try.

 

7 years in development.

About 4 1/2 - 5 actually.

Designers have other jobs besides working for darkfall.

 A few artists do. But you know what is listed right next to their other jobs? Darkfall. I guess if Darkfall is fake so are those other jobs.  But I thought you said the people who worked on Darkfall never worked on anything? Uh oh, you're story is starting to eat itself.

When you think about it, 2 things are possible.

1. This is a scam and it was just build as a hype machine.

You mean "built"? I don't really see how a game that doesn't exist has signed with a publisher that releases public stock and makes reports to its stock brokers about its business transactions.

2. This is an actual game and the designers are truthful but have no experience or knowledge on how to design a game and the game will come out one day as a low budget title or will never come out.

 Well now you're being sensible. No one knows how this game is going to be. I do believe they have quite a bit of experience with MMOs, and they're making a spiritual successor to Ultima Online. And they've mentioned having deep pockets a few times, don't know from where. We'll see how it is. It exists, but it might suck for all we know. I hope not. 

Originally posted by Polarization

Well thanks, I guess that’s clears up the issue once and for all, absolutely no reason to be concerned anymore.

And to think, all those years of wasted speculation by the community, we finally know the truth because of your single unsubstantiated declaration that’s in complete contradiction to a growing body of evidence.

But it’s a pity the development of Darkfall has not been such a short story though eh?

I think you are getting mixed up there... The evidence acctualy points to the fact that the game is legit. As for the oposite... there is no single piece of evidence... Just speculation. So.. what evidence are you talking about?

I dont agree with the vaporware crowd, as I have said many times.  In the most basic sense, the game is "legit", as there is sufficient evidence to show a company named Aventurine is coding a game called Darkfall.

The real questions revolve around Aventurine's ability to deliver on their promises.  Considering that they still have not done anything to validate their claims at this late stage of dev, and their past track record is consistently poor, many question their ability and/or their honesty.  Attempts to validate claims made by these devs or their fans most often result in debunking. 

Darkfall has been in production since 2000.  Fans that think that sounds too long will claim that the game was restarted from scratch in 2003 when Razorwax merged with Aventurine.  (Yet the updates from the devs in 2003 say nothing of the sort, in fact, going the opposite route by telling us the game is almost ready for public beta)

So, yes the game is being worked on.  Will it live up to expectations?  Unless your expecations are low...I would not hold my breath.

Originally posted by Theodgrim

I dont agree with the vaporware crowd, as I have said many times.  In the most basic sense, the game is "legit", as there is sufficient evidence to show a company named Aventurine is coding a game called Darkfall.

The real questions revolve around Aventurine's ability to deliver on their promises.  Considering that they still have not done anything to validate their claims at this late stage of dev, and their past track record is consistently poor, many question their ability and/or their honesty.  Attempts to validate claims made by these devs or their fans most often result in debunking. 

Darkfall has been in production since 2000.  Fans that think that sounds too long will claim that the game was restarted from scratch in 2003 when Razorwax merged with Aventurine.  (Yet the updates from the devs in 2003 say nothing of the sort, in fact, going the opposite route by telling us the game is almost ready for public beta)

So, yes the game is being worked on.  Will it live up to expectations?  Unless your expecations are low...I would not hold my breath.

I very much agree with this post, and I think its really the answer to the question as well as the end of this thread.  There is a Game being Worked on legitimately by a developer named adventurine.  I think that pretty much answers the question.

Whether the game is going to be good or not  (or release or not)  is irrelevant, and there are a bunch of other threads arguing that fact, but in this one, the answer is clear that yes... this is a legitimate game.

Originally posted by SignusM

Originally posted by Scubiedude

Like I said,from what I have read on this forum there is alot of conflictingting information .Good and Bad.It is hard to know what to believe.

 

It exists. Their European publisher just recently released a business statement to their stock holders saying they'd be distributing the game for Aventurine. The quality the game is in, we don't know (reports say its great, from the visits to the studio) but we do know it exists.

 

Also, AoC was never EVER even attempting what Darkfall is doing. The closest AoC and Darkfall were was more active combat, but AoC's combat was never anything special, and by the time it made it to release was simplified from 8 directional to 3 directional. Laughable.

Actually its 5 troll and you are laughable. :)

There's plenty of bad things to say about AoC but combat is not one of them.

As far as I can see, Darkfall will have mindless button bashing like Oblivion so don't BS about combat in other games.

AOC combat is for children, no skill involved

Originally posted by steve-irwin

AOC combat is for children, no skill involved

Says the person who failed to master it?

But lets not get off topic eh?  Doesn't really matter any more how many years they've been in development, all that matters is one simple thing.  When will the game be released? 

Because in the end, it is all just vaporware until we get to play it.

Originally posted by Kyleran

Originally posted by steve-irwin

AOC combat is for children, no skill involved

 

Says the person who failed to master it?

But lets not get off topic eh?  Doesn't really matter any more how many years they've been in development, all that matters is one simple thing.  When will the game be released? 

Because in the end, it is all just vaporware until we get to play it.

 

Uhhh no...its not. That's not what vaporware means at all. That implies that every single game in development doesn't exist until its on the shelves...

Development in 5 years. It exists. Whether or not it will live up to promises is another story. People like Waterlilly don't know what they're talking about, and It hink I proved that in my last post.