I have been following this game for a long time now, hoping and praying that it will be released. I've seen the vids. I've read the promises. I want the game.

I have a sad feeling that the old days of the MMORPG are gone. Replaced with WoW clones and games that are big on promise and short on delivery.

Is Darkfall too good to be true...Can it save the modern day MMO from the clutches of big producers like SOE and Blizzard.

I doubt it. If they ever do get the money to finish this game it'll probably get an early release just to pay the bills and end up the mess Vanguard and AoC did at launch.

I'll keep watching...I'll keep hoping...I'll keep dreaming until i get shot down again.

Hey, for me, this is truely the game i want to see succeed. So stay away SOE :)

Yep, its sad we dont see the major companys doing good MMOs. We have to rely on small unknown developers.

And as you said, we have no problem with releases of MMOs that should have been in development for another year or so.

At least Darkfall is not the only options. I've also been looking forward to Fallen Earth and they are a lot more open with info about the game than Aventurine is with Darkfall.

There is also Mortal Online, which was announced only this past April, pretty much is doing all the same things as Darkfall but in a prettier looking package IMHO.

Originally posted by melanko

There is also Mortal Online, which was announced only this past April, pretty much is doing all the same things as Darkfall but in a prettier looking package IMHO.

dude there are no gameplay videos or screenshots yet for MO, just a pre-rendered teaser/trailer, which is strange given they've been in development for 3-5 years.

Originally posted by melanko

At least Darkfall is not the only options. I've also been looking forward to Fallen Earth and they are a lot more open with info about the game than Aventurine is with Darkfall.

There is also Mortal Online, which was announced only this past April, pretty much is doing all the same things as Darkfall but in a prettier looking package IMHO.

actully df devs are pretty open they just dotn go into a ton of detail..
 

about some things yeah. melee/mounted/naval combat and the world and world physics and such have been pretty well-covered.

the main things they're keeping hush-hush on are the skills, spells and crafting lists. i'm ok with that, most games don't give out full pre-release lists of all this stuff either.

Originally posted by Trogg13

about some things yeah. melee/mounted/naval combat and the world and world physics and such have been pretty well-covered.

 

the main things they're keeping hush-hush on are the skills, spells and crafting lists. i'm ok with that, most games don't give out full pre-release lists of all this stuff either.

 

and they told us that we will have to play to fidn that info out. which is fine

Originally posted by Jasz

I have been following this game for a long time now, hoping and praying that it will be released. I've seen the vids. I've read the promises. I want the game.

I have a sad feeling that the old days of the MMORPG are gone. Replaced with WoW clones and games that are big on promise and short on delivery.

Is Darkfall too good to be true...Can it save the modern day MMO from the clutches of big producers like SOE and Blizzard.

I doubt it. If they ever do get the money to finish this game it'll probably get an early release just to pay the bills and end up the mess Vanguard and AoC did at launch.

I'll keep watching...I'll keep hoping...I'll keep dreaming until i get shot down again.

Hey, for me, this is truely the game i want to see succeed. So stay away SOE :)

No Darkfall will not be too good to be true, it will be just the same as EvE was. Developed by a small dedicated number of very skilled individuals. Amazing what you can do with efficient coding, something most games don't get close to acheiving these days.
 

Darkfall is just re-addressing the poor state MMOs have gotten themselves into. No longer games of note just empty boring worlds with no community , lacking purpose and full of features that reduce gameplay options.

If it isn't DarkFall it could be one of a number of MMO releases to come that will get the genre on the right track. These guys have money their own and are investing  it in their dreams. The old days are not gone they just don't live here anymore... so so sad.

well more and more games nowadays are coming from small companies, just look at mount&blade for example.

You're awesome at guessing without knowledge...

Originally posted by Trogg13

Originally posted by melanko

There is also Mortal Online, which was announced only this past April, pretty much is doing all the same things as Darkfall but in a prettier looking package IMHO.

 

dude there are no gameplay videos or screenshots yet for MO, just a pre-rendered teaser/trailer, which is strange given they've been in development for 3-5 years.

That's true, but that one trailer for MO is better than any other trailer for DF. And it's not pre-rendered, it's a scripted in-game video.

Originally posted by melanko

Originally posted by Trogg13

Originally posted by melanko

There is also Mortal Online, which was announced only this past April, pretty much is doing all the same things as Darkfall but in a prettier looking package IMHO.

 

dude there are no gameplay videos or screenshots yet for MO, just a pre-rendered teaser/trailer, which is strange given they've been in development for 3-5 years.

 

That's true, but that one trailer for MO is better than any other trailer for DF. And it's not pre-rendered, it's a scripted in-game video.

thats what the one guy says but you can obviously tell its pre rendered

Originally posted by Utos0

You're awesome at guessing without knowledge...

I am making an educated guess on what I've seen and read. If you have a real post with an actual opinion I'd love to see it.

Originally posted by Jasz

Originally posted by Utos0

You're awesome at guessing without knowledge...

 

I am making an educated guess on what I've seen and read. If you have a real post with an actual opinion I'd love to see it.

Oh, he has - http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/192289

Vaportrolls are sad sad people.

Originally posted by Jasz

Originally posted by Utos0

You're awesome at guessing without knowledge...

 

I am making an educated guess on what I've seen and read. If you have a real post with an actual opinion I'd love to see it.

Ditto notice the guy didn't qote so we have to assume comments were directed at the OP.

Truth is that "big names" in gaming world fallowing same pattern when doing MMOs, thats why you have grindfests etc.

I really hope that this "unknown" companies will manage to pull it off and release their titles because thats only way to get something fresh and new instead of old and allready seen.

Financial mechanism behind big companies dont allow them to test too much because they want 100% proof that they will make money. That same financial mechanism will destroy AOC for example.

For my self i can say that im waiting for Fallen Earth, Darkfall, Jumgate and some other promising games...and they will bring reall fresh stuff to gaming world

Originally posted by melanko

That's true, but that one trailer for MO is better than any other trailer for DF. And it's not pre-rendered, it's a scripted in-game video.

The polygon count is way, way too high to be playable. it's a pre-rendered animation sequence made in 3dsmax or maya using some of their game assets. they even say so at the end of the trailer - "using in-game models". if it were real-time rendering it would say "using actual gameplay".