http://www.darkfallonline.com/gallery/visuals

Graphics look better than the video and it shows the interface with some pots and skills, nice.

The mobs look really cool. But the grass looks like a Van Gogh painting.

The video was very amateur.  They turned down the graphics settings so there wouldn't be any hint of a stutter, then recorded the footage and just put it together in Windows Movie Maker or something...  defo don't judge the game's graphics by that video (to be fair they did say it was a gameplay video)

Darkfall...oh yes...their graphics look to please me, that's for damn sure. I've been looking for a more realistic newer graphics feel to a game...this may do it. =)

http://www.darkfallonline.com/gallery/visuals/dc_01?full=1

Looks like the Dragon is about to take off or just landed.

Looks really nice, cant wait until open beta! =)

http://www.darkfallonline.com/gallery/visuals/dc_05?full=1

UI, and didnt know Black Knights were that big. =)

Originally posted by ghoul31

The mobs look really cool. But the grass looks like a Van Gogh painting.

 

yea probly for performance reasons

And Ui as well.

I didnt notice the dragon before, i almost freaked out now when i saw it!

Wonder if we wil get another video soon?

Another great round of screenshots...graphics are looking great and *gasp* is that more proof of UI?  Nahhh clearly photoshoped right....

The black nights just look badass and with no levels, seeing those things come at me for the first time will definitely be exciting.

If the Darkfall graphics look like that, it is better than nothing I guess I assume those are the highest settings, I can not really see them getting any better if they want to have large scale fights, with little lag.

What they really need to work on is the animations, hopefully if they decide to do another video it will show improved animations, and go into more detail about all their other features they claim to have.

I really hope they also atleast say they will take as long as they need in beta testing to ensure a polished product. Because it seems like they still want to have a short beta, for a game that is meant to be as big as Darkfall there is no way a short 3 or 4 month beta is going to be enough to iron out the tons of bugs, balance problems, etc that this game more than likely has.

This game has potential, but it will fall flat on its face if it releases in a bug ridden state, especially with the amount of hype Darkfall has generated people will have higher expectations for it to deliver.

edit: not sure about that blood effect they have on the screen hopefully you can toggle it off, looks kind of crap and like it obscures the screen. I believe thats the 3rd person tight camera angle you would see in game as well which looks about right, not to close but not so far back you can see people behind you easily.

Best is yet to come my friends! Best is yet to come... Patience!

Looking good!

Originally posted by Scriar

If the Darkfall graphics look like that, it is better than nothing I guess I assume those are the highest settings, I can not really see them getting any better if they want to have large scale fights, with little lag.

What they really need to work on is the animations, hopefully if they decide to do another video it will show improved animations, and go into more detail about all their other features they claim to have.

I really hope they also atleast say they will take as long as they need in beta testing to ensure a polished product. Because it seems like they still want to have a short beta, for a game that is meant to be as big as Darkfall there is no way a short 3 or 4 month beta is going to be enough to iron out the tons of bugs, balance problems, etc that this game more than likely has.

This game has potential, but it will fall flat on its face if it releases in a bug ridden state, especially with the amount of hype Darkfall has generated people will have higher expectations for it to deliver.

edit: not sure about that blood effect they have on the screen hopefully you can toggle it off, looks kind of crap and like it obscures the screen. I believe thats the 3rd person tight camera angle you would see in game as well which looks about right, not to close but not so far back you can see people behind you easily.

tasos already said they will if they have too

(Darkfall there is no way a short 3 or 4 month beta is going to be enough to iron out the tons of bugs, balance problems, etc that this game more than likely has)

on this the have prot esters testing bot that cause just as much stress as a real player and AI is helping some too. at least thats how i would think they are confident in there product

Every gaming company uses professional testers, as well as thousands of beta testers to go through the quality assurance process over the course of multiple years. And still they do not release games bug free, stable, etc. These companies are huge, and make much more linear games.

Do you honestly think that a company of 30-40 people with little to no experience, using bots that only do very specific tasks, will somehow do what most companies fail to do in 2 years, in less than 4 months on a game that is obviously going to be much more complicated? If they do manage to do it, it would be a miracle.

Also they have been saying since 2004 that they want a short beta, all they have done since then is reiterate that. So why should I or anyone else believe them when they say they will take as long as needed during the beta (which they have never said btw, unless you have proof of this). If they really wanted to take as long as needed for the beta they would of started it years ago, not leave it till the last minute.

The excuse of wanting this to be a trial rather than a test just reemphasizes the lack of testing this game is going to have before its supposed release date.

Edit: I actually think this game is going to start off like EvE did, completly and utterly terrible. Hopefully it improves like EvE did as well, otherwise a potentially great mmo is going to go down the drain.

Originally posted by Scriar

Every gaming company uses professional testers, as well as thousands of beta testers to go through the quality assurance process over the course of multiple years. And still they do not release games bug free, stable, etc. These companies are huge, and make much more linear games.

Do you honestly think that a company of 30-40 people with little to no experience, using bots that only do very specific tasks, will somehow do what most companies fail to do in 2 years, in less than 4 months on a game that is obviously going to be much more complicated? If they do manage to do it, it would be a miracle.

Also they have been saying since 2004 that they want a short beta, all they have done since then is reiterate that. So why should I or anyone else believe them when they say they will take as long as needed during the beta (which they have never said btw, unless you have proof of this). If they really wanted to take as long as needed for the beta they would of started it years ago, not leave it till the last minute.

The excuse of wanting this to be a trial rather than a test just reemphasizes the lack of testing this game is going to have before its supposed release date.

Edit: I actually think this game is going to start off like EvE did, completly and utterly terrible. Hopefully it improves like EvE did as well, otherwise a potentially great mmo is going to go down the drain.

you just dont understand do you im not going to explain it again

and do i have to go and get that update?

here ya go quote

(I never said that public beta would be two weeks. I said several weeks. Public beta will be as long as it needs to be)

plus they have been in internal closed beta since end of 2007

LOL The dude has Pig tails. The graphics look a lot better in these pictures along with the grass and textures. The tree looks kind of Square.

darkfall por graphics? xDDD

this photo , darkfall very good graphics, very very good

lol open beta octuber lol 1 moth

Originally posted by Scriar

If the Darkfall graphics look like that, it is better than nothing I guess I assume those are the highest settings, I can not really see them getting any better if they want to have large scale fights, with little lag.

What they really need to work on is the animations, hopefully if they decide to do another video it will show improved animations, and go into more detail about all their other features they claim to have.

I really hope they also atleast say they will take as long as they need in beta testing to ensure a polished product. Because it seems like they still want to have a short beta, for a game that is meant to be as big as Darkfall there is no way a short 3 or 4 month beta is going to be enough to iron out the tons of bugs, balance problems, etc that this game more than likely has.

This game has potential, but it will fall flat on its face if it releases in a bug ridden state, especially with the amount of hype Darkfall has generated people will have higher expectations for it to deliver.

edit: not sure about that blood effect they have on the screen hopefully you can toggle it off, looks kind of crap and like it obscures the screen. I believe thats the 3rd person tight camera angle you would see in game as well which looks about right, not to close but not so far back you can see people behind you easily.

yeeeeeea 

Originally posted by Scriar

Every gaming company uses professional testers, as well as thousands of beta testers to go through the quality assurance process over the course of multiple years. And still they do not release games bug free, stable, etc. These companies are huge, and make much more linear games.

Do you honestly think that a company of 30-40 people with little to no experience, using bots that only do very specific tasks, will somehow do what most companies fail to do in 2 years, in less than 4 months on a game that is obviously going to be much more complicated? If they do manage to do it, it would be a miracle.

Also they have been saying since 2004 that they want a short beta, all they have done since then is reiterate that. So why should I or anyone else believe them when they say they will take as long as needed during the beta (which they have never said btw, unless you have proof of this). If they really wanted to take as long as needed for the beta they would of started it years ago, not leave it till the last minute.

The excuse of wanting this to be a trial rather than a test just reemphasizes the lack of testing this game is going to have before its supposed release date.

Edit: I actually think this game is going to start off like EvE did, completly and utterly terrible. Hopefully it improves like EvE did as well, otherwise a potentially great mmo is going to go down the drain.

Little to no experience?!! You realize when they started this project over 8 years ago, sure they had little or no experience, but im sure even then they will very smart about programming, But within this many years, they could be considered Experts in the field. Hell, 7-8 years of developmentand improving on what they already know, id consider them damn good game developers, Especially considering how new the genre of MMOs are, the techonolgy they where learning for 3-D rendering was pretty new back in Y2k, so if they where new when they started so Id say they are right with the times and just as competent if not more than some of the MMORPG juggernaught teams.
 

Originally posted by claudiofm

darkfall por graphics? xDDD

 

this photo , darkfall very good graphics, very very good

 

lol open beta octuber lol 1 moth

 

 

dont think its going to be full open beta nto sure even on the first

Originally posted by pileopoop

LOL The dude has Pig tails. The graphics look a lot better in these pictures along with the grass and textures. The tree looks kind of Square.

it's not a dude, it's a female dwarf.

loving all the shinyness of metal armour. you can see how metal armour will significantly impact your ability to hide.

you just dont understand do you im not going to explain it again

and do i have to go and get that update?

here ya go quote

(I never said that public beta would be two weeks. I said several weeks. Public beta will be as long as it needs to be)

plus they have been in internal closed beta since end of 2007

Several weeks?, and this is meant to proove they will take as long as needed does it? There is no way they are going to release a polished game when they only plan to test it with the public for several weeks, they need atleast a year. And no they have not been in beta, they have been in alpha. When you test internally with no involvment from the public it is an alpha stage of development.

And as I said, proffestional beta tester are in every game, this does not mean they are going to release in a polished state, especially in the case with mmos. It would a be a first if they somehow manage to release this game in a polished state with the lack of testing it will have.

And as I said in my last post, they need to clarify they will spend as long as needed, because all they have been saying is release this year, beta this year, it will only be a trial period. That is all contradictory to saying we will take as long as needed.

Anyway I dont want to argue with you either, and to be honest if you dont understand why such a short period of beta is not a problem, then it really is not worth have a discussion with you. We will see what state this game is in in the next couple of months it seems.

To the other guy who said they have experience after 8 years of development. In what exactly? You can not compare experience in the development stage, to the experience gained from a released product. They may have learnt a lot in that 8 years but they deffinatly do not have the same experience as a team who actually has released products.

For instance they have no experience in dealing with patches quickly, dealing with customer complaints, they have no experience in managing an a live mmo that needs constant customer support and so on. So my point they are inexperienced is valid.

Anyway I dont want to derail this thread, so I wont post anymore about the beta test.