Originally posted by bodypass

OP LOL

Answer this: which of those 2 invested over 200 million dollars on the development of their worlds and servers?

Not one. Guess how much Blizz invested in the further development of Wow/Wotlk over the past 3 years: exactly 200 million dollars.

Now dream on.

 

Sorry to bring you the news, but WoW sucks. But if you have fun doing your "dailies" day in day out and "grinding" in PvP Arenas, have fun. Alot of players look for a little more though.

Aion 61.5%, Darkfall 38.5% right now...  soon the hordes of Darkfall fanatics will arrive to change that.

Originally posted by Arawon

If you had a business...and you had invested millions and millions of dollars in the business..and this had been going on for over seven years...and you certainly had hopes of not only getting your money back but making a substantial amount more.Then you announced you would start selling the game in a month or so...why would you not have every influential mmog site getting exposed to, and publicizing your game to maximize trial and awareness ? If you were pround..excited and wanted to recoup the very significant investment...why be so removed from entities who could help your business?Thats what's so hard for me to understand about the management  of Darkfall.Nope...being small doesn't work at this stage of its development.

Most Gamers see Darkfall as a joke atm ("LOL VAPORWARE" seems to be "kewl" these days). Bringing them to the attention of major sites/magazines would just give them reviews and alot of potential players would "jump on the train" and probably, no matter how good the game is, never play it.

However, if they start the hyping when they have an open beta with alot of testers or even the released game, reviews will probably be very positive and they might get alot more players. Also, it's about credibility: A company speaks (understandable) always good about its products. But if a player who doesn't get paid for it tells you a game is good and you should try it - you would probably rather believe him than the company that HAS TO tell you its game is awesome.

I'm waiting for Aion. I'll try Darkfall if it does come out, but to be honest, I'm not into the art direction at all. Granted that gameplay is key, but even so, the art direction and overall design of a game can be another form of immersion. For me personally, I have a hard time enjoying a game when I don't like what I see (visually). Some people don't like games that have a more Asian design like Aion, but for me, I just cant get into the uninspiring generic fantasy setting that I've seen time and time again.

If Darkfall turns out not to be complete crap then I would play that most likely for a long time despite its god awful community.

However right now I think Darkfall will release as a bug infested game, with tons of promised content missing or implemented so badly they should not of bothered with it, will have and does have a terrible community, judging by their inability to make simple quality updates on their game I am led to believe it will also suffer from horrible support, due to the time it has taken to make the game I reckon they will take longer than Blizzard to release content but without the polish to justify it and generally I just do not see this game ever being any good.

I really have no faith in the developers of Darkfall to make a good game, nor to support that game after they have released it. Somehow I really doubt I will be proven wrong any time soon by them, although it would be great if they proved everyone wrong and released a good niche game.

As for Aion, it isn’t my thing so even if it was the best game of its particular target audience I would not play it. NCsoft for the few games I have played by them usually release reasonably good games so I am sure whatever they make will be a good game just not my thing.
 

Im in the Aion OB and I can say I won't be looking for another game for a pair of years at least.

none, but if I have to choose between those two I will go for Darkfall. I can't stand emo games.

Hmmm lets see, pick between a Sandbox FFA pvp game or a linear pve focused game.

totally different types of mmo, I pick both.

Well for me, the original UO was my favorite game.  The sandbox aspect it was built on, made for endless gameplay.  So logically you would think that Darkfall would be my choice.  Well after years of lies and deceit from Adventurine, I find I am highly skeptical that Darkfall will be anything other than a rough cut piece of quartz.  While Aion, even with it;s eastern slant will be far more polished and you can fly.

Originally posted by Ephimero

Im in the Aion OB and I can say I won't be looking for another game for a pair of years at least.

same. AION is awesome despite the fact that im playing in korean.

ive played many mmos WoW,shaiya,PW,Eve,Archlord,Rf,LOTRO,GW....... list goes on.

and i have to say AION sure as hell will keep me busy for a long time. its just so beautifully build, alot of thought has gone into it over its years of developing. im not going to go on about it as you can all go to the aion section and read the posts there.

As for Darkfall, i had a loog at it, read about it tried to get as much info as possible on it, but nothing really captured my interest. i just couldnt understand why people were going on about this game and what made it so worth looking at.And i guess i never will. i dont intend playing it.

Oh and as for the people who say blah blah blah grinding blah blah asian blah blah  blah

Every mmo has an element of grinding. be it disguised under quests of *go east and kill noobs for 50 noob powder* really i wish people would see that you are actually grinding just in your mind you believe your questing.

and aion seems just as grindy as WoW.

ill look at darkfall every so often to see if anything seems to change my mind, but ill 200% be playing aion and 0.001% even test darkfall

Originally posted by Excalibanana

I know there has been a LOT of heated discussions about both of these games, and I know that some people will try to be smart and say that these games can't be compared cause they focus on different aspects of playing.

Nevertheless I want to see which one is more popular for the general population on this site. I'm assuming that these two are the most promising upcoming MMORPG releases in the near future, unless you can name a better one? :D

How can you ask other people to vote on your poll when you do not, imo this is a pointless poll until both games hit the streets if they infact do at all...!

Originally posted by Hugolin

aion is another lineage but with better graphics

 

WOW was another EQ with better graphics and how did that work out?

...Oh yea it sold MILLIONS!!!

Personally I'm very Biased to Aion. Been following it loosely since 2006 and more closely this year.

Its really a bit of a joke that people would compare Darkfall with Aion. Game differences and promises aside.

Its like comparing Duke Nukem Forever with Call of Duty 4.

Sadly there are no other really big games on the horizon other than Aion. I don't really take Darkfall seriously.

Graphics is not everything. But it does count for a significant amount of the experience.

That said, I believe someone above made the perfect point. While Aion may be Similar to L2, WoW was similar to EQ. Hopefully Aion can mimic the success of WoW and cater to the L2 market as well as the general western market.

Have to vote Darkfall. Darkfall is the One MMORPG to Rule them all, and in the Darkness Bind Them!

Aion is just another Asian grinder.

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

Have to vote Darkfall. Darkfall is the One MMORPG to Rule them all, and in the Darkness Bind Them!

 

Aion is just another Asian grinder.

have find grinding in darkfall too :P

btw i havent had to grind at all in AION OB (as in only grinding not quest grinding) but i guarentee that you will have some amount of grinding in darkfall as in every game. it just depends if its all coverd by quests or just simply thats all you can do to lvl.

That said i dont know a single person whos tested darkfall, has there even been a test?? lol

but these types of arguments are rather pointless, as i doubt anyone has played both to be able to make a comparison.

Aion looks like it might be released this century.

Originally posted by noll1ngton

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

Have to vote Darkfall. Darkfall is the One MMORPG to Rule them all, and in the Darkness Bind Them!

 

Aion is just another Asian grinder.

 

have find grinding in darkfall too :P

btw i havent had to grind at all in AION OB (as in only grinding not quest grinding) but i guarentee that you will have some amount of grinding in darkfall as in every game. it just depends if its all coverd by quests or just simply thats all you can do to lvl.

That said i dont know a single person whos tested darkfall, has there even been a test?? lol

but these types of arguments are rather pointless, as i doubt anyone has played both to be able to make a comparison.

Sorry to disappoint you, but no leveling in Darkfall. You get your "skills" up when using them (but they decrease if you stop using them) meaning you don't have to grind but can also "skill up" when PvPing, PvEing, Sparring with your friends or do whatever you want. Sure, you CAN grind, but there's no special motivation (no random drops; what you see is what you get) to do so. Also, even mobs of the same type differ (skilllevel, equipment, etc) so the traditional repeating won't exist even if you choose to "grind" (whihc, of course, you don't have to).

I have been waiting for AION for years so you know what I am voting. Regardless of what the AION haters say the game is good. Everybody that has played the game loves it. All I have seen from Darkfall is just some crappy Videos that show nonthing but a ugly Hack and Slash single player looking game. I have no intrest at all in Darkfall.

Originally posted by NightBandit

Originally posted by Excalibanana

I know there has been a LOT of heated discussions about both of these games, and I know that some people will try to be smart and say that these games can't be compared cause they focus on different aspects of playing.

Nevertheless I want to see which one is more popular for the general population on this site. I'm assuming that these two are the most promising upcoming MMORPG releases in the near future, unless you can name a better one? :D

 

How can you ask other people to vote on your poll when you do not, imo this is a pointless poll until both games hit the streets if they infact do at all...!

First of all... how could you have known whether if I voted on my own poll?

Second of all, I did vote.

Lastly, why can't I ask other people to vote on my poll even if I don't express my own views? If I just want other people's opinions?

I fail to catch your point.

Is AION crafting as limited as some have said.Just bring materials to npc ??