Originally posted by sadeyx 

oh okay,  well screenshots never do a game justice so I'll put aside my predudice for now.

I have a few screens in my gallery:

http://www.mmorpg.com/galleries/Lydon/1118_The-Chronicles-of-Spellborn

Originally posted by Lydon

Originally posted by sadeyx 

oh okay,  well screenshots never do a game justice so I'll put aside my predudice for now.

I have a few screens in my gallery:

http://www.mmorpg.com/galleries/Lydon/1118_The-Chronicles-of-Spellborn

 

Wow Lyndon ... did you take those screenies on purpose or is the game *THAT* empty. If so, that game won't last six months. Shame.

Originally posted by toord 

Wow Lyndon ... did you take those screenies on purpose or is the game *THAT* empty. If so, that game won't last six months. Shame.

How did you gain the perception of emptiness from those screenshots? It's clear you haven't played the game as you have no idea as to the size of the areas. 

And yes, generally I take my screenshots like that on purpose as I'm trying to get the environment into the picture - not the people occupying it.

Originally posted by Lydon

Originally posted by toord 

Wow Lyndon ... did you take those screenies on purpose or is the game *THAT* empty. If so, that game won't last six months. Shame.

How did you gain the perception of emptiness from those screenshots? It's clear you haven't played the game as you have no idea as to the size of the areas. 

And yes, generally I take my screenshots like that on purpose as I'm trying to get the environment into the picture - not the people occupying it.

Lyndon,

Usually it is pretty hard find that kind of people void in any public area -- at least not in most MMOs I've play or have played. Usually in town and taverns where NPCs give quests and such are *usually* bustling thus why I asked.

Peace.

Originally posted by toord 

Lyndon,

Usually it is pretty hard find that kind of people void in any public area -- at least not in most MMOs I've play or have played. Usually in town and taverns where NPCs give quests and such are *usually* bustling thus why I asked.

Peace.

TCoS is designed in a very different way. Not all taverns give quests and the world is rather large, meaning the trip from point A to point B can be a bit of a run. Hawksmouth, the city featured in most of those screens, is designed in such a way that there are a number of roads circling a central plaza, with roads leading into the plaza through those circular roads. As a result there are backstreets and even alleyways where people have no reason to be other than for the sake of personal exploration. 

Originally posted by Guillermo197  

That's utter bullshit man. Just have a look at WoW here in EU and how many servers there are!

And just looked how many US Servers there are compared to EU.  Tons more.  I cant even think of an MMO thats released in both EU and US where there are more EU servers + players.  Its not bullshit its a fact.

You US people think you are best in everything and rule in everything, but reality is quite different my friend.

Excuse me sir but Im British, and while I share some of your sentiments, its a fact that america has way more people playing mmo's than EU.

In Professional gaming it's even mostly European gamers that rule the Top Rankings. 

Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel is from Holland and he is a 12-time World champion in Professional Gaming.

But MMO's are completly different from competative FPS games (to which Wendel is famous) not only that an MMO's survival depends upon subscription numbers and has nothing to do with the skill.

I think you need to eat some chill pills or something, my point isnt about who's better than who its merly about mmo's traditional success in America over Europe.

Originally posted by toord

Wow Lyndon ... did you take those screenies on purpose or is the game *THAT* empty. If so, that game won't last six months. Shame.

Yes, those shots like like they are on purpose.  Shots taken on purpose are usually clean of other characters.

Ive seen screenshots similar to this before, and am still not conviced.  But I do know that the Graphics on Vangaurd were always the best graphics in an mmo i've seen, and yet a Vangaurd screenshot makes the graphics out to be awful!!

Even with video's that are compressed to hell, you cant properly make out what the graphics are like until you start playing.  So I guess we'll just have to wait and see

A bit off-topic, but please bear with me.

How does an American go about getting a free trial account?  I'd be willing to wait if I can try out the game and find that I like it.  Step-by-step non-techie instructions, please.  :)

Originally posted by AlienShirt

Each new bit of information I read about TCoS makes me less and less hopeful it has any chance of succeeding at all.

          Yeah I had high hopes for it when I first heard about it a year ago but at this point have little hope...... It wouldnt shock me if the whole game was f2p sometime in 2009......

Originally posted by Cedia

A bit off-topic, but please bear with me.

How does an American go about getting a free trial account?  I'd be willing to wait if I can try out the game and find that I like it.  Step-by-step non-techie instructions, please.  :)

Well, see. In order to give those step-by-step instructions, the person posting them is helping you break Spellborns own rules. The game that is running is not meant for the U.S to play, and the U.S. is purposely blocked.

I think it's about time we start enforcing the rules on this site as far as posting ways to access games when the publishers and game developers do not want your demographic playing.

In fact, I will be reporting any such posts from now on, as they are against this sites rules and the Spellborn devs rules. They do not want anyone from an IP blocked region playing on the currently open servers, and I'm going to do my best to ensure they get their wish. I want them to be happy, after all.

Originally posted by Zorvan

Originally posted by Cedia

A bit off-topic, but please bear with me.

How does an American go about getting a free trial account?  I'd be willing to wait if I can try out the game and find that I like it.  Step-by-step non-techie instructions, please.  :)

 

Well, see. In order to give those step-by-step instructions, the person posting them is helping you break Spellborns own rules. The game that is running is not meant for the U.S to play, and the U.S. is purposely blocked.

I think it's about time we start enforcing the rules on this site as far as posting ways to access games when the publishers and game developers do not want your demographic playing.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that.  So basically if you're American you can't even try this game without taking some alternate route?  That really is epic fail.

Originally posted by Cedia

Originally posted by Zorvan

Originally posted by Cedia

A bit off-topic, but please bear with me.

How does an American go about getting a free trial account?  I'd be willing to wait if I can try out the game and find that I like it.  Step-by-step non-techie instructions, please.  :)

 

Well, see. In order to give those step-by-step instructions, the person posting them is helping you break Spellborns own rules. The game that is running is not meant for the U.S to play, and the U.S. is purposely blocked.

I think it's about time we start enforcing the rules on this site as far as posting ways to access games when the publishers and game developers do not want your demographic playing.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that.  So basically if you're American you can't even try this game without taking some alternate route?  That really is epic fail.

That is correct.

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Originally posted by Samhael

 

I read the article but didn't see what the actual "update" part was. Did I miss something? (not trying to be snide but it just seemed like observations more than anything else)
I'm still trying to figure out what the actual launch date is for the US!

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I actually called the article "Let the Chronicles begin... - a short round-up"
But you know, it gets through many hands until it is published ^^
The US launch was originally planned for the 5th January, but is seems to be laid off until "later"... (I hope it comes soon though)
 

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Originally posted by toord
Great link, Delanor. Obviously not from a basher, but not from a Fanboi either.

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I would not consider myself a fanboi - thank you ^^.

As a European, I can understand you disappointments, but for us - from a user point of view, it was not such a bad launch.

The whole thing with the IP block is a bad idea, really. And the European player-base agrees with that. My personal guess would be, that they could not get Bullfrog to carry out the release in the US and thus were looking for someone else. Of course I have no insight into the marketing decisions, but since SIL was virtually unknown, most publishers would not touch it with a "10 foot pole" - ((R) D&D).
And of course it would have must been a publisher with some experience, or at least the resources to cover a MMORPG. And who is there (who does not have its own MMO on the start)?

I just hope, that TCoS will survive. I am currently not playing as much as I would like to (too much personal stuff to do), but I always keep myself updated and log in for a level or two whenever I can. It is still one of the most promising titles out there (IMO) and I will stick to it for now...

have a nice one!

- patrick

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