Take a look at this video taken just yesterday and tell me [and be honest] how "ready" you true-believers really think Mortal Online is for official public launch?

Oh boy.

This just gets better and better all the time.

Take a look  ----> www.youtube.com/watch

great.... im pretty mad at myself that i was stupid enough, again, to pre-order a game that really got me excited to play mmo's again.  when i first go into the beta and saw how completely terrible it was, i just said to myself its ok! its beta it will get better!

and then after all the patching problems with the 4 day downloads of their updates i just quit tryin to test all together. and now im extremely let down by see'ing this video.  it looks exactly the same as when i was testing except now there are a bunch of really bugged out deer....

WHY GOD WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The question isn't when they should launch the game, but when they have to launch the game. So all these threads are pointless, as the game will launch premature anyway (if you don't buy 1000 copies).

 Arrrgh! My eyes, my eyes! They burn!

 I don't know when that was taken, but they were testing the AI this past few weeks and are releasing quick fixes, plus we're getting another massive patch on monday i think. Sure it looks bad now, but its still beta! Well it is, don't roll your eyes. 

And since you're so smart i'd like to show you this post http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/30271-stress-test-next-patch-2.html#post666426 scroll down a little until you get to Mat Persson's post. Read it whole. I understand them. Do you?

Here we have the majestic deer in their natural habitat as they warp across the plains at sublight speeds.

O awesome the deers got skillz!!!

- Cervidai Shadow:   Creates replicas of itself to confuse its pursuer.

- Munti Jump:  A four legged hop that eludes the hunter.

- Potina Walk: Stick to a tree like bark.

Very scary indeed.       

and this is why I'm sticking to DF been playing since launch best PvP MMO ever. Darkfall 2010 is going to be sick directx 11 support inc lots of updates to grapics and sound and lots more content, sorry all fanbois DF is far from dead but seeing how mats himself says that they HAVE to release the game cause they're out of money I'm willing to put money on MO dying within a month

Dude, giving a game drirect x11 support does not mean much at all. It certainly does NOT mean character models and NPC models will have any more polish or polygons.

DF will lose players as MO slowly gains them MO will start out very unpolished as the devs have stated. But not as unpolished as this video which was made when they were testing AI and had very very high lag on.

Trollish video that does not give a balanced view of the beta at all.

I'm so glad we have people to make these threads.  Otherwise, companies in a corner might not get shit for making a tough decision.

Now, in sincerity, deal with it.

Obviously the devs dpn't want to release the game this early.  They'd love nothing more than to keep working on it and polishing for a few more months.  The fact of the matter is, they need to start making money off it or the whole company gets shut down most likely.  Some of us really like the game and would like to see it release.  If this is the only way for them to do it without getting shut down first, so be it.

If you don't like it or you're not impressed, don't play.  There are bigger companies out there with huge budgets releasing games in shape as bad or worse, if they can't get shit done by release, what hope does a tiny company with no budget have?

Originally posted by Saorlan

Dude, giving a game drirect x11 support does not mean much at all. It certainly does NOT mean character models and NPC models will have any more polish or polygons.

DF will lose players as MO slowly gains them MO will start out very unpolished as the devs have stated. But not as unpolished as this video which was made when they were testing AI and had very very high lag on.

Trollish video that does not give a balanced view of the beta at all.

 

I laughed, it's really sad how blind the MO fanboi's are to what a good game with content is, by the time MO is even a little polished DF will probably be on it's 4th or 5th expansion adding a lot more content.

And the character models in MO are hooooorrrriibbllee did we play the same game, the concept art looks nice but once you make a character it's just terrible looking I'm sorry and all the textures in MO are pretty low quality only the sky looks nice, and besides I don't play games for graphics, I play for good gameplay and MO has the worst combat I have ever seen.

Why is it so important for this game to have more Polish? I thought the developer was Swedish.

Originally posted by Axxar

Why is it so important for this game to have more Polish? I thought the developer was Swedish.

*Ba-dum-tish*

Oh my goth, this video is really amazing...

Are the devs sure about to release THAT?

MO has had close to 6 months if not more of beta and it still is not panning out extremely well.  They should have never gone into beta to begin with.  This way they would not be blowing funds on servers.  They should of polished over what they had .  i am pretty sure they have all their pieces together as separate units  (prob a lot of features still waiting in the pipeline),  i just do not think these units are polished enough to be put full throttled into the game.  Every time they add something it breaks something else.

Game design wise and art wise i think this game is solid.  I just think their management and programing side are sub par.  I am not even sure this game will last past release.  Mostly due to money and a product not ready for release.  This is a game i do not want to see go.

Besides being to separate games,  MO had 2 major things over darkfal,l game design and art.  DFs early game design was crude and primative.  Look at melee for example.  With every expansion that is changing however.  DF is now not only bandaiding their subpar gaming systems they are making a really unique skill system that i think in the long run will prove itself dynamic and easy to balance. 

Graphics wise i do not think DF will equal MO unless they completely overhaul the graphics.

Programing wise though the DF client was extremely stable.  The servers were semi bad at first but now are strong,  and give insanely great pings  (i get 150 to na from korea.  320 to eu).

MO on paper at least seemed to have very good game designs.   Look at how stamina is used compare to DF.

Compared management wise.  MO had no backup plans if things went wrong.  Now look at what they have.

DF on the other hands made sure they had the funds and the time to develop.  It kept itself from going public (shareholders seem to put preasures on MMO releases that hurt the game and their money in the long run)  and worked only with investors that were willing put up with the rigors MMO development entailed.   In 2005 when it was about the release it took a step back and pulled out (without telling anyone sadly).  But is was smart.

Originally posted by EATtheDEAD

great.... im pretty mad at myself that i was stupid enough, again, to pre-order a game that really got me excited to play mmo's again.  when i first go into the beta and saw how completely terrible it was, i just said to myself its ok! its beta it will get better!

and then after all the patching problems with the 4 day downloads of their updates i just quit tryin to test all together. and now im extremely let down by see'ing this video.  it looks exactly the same as when i was testing except now there are a bunch of really bugged out deer....

WHY GOD WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since you have NOT received a completed product yet you can contact your card company and get a refund.  just do a search of these forums.  The steps are laid out there.

Maybe the game just is not ready for release! What you gonna do? Quit your job and work there for free for one years so they can fix it?

No, they need to relese it now. I dont think SV lkes it anymore then any player does......but that is the world we live in. A real shame the reality sneaks up on you sometimes.

And this is what really makes me angry, Again we see a small company trying to make a big sandbox MMO, just because no big company can do it.

DF has nothing to worry about anytime soon.

What magazine do darkfall and mortal online subscribe 2?  Apparently to make a good pvp game(lol) you have to take any sense of "good" graphics and throw it out the window.

Originally posted by daarco

Maybe the game just is not ready for release! What you gonna do? Quit your job and work there for free for one years so they can fix it?

No, they need to relese it now. I dont think SV lkes it anymore then any player does......but that is the world we live in. A real shame the reality sneaks up on you sometimes.

 

And this is what really makes me angry, Again we see a small company trying to make a big sandbox MMO, just because no big company can do it.

Sadly no big company will do it because they cant bloat the bottom line with millions of subs. I think though that maybe CCP can be considered one of the big boys now. They do have a product that grows every year and have multiple studio locations.