Darkfall

ok basically i just would like to know what the hype with this game is about.

i have seen one or two videos and a couple of screen shots  and thats pretty much it.

so what features does the game boast that makes the game worth waiting for? i.e. crafting, pve,pvp,rp, combat, and so on.

the main reason for this are the MANY flame wars that i see between this game and AoC (which i am a fan of too)  thanks much .

Darkfall is toted as a "hardcore" PvP game. Full corpse looting in pvp (which means that if someone kills you they can take all of your items and money), mounted combat, ship to ship combat, city building/sieges and all that good stuff. Oh, and I believe it is supposed to have an active combat system as well.

Basically the hardcore pvp crowd's golden dream.

The game has been advertised as having ALL the stuff that every hardcore player has always wanted to have, since the early days of UO.

I don't see this happening even remotely.  The game has been in development for up to 7 years if you count the frist company.  They have made beta announcements several times over the years, to just rescind on them.  They even re-issued old screenshots as new ones at times.  None of the newer stuff has any npcs, players or anything showing the mechanics of the game.  I could go on forever on what this company has done, but in the end people can only wait till you actually see something concrete.

I would like a return to this type of game, as I beta tested Wish and it had the closest to this style.  Yet it like so many other games harkening to back to the old days of true pvp,  failed to see the light of day.  Darkfall has been in production for too long to be a real success in todays market which has totally exploded.  I don't see it ever coming to the light of day, and if it does, it will not garner enough strength to be even a niche game.

The market is overflowing with too many MMO games and will soon crash, I expect later this year to see a crash and watch even some of the big companies come out hurting.

Originally posted by rshandlon

The game has been advertised as having ALL the stuff that every hardcore player has always wanted to have, since the early days of UO.

 

I don't see this happening even remotely.  The game has been in development for up to 7 years if you count the frist company.  They have made beta announcements several times over the years, to just rescind on them.  They even re-issued old screenshots as new ones at times.  None of the newer stuff has any npcs, players or anything showing the mechanics of the game.  I could go on forever on what this company has done, but in the end people can only wait till you actually see something concrete.

 

I would like a return to this type of game, as I beta tested Wish and it had the closest to this style.  Yet it like so many other games harkening to back to the old days of true pvp,  failed to see the light of day.  Darkfall has been in production for too long to be a real success in todays market which has totally exploded.  I don't see it ever coming to the light of day, and if it does, it will not garner enough strength to be even a niche game.

 

The market is overflowing with too many MMO games and will soon crash, I expect later this year to see a crash and watch even some of the big companies come out hurting.

yes yes wait throw this year and try to say this again lol man  i guess people will see soon enough.

Why do you think they have taken 7 years because it has way more features than anyother gmae including wow which took 6 years ... i have a feeling if its as good as it sounds then it will get mroe subs than eve

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by rshandlon

The game has been advertised as having ALL the stuff that every hardcore player has always wanted to have, since the early days of UO.

 

I don't see this happening even remotely.  The game has been in development for up to 7 years if you count the frist company.  They have made beta announcements several times over the years, to just rescind on them.  They even re-issued old screenshots as new ones at times.  None of the newer stuff has any npcs, players or anything showing the mechanics of the game.  I could go on forever on what this company has done, but in the end people can only wait till you actually see something concrete.

 

I would like a return to this type of game, as I beta tested Wish and it had the closest to this style.  Yet it like so many other games harkening to back to the old days of true pvp,  failed to see the light of day.  Darkfall has been in production for too long to be a real success in todays market which has totally exploded.  I don't see it ever coming to the light of day, and if it does, it will not garner enough strength to be even a niche game.

 

The market is overflowing with too many MMO games and will soon crash, I expect later this year to see a crash and watch even some of the big companies come out hurting.

yes yes wait throw this year and try to say this again lol man  i guess people will see soon enough.

Why do you think they have taken 7 years because it has way more features than anyother gmae including wow which took 6 years ..

Again, this game is basically the PvP gamer's paradise....IF and it's a pretty big if at this point it releases. I for one hope it does, and I think it has a decent chance at this point.

Originally posted by Burnthebed

 

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by rshandlon

The game has been advertised as having ALL the stuff that every hardcore player has always wanted to have, since the early days of UO.

 

I don't see this happening even remotely.  The game has been in development for up to 7 years if you count the frist company.  They have made beta announcements several times over the years, to just rescind on them.  They even re-issued old screenshots as new ones at times.  None of the newer stuff has any npcs, players or anything showing the mechanics of the game.  I could go on forever on what this company has done, but in the end people can only wait till you actually see something concrete.

 

I would like a return to this type of game, as I beta tested Wish and it had the closest to this style.  Yet it like so many other games harkening to back to the old days of true pvp,  failed to see the light of day.  Darkfall has been in production for too long to be a real success in todays market which has totally exploded.  I don't see it ever coming to the light of day, and if it does, it will not garner enough strength to be even a niche game.

 

The market is overflowing with too many MMO games and will soon crash, I expect later this year to see a crash and watch even some of the big companies come out hurting.

yes yes wait throw this year and try to say this again lol man  i guess people will see soon enough.

Why do you think they have taken 7 years because it has way more features than anyother gmae including wow which took 6 years ..

Please try to stay on topic. That person was just answering the question that the OP asked, not bashing, just giving his opinion.

 

Again, this game is basically the PvP gamer's paradise....IF and it's a pretty big if at this point it releases. I for one hope it does, and I think it has a decent chance at this point.

Hey sorry i just dont like comments made like them. When there just guessing at best.

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by Burnthebed

 

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by rshandlon

The game has been advertised as having ALL the stuff that every hardcore player has always wanted to have, since the early days of UO.

 

I don't see this happening even remotely.  The game has been in development for up to 7 years if you count the frist company.  They have made beta announcements several times over the years, to just rescind on them.  They even re-issued old screenshots as new ones at times.  None of the newer stuff has any npcs, players or anything showing the mechanics of the game.  I could go on forever on what this company has done, but in the end people can only wait till you actually see something concrete.

 

I would like a return to this type of game, as I beta tested Wish and it had the closest to this style.  Yet it like so many other games harkening to back to the old days of true pvp,  failed to see the light of day.  Darkfall has been in production for too long to be a real success in todays market which has totally exploded.  I don't see it ever coming to the light of day, and if it does, it will not garner enough strength to be even a niche game.

 

The market is overflowing with too many MMO games and will soon crash, I expect later this year to see a crash and watch even some of the big companies come out hurting.

yes yes wait throw this year and try to say this again lol man  i guess people will see soon enough.

Why do you think they have taken 7 years because it has way more features than anyother gmae including wow which took 6 years ..

Please try to stay on topic. That person was just answering the question that the OP asked, not bashing, just giving his opinion.

 

Again, this game is basically the PvP gamer's paradise....IF and it's a pretty big if at this point it releases. I for one hope it does, and I think it has a decent chance at this point.

Hey sorry i just dont like comments made like them. When there just guessing at best.

Glad to see that you have faith in the game, and I truly do respect that, but I also respect his view as well.

    I'll agree with you that the genre is cerntainly going to crash, but you have to consider that this game has been in development so long for a reason. Anyone with game development experience can understand the how much work is involved in making a game like this come to fruition. The truth is most MMO's currently on the market are just re-itereations of older games with a different graphical style. MMO's were in their prime just shortly after being introduced. Since then the rest of the adopters of the genre kept the framework the same and deviated very little.

    You can be as skeptical as you want , but the facts are there if you look for them. The companies exist, and there have been many trips to their head offices where individuals have played the game. The reactions from those single previews have given me more hope for this game then any other game coming out anytime soon. WAR will just be a WoW clone, with minor changes, AOC may have promies, though in my opinion the combat doesnt look as responsive as Darkfall's. If you want to experience a real MMO with a persistent universe, real world implications, and freedom to live as you want in an alternate reality then Darkfall will definitley be the game for you. If you want a company to hold your hand through pre-determined content, jump on the WAR bandwagon.

Cheers!

I understand, but from my perspective of being around the mmo scene since the days it was just MUDs,  I have seen so many games with promise that don't live up to expectations and from all appearances Darkfall is one of them.  You compared its long dev cycle to WoW and if you looked back at WoW's dev cycle it constantly showed the game mechanics, and everything you would have expected it to show the industry.  Darkfall has done none of this, yet they keep telling people SOON..........

Well, because of the increasing competition from all sectors of the MMO market, SOON has come and gone.  Whatever they are doing, I believe is too late to make the game what it could have been.  You have many big companies entering the market with huge projects and still many more smaller companies with their own projects.  What has Darkfall shown to prove that they can compete at all.  I am not talking about still photos that could easily have been produced with any kind of photo editor, nor am I talking about videos that show nothing that could not be produced with video editors.  I am talking about concrete demos of combat, character creations, and the many other things that normal companies show to get interest in their games.

If the producers of Darkfall prove me wrong and come out with a good game, I will be one of the first to get it and log in.  But it has been quite a long road with nothing to show but manufactured pics and videos.