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Seriously guys you all did the same shit when WAR released. You bitched, posted a thousand threads of "Dis game is awesome!!!" or "Disgame Fails". Wtf? Can I get one freaking person to give a indepth review of combat, graphics, animations, crafting, guild mechanics, boat combat is this asking too freaking much of you people? Can we get some videos posted on youtube of crafting mounts and all the other fluff in the game? people are trying to decide if the game is good so they can buy later on yet all you bastards are doing is giving on liners and non-informative fanboi reviews. Now please for the love of god enough already and give us some solid information!
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2/28/09 2:12:02 PM#2
http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/Paragus1/022009/3314_Review-Darkfall-Beta
This is a pretty good review. Everyone should read this, instead of looking for reviews in a forum made up largely of people who do not know how to write, let alone how to write a objective analysis of software or an experience.
No offense intended to anyone in particular. I just mean to say that writing is something we can all do, mechanically, to a greater or lesser extent, but it's not something that most people do very well. |
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2/28/09 2:12:39 PM#3
Originally posted by Z3R01
Well the servers were down for over 24 hours yesterday, so I dont think many people have had the chance to really play the game all that much. I am willing to bet that by monday if they have everything smoothed out you will start to see a few vids and a few reviews as well. And by that time they may even have the order page up again. There are 3 types of people in the world.
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Originally posted by spire23 thank you I haven't read that one yet. Over the last couple years it's getting harder and harder to get information out of these guys with all the damn Forum warriors posting bullshit all day. Ultima ONline (3 Years) |
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2/28/09 2:17:05 PM#5
Originally posted by Z3R01
See above for answers.
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cosy
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Joined: 9/15/04
EvE Rules #491 you should never, ever attack Russians on winter months |
2/28/09 2:18:03 PM#6
at this moment DFo is for ppl who like to:
if you love do that you will love actual DFo if you dont love to do this things you well find a unlimited amount of "bad" things.
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Originally posted by cosy
Cosy whats up man! Ur playing DF? no more Eve? Anyway dude got any screen shots to share or video links to mounted combat, boats and crafting? Ultima ONline (3 Years) |
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2/28/09 2:27:00 PM#8
Plenty boat videos here: Crafting: Mounted combat: |
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2/28/09 2:29:07 PM#9
Originally posted by cosy Just as EvE in fact.
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2/28/09 2:30:26 PM#10
The overall score seems to be "Below Average." Sure, the fanboys like the full loot, but everything else is crap. The game falls WAY below what Tasos praised it as. It's an alpha stage FPS game with a few rpg elements like skills and items. ------------------------- |
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2/28/09 2:33:25 PM#11
I think a real in-depth review of Darkfall after Beta is going to be a long time coming, don't get me wrong i'm not trying to bash it as i am waiting myself. Usually i don't deal with Beta reviews, i'm sure that the Beta review is well written and hits on a few points, but a Beta review is like a un-toasted Pop-Tart, it may be good and it might fill you up but it's not really done. For now i'm sitting back, reading up on what's going on and the problems and fun others are having, i don't see much of an alternative at this point. |
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2/28/09 2:38:13 PM#12
Originally posted by cosy
Strongly agree with this. |
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cosy
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Joined: 9/15/04
EvE Rules #491 you should never, ever attack Russians on winter months |
2/28/09 2:38:47 PM#13
Originally posted by Z3R01
Cosy whats up man! Ur playing DF? no more Eve? Anyway dude got any screen shots to share or video links to mounted combat, boats and crafting? eve on pause but all accounts are open :D all this are easy macro if you do this near the city area
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Originally posted by cosy eve on pause but all accounts are open :D all this are easy macro if you do this near the city area
Are people exploiting areas near guard towers? like all staying in safe areas to do things like crafting and gathering?
Edit: ty for the screen shot they are really nice and I like how you took a shot of th graphics setting screen they seem to have alot of options/sliders thats good. Ultima ONline (3 Years) |
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cosy
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Joined: 9/15/04
EvE Rules #491 you should never, ever attack Russians on winter months |
2/28/09 2:48:30 PM#15
Originally posted by Xris375 Just as EvE in fact.
in major points yes eve whit a major focus on pvp and all the pvp lead to many "needs" ofc some of this needs are taken by pvp-ers alt accounts but this need have to be taken over 3-4 diferent type of specialization like eve faced bankruptcy on early days if can face that to if DFo get over 6 months and start to add features will have a long life
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cosy
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Joined: 9/15/04
EvE Rules #491 you should never, ever attack Russians on winter months |
2/28/09 2:51:04 PM#16
Originally posted by Z3R01 eve on pause but all accounts are open :D all this are easy macro if you do this near the city area
Are people exploiting areas near guard towers? like all staying in safe areas to do things like crafting and gathering? for example any stone or tree can be harvested no matter where this stone or tree is in game when something can be harvested it appears a little icon on your "target cross" PD: i dont know if get depleted or not
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2/28/09 2:53:47 PM#17
Originally posted by altairzq
Strongly agree with this. I've never played a FFA PvP MMO, and I haven't killed or ganked anyone in the entire month I've played, and I like the game just fine. I'm crafting, exploring, finding spells in underground dungeons that no one else has, and working with my clan to get a boat out into the open oceans.
Oh, I've died alright, but that's all part of the risk. Makes the game more alive. |
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2/28/09 2:59:09 PM#18
Instead of making pointless threads complaining about how others view the game. Why not stop sitting on the bloody fence, buy a copy once they are available again, and you too, can review it however the hell you want. You clearly haven’t bothered to look past the end of your nose, as there any number of informative posts both here and on other forums, if players reviews or the game don't meet up with your expectations though shit. The people posting here are just fellow gamers not paid reviewers, if you dont like it, you already know what to do about it. My Colour Is Vomit green, I puke on the tards with stupid colour sigs. My symbol is ,,!, O ,!,, My enemies are any prat with a colour sig, a meaningless personality test, or a pointless list of games and classes.
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2/28/09 3:02:10 PM#19
Originally posted by Z3R01
Combat - There's a huge learning curve here because the UI is a bit strange. Even after you get used to the UI though, I've found most people fall into a combat pattern that involves sprinting really fast and swinging as often as possible. Most of the really good PvP players I've seen, though, tend to play more carefully, conserving their stamina for the most effective moments and using the terrain and environment to frustrate their opponent's attacks. Combat against the AI can range from nearly impossible to unbelievably easy depending largely on how much the environment messes with the mob's pathfinding abilities. The AI can fight really well, but gets confused easily when in cramped areas or when they come to the edge of their spawn zone. Overall I'd say combat is very fun once you get past the learning curve, and once they clean up a few balancing issues and AI bugs, it should be spectacular.
Graphics - Actually I found that while playing the game the graphics seemed pretty solid. The shadows and lighting really bring the game to life. Personally I think it's the art direction and not the technical graphics that really hurt the look of this game. While some of the weapons, armor, and creatures look great, others look a bit... silly (like the wide sword! wtf?). Overall I'd say the graphics aren't too bad. They certainly don't detract from the experience any and once you get used to the art style (however silly it may be sometimes) you won't have any problems looking at the game.
Animations - They're repetative and clunky, but they do their job. I didn't see anything spectacular while I was playing, but they weren't distracting me either. Some work in this area would certainly help to give the game a more polished feel. Overall I'd say not great, but not the train wreck that they seem to be on youtube videos.
Crafting - This was un-original and un-inspired. There was a massive amount of grinding in the harvesting of resources and the making of items. It was about as tedious as most other MMO's I've played. To be fair though, the only time I ever enjoyed crafting in an MMO was in the earliest days of SWG... now that was a fun crafting system. Overall I'd say crafting isn't going to win this game any awards and if you're looking for the next great crafting experience, you should probably look somewhere else. The only good thing I can say about the crafting system in this game is that it was functioning.
As for the guild mechanics and the ship mechanics, I really can't say. I wasn't in a guild and I didn't have a boat. I can say that being guildless isn't nearly as hard as some people would have you believe just so long as you find a few friends that you trust to watch your back. Soloing is very hard in this game and I don't reccomend doing it.
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2/28/09 3:11:42 PM#20
There were allegedly a ton of features turned off in beta, like high setting graphics, weather, some mobs, etc... As such, some beta reviews, like the one from Paragus, are good for a high level impression of the game, but what I'm looking forward to are reviews of the live game that, hopefully, have all of the features turned on. As of now, the game hasn't been up very much since launch. Some first impression reviews are in, but aren't very detailed. They're also tainted a little by the actual launch problems. Give the game a week or so of being up consistently and we might see some quality reviews. ~Ripper |
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