Only hours after it launched, Acclaim CEO Howard Marks sat down with MMORPG.com to discuss how it has gone so far and what Spellborn is all about in this exclusive interview.

Developed in Holland by Spellborn International over five years, this is a big budget game and the first published by Acclaim to employ a subscription model exclusively. It is an important launch for Acclaim.

“We’ve got hundreds of players coming all the time, lots of downloads. Our systems are holding well,” said Marks of the launch to date. He reported no major problems. “We designed it so we could probably have 10x more people and it would still be OK.”

You can read the article here.

Awesome!!!  Thanks for the heads up.  I can't wait for the download.

And to add to the great release they are giving away FREE 2 week subscriptions to all players, so you just have to check it out IMO...

if they would just launch the patch for w7 i would be happy :(

Originally posted by gekkie96

And to add to the great release they are giving away FREE 2 week subscriptions to all players, so you just have to check it out IMO...

Yeah 2 weeks to existing subscribers aswell :)

But if you signup as a new player for the game between the 23rd of April to the 7th of May then you get full access for 14 days, existing players just got 2 weeks added to their sub.

So a free game to download and free to fully experience for the next 2 weeks, have to say thats better than what WoW, AoC, War and Darkfall have offered so far.

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.

Peace.

Originally posted by toord

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.

 

Peace.

Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

Originally posted by Dana

Originally posted by toord

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.

 

Peace.

 

Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

You can probably google for more information on this, but having played it myself a bit, I can tell you that changing regions is pretty simple.  If I remember correctly, all I had to do was replace some values in a text file.  Not sure where toord (how is the oo pronounced?) got the information above.

That being said, I've only played in the beginning areas, and am thinking that having to constantly hold the right button down during combat may give me carpal tunnel syndrome.  Does anyone know if there's a way to set up a different type of control system that might be a bit easier on one's aging joints and tendons?

Sooooo

Is it my browser being humorous again or did anyone else notice their Credit Card payment website is not secure...

Looking for the little gold lock.....still looking....maybe it's just not loading....

Originally posted by bmdevine

That being said, I've only played in the beginning areas, and am thinking that having to constantly hold the right button down during combat may give me carpal tunnel syndrome.  Does anyone know if there's a way to set up a different type of control system that might be a bit easier on one's aging joints and tendons?

You can change something in the settings so that pressing the button toggles mouse aiming as opposed to having to hold it to get mouse aiming.  The game still seems to have a lot of potential for repetitive strain injuries, though.

Originally posted by bmdevine

That being said, I've only played in the beginning areas, and am thinking that having to constantly hold the right button down during combat may give me carpal tunnel syndrome.  Does anyone know if there's a way to set up a different type of control system that might be a bit easier on one's aging joints and tendons?

Yes, press 'R'. It will lock you into mouselook mode. 90% of the game can be played entirely in mouselook mode.

Anyone looking for a game that actually utilizes player skill and has a unique setting should be trying this game. Now is the best time to try since you get those free two weeks.

One warning though, it starts a little slow in the first zone. There are a lot of kill quests and fed-ex quests. It certainly gets better as you get into the second zone and beyond. This is one of the reasons why its especially good if you are able to try the game in the next couple weeks since you won't be limited to the trial content.

This is by far a fun game. i stopped playing because LoTRO got me. But it was fun, and I would recommend downloading it to at least try it out.

Hi all,

For those of you who are wondering if this is worth your time to download, check out my review for newbies over here: games.thegeeklynews.com/2009/04/chronicles-of-spellborn/ I've also done a bunch of other MMO reviews, compiled here, if you're interested.

Oliver

Originally posted by natuxatu

This is by far a fun game. i stopped playing because LoTRO got me. But it was fun, and I would recommend downloading it to at least try it out.

This kind of sums it up nicely. The game is good, it's fun. There's not a whole lot I can really say bad about it. However, somehow, it just doesn't seem to have the necessary draw to pull in the players needed to make it achieve it's potential. And honestly, with the current size of their worlds (though admittedly not feeling too cramped) are probably not large enough to handle the player base it'd need to remain steady.

I'm looking forward to giving this game a try once the Windows 7 fix is in.

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Originally posted by Dana

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Originally posted by toord

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.
 
Peace.

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Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

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Not sure where toord (how is the oo pronounced?) got the information above.
That being said,

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OO = UR

Originally posted by Dana

Originally posted by toord

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.

 

Peace.

 

Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

I don't know if you remember that players in North America could NOT try the game out when it was released in Europe. In fact certain parts of europe could not play with other countries within europe. Not even through proxys. This might've changed recently.

Peace.

Originally posted by logangregor

 

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Originally posted by bmdevine

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Originally posted by Dana

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Originally posted by toord

 

I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.
 
Peace.

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Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

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Not sure where toord (how is the oo pronounced?) got the information above.
That being said,

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OO = UR

How would you know? ;)

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Originally posted by toord

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Originally posted by logangregor

 

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Originally posted by bmdevine

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Originally posted by Dana

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Originally posted by toord
 
I tried it while in Open Beta. It is a nifty little game and the story line is more immersive than I thought. Still sorely needing mounts and more players. Combat system is different, not sure if I like it better than DDO's (which is also real time, non-que, twitch-based but based on d20 system). But in all honesty I think the game will have a hard time grabbing new subscribers due to Acclaim's and Spellborn NV's decision to split regions and IP bans a few months back.
 
Peace.

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Marks mentioned in the inteview specifically that there is nothing blocking one region from the other. Player choice.

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Not sure where toord (how is the oo pronounced?) got the information above.
That being said,

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OO = UR

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How would you know? ;)

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I know a turd when I see one :P

Originally posted by Aganazer

Originally posted by bmdevine

That being said, I've only played in the beginning areas, and am thinking that having to constantly hold the right button down during combat may give me carpal tunnel syndrome.  Does anyone know if there's a way to set up a different type of control system that might be a bit easier on one's aging joints and tendons?

 

Yes, press 'R'. It will lock you into mouselook mode. 90% of the game can be played entirely in mouselook mode.

Anyone looking for a game that actually utilizes player skill and has a unique setting should be trying this game. Now is the best time to try since you get those free two weeks.

One warning though, it starts a little slow in the first zone. There are a lot of kill quests and fed-ex quests. It certainly gets better as you get into the second zone and beyond. This is one of the reasons why its especially good if you are able to try the game in the next couple weeks since you won't be limited to the trial content.

I plan on trying this, even though with my aging system I should probably check the specs so I'm not surprised when I go to run it. I don't know how it will compete with DDO which seems to be the solid player skill and real time fighting MMO, especially since DDO is designed around quests so most of them have a lot of depth and they don't use fedex/killtasks to fill the space.
 

But what I have read on this does certainly peak my interest enough to download it sometime in the next couple days and see what it's all about.