All Posts by zaxtor99

Very nice.

It looks workable, maybe even great.

I'm still very skeptical that this small team can pull off all this and have a smooth running, pretty much bug-free game when it finally launches.

I'm haunted by a game called "Dark and Light" mostly that honestly had me excited for years about a great new 'outside the box' mmo made by a small team. When I was accepted into their beta called "First Settlers of Ganereth" or something like that.. I was pretty excited. I remember looking on ebay and seeing the accounts for this beta pass being sold for over $300, so I seriously thought about selling mine as well.. as our new family after just getting married could have REALLY used that kinda money. But I held onto the dream that was "Dark and Light", and when it I finally got a chance to log into it.. oh man. Choppy framerates, lag galore, and unbelievable bugs that had me walking in the sky, flipping upside down just trying to walk, mobs attacking from the air like a jet airplane out of thin air... it was such a nightmare.

I'll allow a game like this more bugs then I would say a new mmo release from a big developer like Turbine or Mythic, even with all their development time. But I will be one of the first to throw this game into the fires of "another overly hyped POS game" if it brings back any of the kinds of ghosts at that "Dark and Light" nightmare.

First, it has to actually release people. - and then it needs to "work".

And this game is still Vaporware until it does. I'm not saying and have NEVER meant that I don't think they are working on "SOMETHING". But read the definitions of vaporware closely.

If, when the game releases and it is even halfway playable with most of its promised features working as well, then it will blow me away, because I am still very, very suspicious of this game being just another "Dark and Light" - or possibly even worse.

Yes, I was impressed with the videos when watched from the 600 MB download. But it takes MUCH more then a video to convince me and turn away the hauntings of previous experience here.

- Zaxx

At the very end of the video, was that a head being chopped off??? Sure looked like it! Now is this a part of the game, is this something that has been given as a known feature.. or is this a surprise to anyone here?

And also, love the fact that it looks like you can actually dodge projectiles.. cannon balls, fireballs, arrows etc. That looks to take a great feature of my old school Asherons Call! I'm excited to see that!

Looks like I'm gonna have to re-read some of the promised features and inner workings for Darkfall for the first time in about two years or so.

- Zaxx

Fine, Fine, Fine...

I ate my words. A lot of them.

But don't get too proud guys. Adventurine is a HELLUVA long ways away from a successful game being released and playable.

Let's keep it real please. I won't constantly slam and attack the game any more, but let's please keep everything in perspective as well, and hope for the best...

- Zaxx

You all win. I admit this now.

...Just watched the new 17 minutes and 42 second video in HD just now. I only watched the videos earlier on youtube.

BIG DIFFERENCE!

Anyone that has only watched the Youtube videos, even in High quality, they don't do the actual footage any justice at all.

The real video is actually pretty impressive, especially the detail in the weapons, the sky, the terrain, and even some of the spell effects.

The ship combat looks a lot better on the real video, but still could use some work, but who's gonna complain...

Because I must admit, from their video... the game - if it resembles anything like the gameplay in that video... well the game looks really, really fun.

There, I've said it.

You fans win today with a much more impressive video then I ever expected. I confess this as well.

But I am still skeptical that this small team has the resources, the knowledge, and the funds and everything else needed to actually produce a solid, smooth running game client. I hope to hell I am wrong, because it does look like a lot of fun, and I'd love to play a game that even delivered half of what it promises to bring to the table.

So you DF fans win today, bigtime. And I hope you win when it releases, because we will ALL win if that happens.

I'm still skeptical about the final product. I'd love to see more interface video, and even some boring video of fighting mobs one on one and what it looks like to loot a corpse, what it looks like to craft an item, etc etc. Even though it wouldn't be nearly as exciting, such boring footage could excite me about this game a lot.

I admit. I am now curious and more hopeful then ever that all you fans are right and I have been wrong about Darkfall.

I still wish Adventurine the best of luck and think they will probably need all the luck they can get to get this game out and running halfway smoothing sometime this year.

But I am convinced now that Adventurine has been hard at work on a game that has probably been a dream to them for many years.

{Crosses fingers}

...Let's hope for the best.

{Bows before the fanboys.... Kneels to the ground.} "I believe more then ever, but still am VERY skeptical, so please stay patient with me and any skepticism I show for this game."

{Truce offered to the Darkfall fanboys... for now. * ::winks::}

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by LTee
Zax, the hypocrisy is stifling.  You are asking people debate you without using personal attacks.  Yet the only point you have made thus far amounts to "darkfall sucks because I say so".  Quit presenting your opinion as fact.  We are all really sorry AoC didn't work out for you, but taking your nerd rage out on Darkfall isn't the answer.

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More personal attacks for having a different view then yourself of "Darkfall".

Sorry bud. You go log into Darkfall and have fun!

I'm gonna go log into an actual, existing mmo and do just that as well!

Peace Out!

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by Bruticus_XI
The troll hits hard, and the fanboy has no other defense! What'll happen next?
/More popcorn.

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Nothing. I'm done here.

I wish Adventurine the best of luck with Darkfall.

..They will certainly need it.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by KhaelSan
But ok to keep at it like zaxx really requires stamina or lack of brain activity.

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LOL. Is it possible to discuss the game and why you think these videos make your game look so great without throwing out personal attacks?? I mean I know that's hard to do when someone is being realistic in your fantasy world here, but come on man.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by Brenelael
You come into a Darkfall forum obviously trolling for personal attacks and when people start flinging them at you, you say they fail? Aren't they giving you just exactly what you're here for? I think the only thing I can find fault with the DF fanbois in this particular case is they are not smart enough to stop throwing you food.
 
Bren

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Another FAIL.

No, instead of throwing personal attacks, they could try to defend their game against the points I have made basically stating that these videos today do NOT make Darkfall look so great as they are all jumping up and down cheering about here.

..Notice that I didn't throw such personal attacks? Oh, but that's right, when you are as delusional as they are, I guess they consider "Darkfall" to be an actual appendage of their own flesh and blood. My bad. I shall never say that any video game looks like utter crap or predict that any game will fail ever again. I have no such freedom of expression.

Cry some more Bren. Sorry I attacked your beloved game here.

- Zaxx

Love how any negative opinions, no matter how honest they are.. and no matter how they are presented are considered as "trolling" by the fanatics.

Anyone who doesn't believe that Darkfall is gonna be the bestest mmo ever or who has any doubts what-so-ever is a "troll" in their eyes.

If you don't think those videos are the most spectacular looking game videos you have ever seen, oh man.. you are a "troll". LMAO.

Somebody has to try and make these delusional fanboys see atleast a glimpse of something called reality.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by KhaelSan
ok you loose zaxx haha i knew you were a troll

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Again, instead of throwing personal attacks, why don't you instead try and defend your super powered game of all games?

Personal attacks = FAIL.

Try again.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by denshing

• Notice how everything you say make people think your just some loser in his basement with nothing better to do than troll....  
•    Notice how people dont give a flying shit about graphics and prefer gameplay, even though the graphics are actually quite nice minus the explosions.
• Notice how your clearly the most retarded person on mmopg.com
• Notice how abominations such as yourself is why nobody really like mmorpg.com except for the game info. Notice why nobody will care when you pass away after choking on that last frenchfry while trying to call something vapor. We've notice Grow the fuck up

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Nice PERSONAL attacks.

Personal Attacks = FAIL.

I am attacking the game. Notice the difference??

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by originalegg
Zaxtor, URMAKER, you guys are so special =)
But i will credit you with this...at least you have the balls to post at all.  The other trolls are just hiding.  You guys keep up the good fight by spewing lies and attacking random things with no support.  Good for you!

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Umm LIES? What lies? Please tell me you don't have such blinding rose colored glasses on that you actually think these videos look great! I mean maybe I can see if you think it looks like fun from what they have presented. I used to think the sledding down mountains on your shield videos made Dark and Light look like fun too! But there is no way in hell the graphics presented don't look very dated.

What other lies have I told here? That I predict this game will go exactly the same route as Dark and Light IF and WHEN it releases?? That's not a lie either. That is honestly exactly where I think this crap is headed... if it's lucky.

Please tell me where I am lying? It's my opinion and perspective. My prediction is not "lies". None of us know for sure yet where this game is headed.

But okay it's all "lies", lmfao. Darkfall for certain will be the greatest, most successful video game the world has ever seen. I suppose that would be a "fact" in your eyes, eh? ..You keep thinking that buddy.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by URMAKER
lol dark and light 2.0........nice one i figure thats what it'll amount to as well.

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Yeh thanks. But let's remember that Dark and Light took half the time to develop, promised only half as much, and actually launched their beta back in November of 2005. Three years ago, and Darkfail hasn't released yet.

So DarkFail is only 3 years BEHIND Dark and Light, so comparing it to Dark and Light is actually an insult to Dark and Light.

"Sorry D&L", didn't mean to insult you so badly by putting this garbage in the same sentence as you.

- Zaxx

Come on, let's look at those ohh so sexy ship explosions! a big red ball shaped flash of light! Can we say 1995 special effects?

Avatars don't change position or stance swimming. Wooo! So advanced! How did they ever make them look like they are walking while swimming in deep water!!?? No other game could do that!

A big cluster-fuck of guys running around, swinging blindly and blood looking sprites that look as if they were created on a Commodore 64 splattering the screen! So high tech, indeed.

Notice they still didn't show the actual 3rd person perspective you'll actually see when the game launches except for maybe a total of 10 seconds out of the whole ten minutes??? Notice how we still didn't see a IU? That is super spectacular, indeed. More roaming cameras that make it look like this video footage has been super edited. Imagine that... I never would have suspected that would happen, though I do give todays videos credit for being the best footage of Darkfall yet.

Age of Conan's videos are atleast 3 times smoother and 3 times clearer and 3 times better graphics. Atleast. If you even try to say that Darkfall has better graphics then Age of Conan, then you are fooling yourself for sure.

..I'm not saying that Age of Conan's actual game play will be three times better then Darkfall. Because if they finally launch this game, then we will probably all easily see that Age of Conans game play will probably be atleast TEN times better, and Age of Conan will likely be about 50 times more successful.

We might as well call this game "Dark and Light 2". That's where this game is certainly headed.

..Like I say, go ahead and laugh fans. We shall see who laughs last. But yes, enjoy it while you can. Heh.

- Zaxx

DF fans, I saw all 6 videos launched today on YouTube in high quality.. still downloading the torrent video....

But if this seriously makes you excited and drool... then I hate to say this... but there is already a game that looks as good or better, with probably 10 times the content out. Full PvP, looting, skills, great crafting and loot, etc.

I will admit that I didn't think the video would come out today. Figured it would be a couple more weeks. However, as I suspected they didn't show nearly as much single player 3rd person perspective game play as I would have hoped for. I understand why they showed it the way that they did. Makes it look more exciting and dramatic to show it in the fashion that they did.

I will almost guarantee you fans though that a 9 year old PvP game that exists right now is better, smoother, and already out. Simply log onto the Darktide server of Asheron's Call right now and get just as good of graphics with TONS of content, smooth gameplay, tons of skills you can completely vary your avatar with and change individually with use and experience earned. Sure, there isn't a lot of players now, but in two months after Darkfall launches, when it launches, there will probably not be many players there either.. if it lasts that long. If it launches and cannot support all the players or is very bug ridden, then most of the people who try it will eventually get frustrated and leave. And there may not be as many players buying this game as you think.

I can say after watching these videos that I am extremely confident that Asherons Call is a better game, with just as good of graphics as Darkfall will ever be. And it is going to be going on its 10th year in November people.

I will admit that I was wrong about Darkfall not launching soon. I admit that I now think it has a good chance of launching within the next six months or so. I certainly have concerns which I think are legitimate that it will have many bugs, lag, and other problems that may be very slow for such a small team to fix when it does launch however. And that alone could be the death of Darkfall. Time will tell.

I'm being serious guys and gals. If you are truly excited about this game, all of you log into the Darktide server of Asherons call and fight each other and run around and kill mobs and do quests. The quests in AC actually are MUCH deeper then the WoW type quests as well, they actually have tons of lore and purpose to them, and most are intelligently done. The PvP is some of the most fun PvP ever cone in an mmo imo, maybe only giving Dark Age of Camelot credit for more fun PvP. Death has tough consequences in Asherons Call. Items drop on your corpse, yes even items that are equipped can be lost, and the higher your level, the higher the item loss suffered, forcing you to always carry "death items" as insurance that you don't drop your most prized equipment should you die!

I suggest you play or try Asherons Call until this game releases and see what you think. There is a 14 day free trial that you can play NOW!

14 day free trial of Asherons Call

Atleast try it if you have never tried good ol' AC and if you are truly excited about Darkfall. And then in the scenario where Darkfall fails to launch for a few months and/or fails to run as smoothly as you would hope it will, you'll atleast have a solid 9 year old PvP game with tons of content that has been added monthly to fall back on.

Granted AC doesn't have the ship combat, but I betcha AC has tons of good stuff that Darfall will fall short of as well.

Whatever you do, enjoy what you play.

Yes I will try Darkfall when it's available. But I bet you anything right now that it's player based review on this website and many other websites will not be nearly as good as the reviews and scores that already exist for this old school mmo that I firmly believe is one of the best PvP mmos ever made. Trust me when I say it deserves atleast a chance from everyone who loves PvP in their online gaming.

Take care. And have fun with whatever you choose to play.

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by lotharr
Well, someone sounds nervous indeed.

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ohhh yeah! I'm soooo nervous that the game will succeed and be so great! I'd hate to have a game like Darkfall promises to be available for me to play! ROTF.

Not nervous at all buddy. I hope like hell I am wrong and all you fans are right.

But I'm not wrong. The shit's gonna hit the fan BIGTIME, and this time, with this game... I'm not gonna be one of the sad little faces disappointed and shattered. I'm gonna kick back and watch it all as a big comedy and self entertainment.

Again, trust me... I hope that I am wrong - And in the tiny sliver of chances that I am, I will be the first one here admitting to such. And then I'll be logging back into the game moments later! lol.

- Zaxx

LMFAO. Great news!

I hope that real people get to play this game in October.

I cannot wait to see the reviews of Darkfall after its thrown out in the massive pile of crap that it will no doubt be.

Then we can finally compare the reviews and the games "Age of Conan" vs "Darkfall" since all these Darkfall fans have been so persistent in trashing Age of Conan and even calling it a "hoax" here.

Can't wait to see all of the promised features of Darkfall functional and running as Tasos has told us. LMAO.

Oh boy this is gonna be good. This game is gonna make Dark and Light and Mourning look great in contrast.

It is good to see that Adventurine has finally given up on this game now though and that all the fans will finally get their bubbles busted and realize that their dreams have been ohhh so unrealistic.

I honestly can't wait for this.

The shit is truly gonna hit the fan. And it will be fun to watch this time around.

- Zaxx

I never really thought we'd see the day when some tool named "Tasos Flambouras" became a religious icon and symbol of so much blind faith. If only people believed in things like "love" and "peace" as much as they do this guy, man.. would we have a better, safer world.

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Originally posted by Isane
Just go read up on what a development cycle is , everything Tasos speaks about is in that context. pretty simple but you seem to wan't to create lies out of updates as to what comes next in the dev cycle. The intent is true, circumstance takes the opportunity away... thats no lie... 

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Ohhhhh yes, how could I have been so silly? Tasos is the most honest, caring person I have ever met. He would NEVER tell his fans known bullshit. He really did think the game was "just around the corner" back in 2005. ...They've just been tweaking little bugs since then the past 3+ years, ofcourse! How silly of me to think otherwise! /end sarcasm

Like I said above, I could sit here and post 100 links of lies and spend 10 hours looking it all up and you'd spend 20 seconds dismissing it all with "ohhhh that's the normal dev cycvle of any mmo". Heh.

And also like I said above, sometimes these bubbles have to be busted by the original source which created these bubbles in your heads. It'll happen or you'll just eventually give up first.

- Zaxx

I never really thought we'd see the day when some tool named "Tasos Flambouras" became a religious icon and symbol of so much blind faith. If only people believed in things like "love" and "peace" as much as they do this guy, man.. would we have a better, safer world.

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Originally posted by Vansinne
Please provide us with all lies you can manage to bring forth. And by lies is not a known change from the orginal set of features or journal.

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Look it's not worth my time to sit and dig up every gawd damn lie they have spewed over all the years. You're just gonna make up excuses or try and switch the topic to how Age of Conan lied more or whatever. It's not worth it. Believe as you wish. If you cannot see what's right in front of you because you have your head that far in the clouds, then what more can I do buddy?

Ugh, since you ask for lies... I'm not even gonna spend much time at all giving you all the lies I can dig up. But let's just give you a few since you asked for them. And make up your excuses for them and tell us all how great they are and how Darkfall is gonna be the bestest game ever some more... {sigh}

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Lie of a 2007 beta....

http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/editorials/3222-Surly-s-Column-State-of-the-Game-Darkfall-Razorwax-and-Aventurin

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In 2005: Tasos Flambouras: It's getting close to the point where people will get the chance to playtest the game. If they aren't looking at Darkfall now, they'll probably wish they had been. :)

http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/671/671666p3.html

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Darkfall was supposedly entering close beta testing Sept 2003.
Link broken but you can see it post #8 here. Post #8.

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/78344

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Later...

- Zaxx

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Originally posted by downtoearth
what lies?

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{Shakes head sadly, shrugs shoulders in an "it's hopeless" fashion}

Sometimes the bubbles have to be busted by the source which created the bubbles I guess. (bubbles meaning dreams, high expectations, perhaps even fantasies)

Time will answer your question of "what lies" my friend. It's obvious that I could write and even provide links to 100 of the lies, and still you would make excuses and not see the obvious. It'll all come crashing on you at once. Everything. All the lies, all the deceit and empty promises of what might have been. Prepare yourself buddy....

{turns and walks away....}

- Zaxx