I wish the people leaving negative hype had actually played the game before doing so, and that the MMORPG.com staff deleted those without comments remotely related to the game. At least the person who said "It looks like crap" bothered to take a look at the screenshots.

This game is really good. Much better than AutoAssault. Seriously. Everyone complaining about AA's lack of depth and originality should try this game. The game's turn-based gameplay will definately turn some people off, I won't lie about that, but if you can get past that, the game is really fun. If you cant get past that, then please just let the game be and stop flaming it.

This game is being developed by a single person. One person, doing everything. That is simply amazing, and I think it needs to be recognized. It's ironic that indy developers are taking more risks with game design, but get the worst flames when what they do isnt perfect. Very sad...

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Originally posted by metamorphose 
Being a turn-based car fighting game is not making it boring, it just makes it a strategy game, a good one.

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This graf little..pure.

I love turn-based. That already had me sold.

I'm always keeping my eyes open for more turn-based games coming out, and this one is pretty cool so far.

Awesome game!   Very addicting, start off racing and learn the ropes, then get with others and go on wilderness adventures. 

Thats one of my favorite things about DW. The community is amazing.

The players are mature, supportive, and helpful.

I can honestly say that I have never seen anyone act mean-spirited towards another player. Even when you are competing against other players, everyone seems to behave in the spirit of good gamership. When someone beats me at a race, I congratulate them, and vice versa. To be honest, there isnt alot of PVP in the game. Although that option is certainly there, people seem to play more cooperatively. Even our "evil" (via roleplay) player is really nice, and usually attacks NPC traders and bounty-hunters instead of players.

Helping new players is really fun! DarkWind is a complex game, but we try to help out new players as much as possible.

I really wish more games had a community like DarkWind's.

It's always good to play a game that has a great community- is it freee to play?

Mike480: yes, the game is free to play for regular events (races, deathraces, arena combats), you can also participate in socuting with a borrowed vehicle (see Roundup 2044 thread).

For such things but the latest, you don't need to own a car, hence you can't until you subscribe.

The free part is a lot of fun already.

If you have ever played Car Wars or Dark Future or even Axle Tribes then you should give this game a try. I was a bit worried about the game being slow like the above mentioned board and miniature games but when you play the turns go by very fast. Once you get the hang of the game then you can input your orders in just a few seconds, even with shooting.

This game is niche but I know of no other MMO that fills the car combat need so well with out just being a copy of other twitch combat games.

Also, what could be done with this game is wide open. The devs could do so much as far as content.

We often bitch and moan that all MMOs are just clones of something else but here is an original idea and it amazes me that people are so down on DW, I would say most rag on it based solely on the screen shots.