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Taikodom : An Introduction to Taikodom
Posted Sep 17, 2009 by Jon Wood
At the Austin Game Developer's Conference, Garrett Fuller spoke with Taikodom's Tarquinio Teles about the upcoming Brazilian-made MMO.
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When you think of Brazil, you do not instantly think of video games. You think of soccer and carnival and amazing barbecue. Tarquinio Teles is trying to change that image. We got a chance to sit with Tarq and take a look at his game Taikodom here at AGDC. The game is live right now in Brazil and will soon be going global as part of Gamerfirst with K2 Network. Taikodom is a space fighter game with all the bells and whistles. Not only does the game look cool, this guy even has a book series and graphic novel ready to go with launch.
Taikodom takes place in the twenty third century. You have been woken up after years of hibernation and look to begin your career as a space pilot. There are two factions in outer space, the Spacers and the Belters. The Spacers are a bit more industrial, looking at expansion in a more economic way. The Belters are pure fighter pilots with fast ships and wild weapons. These two factions operate in an ever expanding universe with lots of options to explore.
I liked the look of this game and I really wanted to play it but it was spoilt by lag/packet loss/stalls, as the content is mostly streamed from servers in South America. Playing from the EU in my experience was impossible. It took 3 tries each of 20mins just to get to the character creation screen.
The game was only slightly better with a lag of about 10 seconds. :(
"The game is live right now in Brazil and will soon be going global as part of Gamerfirst with K2 Network. "
Really did not impress me very much. It is another level based game. Don't know how you can have levels in space.
Some will have fun with it, I did not like it. It is more like a FPS in space. When you are getting shot at, you have no idea where it is coming from at times. It did not manage to keep my interest.
I would say they have a long way to go yet.
WTF?
The game is kinda interesting when you play with 25ms, but it's not my cup of tea (not a sci-fi fan).
I tried to play the game, but could never make it after the character creation screen, 20minutes loading .... it was absurd.
in my opinion, well-elaborated, high-end machine not required for nice graphics and easy-to-learn
ok, i can't say much since i'm br and this is a br game XD but its true considering that i played EVE...