Darkfall open beta 2008?

[colinuk]

Is it too late with Warhammer and WOW patch on its way or do you think this game will be as good as people think its going to be.

A few video's out for it now and looking like open beta around december 2008 they say.

Maybe good, maybe another AoC?

<ColiN>

 

[Tombstone]

I would love it to live up to expectations, it would at least be a step back towards a more UO style of MMO.

However, I think its pretty much doomed before its even begun, hell I was originally told by them that closed beta was going to start in 2004. Then it was 2005, then amidst much hype it was 2006 quick signup here ! Then 2007. Now here we are, with yet another date.

They have some great ideas...but then Horizons had some great ideas, but they simply didnt have the dev team, the size or the financial backing to make those ideas work and look how it turned out. Darkfall to me seems to potentially suffer from all the same things that Horizons did, and I wouldnt be surprised if it ends up the same way.

Pity, as an MMO that is more in the UO mould might, *might* just keep me playing MMOs beyond 2009.

 

[Frapple]

Anything that has been slandered as vapourware for such along time can't be doing very well for itself.

Good luck though, just don't think the proposed game rules belong in a modern market, at least not very successfully.

 

[melipone1]

More beta invites are going out "on or around the 10th November", so get your applications in now people and join the DF community

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/announcement.php?f=9&a=26

What is DF? Watch the 6 part gameplay video on youtube (watch in high quality or you can download it somewhere else as 1 part):

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSm674ql5s&eurl=http://forums.ukcs.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36327

Don't diss the graphics btw! They are on medium apparently and who cares anyway. Its the gameplay that counts in a game like this. Hope it lives up to the hype and expectation..Oldschool UO elements in a 2008 game

Copied this from the video info. Cleaned up the typos a bit:

"Darkfall is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game in development by Aventurine SA. set for release in 2008.

Darkfall's Key Features:
• Real-time MMORPG in a Fantasy setting with RPG, strategy, and action elements
• Full physics, fun-oriented, fast paced real-time combat system where player skill also matters
• Clans contest towns, territory and resources in wars with real causes and real consequences.
• A level-free and grind-free character system encourages full participation from day one.
• Skill based game with thousands of skills and spells to learn and master
• No safe zones, PvP everywhere, and full looting. Anarchy is prevented by realm defenses and an alignment system which encourages aggression along racial lines
• One of the largest, most varied and most content-packed game worlds ever made
• Trade skills are important; player crafters create all items in the game 10 thousand+ concurrent players per game world"

Frapple, Eve Online has been going for what, 5 years now? I think theres a huge market for this type of game but nothing exists currently except a Sci-Fi game with no twitch skill needed and its own host of issues.

Shadowbane had a similar concept with a large fan-base but the devs/publisher ruined it and it never got released in Europe I believe? I'm looking forward to it anyway, and I rarely get hyped over games anymore.

Oh and Re Vaporware crys :
http://dimfall.blogspot.com/