Darkfall out in 5 days?
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Right - Darkfall is being developed by Aventurine, who are a small indie type developer in Greece. They've been developing the game for sodding ages, beta was originally supposed to start about 4 years ago, and they have a history of not keeping to announced dates for stuff.
A lot of people thought the game was vaporware, until they actually sent out closed beta invites (although no one here got one). Beta reports were extremely controlled and limited. The latest I've heard is that they're going to do a very limited launch, presumably because they've underestimated interest or the amount of infrastructure required to host an mmo.
The impression I get is that they're quite competent programmers, but are severly lacking when it comes to hardware and infrastructure expertise.
Expect it when you see it on a shelf I'd say. And even then don't buy it until you've seen a few reviews.
A lot of people thought the game was vaporware, until they actually sent out closed beta invites (although no one here got one). Beta reports were extremely controlled and limited. The latest I've heard is that they're going to do a very limited launch, presumably because they've underestimated interest or the amount of infrastructure required to host an mmo.
The impression I get is that they're quite competent programmers, but are severly lacking when it comes to hardware and infrastructure expertise.
Expect it when you see it on a shelf I'd say. And even then don't buy it until you've seen a few reviews.
The beta is progressing quite nicely in terms of a realized world but a LOT of features aren't in mobs aren't turned on content is limited. The beta testers are moaning like he'll but they all agree it's a fun game and the patches are coming fast. Apparently, and this is very much scuttlebutt from someone whose friend talked to a cousin of a developer type situation there's a Miracle patch which addresses a ton of issues and will suddenly make the game complete. I doubt it being a cynical bugger. In any event if they do release it on time it'll be incomplete but as pre-orders were meant to be any second now I'm gonna say we have a couple of weeks beyond the 22 date at least.