Darkfall Online

People are skeptical of it cause it looks like vapourware.

They first announced the game in 2001. The lack of screenshots. Lack of public relations publicity. The numerous cancelled beta tests. And the sginificantly long development time.

The truth is Adventurine might have been better off waiting till a more firm release date before announcing this game.

The game promises a lot. Largest game world and its do whatever you want no limits mentality. Build a house, build a castle, build a city, build a ship, or just go off and explore and find new lands. Do whatever.

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For all the non-believers. There are still constant Dev journals, screenshots added frequently, a movie was recently released. Believe whatever you want. This game will be revolutionary.

I duno... their whole levelling and class system looks a bit too familiar to Oblivion's... and I hate that system.Rottenberry

In theory it sounds like Oblivion's but in reality it's nothing like it. What's wrong with Darkfall's leveling and class system? You're comparing a single-player action-RPG to a hardcore PvP MMORPG.

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Darkfall Peek #16 - #31

Developer Journals #1 - #23

457 ingame screenshots

7 videos

104 model renderings

Asp's Darkfall preview, interviews, concept art, dev pictures, maps, and more

For all the non-believers. There are still constant Dev journals, screenshots added frequently, a movie was recently released. Believe whatever you want. This game will be revolutionary.

4th3ist

So? It's still a hoax. A few people got together and made themself a game to play by themselves, or its entirely a hoax. They've done a good job of fooling people.

Small time developers will make games just for themselves. Those shots prove nothing. How do we know the world is actually that big. For all I know, they've made like one or two zones playable just to pvp amongst themselves.

It sounds like they are trying to take some of the elements from Asheron's Call into a modern game, such as the twitch, the unrestricted PVP, and fast-paced feel.

I don't think it's a hoax, because it's a great vision. They actually want to create something extremely different from the status quo, and they seem passionate about it by what they say in the interviews.

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Darkfall Peek #16 - #31

Developer Journals #1 - #23

457 ingame screenshots

7 videos

104 model renderings

Asp's Darkfall preview, interviews, concept art, dev pictures, maps, and more

For all the non-believers. There are still constant Dev journals, screenshots added frequently, a movie was recently released. Believe whatever you want. This game will be revolutionary.

usmfan84

So? It's still a hoax. A few people got together and made themself a game to play by themselves, or its entirely a hoax. They've done a good job of fooling people.

Small time developers will make games just for themselves. Those shots prove nothing. How do we know the world is actually that big. For all I know, they've made like one or two zones playable just to pvp amongst themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkfall

Read the wiki for darkfall. You don't seem to know much about Aventurine, or the original dev team which Aventuine replaced in 2002. When Aventurine and Razorwax merged they pretty much scrapped the project and started over. The dev team has stated over and over again that they dont release beta because they want the beta to represent the package they are going to release on shelves, not a AOC or Vanguard SOH beta with 90% of the features missing or not working right. Read the forums if this isn't enough info for you.

Calling this game vaporware is rediculous. Most AAA games, and most MMO's, do take a very long time to develop. I think WoW took a good 5-6 years. The vaporware claims surrounding Darkfall are there simply because the game was announched WAY to early in development unlike most games that have a nearly finished project when they start releasing info.

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Darkfall Peek #16 - #31

Developer Journals #1 - #23

457 ingame screenshots

7 videos

104 model renderings

Asp's Darkfall preview, interviews, concept art, dev pictures, maps, and more

For all the non-believers. There are still constant Dev journals, screenshots added frequently, a movie was recently released. Believe whatever you want. This game will be revolutionary.

usmfan84

So? It's still a hoax. A few people got together and made themself a game to play by themselves, or its entirely a hoax. They've done a good job of fooling people.

Small time developers will make games just for themselves. Those shots prove nothing. How do we know the world is actually that big. For all I know, they've made like one or two zones playable just to pvp amongst themselves.

Thats rediculous why would a few people make a game to play each other and then make a huge deal about telling everyone else about it. thats just stupid

What is Darkfall? never heard of this game but all suddenly i see people saying that it will pwn all mmo's? Now i just heard it was announced back in 2001 WTF? why so long time in development?1kalli1

Dark Fall is vaporware heralded as the second coming of Christ of MMO's.

I saw this game mentioned all the time in debates on the WoW forums and thought it quite comical that everybody who brought it up swore up and down it will kill the competition. Nevermind we don't know anything whatsoever about the game other than a bunch of internet rumors.

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Darkfall Peek #16 - #31

Developer Journals #1 - #23

457 ingame screenshots

7 videos

104 model renderings

Asp's Darkfall preview, interviews, concept art, dev pictures, maps, and more

For all the non-believers. There are still constant Dev journals, screenshots added frequently, a movie was recently released. Believe whatever you want. This game will be revolutionary.

juicecann

So? It's still a hoax. A few people got together and made themself a game to play by themselves, or its entirely a hoax. They've done a good job of fooling people.

Small time developers will make games just for themselves. Those shots prove nothing. How do we know the world is actually that big. For all I know, they've made like one or two zones playable just to pvp amongst themselves.

Thats rediculous why would a few people make a game to play each other and then make a huge deal about telling everyone else about it. thats just stupid

Except same thing already happened with a different game that turned up to be a hoax... it was a long time ago. Can't remember the name, but it promised permanent character death, and a bunch of other things. I'll repost if I can think of what the heck the game was called.

Oblivion claimed to make you "truly free" and break down the walls RPGs had set up so to speak. And look how that ended up.Rottenberry

Massively popular and extremely well-recieved...?

Darkfall is supposed to be a revolutionary mmorpg with things like nonlinear gameplay, no levels or classes, and skill based combat. People are highly skeptical of it because it promises so much and not many screenshots have been released. reserati

Revolutionary? That sounds more like a back-to-basics approach, since that description fits Ultima Online perfectly.