1-26-06 New Interview on MMORPG.com

[enoofu]

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/gameId/4/setView/features/loadFeature/408


All 10 new screen shots are located here: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setview/features/loadFeature/407/gameID/4

[dark-M]

Was Just About To Post That Damn :p

[Asmodeus]

oh hot damn a update!! (*rubs one off on this picture*)

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/012006/5717.jpg



AAAHHH EEEEEHHHH!!
"Our commitment to Darkfall is a given. We

[Darkmatter]

Thanks! Lovely find !

[Sabrok]

!! Nice Job

[Rulle]

Ha and here i was just complaining about lack of updates. Keep the info coming devs, you have made my day

[-DarkRaver-]

*squirts*

Sweet mother of Jebus!

[Komako]

Developer viewing.

/shadyeyes

Great job.

[Spinewire]

To the Devs: Up the resolution of the textures on the ground and make sure their is an AA option then leave it alone as it looks the money!

DF = A slice of fried gold.

*goes and spamms this link in my wow guilds chat channel*


p.s. Someone is obv going to get their head hacked off wehn i get to play this.

Btw henning this is RUDE!
http://www.henningludvigsen.com/wordpress/?page_id=80

[Ravaan]

Wow Very nice, I squeeled like a 15 year old girl at a boy-band concert when i read "It combines the best elements of the role-playing genre with the intensity and sheer fun of the FPS."


I have always wanted to play a game like that.

[Unknewn]

Amazing!!! :)

[r4nge]

awesomeness

[Viare]

*splurt*

[Feoir]

Great Interview.
New news are good news.

[Ashindir]

I'm really impressed with the progress Darkfall has made in the past few months. That was a really good interview as well. Good screenshots are always a plus.

[Asmodeus]

if you look closely you can see the name of the person on the horse "Unf" and thier health.. you can see this in other pics too.... a women named Pila

[Virtra]

Great stuff, I really liked the answer to the 2nd question.

[Nevr]

I'm very pleased with their server model. Pretty much on the money, all around.

ps - what country do you have to be born in to get cool names like "Tasos Flambouras" or "Jade Mehdawi"? Sounds like some name they made for a mmo back in the day, then got it legally changed.....wait....if I...hmmm. lol

[Sabrok]

I didn't see the 10 new screenshots the first time, is this just now in?

[Red-Eye]

I drooled all over my keyboard...

[Asmodeus]

I didn't see the 10 new screenshots the first time, is this just now in?
brand spanking new look t the dates on them

[Sabrok]

I noticed henning is viewing this thread, great work man, I love you:)

[r4nge]

Good, this game should get alot of "hype" on MMORPG, as it deserves. Create an account on there and hype it so we have more noobs to kill.

EDIT: it already jumped up on the top 7 on the front page

[Rane]

All I can say is... Fuckin amazing stuff here Devs! Keep em comming PLEASE! =)

[Grimbold]

Someone bring me my brown pants :D

[kehmesis]

Awesome, thanks for the update, and thanks for the nice find.

[Naithin]

Hey there guys,

New DF Interview up over on MMORPG.com

You can find it here (http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?gameId=4&setView=features&loadFeature=408&fp=1600,1200,758835125,20060126181318). :)

Not a lot of new info, but there are some very nice mounted combat shots. And it's great to hear that a lot of our old info is likely still to be accurate. :D

[Sabrok]

A great day for this community indeed..

[Tekerton]

nice

[Naithin]

I've put the link for this over in Community News as well, but while there was not a lot of new information in this one, the confirmation of a lot of the old information and the new mounted combat screens were fantastic! :D

[r4nge]

I've put the link for this over in Community News as well, but while there was not a lot of new information in this one, the confirmation of a lot of the old information and the new mounted combat screens were fantastic! :D

Indeed, there is one quote from the article that shines like a shiny diamond:

Our main defining features today are pretty much exactly as we first envisioned the game on the conceptual stages. We have stayed true to the initial design, and only minor features have been cut, for various technical and balancing reasons. That said, we have added a lot more new features.

[Pavlos]

Good job!

[QUOTE=Tasos Flambouras]
[...] I

[Nevr]

I thought that, too. Been watchin a few too many budweiser commercials, lol.

But seriously tho, they're not that bad. Maybe a ~20% scale down or so. Definitely not on the top of my list of concerns tho.

[Veilroth]

Great! Lovely... This is wonderful... This will keep us alive for another two months! :P ...at least me.

[Helgeran]

I think the fanboy in me just had his first orgasm.

Btw, the horses' hooves look a bit big, don't they?

Perhaps they are a special breed for crossing marshes and snowy plains. And perhaps not.

[Ravaan]

*sneaks in*

*coughclanbetadateplzcough*

*Runs out*

:D :ninja:

[Animosity]

Righteous news.

[incinerator]

I think the fanboy in me just had his first orgasm.



Perhaps they are a special breed for crossing marshes and snowy plains. And perhaps not.


Correct, special breed. Forgot what one though......

[Helgeran]

Just when I started reading the soundtrack from Conan the Destroyer started from my playlist. It was a truly epic feeling, if just reading about Darkfall feels this destinious I can't imagine what a real battle will be like.

[Dizaster]

Darkfall is going to be the pure crack, i'm scared

[Asmodeus]

I am happy :D ... after failing my first math and economics tests of the semester this was a nice pick-me-up!

[Dulin]

Thank you

[Maglubiyet]

I have just gotten home from work. I go in the forums to find a dev, me being the stalker i am, so i check what he is reading. What lay ahead was this thread, and i must say i shed a tear of joy in excitement for this game.

[Selzi]

I am happy :D ... after failing my first math and economics tests of the semester this was a nice pick-me-up!

I just failed two exams. So, yea, this is a good way to end my day.
Great screenshots, and great news that it's still alive and kicking.
Thanks devs.

[Nasty]

awesome interview..

specifics regarding pvp and their server technology..

those screens look brilliant, cant fucking wait for this game to happen

my hypedmeter just exploded

[Malishan]

I cannot express the sheer joy that comes from a new DF update. I was so happy I about crapped my shorts and I feel like I just drank a sixer of Red bull and a 2liter of mt dew. I'm jacked!

[Dulin]

wait....one more

Thank you

ok im done....

[Surly]

Darkfall was one of the most anticipated games on the MMO radar several years ago. Over time, a lack of information has led to whispers of vaporware or cancellation. Can you make a statement regarding the health of the production and what fans should expect in the weeks and months to come?

Assholes...

What are we, chopped liver? Pfft.

[BLACKWATCH]

In the nick of time, a drink of water.
I like what I read, and have rekindled my faith in the Darkfall Team.
And I like the artwork! Just keeps getting better and beter... ;)

[Jangang]

That interview was awesome. After reading it when I went to look at the screenshots their server started acting funky... Me thinks that a shit load of people must be looking at em.

Very Good interview Tasos, can't wait to see the real thing. :D

[Shamoke]

Correct, special breed. Forgot what one though......

Looks like a clydesdale to me. They are also a little bigger than most other horses.

[Sabrok]

I thought that, too. Been watchin a few too many budweiser commercials, lol.

But seriously tho, they're not that bad. Maybe a ~20% scale down or so. Definitely not on the top of my list of concerns tho.

hey now that you mention it those are some big-ass hooves lol

[doma]

wow.... has it been the mandatory 6 months since the last update yet?
I dont think so.
Something is out of balance.

[Trine]

This is a very nice bit of information. The server tech is exciting.
pvp on ships also sounds nice...

DroooolZ

[LanMandragon]

HOlY CRAP is all I have to say. That interview was unbelievably good. That is also one of the best spoken, smartest, non corporate interview I have ever read by a gaming company.

THANK YOU

[Mordare]

Awesome news

and the mounted combat looks fun

hopefully they do more interviews, id love to see some specifics about ships, stealth, city building among other things

[Dulin]

HOlY CRAP is all I have to say. That interview was unbelievably good. That is also one of the best spoken, smartest, non corporate interview I have ever read by a gaming company.

THANK YOU

and they used the word gimp....:)

[LanMandragon]

Whoever that dev is knows how to talk. Im 20 times more stoked now. Minimum.

[DreadSkull]

great design if its all true. Graphics could use some work

[Metal Wolf]

All right this is what I have been waiting for. The fun is just about to begin. Well at least as soon as we stomp out the first set of game cripling bugs.

./eyecandy Woot!

I wonder if all city bind points will be as choise as that city or will easly defendable spots like the lake surounded hill that castles sitting on be rare.

[kehmesis]

This time, they're like 4 months early. Wtf?

[Razel]

Super update, good work Devs! :eek: :D

[Metal Wolf]

Cant wait. At least they're giving us something to chew on now. And for a pre beta shot those pics are freakin awsome. And I like how the hourses look big enough to be able to carry charicters in full plate.

[caliph]

[quote]Consider what potentially tide-turning magical weapons are worth to a besieged clan - who stand to lose their clanstone and everything they've worked for - and you'll realise the worth of craftsmen in a war-torn setting such as Agon. Darkfall is a combat oriented game, and there will never be a shortage of recently slain players who need to have their equipment replaced. As a result, master crafters will be highly sought after, both as clan members and as trading partners.

Crafting in Darkfall involves more than just toiling at the anvil or workbench. In order to create an item, you must first procure the required raw materials, and this can be much more complicated than just strolling down to the local mine with a pickaxe over your shoulder. If you want to create magical items, for example, you'll first need to obtain special ingredients which are only dropped by different kinds of monsters. Some of these resource monsters are hard to kill, others are rare, while yet others live in dangerous and/or enemy-controlled habitats. Even the more prosaic resources, such as iron and wood, must be harvested from a limited number of resource points, which can be brought under a restricting clan's control.

The crafting system is designed this way in order to encourage conflict, cooperation and trade between players. Here are just some of the things we hope to see players engaged in, as a result of incentives inherent in Darkfall

[Viare]

this game graphic wise could compete with WoW if they upped the textures on the groud everything is beautiful. But remember with better graphics comes laggier epic battles, higher system requirements and less players.

[Sabrok]

lol, WoW = WC3 in zoom pretty much, are you totally insane?

[caliph]

this game graphic wise could compete with WoW if they upped the textures on the groud everything is beautiful. But remember with better graphics comes laggier epic battles, higher system requirements and less players.

Yea this is better graphics than WoW. WoW just looks better cause its cartoonish. Whenever a game tries to go for a more "real" look its going to seem worse than a cartoonish look. I'm an avid WoW player but as far as graphics go these games I'd bet are on par as far as graphics go. As far as everything else goes its gonna be a shitload better if they stick to their guns and do what they promise to do :D

[Slak]

awesome cant wait! ><><><><

[Mashed-Potatos]

Sweet! A new update. Good job devs, hope the game is more then we expect.

[Hobbes]

*golf clap*

But really, looks great! ;)

[Bensidhe]

I have to agree with Metal Wolf . For pre-beta screenies those look more than slightly awesome . The blood spray on the one knight tells me the gore factor is going to be "sick" . So much for the "shitty graphics" shots over the past 8 months . So, who is up for the beta now ? :D

[Slak]

Whoever that dev is knows how to talk. Im 20 times more stoked now. Minimum.
Ya defiantly, im just looking forward to the game now :D

[Southpaw]

Kick ass, those screenshots look amazing.

[evolyze]

Good interview, a little reinsurance every now and then is all I need.

[Kyur]

Omg, i'm crying.. it's almost here..

[Reikson]

Wow those are the most amazing screenshots I have seen from an mmorpg. And the new info they released now I just cant wait.

[Phooey]

Awesome interview, and some slick images to go along with it!

Thanks Tasos!

[lok-tar-ogar]

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!! also i read the words and i quote "final stages of defelopment"

also wow sux df ruelz

[Decius]

Nice screen shots! I like the fine, red mist that coated the camera! ;)

It's interesting to see that the camera rotates. I kind of had the idea TPV had a tight, permanent over-the-shoulder view.

[Kyur]

Sweet !

[AkielVonStrife]

Let me start by saying that I have two mid-terms, a marketing plan, and various other homework assignments due by this Sunday. So the timing of this interview couldn

[Zerikin Loukbel]

Nice screen shots

[Porthios]

Is anyone else having trouble opening MMORPG.com? I get an error everytime I go to that site and I can't open it.

Can someone please post the interview. And maybe the pictures, if it's not too much trouble.

[Nevr]

The spawns are dynamic. Having "control" over an area doesn't have to mean permanent.

Say, the goblins are in the forest at X. A clan finds them and sets up a camp there with a perimeter and battles anyone who tries to come in. Once they kill these goblins, they don't appear there anymore, they appear at Y. So the clan starts off to Y, but they may not ever find Y, or another clan may be there, etc., but they can still control the spawn with enough effort and time.

Obviously, there are some timing and balance issues there, as with anything else. Let's just hope they get them right.

[Surly]

Is anyone else having trouble opening MMORPG.com? I get an error everytime I go to that site and I can't open it.

Can someone please post the interview. And maybe the pictures, if it's not too much trouble.
Hope you like PDF format:
www.kengrimes.com/images/mmoint/

[Virtra]

[QUOTE=AkielVonStrife]Also, I question the

[APEist]

yes... this topped of my day quite nicely, thanks DF team. and to the community, this game is gonna be badass aint it? haha

[DeadPan]

BEST
INTERVIEW
EVER!

I was almost crying at 'spell explosions knock you back with kinetic force' and 'decapitated head rolling'

Can't frickin wait.

[Razel]

BEST
INTERVIEW
EVER!

I was almost crying at 'spell explosions knock you back with kinetic force' and 'decapitated head rolling'

Can't frickin wait.

hehe same i was waiting for Tasos to scoop it from the moat and put it on a necklace :D

[Brannoc]

Threads merged.

(Oops I merged em backwards, that's what happens when I do things after a long day.)

[Surly]

Threads merged.

(Oops I merged em backwards, that's what happens when I do things after a long day.)
of drinking...

[Marrock]

Looking good, nice interview.

[Snog]

I'm crying... +5 points for me being the most emo-fanboy here. I didn't even cry when your mom gave me herpes.

[Porthios]

Hope you like PDF format:
www.kengrimes.com/images/mmoint/ (http://www.kengrimes.com/images/mmoint/) Like it? I love it! Thanks.

[Razel]

lol gd, those screenies (after looking at them again) are awesome, somebuddy give Tasos a napkin for his monitor

http://www.kengrimes.com/images/mmoint/407_4.jpg

only one thing slightly disturbs me tho, i see the ui's hotbar in the upper left, i (hope) you can have more than one bar or customize it, in Lineage II it was like that and everyone soooo hated it flipping from bar 1 to 2 ect.

[slugy]

ahh that quenched my thirst quite well. im a fan of the many different options regarding clothing. im not sold on the burning of towns etc yet though... guess ill have to wait and test really but i would have thought the best option would be to be able to burn it to the ground within say a day or 2. rebuilding would need to be very cheap but maintaining would be costly.. does that make sense? its would be a pain in the ass to loose your town but not 'omfg im going to quit, this game sucks'.

[Surly]

lol gd, those screenies (after looking at them again) are awesome, somebuddy give Tasos a napkin for his monitor

http://www.kengrimes.com/images/mmoint/407_4.jpg
Hehe, well at least we know Tasos likes to eat jelly donuts while playing DF :p

[Pylor]

Nice to get it clarified that rare resources will be a major reason for conflict. I still wonder how extensive the crafting system is planned to be though.

[Shaar]

This was freaky. Its been like 2 days since I came here and I opened mmorpg.com and on the news section I see Darkfall written TWICE! After rubbing my eyes for a while I realised I wasnt seeing things. Great screenshots, havent red the interview yet but will in the next few minutes.

[paade]

hmmm... trying to illustrate mounted combat with picks doesnt seem to work but the interview definetly PWNED!!!

8/10

good job!

[rekker]

Very impressive answers! And loving the new screenshots. I still can't imagine how the game would play though; i can't get my head around where the camera is (whether its a players first-person-view or not)

*devours my new rush of hype*

[Baldwick]

Test out Mount & Blade, the more I see about combat in this game the more i think it will work as combat in Mount&Blade.

[Darkmatter]

Well, now that I`ve got slightly more time to write a comment ;

The first thing I`d like to voice in on is the ingame screenshots following this interview. Hands down I like the graphics. Its both bright and crystal sharp to watch. It seems like all the blur people reacted to in previous shots are absolutely gone in this version/with these settings.

The horses are beautiful and suit the description of Battlehorses. I keep seing people complaining about them having too large hooves, but if they`d bother to do some research, they`d find out that we do have large horses in real life too - if they`d look further, they would also find out about what breeds were used as the typical horse worthy of taking to battle. The horses involved in these pictures all pretty much look the same (maybe they are the same) and I hope that even though these are the type "Battlehorse" I hope they still can come in different colors and so forth. I`m also very interested in finding out how these horses(live animals) respond in terms of control and such. Do they sidestep and react just as sharp as a playercharacter would or are they given some more lively attributes to indicate that we are indeed in control of an animal when we are riding our mounts.

I like that the name of the players involved here doesn`t show up on all the pictures. This probably indicates that we are required to target them (crosshairs), or at least have them within closer vincinity to `recognize` them. (yes I`m referring to the name tags).

Further, In many games - including the new Elder Scrolls game, they are not including longer weaponry, ranged if you will, like spears and halberds - and in one of the pictures I can see one of the riders holding something very similar to a spear, which made me smile - I hope these spears are given their appropriate range both on foot and on mounts, as thats the main motivation to invent spears in the first place.

I do like how this interview is written. It definitely makes me feel they`re confident about their product and could I almost sense a little bragging involved ? Well, this game definitely looks playable, and the graphics looks both functional and beautiful. Functional as in optimized and light, yet capable of nice effects, animations and so forth. Like the developers said, pictures rarely do a game justice, and sometimes it could even be the other way around if devs or artists have made alterations to pictures to make them look better for promotional purposes. The armor Tasos is wearing seems to have nice reflections according to where the lightsource is, which is nice to watch. Of course everything could look more "Real", but thats not at all the purpose here in my opinion the path you`ve taken with the graphics both indicates that the game is by far not looking "old", and you`re attempting to make a fun -game- not some medieval simulator. Would the water we see reflect and interact with the riders if they decided to suddenly splash into it I wonder.

I also love the range we can view in the distance - I`m sure we`ll be able to set this distance manually according to our computers and connections, I like how it fades into a almost fogness state instead of just getting "cut" right off like in other games I`ve played.

You write a lot about Pvp`ers and that their needs to pvp will be met in DF. You`re also including the importance of crafters, and hopefully by that you don`t only mean the crafters of weaponry, war-equipment and such - but also the non-pvp related crafters, like farmers, carpenters, herbalists, chefs, alchemists, woodcutters, rock miners etc etc. Professions I -hope- will be given emphasis in the game. If these are not given some level of importance, the professions will not be respected ways to go about playing in a world like the Agon you are creating. I`m sure you aren`t looking for "Non-stop" PvP as in some round-based Pvp games like Quake and so forth. I`d love for there to be some mindless killing, but I`m all for the killing with a purpose and reason thing, that involves planning, diplomacy and so forth. I mean, will individual players, say a farmer stand a chance at all in this game, would he be able to settle down in his farm and produce grain for example, or cows (like we`ve seen in some earlier pictures) for meat and milk ? Would the foodstuff be of importance to the pvp crowd ? Would they get temporary statboosts , thus making the role of the farmer a quite important and respected one even though he does not wield a sword into battle every day ?

Ah, theres much I`d like to comment on, but for now I`m simply just too pleased with the goings on and I wish our developers further good luck in the development.

[Myrd]

great answer and screens.

One thing that is that the screens get better and better but the UI seems to stay minimalistic.
It makes me wonder if they go for such a minimalistic ui so people can make their own, stay with this, wait till the last moment to add a more arty one or just use it to show more of the scenery in the screens...

[From]

After having reading that interview my day cannot be a bad day =)
Thanks for those nice interview and screenshots. This game definitly seems to be great !

[Khael[SUN]]

Brilliant interview and screens. Like Darkmatter, I also sense confidence, pride and a tiny bit bragging in Tasos answers - very nice. I love it :)

[The-Nit]

Is the 3rd point view really that wide while mounted?
And i guess you can look sides and backwards while horsy going forward.. cool..

[Satorian]

Yay! Finally some new info and screens. :)

Very appetizing indeed.

[Archazar]

I fell in love with the screens and Tasos' explanation of the crafting system was a good read. I'm looking forward to the beta! :)

Arch

[losinglife]

blood splatter rules.. i like the part about the head rolling in the mote too hahaha awesome!

[reece]

blood-splattering, neck-chopping life

nothing better than games you have to ask the clerk to grab under his desk. more blood!

the ressources->crafting part was also very nice to read.
and good items will play a role ;)

[Legolas]

Now we talking great news =)

[Salazar[SG]]

YYEEEEHAAAAWWW

Thanks for the update Devs

Hawt looking armors btw and the overall flora&fauna is looking fabulous
G-r-e-a-t stuff, great answers and a very well thought interview

Thanks

[Memnon]

Holy smokes, it doesn't take much to get this crowd to wet themselves. :) I've been burned too many times by MMOs to get excited over an interview. I'll wait for the open beta so I can see for myself...once bitten, twice shy.

[Viluin]

Nice!

Though, as someone mentioned before, they should allow higher texture resolutions because the ground looked like crap..

[Tensho]

For everybody complaining about the graphics:

Keep in mind that with high level graphics the players expect the same level of detail of the other components of a game (sound, gameplay,quests ect), if one of those components doesn

[Platon2x]

Nice, this is so going to be a great game!

[G.Struepp]

nice interview, thx

The look of the mounted combat reminds me on mount&blade, can't wait to do "couched dmg" in df :)

[Falstaff]

I loved every answer in that interview, Tasos sure made combat sound better then you can believe.

[SamDog]

The brown grey water is the best. You can even see through it slighty on one of the islands in the river/moat. I like the way it pretty wavey too.

The fact you can see through it means the water has a bottom and depth which bodes well for the ship parts of the game.


Curiously tasos never gets fatigued (though he takes alot of hit points). you would think his stamina bar would fall after a stroke with his sword.

[Crunk]

"final stages of production" this is all i cared to hear.

*fingers crossed*

c'mon, daddy needs a new pair of swords!

[Xinnro]

One month till beta releases.

That is my prediction!

Well I can only hope, its good to hear either way.

[gold]

ive been saying it for 4 years... DARKFALL is going to be like UO.. a virgin ripping.... UO gave us freedom and MMO. Darkfall will give us 3d freedom.. it will be a virgin ripping like uo once again, you can never forget your first. and darkfall will offer something nothing else can even compare to. I.... we will never want to play another game.. like uo and its vets talking about the old days.. in 10 years.. we will be doing the same for darkfall..


Ive been selling this game to my friends, family, co workers for years now.. and with these screen shots.. they cant tell its not going to own..

I bet other game developpers are going omg.. we are morons. for not doing waht communitys have assked for.. now darkfall is in full force.. nothing can spot it.

T.g

[doma]

One month till beta releases.

hahaha, aahh :D Good one :)

Yeah, sure its coming any minute now :P

[valerion]

wow just wow

[Nalira]

the new screenshots look amazing, and the whole interview was awesome in general... always nice to see new info

[gold]

as much as i agree with everything everyone is saying.. id rather of had no update.. and just let my hype disappear.. till i get exacts on beta release.. now im stuck here.. with 10 screenshots and an interview. just to wait another 3 months .....if thats the way it will be .. id rather of not seen this update.. I already know how fucken wikid darkfall is gonna be.. these false hopes. just make sit on this page for hours on end. waiting.. with excitement. id rather of not had that.. and just one day.. 3 months from now see a beta invite... but we will see.. i hope this flow of info continues.

[Nalira]

as much as i agree with everything everyone is saying.. id rather of had no update.. and just let my hype disappear.. till i get exacts on beta release.. now im stuck here.. with 10 screenshots and an interview. just to wait another 3 months .....if thats the way it will be .. id rather of not seen this update.. I already know how fucken wikid darkfall is gonna be.. these false hopes. just make sit on this page for hours on end. waiting.. with excitement. id rather of not had that.. and just one day.. 3 months from now see a beta invite... but we will see.. i hope this flow of info continues.

i agree, now i dont even feel like playing any of the games i own anymore... damn all this hype... i hate when this happens.. i just end up thinking about DF for the whole day... ugh i want beta

[doma]

i agree, now i dont even feel like playing any of the games i own anymore... damn all this hype... i hate when this happens.. i just end up thinking about DF for the whole day... ugh i want beta

You'll get over it. Read a book or something.

Soon the devs will stop idling on the forums and the power of the interview will fade.

All will return to normal and people will start asking when we get more updates.

[Matriel]

woo!

[Gotrex]

Very glad to hear dismemberment is going well :D

anyone for playing football with an Alfar head?

[Pernix]

Woohoo nice one :)

[Khumash-Gor]

Very glad to hear dismemberment is going well :D

anyone for playing football with an Alfar head?

Yes, sounds like fun!

Great interview all in all I was satisfied =]

[Spikey]

spunky

[Sidabras]

Well, after seeing the 3rd person view in the screen shots from the 26, I kinda like the perspective. First person was generally so tight as to give me a sense of tunnel vision. You tend to lose natural peripheral vision, which 3rd person in most games emulates. If release is the same as those screen shoots, looks good to me. The level of detail in the graphics was higher than I expected aswell. If those are generated from the engine same as a retail version, looks good. I would like to know the graphics specs of the machine used to generate them. Interviewer said it was

[Osirus]

uhhhh yeah

nice update ... rekindles teh flame.

[JimLad]

Definately worth posting. Not for the exsisting fans but for the still many vaporware nay-sayers who don't think the game is going ahead. Also as we enter 2006 there are going to be lots of new MMOs, probably not better but still enough to turn heads and gain waiting devotion from new comers. As the market continues to split, so will the player bases. Attention will be so divided that customers won't know which way to turn. And with the worldsize we are dealing with, Darkfall will need all the subcribers it can get for population to further drive popularity.

The one that will do job is the pre-beta video. That should be when the game shows it's true colours, and people start jumping on the band wagon.

Great Interview btw, love the honest down to earth answers and addressing of common MMO flaws. Also bumping up the PvP awareness, should go down well with the vets.
I used one of the shots (with the four horsemen) as my desktop. 1024x768, thanks very much. :D

Edit: Have you noticed? Darkfall is now number 4 on MMORPG.coms most anticipated. Nice one. ;)

[Bigbone]

Very nice update! It definetly got my blood pumping!

[Mobed]

Looks great, loot.

[AkielVonStrife]

hmmm... trying to illustrate mounted combat with picks doesnt seem to work but the interview definetly PWNED!!!

8/10

good job!

Check out Mount and Blade. The screens will make more sense.

[Relapse]

Thx for the update!

[bLeH v.2.0]

scratch that AGAIN, he just messed up the date. WOHO!

[WonderBrick]

Great interview and pics!

My only concern is the possiblity for large, meaningless landscapes between points of interest. I hope there is a variety of obstacles scattered around, often densely, for pvp tactical use. The pics in interview may show a more barren area, with sparse trees, but I hope other areas have more obstacles.

Many thanks for update. :)

[ShadowWanderer]

Nice read and good screenshots.
The screens reminded me of M&B mounted combat, which is definetely a good thing.

And for all the people who talk about ground texture. I can't care less. I'll be fine even if the character textures are the same as the ground.
Just give me something good to do with all the graphics. :ninja:

[CyBrEn]

wait wait wait wait.
Rare item drops from monsters?
No thanks, chuckles.

[Aradan]

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

thanks guys :D

[boby]

I'm still here !

and love what i see :p

[wOrker]

Everytime I load mmorpg.com or anything within their domain I get a bunch of jumbled text, oh man.. =(

[zlurp]

*sigh* :D

[DeadeyeFlint99]

Man crafting shit is gonna be a major pain in the ass. First you gotta trek all over this massive world lookin for shit. Remember how big of a pain in the ass that was in shadow bane? You had to go all over lookin for runes, then you basically needed an army to control any of the good mines to get the resources you need. Now with all kinds a rare shit and all the People you gotta smoke to get some resources in darkfall you better be able to craft some really really awsome Items that really give you a major advantage if you gotta go through all of that garbage lol.

I don't wanna craft all this shit and spend day gettin the resources only too have some little kid named IpWnsNoObS and his rag tag bunch of Midgets come stomp my ass and take all that shit without much problem.

I better have some Total asskickin sword that decapitates 50 people at once so blood sprays everywhere if i gonna spend all day crafting items and goin on tresure hunts for Mythril, Obsidian, Ebony,Plutonium, or whatever.

If i do gotta go alover to find this shit it better not be repetative and it better be fun.

[DemandredEBR]

nais!

[Minx]

Thanks enoofu, good news.

[Fedamin[SUN]]

man i was just out yesterday to date a girl..but..cant you just give me that damn game? :D

[Salazar[SG]]

theres one Minor thing thats bugging me in those screenies.

now im not saying im an expert of horse anatomy, but just google up pics of horses running and then look at the horses in the screens

something odd about their rear legs, seems like they bend the way human legs do eventhough they shouldnt unless theyre some fantasy-breed of horse :ninja:

call me a wierdo if you wish lol

[Denton]

Great interview :0

[Dogorox]

']theres one Minor thing thats bugging me in those screenies.

now im not saying im an expert of horse anatomy, but just google up pics of horses running and then look at the horses in the screens

something odd about their rear legs, seems like they bend the way human legs do eventhough they shouldnt unless theyre some fantasy-breed of horse :ninja:

call me a wierdo if you wish lol

I agree, the graphics suck.

[Exodeus]

I agree, the graphics suck. or some people are just spoiled :)

[Shaar]

I agree, the graphics suck.
Yeah right... Even if that was true, although it isnt, with all the features Darkfall has none in their right mind would care.

[Blade]

I love the grafics, nothing wrong with those, and like Shaar said, with all the features we get in DF, I would be happy playing with stick figures... ;)

Great interview and great screenshots!!!

[Marrock]

I agree, the graphics suck.

Then again some people prefer WoW or EQ. The graphics look good to me, the game play is what this community desires the most, people who wish to play mainly because of graphics you can always go back to one of the two I mentioned above.

[shadow-blade]

Brilliant read and the screen are to die for.

Oh and as for the bit about rolling heads godamn i though my gory roleplays were just a fantasy but now i might actualy beable to rip people apart and bite their heads clean off their necks. Ah the wonders of being a ravid beast in a game with gore....

[Velkyn]

Oh my!

I really enjoyed the interview. I have, for so long, wanted resource control, player run/made towns and cities... situations that give rise for a meaning to PK/PvP.

Geezzz, this is going to be great!

[JimLad]

Man crafting shit is gonna be a major pain in the ass. First you gotta trek all over this massive world lookin for shit. Remember how big of a pain in the ass that was in shadow bane? You had to go all over lookin for runes, then you basically needed an army to control any of the good mines to get the resources you need. Now with all kinds a rare shit and all the People you gotta smoke to get some resources in darkfall you better be able to craft some really really awsome Items that really give you a major advantage if you gotta go through all of that garbage lol.

I don't wanna craft all this shit and spend day gettin the resources only too have some little kid named IpWnsNoObS and his rag tag bunch of Midgets come stomp my ass and take all that shit without much problem.

I better have some Total asskickin sword that decapitates 50 people at once so blood sprays everywhere if i gonna spend all day crafting items and goin on tresure hunts for Mythril, Obsidian, Ebony,Plutonium, or whatever.

If i do gotta go alover to find this shit it better not be repetative and it better be fun.

Wow, that's a whole lotta shit. :p
But you know they've gotta make crafters do some work, otherwise it would just be the same old 'bent over an anvil all day, with the odd trip to the bazaar for materials'
And like they said, crafters are essential to fighters, perhaps even as much as healers. It's hard to image it actually being worthwhile to go through the effort of finding ingreedients because for most games crafters are in many ways useless when drops are the dominating source of armament.
In the end they will (or should) earn more money than any fighter ever will.


On a different note, can you actually beleive people are still saying this game is vapourware? I mean talk about head up your arse, for christs sake.
If anyone here posts on MMORPG.com and knows the details of the whole Adventurine>Razorwax deal, could you please set tsr57 right so he will stop being a trolling dickhead. I swear to god he keeps posting in each new topic on the Darkfall boards no matter how many times I tell him to fuck off. He just yacked on about how Adventurine and Razorwax being one in the same means the whole thing is a hoax with domain registry details & all. I know he's being a complete retard but I don't know the entire story myself, only that they've merged and now fall under the name Adventurine.
If someone could give him the facts and point out his unbridled idiocy to the world it would certainly make my day, thanks. :D

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/setstart/11/loadthread/65768/loadforum/454/loadclass/150

[Ezekiel]

this sounds very promising!

my hype level has gone from 4 to 9.5 over 5 minutes of reading :

[Duzio]

Woot! havnt stepped outside of Off Topic in months...glad i did!

I just don't know wether to laugh or cry.

For those who are complaining about the graphics, you have obviously never played FPS. If you have played FPS then you have never owned a server day after day. Everything must be SMOOTH!! In FPS you miss and you die!

In Darkfall you miss and you go looking for a new outfit.

I'll take DF's graphics over Wow's cartoons anyday.

[Fylraen]

Great interview, great screenshots.

One comment tickled me - that the people who complain about lack of information on darkfall have an agenda. Not true! We just REALLY REALLY WANT TO PLAY. :)

[Renithir]

On a different note, can you actually beleive people are still saying this game is vapourware? I mean talk about head up your arse, for christs sake.

The cries of vaporware may be a bit extreme, but so (In my opinion) are the unbridled cires of fanbois throughout this thread. A healthy level of skepticisism is a good thing. For example, while I have every belief that this game is real, I do have serious concerns as to whether or not they'll be able to produce the necessary and inevitable patches this game is going to need. This isn't to say the Devs are incompetant, but rather an acknowledgment that every MMO ever made, or ever to be made, will need to be patched with both major and minor fixes.

Obviously the production cycle has taken much longer than they could have expected, but include the recent revelation that they are also doing defense work and I think it raises a level of concern as to their ability to keep things moving in a timely fashion.

Sitting here on the outside, one can only speculate as to what is or isn't a problem in their development cycle. I do honestly believe that without intimate knowledge of what's going on in the Adventurine offices you pretty much have to defer to the developers and take their comments on their word, but as things progress and play testing begins don't forget the value of critical thinking.

[AllmightyEOD]

[QUOTE=Asmodeus]oh hot damn a update!! (*rubs one off on this picture*)

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/012006/5717.jpg



AAAHHH EEEEEHHHH!!
"Our commitment to Darkfall is a given. We

[derwood9]

Can someone define in simple English what it means to be in the final stages of development?

[derwood9]

final stages of production?

[Jangang]

Great interview, great screenshots.

One comment tickled me - that the people who complain about lack of information on darkfall have an agenda. Not true! We just REALLY REALLY WANT TO PLAY. :)

I don't think they meant every lats person who says that has an agenda... But rather that some of the people saying that may have an agenda... (IE: They don't like pvp and want pvp games to fail.)

[Villa]

Perhaps the developers might one day post something here on the official forums for the game maybe, just maybe ? :(

[DeadeyeFlint99]

Can someone define in simple English what it means to be in the final stages of development?

That means that they have only 50 more years untill they announce the official release date

But seriously dont get your hopes up that this game is gonna be available to play any time soon. If there is no official release date or even an official BETA date then that means we still have quite a while. There hasn't even been official preview videos. There is going to have to be a whole massive marketing and hype for atleast a few months before the game is officially released. I assume that beta testing will start some time this year but the official release probly won't happen till next year. If the game was released this year I would be very surprised.

While you are waiting just try to keep yourself occupied there are some good fantasy games being released soon such as Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion. Not an MMORPG but still an amasing looking game. They did some pretty advanced stuff with that game and the combat system and leveling system are similar to darkfall. It might be good for twitch training for a fantasy FPS. No PvP whatsoever I'm affraid.

[Velkyn]

I don't think they meant every lats person who says that has an agenda... But rather that some of the people saying that may have an agenda... (IE: They don't like pvp and want pvp games to fail.)

Screw 'em... if it ain't PvP/PK then I won't play.

[Crunk]

final stages of production?

i think that means, next week. :D










:(

[Ordie]

Quite good news. Possibly this brings along the end of some hyperbolized Vaporware claims. Time will tell.

[Villa]

Quite good news. Possibly this brings along the end of some hyperbolized Vaporware claims. Time will tell.
ROFL.
The beta signup scam was just an attempt to keep people interested in this game.
I'll be surprised if this game reaches beta before autumn.

[Stormsblade]

ROFL.
The beta signup scam was just an attempt to keep people interested in this game.
I'll be surprised if this game reaches beta before autumn.

Lol, proof?

[omata]

almost makes the wait worth it :)

[Shaar]

Lol, proof?

There is no proof about anything. Anyone and everyone can believe whatever they want so far. Only when it goes into beta it will prove that it exists among other things. However I do believe that Villa will be suprised and the game will go into beta long before autumn. But thats just me.

[drkdrag]

Some of you are looking at this the wrong way, even tho it has taken quite a long time to make the game and they are always working on it. Think how great the game will be. If they were smart they would get beta rolling and just update the game with more patches as they get more of the games content finnished. As long as there isnt too much left to work on...

[Christian]

*weeps with joy*

[Faeril[LT]]

I am very excited about the progress made.

Keep the new information flowing! I can't wait for Beta.

[AllmightyEOD]

']I am very excited about the progress made.

Keep the new information flowing! I can't wait for Beta.

/agree the anticipation is killin me....

[nail]

Great interview with very good details. Looking forward to more information and screenshots!

[IRONWOLF.ac2]

Well browsing the net I seemed to have found some old ac2 friends , Yes this is the original IRONWOLF.

Lets clarify a post i was reading regarding the formation of FPdoMs.

3 groups where formed after IRONWOLF disbanded you where one if them.

But those where the days. IRONWOLF vs Stonecutter. The rise to power the two of us smaller guilds went through. We had only about 30 members at the time battling with the big doggs.

The time I squared off with stonecutter after he became powerful and started taking over certian areas . The fight at the bridge. wow !

AC2 Was one of the best times I personally have had running a guild. 200+

Making the pact with TAO. All the pvp battles and the unbelievable feel of bringing people together for one common goal ... to get respect.

So to whoever posted that comment about IRONWOLF as a person and as a guild leader you are very very mistaken.

So to all my old friends and enemies .... HAIL !!! ac2 was great .

[Solini]

Thanks for the interview! Damn I just can't wait for this game to come out!!

I predict that when Darkfall comes out, this will cause a drop in the economy because millions of people that bought the game will forget to go to work!! :D

[Archelaus]

Im so stoked to see ANYTHING about darkfall... i had wet dreams last night about finding more info posted on the website...best dream in a while

[illicit]

Man haven't visited the forums for a couple of weeks and look what I come back to. Awsome, Looking forward to this games release!

[Imperial-Panda]

Interview over-glorified the game (of course).

A highlight of this very gratifying experience was a head bouncing to the ground (and rolling into the moat that surrounds the city) after a well timed sword blow as I rode by.

Doubtful the entire combat experience will be as this suggests. Latency requirements simply makes this degree of "timing" impossible.

Spell explosions blow you away from the battle line with kinetic force; blood splatters on your armor as the ditch-bound head of a decapitated foe rolls past; smoke from fireball bursts reduce vision temporarily until the wind carries it away; warhorses kick savagely and opponents physically block your progress as you race to execute a wound-stunned enemy before their healers get to him; thundering hooves signal victory as your cavalry arrives just in time to turn the tide of battle.

Sentence one translaion: Warriors are gonna be pissed off. Sentence three translation: big battlefields are a haze of single slices of brown. Sentence four translation: faulty collision detection + latency = bouncing like a marble in a jar.

Also doubtful that they have implemented their server "ideas" properly. I'd be surprised if it wasn't like shadowbane during first 6 months.

Fans are used to being promised the stars, and delivered a strikingly different game at launch.

Single piece of truth in the interview.

Still, don't take this the wrong way.

Darkfall could still very well be a decent game. Just not gonna be a revolutionary WoW... errr... MMO or anything.

[Swerve]

Interview over-glorified the game (of course).



Doubtful the entire combat experience will be as this suggests. Latency requirements simply makes this degree of "timing" impossible.



Sentence one translaion: Warriors are gonna be pissed off. Sentence three translation: big battlefields are a haze of single slices of brown. Sentence four translation: faulty collision detection + latency = bouncing like a marble in a jar.

Also doubtful that they have implemented their server "ideas" properly. I'd be surprised if it wasn't like shadowbane during first 6 months.



Single piece of truth in the interview.

Still, don't take this the wrong way.

Darkfall could still very well be a decent game. Just not gonna be a revolutionary WoW... errr... MMO or anything.

He's a WoW employee methinks.

My impression of WoW:

"A POS mothafecking game run by morons (albeit rich morons) with hidden tendencies to scream 'Carebear Stare!!?!' at people who piss em off irl."

My hopes for the near future:

"You have Email"

"Dear Swerve pls click on the following link to verify your Darkfall Beta Account to gain access to the Darkfall Beta Client"

"ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (comes in pants)"

"Frantic clicking on above mentioned link"

"Incoherent screams/shouts/grunts/pleasurable moans on guild Vent server"

"Rings workplace and takes a week off for my 7th removal of my wisdom teeth (gawd they cant stop growing boss)"

"Goes online while the client is downloading to order a weeks worth of healthy ready meals (gotta watch the diet man :D )

"Prepares Coffee IV"

"Unplugs home telephone line and switches cell off"

"Installs game"

"Char creation screen"

"Absolute mothafecking bliss (for a week at least :eek:)"

WHOS WITH ME??!?!?!?!:D

[Phlebos]

RFLMFAO !!! hehehehe, I have the same exact dream/dilusion !! Wish the game would come out already !!:eek:

[soy]

been following this game longer than is probably healty, glad to see any progress at all.

I like the bonedude and platedude :)

[Imperial-Panda]

He's a WoW employee methinks.

My impression of WoW:

"A POS mothafecking game run by morons (albeit rich morons) with hidden tendencies to scream 'Carebear Stare!!?!' at people who piss em off irl."

Haha, I see the MMORPG scene is as mature as ever.

FYI I played wow for a month and quit. It was decent but I didn't think it was worth it to keep playing. The last sentence was just newbie-bait.

I've been there for the whole Shadowbane timeline from early development to 9 months after release, and this is the same thing. (if they manage to get me into another ~400 vs ~600 ppl battle that might not be too bad tho)

Why will it be like SB? I've pointed it out already. They say a lot of stuff but none of it even makes sense. IE: Sure, knockback/collision sounds good, but in a live environment with a couple hundred chars on the field (and accompanying lag) it's nothing short of hell. And to do the sort of timing he's suggesting you'd have to be consistently playing at <100 ping, which I haven't seen in any MMO to date. It doesn't help that battlefields are where lag counts but those places generate the highest latency. The dust/smoke from fireballs or w/e just doesn't make sense, period. (think for yourself)

Whether the dev was intentionally spewing a bunch of bs or not doesn't really matter. It just reinforces the chances that DF = SB.

[AOD_Flamefleir]

It looks like the interview went great! Darkfall is doing awesome In progress.

Keep up the wonderful work guys!



This game is gonna pwn all our eyes!!

All your eyes are belong to us!


LOL

[TyraN]

good interview