12/15/06, Bakatron.com visits us!

[Brannoc]

http://www.bakatron.com/?p=43 - this fellow has posted a little snippet that many of you will likely enjoy.

[Dronjak]

Thanks Brannoc!

[Agge]

w00t

Edit: Gah, what a tease! Graphics that good? That realy amazes me, even though I always liked the style they went for I never thought of it as graphicaly beutifull to that level.

Hmm.

[Maj]

Har, let me come check it out next!

Arrrrrrr!

[Maglubiyet]

Glad someone gets to see more than we do. Unfair it is. Can't wait for this damn thing to finally come.

[Skullripper]

:D just makes you want more love it.

[Renithir]

Nice find, Brannoc. Not much of a Friday communique, but it's something. Thanks.

[Silverhaze]

interesting article

[doma]

Nice! :)

[Villa]

I preferred the Pakistani flower picking terrorism picture, further down.

[Jeraal]

Very nice, give me more.. :'(

[Lorak]

Nice little article.
Glad that someone got to see the game in action. Sounds like it is progressing nicely.

[BlackVolgan]

nice.

[Ruggulkrek]

I loved that little piece actually. It made me want to play it twice as bad. If it gave a casual player who's not normally into mmorpg's that kind of feeling.. It must have the same magic feel oldschool UO did. Where when you log on the thought process isn't, "Ok I'm gonna go play this game to kill some time for a while", it's more like, "What kind of awesome stuff do I wanna do today?".

It seems like it'll be a great game even for a casual player. For example I could see my brother logging in and having a blast (he works almost non-stop), where-as in WoW he couldn't after a while because it was just a grindfest item-whore game.

In short, it sounds even more amazing than I previously thought!

For me personally this is one of the best "update" type things in a while!

[Lionking1Cyan]

Very nice one. But he told darkfall will be the wow killer. I don't think so. Because wow is for noobs, darkfall is not. Pro wow players will come to darkfall, as now they are unsatisfied with wow, but noobs will remain on wow...and i hope they will :D .

[Suitepee]

"I know Second Life nearly does that… Darkfall does it ten times better and gives you a feeling that youre part of something really fantastic."

That's quite a statement right there. He must have been very impressed.

Interesting that they got to play it; maybe nicer with some screenshots but can't complain as it shows the game still exists and is being worked on/approved by people who see it. (lucky &*!?#)

Nice update.

[boby]

K where we subscribe to visit ?

[Adreu]

Sounds great...I'm tempted to drive up to Athens and check it out myself. :)

[paade]

twas worth reading. I wouldnt put too much weight to his praising of DF graphics, he said he enjoys Runescape, so the par isnt very high:rolleyes:

[Phooey]

Great read. :)

[ObsiDian_Osiris]

Damn, by the sound of that article darkfall must be doing what they say it will.

[Legolas]

Sweet!

[SuperVlieg]

OMGOMG

BETA??:ohno:

[Airius Droc]

I'm not sure where to begin...

Uh, it's nice that this seemingly random guy (I assumed it was a guy, I guess I don't even know that much) had positive things to say about Darkfall. Certainly the alternative would've been, "bad." Ummm, thanks.

Do you think next week we could get an update where a random 12 year old girl visits the Aventurine Office and then writes on her blog, "It was cutetastic!" or something equally "positive" yet non-descript? Because that would be a great way to market the "ultimate game."

Btw, I think my negativity is more than understandable using the reasonable person standard. I'm actually a little embarassed by this being posted in the "news" section.

[Geminireaper]

I'm not sure where to begin...

Uh, it's nice that this seemingly random guy (I assumed it was a guy, I guess I don't even know that much) had positive things to say about Darkfall. Certainly the alternative would've been, "bad." Ummm, thanks.

Do you think next week we could get an update where a random 12 year old girl visits the Aventurine Office and then writes on her blog, "It was cutetastic!" or something equally "positive" yet non-descript? Because that would be a great way to market the "ultimate game."

Btw, I think my negativity is more than understandable using the reasonable person standard. I'm actually a little embarassed by this being posted in the "news" section.

Did you not see there the author said that he himself is a game developer who has worked on some rather large titles. Go away TROLL!

[|Avalanche]

Nice one!

[Marrock]

Nice article!

[Exodeus]

Sounds great...I'm tempted to drive up to Athens and check it out myself. :) What's stopping you? :D

[Airius Droc]

Did you not see there the author said that he himself is a game developer who has worked on some rather large titles. Go away TROLL!

Again, the reasonable person standard should apply here...

He also said that Darkfall could be a WOW Killer. Really? A WOW Killer? When we consider that WOW has 7 million worldwide members, and Darkfall is currently planning to have ONE server (last we heard) that will support 10 thousand simultaneous members, that's really saying a lot. A lot about how this guy is either really stupid, or he's completely out of touch with the reality of the market.

Note that he also didn't mention playing WOW, he mentioned that he didn't play MOG's very much and when he did he liked to play Runescape. So while his experiences were positive, and I'm happy to hear that, I don't take much away from this "news" other than the fact that this is the most effort the devs were willing to put into the community for the last 2 weeks, and that they're comfortable having some guy that *I* haven't heard of compare Darkfall to the "ultimate game wow killer."

[Fylraen]

OMGOMG

BETA??:ohno:


lol

So uh yeah... I want to know what they chatted about! :D

edit: Airius, I hear ya. But it's no different than before though, it's just a potentially overstated plug from some guy on his blog. If the guy's right, that's sweet. If he's not, then oh well.

It doesn't change anything about the status of the game, so <shrug>. Just a little blurb, probably not "news" worthy in the sense that it doesn't say anything about the game, but whatever. It's just an interesting post some guy made.

[Airius Droc]

Just a little blurb, probably not "news" worthy in the sense that it doesn't say anything about the game, but whatever. It's just an interesting post some guy made.

Yeah, I agree. I'm not jumping ship and saying Darkfall is doomed. I just have a hard time not calling this out. It's annoying to have something like this posted and see pages of people saying "W00T!" regardless of the actual content. Then when I take a step back and think about the overall message this sends to people that may be on the fence right now and are looking for more information about the game, this is the first news article they get to read. Some guy's blog and a bunch of fan boys mindlesses nodding their heads.

It's frustrating, and I've got it out of my system now. A spade has been called a spade. :)

[Apraxis]

I'm not sure where to begin...

Uh, it's nice that this seemingly random guy (I assumed it was a guy, I guess I don't even know that much) had positive things to say about Darkfall. Certainly the alternative would've been, "bad." Ummm, thanks.

Do you think next week we could get an update where a random 12 year old girl visits the Aventurine Office and then writes on her blog, "It was cutetastic!" or something equally "positive" yet non-descript? Because that would be a great way to market the "ultimate game."

Btw, I think my negativity is more than understandable using the reasonable person standard. I'm actually a little embarassed by this being posted in the "news" section.

Airius is right.. This was not really anything special, and as much as i can see he is also a friend of henning, so what? Or at least a fan of henning, he features henning site at least on it.

It is nice to hear something, but the complete content of this article was more or less:"Darkfall looks nice, and i play Runescap!".

If he could even tell what especially look nice.. the everything approach dont help a lot.. especially without screens or anything else to say more about it.

But however.. who cares.. i just wait a little bit longer for more and better news, or even the beta.

[Strontyd]

a sneak preview demo of the game running would be nice, just 10 seconds or even 5 seconds........cmon you know you want to ......... give it, we know where you live..........................

[Yuengling.OoB]

Hurrrah~!~!!1

[Sabrok]

Again, the reasonable person standard should apply here...

He also said that Darkfall could be a WOW Killer. Really? A WOW Killer? When we consider that WOW has 7 million worldwide members, and Darkfall is currently planning to have ONE server (last we heard) that will support 10 thousand simultaneous members, that's really saying a lot. A lot about how this guy is either really stupid, or he's completely out of touch with the reality of the market.

Note that he also didn't mention playing WOW, he mentioned that he didn't play MOG's very much and when he did he liked to play Runescape. So while his experiences were positive, and I'm happy to hear that, I don't take much away from this "news" other than the fact that this is the most effort the devs were willing to put into the community for the last 2 weeks, and that they're comfortable having some guy that *I* haven't heard of compare Darkfall to the "ultimate game wow killer."

They can add servers very easily after launch you know. Seems there might be someone stupid in this thread.....

[morde]

They can add servers very easily after launch you know. Seems there might be someone stupid in this thread.....

Yeh, its not like they're limited to only having 1 server forever.

[Metal Wolf]

Yay, more news.

[Paco69]

:D good info.... cant wait

[End Dream]

What's stopping you? :D

the atlantic ocean

[End Dream]

Again, the reasonable person standard should apply here...

He also said that Darkfall could be a WOW Killer. Really? A WOW Killer? When we consider that WOW has 7 million worldwide members, and Darkfall is currently planning to have ONE server (last we heard) that will support 10 thousand simultaneous members, that's really saying a lot. A lot about how this guy is either really stupid, or he's completely out of touch with the reality of the market.

Note that he also didn't mention playing WOW, he mentioned that he didn't play MOG's very much and when he did he liked to play Runescape. So while his experiences were positive, and I'm happy to hear that, I don't take much away from this "news" other than the fact that this is the most effort the devs were willing to put into the community for the last 2 weeks, and that they're comfortable having some guy that *I* haven't heard of compare Darkfall to the "ultimate game wow killer."

i smell a WoW lover! KILL HIM!! but seriously.. they said thats how they will start.. with one server.. and open more as needed.. im not saying it would kill wow.. but maybe fun and freedom will become contagous when some wow players see it.. maybe darkfall will take a big chunk.. most wow players only play it because its all they know.. maybe many will change when they see this is better

[Derosian]

Enjoy it I surely did...

[th3hors3]

The impression that she was invited because of reputation, i.e. invited because she writes articles after an emotional blast; emotional-blast-writer that is useful for encouraging fans; would be called a prostitute of words and not a writer if they had existed. And it's made to be impressive on the person who reads it. And: a guy on this forum wrote an episodic story about infiltrating the developers work space, seeing them play the game and what not, all made up of course, to which this article without facts is then similar. The difference is that she who wrote it deserves no admiration at all from me, and the episodic made-up story does: because there are no facts, this is pure emotional crack-whore trip, and to write that the writer must have some connection with the game, else you write emotional to be commersial. Thus instead of admiration, this author deserves spite, since trying persons already have done this and are more merited to what they did. And I put in a sentence here: it's because they've no gain at all, but this guy has in some way. So it feels rude, that's my point, because there are no facts in it. And this had been fun had the game been in early development. My point is that it doesn't fit!

[fCo_Pancho]

That article was a waste of my time.

[Supafroius]

A picture of this guy or girl next to Tasos overlooking a pc screen with Darkfall on the screen would do wonders for the crdibility of this article.

Nuff said...

[Aradesiel]

Haha, no wonder they aren't more active. It does seem to set people off. I'll grant you that there isn't any real info in the article, but its a nice little blip on the radar. Take his/her opinions with a grain of salt and relax.

[Haargott]

nice :)
But when is it coming out? I want to play! NOW!

[Mhorham]

I was interested to read an opinion of the game a year ago vs now and that they felt so much progress had been made in optimizing. If this is true than the most recent postponement of beta preparations were worth it to us as potential subscribers.

[Kilmoran]

w00t

Edit: Gah, what a tease! Graphics that good? That realy amazes me, even though I always liked the style they went for I never thought of it as graphicaly beutifull to that level.

Hmm.


one thing we all seem to forget is even back o nthat acctualyl released video..the animations made the graphics look great... the SS make it ... make them good but not fantastic..but those animations REALLY brought it all out.

[Kilmoran]

I'm not sure where to begin...

Uh, it's nice that this seemingly random guy (I assumed it was a guy, I guess I don't even know that much) had positive things to say about Darkfall. Certainly the alternative would've been, "bad." Ummm, thanks.

Do you think next week we could get an update where a random 12 year old girl visits the Aventurine Office and then writes on her blog, "It was cutetastic!" or something equally "positive" yet non-descript? Because that would be a great way to market the "ultimate game."

Btw, I think my negativity is more than understandable using the reasonable person standard. I'm actually a little embarassed by this being posted in the "news" section.

He described himself as a game designed and art director, though we don't know who... if he's i nthe bizz... that does give his words more weight than a random 12 year old girl.

[Kilmoran]

the atlantic ocean

He did say drive....

[Figrix Voidstar]

Nice find ^^

Good addition to the other update (screens)

Lets get one more shall we? :)

Howsaboot Alfies!

[Preston]

Good stuff. I wish he had 4 or 5 pages of it.

[Fylraen]

He described himself as a game designed and art director, though we don't know who... if he's i nthe bizz... that does give his words more weight than a random 12 year old girl.


Actually, all you have to do is look through his blog to find out his name and where he works. Not very deep detective work. :)

[kehmesis]

Did anyone here ever doubt it? State the obvious! ;)

[-Havoc-]

Again, the reasonable person standard should apply here...

He also said that Darkfall could be a WOW Killer. Really? A WOW Killer? When we consider that WOW has 7 million worldwide members, and Darkfall is currently planning to have ONE server (last we heard) that will support 10 thousand simultaneous members, that's really saying a lot. A lot about how this guy is either really stupid, or he's completely out of touch with the reality of the market.

Note that he also didn't mention playing WOW, he mentioned that he didn't play MOG's very much and when he did he liked to play Runescape. So while his experiences were positive, and I'm happy to hear that, I don't take much away from this "news" other than the fact that this is the most effort the devs were willing to put into the community for the last 2 weeks, and that they're comfortable having some guy that *I* haven't heard of compare Darkfall to the "ultimate game wow killer."



I'm not sure where to begin...

Uh, it's nice that this seemingly random guy (I assumed it was a guy, I guess I don't even know that much) had positive things to say about Darkfall. Certainly the alternative would've been, "bad." Ummm, thanks.

Do you think next week we could get an update where a random 12 year old girl visits the Aventurine Office and then writes on her blog, "It was cutetastic!" or something equally "positive" yet non-descript? Because that would be a great way to market the "ultimate game."

Btw, I think my negativity is more than understandable using the reasonable person standard. I'm actually a little embarassed by this being posted in the "news" section.


I'm going to have to agree with Airius, someone with alot more merit should have been brought in. Getting a point of view from someone who is hardly even a casual MMO player and plays an outdated game like Runescape basically saying, "omg, this game pwns, I would LIVE in this world!!" is probably something all MMO newcomers say when they get into the game for the first time or who currently play an MMO that sucks. What "tripple A" titles what he involved in? Hello Kitty Island Adventure? Hey guys, guess what? I myself am involved in Tripple A game titles. Cool eh? Check out my blog, not very deep detective work there. ;)

I'm not looking for a hands on, no-limits review. I'm a realist, it is what it is. That "article" has the same degree of speculation as these damn forums. I could've gotten any Darkfall "news" that has been cranked out for the past few months in 5 pages of General Discussion and the use of the search function.

:faq: :search:

And for those bubbles I just burst, here's something (http://kittensaresocute.ytmnd.com/) to cheer you up.

[Shadow Walker2020]

After reading this, I want to play Darkfall even more!

Oh please let the beta come soon.

[morde]

I'm going to have to agree with Airius, someone with alot more merit should have been brought in. Getting a point of view from someone who is hardly even a casual MMO player and plays an outdated game like Runescape basically saying, "omg, this game pwns, I would LIVE in this world!!" is probably something all MMO newcomers say when they get into the game for the first time or who currently play an MMO that sucks. What "tripple A" titles what he involved in? Hello Kitty Island Adventure? Hey guys, guess what? I myself am involved in Tripple A game titles. Cool eh? Check out my blog, not very deep detective work there. ;)

I'm not looking for a hands on, no-limits review. I'm a realist, it is what it is. That "article" has the same degree of speculation as these damn forums. I could've gotten any Darkfall "news" that has been cranked out for the past few months in 5 pages of General Discussion and the use of the search function.

:faq: :search:

And for those bubbles I just burst, here's something (http://kittensaresocute.ytmnd.com/) to cheer you up.

Yah because he said he played runescape means he has never played any other MMO. There is also plenty of people who have played the new MMO's but gone back to the old ones UO, SB, etc. I agree for a deeper article than that, but I still wouldn't assume things about that writer.

[Satan]

interesting

[Norse]

That is easily the most encouraging update in 2+ years, accept maybe clan registration. Nice to see a 3rd party type of perspective. And on top of that the guy seemed very enthusiastic about it even though hes not a self proclaimed mmorpg guy. These are the type of updates that are way to few and far between. Pleas Please keep it coming.

[nazual]

Good read, thanks for link :)

[Draugh]

Better something than nothing. Some more screens would have been nice, but an update is an update.

Although if Darkfall does have such a powerful impression on a casual gamer (of which the majority of WoW's player base is made of) that's good news for the developers.

*mandatory request for Beta*

[Spikey]

*shrug*

ITS A GOOD GAME, BUT I WONT TELL YOU ANYTHING ELSE