To Hell with Eurogamer Here's a hardcore gamers review (not carebears)

[thefixx2]

Eurogamer is for pansies. Hardcore Gamers use word of mouth, websites and boards to find out the best games to play.
TenTonHammer is one of those: Here's there review from today: Tue. May 26th

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/68399

Darkfall will be around for years and get better than ever. Eurogamer will be embarrassed.

[T11Lan]

ROFL

"Memorial Day is one of my favorite holidays, and it wasn't just the war movie marathons, the positive conditioning from realizing school is about to let out for the summer, or the good food and low-pressure family holiday. Like Thanksgiving, it's a time to reflect on how good you have it because of the selflessness of others, and maybe make sure you're paying that forward in whatever ways you can.

And after your through reflecting, maybe you go play Darkfall for the first time and promptly lose all faith in humanity, as I did last evening."

so true i love it

ill keep reading

[Howdy Doody]

Howdy,

That was a great article. Thanks for posting that.

Doody

[[FA]likwidtek]

Good read, thanks!

[ranvier]

This first impression (it's not a review) in summary:

1) I can't believe the store was open
2) The ordering system seems fishy makes me nervous
3) Nearly 10 percent of my free trial period was spent downloading and patching
4) If you listen to the fanboys instead of the critics, they'll tell you the game is good.
5) You die a lot and lose your stuff.
6) PvE spawns are sparse due to the AI. (??)
7) AI is very good.
8) I was forced to leave lots of loot behind because fumbling with cumbersome UI makes you extremely vulnerable
9) Swinging at trees and rocks is more fun than any in-game quests
10) I haven't played long enough to discover the pressure to macro-grind "just one more skill point"
11) The game runs pretty good
12) Aventurine still has lots of patching and fixing to do.
13) I hope they open a NA server soon so I can escape the h@x025
14) If you like the game because it's Darkfall then you might like Darkfall.
15) I apparently don't know the difference between the number 2 and the letter 4.

[Howdy Doody]

Originally Posted by ranvier

This first impression (it's not a review) in summary:

1) I can't believe the store was open
2) The ordering system seems fishy makes me nervous
3) Nearly 10 percent of my free trial period was spent downloading and patching
4) If you listen to the fanboys instead of the critics, they'll tell you the game is good.
5) You die a lot and lose your stuff.
6) PvE spawns are sparse due to the AI. (??)
7) AI is very good.
8) I was forced to leave lots of loot behind because fumbling with cumbersome UI makes you extremely vulnerable
9) Swinging at trees and rocks is more fun than any in-game quests
10) I haven't played long enough to discover the pressure to macro-grind "just one more skill point"
11) The game runs pretty good
12) Aventurine still has lots of patching and fixing to do.
13) I hope they open a NA server soon so I can escape the h@x025
14) If you like the game because it's Darkfall then you might like Darkfall.
15) I apparently don't know the difference between the number 2 and the letter 4.

eheheheh, bravo!

[Phovos]

Originally Posted by thefixx2

Eurogamer is for pansies. Hardcore Gamers use word of mouth, websites and boards to find out the best games to play.
TenTonHammer is one of those: Here's there review from today: Tue. May 26th

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/68399

Darkfall will be around for years and get better than ever. Eurogamer will be embarrassed.

Good review for only two hours in the game.

this guy said the truth and i hope that he will play more to understand what are the game's weaknesses now.

" the PvE spawns in Darkfall are fairly sparse"
" I soon realized that the leafblade I started with is easily as awful as its sounds"


i am waiting from him review on more things like gamecontrols ,game's camera, ui and pve progression after he will play more than two hours

and a notice... the eurogamer's score was 2/10 not 4/10

[MortalZero]

1)I soon found that I was actually starting to enjoy the game
2) Darkfall enemy AI is very good
3) Looting and items have a whole new significance too
4) early gathering and crafting is surprisingly enjoyable
5) there's no overall "level" or level cap that you'll aspire to. This was a refreshing change for me
6) Also on the plus side, Darkfall also has a fairly innovative "auto-optimization" feature
7) client-side lag wasn't an issue for me, nor was my ping (despite playing on a European server), or overall game stability. That's a very good thing
8) it's a solid, enjoyable game if you give it half a chance and play it
9)sorry Eurogamer, this isn't a 4 / 10 game.
(more tragically for Eurogamer is , they still have it on 2 /10 not 4 / 10 and should be more ashamed by tentonhammer first impressions..if only beacause the author explizit mentioned he will play "the same amount of time" like Zitron and base the impression on exact the same time.)

[Tael]

2) Darkfall enemy AI is very good


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fail review

[Smurfz]

Originally Posted by MortalZero

1)I soon found that I was actually starting to enjoy the game
2) Darkfall enemy AI is very good
3) Looting and items have a whole new significance too
4) early gathering and crafting is surprisingly enjoyable
5) there's no overall "level" or level cap that you'll aspire to. This was a refreshing change for me
6) Also on the plus side, Darkfall also has a fairly innovative "auto-optimization" feature
7) client-side lag wasn't an issue for me, nor was my ping (despite playing on a European server), or overall game stability. That's a very good thing
8) it's a solid, enjoyable game if you give it half a chance and play it
9)sorry Eurogamer, this isn't a 4 / 10 game.
(more tragically for Eurogamer is , they still have it on 2 /10 not 4 / 10 and should be more ashamed by tentonhammer first impressions..if only beacause the author explizit mentioned he will play "the same amount of time" like Zitron and base the impression on exact the same time.)

Sounds like you haven't been playing long enough to have an opinion.

[PainlessDeath]

OP, Preparation H: it soothes

[MortalZero]

Originally Posted by Smurfz

Sounds like you haven't been playing long enough to have an opinion.

Seems you not grasp things easy (a nicer wording for calling you dump). *hint* Read the review and you understand. But what to expect from a April 08er

[B. Greymoor]

Originally Posted by Tael

2) Darkfall enemy AI is very good


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fail review

Lol the AI is very good...

Goblins will fire bows at you, go to meele when they get close, run away in all sorts of directions to avoid fire when injured and then come back to try bow you down/bring friends.
That AI is genious.

Earth Elementals *If you're mounted* will spin around you forcing to rotate your mount slowly to hit them. Back off at times so it's harder to get them.
Also brilliant AI.

Low-mobs such as zombies are quiet mindless but always bring friends which is good AI for the mob it is.

Ok some AI can be bugged from inside the walls and there is a few more ways to bug some mobs out there but apart from that Darkfall does have brilliant AI.

[Humblepower]

This game is not for everyone, its been said many times, but game review magazines and companys are built for the populace, the majority, of which want games with convience and popular features that promote gameplay we the minority may not enjoy, but oh well, darkfall was designed so that if people really wanted this expierence they'd find it on their own. Their reviews really mean little to nothing, almost every game I've ever played that got a bad review was always grossly exaggerated.

See drama creates response and results, no one gets excited about a review that goes like this:

This game can be fun, its meteocre at times, but plays well for several hours before you log off.

or

This game isnt worth buying, it dosent provide the replay value fit for a gamer.

No they want dramatics,

"this is the most absolute terrible game ever, the UI is terrible, etc etc etc"

[Hanover]

Originally Posted by Smurfz

Sounds like you haven't been playing long enough to have an opinion.

Its a summary of the "review" you tool.