4 min of Dark and Light gameplay IGN

voltt

Ign has a video of 4min of dark and light gameplay. finally a video not a bunch of screens
http://ca.ign.com/videos/2017/01/25/dark-and-light-exploring-the-human-city-of-vardo

voltt

another one also polymorphing into a beast.

http://ca.ign.com/videos/2017/01/25/dark-and-light-polymorph-into-a-dangerous-beast

Ghavrigg

Seems like they were showcasing how easily your character gets winded and has to suck in the air for dear life.

Dullahan

Totally love the survival aspect. He actually started losing health when he became hungry. Don't know what the rest of those icons mean, but it almost has a Don't Starve look to it. Very cool!

Dullahan

Actually kind of surprised they even showed those clips prior to optimization. They could have at least edited out the frames with the lag, lol.

MrMelGibson

I felt like I was watching someone do chores lol.  What is appealing about this game again?

ConstantineMerus

MrMelGibson said:

I felt like I was watching someone do chores lol.  What is appealing about this game again?

Doing chores in a fantasy setting. I remember being a kid and falling for it over and over again.
"Now son, you're a mighty wizard. You know what mighty wizards do? They clean the freaking house!"

LoudWisper

there was nothing there that would cause me to want to play.  

whoo haaa whoooo haaa whooooo haaaaa

** this is the only mmo I ever have gotten a refund on so many moons ago
(so it might take a lot to sell me)  

PottedPlant22

Okay I liked the picking up the rock and throwing it at the end.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2017/01/25/the-coolest-spells-in-dark-and-light

It does remind me of Ark tho.  :-|

Dullahan

Shame it won't be an MMO. Seems kind of pointless to go through all that trouble just to play with and against a handful of players. Without a populated server, it will end up being short-lived and not worth a lot of time investment.

Aelious

Dullahan said:

Actually kind of surprised they even showed those clips prior to optimization. They could have at least edited out the frames with the lag, lol.

Yeah holy graphical anomalies Batman! Those need to be ironed out of course but other than that I like the gameplay.

Another video (throwing the landscape ftw!):

http://www.ign.com/videos/2017/01/25/the-coolest-spells-in-dark-and-light

deniter

My opinion is twofold on this.

On one hand the game will be boring if there are no other players around i can interact with. On the other hand seeing hundreds of other players running on the hills and trying 'to survive' would break the illusion of dangerous world i have to survive in.

I haven't seen a game here yet, only a game engine you can begin to build in. Surviving in a barren world, alone, will grow old very fast if there's nothing more the game can offer.

kitarad

Food consumption is quite high. When he changes back he loses quite a bit too. Hope food is not hard to find or it will be a pain in the ass.

Kaneth

Game looks nice. I agree with others that the animations looked wonky, and of course the lack of optimization. At least those items can be fixed.

It's going to be interesting to see how well this holds up.

ste2000

PottedPlant22 said:

Okay I liked the picking up the rock and throwing it at the end.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2017/01/25/the-coolest-spells-in-dark-and-light

It does remind me of Ark tho.  :-|

That's probably because it's made with the same engine, like the other zombie game they are making.

Shaigh

What a mess. Its going to be another survival sandbox that never gets out of early access.

Dragnelus

Hope they fix the pause, lagg/ fps?

BillMurphy

Four minutes? PFFFT. http://www.mmorpg.com/dark-and-light/videos/gameplay-exclusive-part-1-of-2-1000005216

Dakeru

I'm not sure what you guys expected.
This title is legendary for overpromisng and underdelivering 10 years ago.
Now it's being brought back.. by a company infamous for being a cash grab.

Herase

Nyctelios said:

I laughed at the comments there: "Witcher wannabe"... Because the character has long white hair... Jesus fuck the mainstream gamers are cancer.

Maybe, but I have a small feeling  thats what they were going for. In truth it's not just long white hair, it's styled in the excate same half ponytail look.

I know i'm speculating, but I think they wanted to create a similar image in hopes of people going "Oh wow, a witchier style MMO", because to to me it's weird to release a video like that in such a bad state on a big mainstream game site, on here it's okay, because we're use to seeing games in very rough stages, but like i said, i think the linked it on there in hopes of people making the connection, but instead of what I said above, they got responses like "Witcher rip off that looks worse than Witcher 1..."

Again all speculation, was just thought I had.

Herase

Nyctelios said:

Herase said:

Nyctelios said:

I laughed at the comments there: "Witcher wannabe"... Because the character has long white hair... Jesus fuck the mainstream gamers are cancer.

Maybe, but I have a small feeling  thats what they were going for. In truth it's not just long white hair, it's styled in the excate same half ponytail look.

I know i'm speculating, but I think they wanted to create a similar image in hopes of people going "Oh wow, a witchier style MMO", because to to me it's weird to release a video like that in such a bad state on a big mainstream game site, on here it's okay, because we're use to seeing games in very rough stages, but like i said, i think the linked it on there in hopes of people making the connection, but instead of what I said above, they got responses like "Witcher rip off that looks worse than Witcher 1..."

Again all speculation, was just thought I had.

Well, when you have little knowledge of things often what you see is like the only things you know... because your scope is small and it reflects the way you perceive others.

It's easier (and lazy) to compare something to "something that is famous and is recent". Easier than actually know what you are talking about.

I agree, that's the point i'm trying to make, I was saying I think it's a weird move to show something like this on a mainstream gaming site, when most likely 80 - 90% of the people think about it as you described.

That's why I was speculating the idea that this was done purposefully, so people would try make that connection and think, "oh cool, a Witcher style mmo" .

Dakeru

Nyctelios said:

It's easier (and lazy) to compare something to "something that is famous and is recent". Easier than actually know what you are talking about.

And it's outright disgusting to call people cancer for making a simple and obvious comparison.

Albatroes

Its definitely trying to make use of the EA service...Another survival game joins the ranks of never being released and since they are partnering with Ark, expect an expansion before it leaves EA as well.

Kunai_Vax

Im still interested to give this one a try but i wont be buying into any EA. 

Dakeru

Nyctelios said:

Dakeru said:

Nyctelios said:

It's easier (and lazy) to compare something to "something that is famous and is recent". Easier than actually know what you are talking about.

And it's outright disgusting to call people cancer for making a simple and obvious comparison.

Yeah... because the "obvious" comparison would also be made if the character was anything different from grey/white hair male.

'Someone said something I disagree with. I have to compare him to a terminal illness immediately lolol!'

Wtf is wrong with you?

maskedweasel

Don't know much about the game.. and maybe it was my monitor.. but.. they sure have a lot of emphasis on the "dark" in that first video no?  

Can't say I was impressed much overall... but maybe it'll be good?