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Like the snake hides its legs...
Lobotomist
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There is a saying in a small Balkan country that borders a fine republic of Greece that goes something like this:
"He hides the truth like the snake hides its legs"
I think this expression is very much suitable to Aventurine and Tasos.
The amount of secrecy surrounding Darkfall is unlike any other game ever produced.
After over 6 years in production nothing is known about the game - that didnt come directly from Tasos or was reviewed and approved by Tasos. No independent journalist belonging to recognizable blog or website ever played the game (except mmo.italia ... that could as well be a pizza caffe in Napoli) The game was never featured on no festival. Simply nobody really seen the game - except few greek investors and 2-3 people that are good friends with Tasos and claim they played it.
Game was supposedly beta tested by players. And now even more suprising there is a joke "open beta" that is closed more tightly than a clam. And yet only beta leaks are 2-3 blog posts that are probably fake and 5 screenshots?
Just to illustrate this - you could see hours of leaked videos from any other MMO in closed beta. Isnt that suspicious?
And just think - they announced there will be PREORDERS , and that they will give a trial so the people can decide if the game is good before they preorder it. And than they pronounced NDA on TRIAL.
All in all Darkfall seems to be the best kept secret in history of gaming.
Why?
Darkfall is a product. You need to show a product before you sell it ...dont you?
Would you buy graphic card from me - if i told you that it can run Crysis on ultra resolution with maximum details and all with 200FPS.
Only catch is that I can not demonstrate this to you.
Nor did anyone ever actually seen this GFX card in action. BUT I PROMISE - buy it and you will see!
Its almost like they do not actually want to sell this game...
The fact is actually far simpler..and mostly harmless 
Darkfall promised a lot. But also Dark and Light did, and Roma Victor and Mourning and Horisons...the list goes on.
They promised. They tried for 6 years. They managed a little - and now its pointless to continue. So they are releasing.
They didnt want to make a big fuss. Perhaps they are bit embarassed , even.
They want to push it in quietly. Get odd few hundred of players ( and i assure you this is the max for their servers ) Perhaps even just Greek and Italian players (hence mmo.Italia coverage) and go quietly into night...
But they unintentionally stirred big fuss... and now they dont know what to do...
That is simple truth of darkfall
Comments
Wow, Thanks for that post! I hope you didn't just sit there typing that whole thing up because you could of just copied and pasted what has been posted here before.
hmmmmm very interesting rant. ive seen countless posts like these since i started following this game in november 08. alot of people seem to know the truth about the game but never are able to produce tangible evidence. OP could be correct about them being embarassed and having to release a crap product basically and hope noone notices. however, its far to late for that and if thats the case, the greeks will get crucified.
I'm just beginning to think more on the economical side of things.
I used to believe there was no game, I know there is one now, I have the client on my desktop (not a beta tester).
I believe that they don't have the funds to support everyone, the pre-order thing will be some cash to set up extra servers, and pay whatever they need to pay. I really believe that's the reason Tasos shifted from no-pre orders to more pre-orders. He really should open the game up to all players for a few days, but I don't think they have the resources to do that even. So, I think the pre-orders will be an essential part of letting American players in.
yeah isn't there at least 20 something threads saying pretty much exactly all the same stuff?
way to go OP, you really brought alot to the table. thought provoking
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We all have the same amount of information. We all know that pre ordering is a risk with any MMORPG in the works. Thank your for another warning, but I will actually let the product speak for itself rather than basing my views of an unreleased product on someone elses assumptions. I know i'm a wild and crazy guy. Unheard of.
You should prob go check out the leaks before you continue to make fools of yoursevles...
What the OP has said is a bit hard to justify when there have been multiple organizations invited into the Aventurine studios and given the chance to see development in progress or to actually play the game. Pretending not to see all the opinions offered by people who have played the game is not going to get anyone anywhere.
I know what the op says is wrong. What I don't understand is the motivation behind saying it
There is ALOT known about the game now thats comming from leakers after the latest batch.
You say they need to show the product to sell it?
I say it needs to be finished before they show it!
Im not a fanboi, but im starting to lean on the optimistic side of the Tasos "lies" - becouse i have found alot of reviews from leakers. And they are loving it (no not like another WoW monster, but like a good FFA PvP game that wont fail like DnL).
9/10 leaks (its more like 10/10 now) are very positive about the game. I WILL NOT be surprised on another delay thou, it can very well happen if Aventurine feels its not ready at 25th.
FagerCraft - Feeding the trolls on mmorpg.com since 2005.
I am glad to be assured by someone who has no idea what they are talking about about the capabiltiy of the servers as well as the state of the game. I am also glad you used an analogy about buying and unseen or tested graphic s card when there is plenty to see of DFO as well as plenty of thigns written up on it by sources you decide are not legitimate. I find it so very sad how all of you who likely won'y get into any of the closed portions of testing find every reason in the world to write up self righteous crap to feel better (i guess) about the fact that you "think" you know anything about something you admitt not knowing anything about, that has plenty of information out about it. The problem is you have no trust... for no other reaso nthan you are upset you can't be part of it. THAT is the simple truth of darkfall... it makes whiners whine and players play.
For me, I wont be buying this game. Even if I was considering it, I would never buy it on PO. Having said all that, and this is no way a flame or me trying to start a negative discussion, but I honestly dont believe the game even exists.
That is too bad for you. You seem like you have a level head even if for some reason gigabytes of proof are everywhere.
Most of the screen shots and video leaks that I've found on this game have the settings set incredibly low (DX7). The videos are relatvly new, so why would they have to greatly reduce the settings to something that looks like it's to be played on Windows 95? Isn't the game supposed to be launching in a matter of weeks?
I tend to agree with you Lobotomist, be we can still believe in miracles, can't we?
I will say competative players generally put their settings al lthe way down and maybe they didn't change that while making videos of it. ALso, the game doesn't have to be stable while videoing it or likely using third party software for screen shots.
To me the closest thing I can compare the graphics of screen shots I've seen would be The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(DX8), which looked beautiful...back in 2002.
"Darkfall promised a lot. But also Dark and Light did, and Roma Victor and Mourning and Horisons...the list goes on.
They promised. They tried for 6 years. They managed a little - and now its pointless to continue. So they are releasing.
They didnt want to make a big fuss. Perhaps they are bit embarassed , even.
They want to push it in quietly. Get odd few hundred of players ( and i assure you this is the max for their servers ) Perhaps even just Greek and Italian players (hence mmo.Italia coverage) and go quietly into night...
But they unintentionally stirred big fuss... and now they dont know what to do..."
thats what i think
Just when you think you have all the answers, I change the questions.
no way this guy makes it seem like DF has a chance of being a semi-decent game, CRUCIFY HIM FELLOW MMORPG.COM'ERS!
When I'm energetic I'm:
the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
When I'm at default I'm:
WHITE/BLUE
Lol according to this I'm bipolar :O
the possibility that the game is crap and the devs know it is very possible. But its improbable, because they've been acting this retarded since their announcement of the game 8 yrs ago.
i think they are well intentioned but don't have any idea what they're doing
When I'm energetic I'm:
the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
When I'm at default I'm:
WHITE/BLUE
Lol according to this I'm bipolar :O
ok, what about AOC ? there was plenty of information , rewiews and whatever.... and how looks release like? holy sh*t !!! TOTAL CRAP ! lies , lies , lies , lies....
so why cant be Darkfall opposite to this?
yes Aventurine have no piles of bucks like others (yes i mean one very popular collectors game..) . they better invest sources to development than to HUGE HYPE ADVERTISMENT... remember Romero s Daikatana? ROFL
yes they are small company. it is simple mathematics... 200 people can do their job in xxx time, 2000 can do it much faster .
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sorry for my poor english and have a nice day all
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the possibility that the game is crap and the devs know it is very possible. But its improbable, because they've been acting this retarded since their announcement of the game 8 yrs ago.
i think they are well intentioned but don't have any idea what they're doing
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Darkfall use UO principles with Oblivion Ghotic principles. they know what they r doing well...
. but yes it can be crap who knows..
rofl you liar you have no balls at all
Mostly harmless... funny how important things dubbed 'mostly harmless' turn out to be.
... Just drawing a parallel ...
The ultimate solution to every problem: more space marines.
Uhm Lobotomist thingie...to respond to your question:
Would I buy a game I know nothing about...
No I'd wait for a week after the release and then check youtube to see the latest ingame footage...
Or maybe I will
Like any other game I usually play...
Did you get a preview for any of the old-fashioned games you've ever played? Including console games? Cuz I sure didn't! And it didnt't stop me from breathing.
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You trolls with never give up hu? Its like when you cut the head off of a snake, and it still tries to bite you and wrigle away. Just give it up, the jig is up. Darkfall is going to release and be great.
The simple fact:
If this game DOES turn out to be like Dark and Light, it will give way to more indie companies looking to make a quick dollar.
Hopefully it does release and release with what it says it does. But if it doesn't, it will greatly hurt the reputation of all Indie games.
He who keeps his cool best wins.