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Darkfall: NDA Lifted, Pre-order Info, More
Stradden
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According to a statement issued earlier today on the Darkfall forums, the Non Disclosure Agreement for the game's beta has been lifted. Tasos Flambouras addressed this issue and others in a letter to the game's community.
As of the time of this posting the NDA is officially lifted. In the next couple of days the Darfkall pre-orders will open up and stay up until right before Darkfall’s launch on February 25th or until they are sold out. This is how the pre-order will work:
The pre-order consists of the Darkfall client digital download along with a month of play starting on February 25th. The full cost for this is 42 Euro. This amount WILL NOT be charged during the pre-order. What will be charged is an initial 2.52 Euro non-refundable payment to activate the process. The remainder (39.48) of the pre-release price will be billed on release, February 25th. You’ll be free to cancel the purchase any time before the additional charge goes in on February the 25th.
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Jon Wood
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Ahh, how many times ive read the boards here and wanted to just smack the hell out of some of these trolls... damn NDA stopped me.... Back in thier holes they go good bye.... also the graphics are much better then those vids youve seen, game play is excellent, crafting is a frickin grind and takes forever... combat is awsome.
Zero balance issues, pure fun once past the crafting ... I got a steady 80+ fps even in crouds on full graphics.
Some sound issues but, probably the most stable release around, even over warhammer. Some minor tweeks are in order but when they see what playerbase they get besides the nitch, they will tweek, but balance issues arnt something they need to tweek, its your skill on how you work your toon against your enemy.
You can think your a god amongst men and get your ass handed to you by a naked guy, if you aint on your game, why cause he out played you, not because he out lvled you or out geared you.
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I actually think that they made a smart move not revealing much and keeping limits on sales. If the demand exists, they can upgrade and invest more in personnel. As a business owner myself the underlying day to day fact is that you are out there to make a profit. They have alot of internet buzz for virtually no financial investment and from the sounds of it a relatively small staff to support. its easy, especially in a recession, to expand if you have people clamboring for subscriptions. I would imagine they will make thier research investment back fairly quickly if the first posters review is accurate.
Well if you want the facts, I have spent time playing it and I would not waste my time with it in the state it is right now. The game has sme serious issues and is at best in early beta state.
And if you think this game does not have significant balancing issues you are seriously delusional.
They will probably work most of this stuff out in time. It could end up being a very good game, it is not that now.
I wish Aventurine well, but at present would not recommend the game to anyone.
It all just seems a little fishy to me. Considering they only picked people who have been absolutely in love with the game since the beginning, I’m not expecting to hear many bad things about it out of beta. Their saving grace seems to be the fact that the pre-order and launch is limited to only handful of people which gives them more time to attempt to work out some of the bugs I’ve been reading about. I also wonder if this limit is in relation to server capacity.
To me it just seems like an absurd amount of money to pay for an Indie game as buggy and low quality as it is (meaning the types of bugs remaining). There is a reason smart developers don’t touch half the mechanics that will be in DF. I assume we will all get a clearer picture once this game becomes available to a wider audience.
Sorry, so where are the FACTS, all i'm seeing is your bullshit opinion?
Could you possibly elaborate on some of the problems instead of just saying.
"OMG T3H GAME IS RUBBISH DONT PLAYSZZZ!!!11!!"
Just copying and pasting my comments on the Darkfall forums:
My honest critique now that the NDA is lifted is that I find the game terribly disappointing. I waited for the title for a very long time and knew quite well that DF would not stack up to modern titles in terms of polish and presentation but would make up for it in terms of depth of features properly executed. This hasn't been the case. I was definitely skeptical but thought I was such a sandbox, PvP fan who applauded their ideals that I could play through any issues.
This hasn't been the case.
It just seems like a very, very low budget mmorpg that couldn't be sold in any reputable video game store. If it did, people would take it back as an incomplete video game. There is no advanced PvP. Just swinging again and again. While the games environment looks decent, everything else is a far cry. So many features are totally unknown and it seems that most fights serve no meaning. Lots of exploits, functions that don't seem to work, people baffled by how skill advancement work, a crafting system many have gripes with, etc. I just don't think players should have to sacrifice this much to their game experience to simply say they play a PvP sandbox title.
That being said, there are a lot of people in beta who apparently enjoy it which was a surreal experience. I really think it was more of a self reassuring cult mentality and that any reputable review is not going to be so kind.
I just think this game is too broken on too many levels to have a decent release. I honestly associate it with something like DnL and think its going to disappoint a lot of PvP enthusiasts. There are countless free mmorpgs that seem quite a lot better. If you charge modern prices and subscription rates, you need a modern, competitive mmorpg.
No malice at all towards DF and hope it succeeds to facilitate more titles along this vein. I thought Shadowbane was infinitely better. Especially with it being created 6 years earlier. Anyone who thought SB had a rocky launch will have a field day with this title.
Sorry, so where are the FACTS, all i'm seeing is your bullshit opinion?
Could you possibly elaborate on some of the problems instead of just saying.
"OMG T3H GAME IS RUBBISH DONT PLAYSZZZ!!!11!!"
Actually you said that not him. It's like you guys ask to be trolled by picking fights every where you go on this site.
lol
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So now that the nda is lifted the fanboys can run around flaming the trolls. More fun than actually playing df beta innit?
I'm not a no life that sits in front of his computer all day long, I'm an intern that sits in front of his computer all day long.
Great!!!
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i dont know why i got picked, i have tested many titles in the past for aaa companies. Maybe they knew of me, or the team im on over at
www.betafreaks.net
In all my years here at mmorpg.com, ive never given a fanboi review of any of the games ive tested or played, ive been quite jaded and unbias, look for your self...
If we get right down to it, and the right questions get asked, id answer then frankly as i always have..
Do i think darkfall is ready to go gold... hell no. Is it smoother then a warhammer release or AOc yea it is for what they are offering, and playability. Would i like to see more added, hell yea, will i pay for the game... still on the fence, the crafting is whats eating me combined with the full loot, but im also a father, and my kids come first, so i dont have the time i use to have a few years ago. To sit at a rock and click it, for days so i can afford to lose what ive made...
Thats the best i can give you there.
my bad on spelling, i got double vision im sleepy as can be its been a long day...
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Well hopefully they can live up the promise of getting things in DF ironed out and balanced, unlike some games in the industry. Once the promise is broken, no one ever forgives.
so far out of all of these posts noone has been able to say anything worthwhile about the game be it positive or negative. all i have read so far is people opinions. i would like to see some concrete facts on the game down to smallest detail of why this game works or doesnt work. opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
Probably because most of the posters claiming to be in beta, aren't.
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I think if you read the beta review that MMORPG has out you will get a good idea about the game. The only issue I have with the review, I think he was too kind. People who are apt to exploit are going to have a field day with this game, at least initially.
My two major complaints, the world is very big, but very empty. You actually have to hunt down areas to hunt in. And crafting is a huge issue, skilling, materials etc., I did not like the system as it works right now much at all.
This game is a work in progress. It will take awhile before Aventurine will get many of the issues worked out. If you don't mind playing in such an environment, have at it. Personally I expect more when I pay for a game.
This comment cracked me up:
"You can think your a god amongst men and get your ass handed to you by a naked guy, if you aint on your game, why cause he out played you, not because he out lvled you or out geared you"
I don't think outplayed is a very apropos word for this sentence, I think out exploited would be a much better term. There were a number of exploits being used to kill people even in the beta and it will get worse on release. We will just have to wait and see how Aventurine responds to these issues and no I will not discuss exploits, Aventurine has been told about them.
Only one week to go for all these fanboys to realize they have been tricked all this time in believing Darkfall was going to be a kick-ass game.
As a betatester i can say that DF is stable and playable. There is no bug that we dont see in other MMOs. And if you think WoW is the best MMO ever, dont even try DF. No quests, no easy mobs 30 meters from you and real evil PvP.
Just the sight of someone walking towards you with a weapon in thier hands is enough to get your pulse up.
Well this is good news indeed I hope to hear enough good about the game to try it within the first month if not I am certain I will try it once the polish is on
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
Well i have to say that im really happy that in few days i will be able to judge the game by myself..besides im the one i trust the most
I won't be playing, too many noobs. I can do f2p game if i want shit communities.
I'm with you on that... $52.90 USD and nothing to show for it but a digital download?
booooooooooooo!
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