Unofficial Darkfall Video

Preston · August 2005

This is a recent video that was "unofficially" taken on the Darkfall alpha.

http://www.the-combine.net/misc/df_pvp_alpha.avi

Foebane · August 2005

Aren't they under an NDA to not do this sort of thing? wow.

Dillinger4 · August 2005

Originally posted by Foebane

Aren't they under an NDA to not do this sort of thing? wow.

They allowed it to be released until they could get an official video ready for release by their standards.

Some notes they gave about the video.

The video isn't that old. It's a leak that we decided to own up to and Deyth was given permission to show it. There are probably more of them. I believe this was taken using a digital camera during some playtesting.

Some things that we need to explain about what you're looking at:

--The characters showing in the video are not NPC guards, they're player characters that we use for testing. You can make out some NPCs standing behind the tables in the marketplace in the background.

--The staff isn't a melee weapon and that's why the character wielding it is in first person. It's a dwarven mage staff and that's why it looks so compact and solid like a mace. If the character switched to a melee weapon he would have gone into third person.

--The first person hands and art in general that you see in the video are temps and so is the movement, the distance from the viewer, the animation etc.

--Casting time and the casting bar are disabled in this instance for testing purposes.

--Graphics are improved, and will be further improved from what you see in the leaked video

--The health bar contains an insane amount of hitpoints for the testing of the battle system and that's why you don't see much of a change on it

--Many of the things you see in this video are temporary, other things are not activated, or showing, or optimized.

We would have preferred an official release for the first Darkfall gameplay video but this is out there now, it's Darkfall, so there you go.

JimLad · August 2005

There are probably more of them.

Excellent!

I know the Razorwax dudes want to keep a low profile untill the game is more pollished, but a lot of people who have been waiting years deserve this. Anyone who doesn't understand what 'alpha footage' means doesn't deserve to play a game of this calibur anyway if they think it's as good as it gets.

anarchyart · August 2005

I love it. It's alpha all right but wow, I love the look of things! Imagine all out PvP warfare, I can't wait.

Dish · August 2005

I just wish that the leaked video showed some of the terrain around the world. I'm really looking forward to exploring in the mountains and forests.

hellprophet · August 2005

yar I can't wait to kill miners in the moutains like good ole Ultima Online days.....
**Shields himself from rottenfood being thrown**

Zenodice · August 2005

Definately good looking footage for an alpha, can't say i'm a huge fan of 1st person perspective when it comes to MMOs, but i've done it in the past with games like Might & Magic (6 and up). If you want a general idea for what the 1st person rpg would be like i'd say fire up one of the newer Might & Magic titles and you'd probably have a very very very basic darkfall feel.

Either way, i'm glad some footage came out, this will put a sock in the mouths of all the vaporware nay sayers.