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dakarios
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Facts about Dark and Light:
- One seamless online-world, no server-splitting
- Up to 100.000 simultaneous online players in this unique world
- 40.000 square kilometers of land- and watermass
- Several hundred towns, villages, castles, and fortresses
- Player-controlled towns and castles, you can actually grow villages and towns
- Player-owned housing and small fortresses, freely decorable
- Pets and mounts for taming and fighting! Players can ride on dragons which actually are 100% controlled by the players. You can fly up above the clouds and parachute for fun
- Several kingdoms with alliances and enemies, which allow for relatively open player-versus-player promising desirable rewards. Headhunters, merchant caravans, mercenaries - all have their place in Dark and Light
- Free preview of DnL starting at Dec 8th 2005 named Settlers of Ganareth (SoG), that offers a limited landmass of what is to be released in April 2006
Screenshots:
Maps:
Settlers of Ganareth (SoG) / December 2005
Dark and Light (DnL) / April 2006
Comparison between several MMORPGs and DnL's size
Videos:
Several realtime-streaming videos here
E3-2004 trailer (my favourite)
E3-2005 trailer
FAQ:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gandir/DnL_FAQ_v01.htm
Get your preview-key for SoG on Dec 8th at darkandlight.com
This is a fan-made post, if you have anything to complement this info, feel free to do so! 
Special thanks to blacksac for keeping the community updated with his "best-of"-selection of screenshots.
Comments
I know you have nothing to contribute but hatred towards DnL, turkeybound.
Fortunately, you're known as a troll here, but it's important to point out for all the people not knowing your history on these boards that your word has no weight at all.
Since you hate this game so bad, why not go and play WoW?
Yup, nice collection there!
Thanks Dakarios for posting this. This forum doesn't have many facts
Keep updating
Yep This thread needs to stickied *cough* :P as does it on the dnl forum :P
Very nice scenery but it's a shame there's no hint of an interface on any of those pics.
Is this game ready for large scale beta testing (SoG)? I hope so but I doubt it.
Nope, it's not ready and never will be.
"Fire is never a gentle master..."
Shoo Inferno, you bitter stratics outcast.
Fact- those could as easily be Maya renders as they could be screenshots
Fact- NP3 has delayed the game time and time again for 3 years now, including missing a self set deadline a month after they announced it for SoG
Fact you guys just donated sixty bucks on a hope, not a product
Fact 10k people will be playing SoG for free right along side you guys who donated
Fact Np3 is already hedging on their promises to let you carry gold and items over to DnL because of unbalancing the game which I said would happen a week ago and you guys laughed and called BS, oops just call me swami jackdog the all seeing one.. Now they can let you carry over three copper and say , well we did not say how much LOL
Fact if SoG is released on 8 December by 10 December you boys will be crying like 3 year olds who dropped your ice cream cones
Fact- every one of your facts on the original post is nothing but a supposition unti it happens. Right now just pipedreams, including SoG launching on the 8th
I miss DAoC
SoG is not a large scale beta test more a medium scale stress test. At release it is only a very small part of the game and never fully implemented but will expand as they belive features are finished. I am sure many wont like SoG because they look forward to a part of game that will only be implemented in DnL.
It is easy to reconize the trolls they have no money and aparently plenty of spare time. Get a work guys!
well in this video is a small glimpse of the Interface http://www.mmorpgmovies.com/?game=Dark And Light&movie=100
I preordered. I didn't pay the $60 just to play SoG I got it because I was buying DnL and wanted to get the extra stuff and get a 48 hour head start when DnL is released in April.
Very good screens above btw. Some are a bit outdated though.
Just a quick thanks to the OP. Very nice screen shots. Getting pumped!
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I miss DAoC
Those screens are real
They may be real, but are they feasible graphics for those who are interested in the game but don't want to spend hundreds of dollars upgrading to the top of top-end market?
And although the screens may be real, how good will the performance be when trying to play? Will it run well only when you want to run through an empty meadow or will we be able to get top-notch FPS when surrounded by a party of 10 players with everyone tossing off spells and skills at a group of enemies (PC or NPC). Graphics can be deceiving and sadly, it's in marketings best interest to keep us enthralled, not informed.
Do you know anything about this game? The game engine is made so that there can be huge massive fortress battles, I doubt that it would do the exact oposite.
"If you want to access all functionalities of the engine, the answer is yes. Dark and Light engine can be adapted to lower-end computers, thanks to an automated system and several display options.
We are still working on the engine, in order to allow the highest amount of computers to run the game. But we wont force you to change your hardware configuration.
At the moment, the game can be played with a GeForce4 video card. The game already runs with a 56k modem or ISDN."
They may be real, but are they feasible graphics for those who are interested in the game but don't want to spend hundreds of dollars upgrading to the top of top-end market?
And although the screens may be real, how good will the performance be when trying to play? Will it run well only when you want to run through an empty meadow or will we be able to get top-notch FPS when surrounded by a party of 10 players with everyone tossing off spells and skills at a group of enemies (PC or NPC). Graphics can be deceiving and sadly, it's in marketings best interest to keep us enthralled, not informed.
Well I'll keep you informed, you will require a high end machine if you want it to look it's best. The potential for lag comes client side. Part of the reason character models have been toned down by the Devs is becuase 500 player battles will stress anyone's machine, beef up.
This is not your usual 9 player fellow in an instance beating up on a boss mob type game.
Im sure you'll be quick to correct me but I beleive that record is held by
Darkfall
They may be real, but are they feasible graphics for those who are interested in the game but don't want to spend hundreds of dollars upgrading to the top of top-end market?
And although the screens may be real, how good will the performance be when trying to play? Will it run well only when you want to run through an empty meadow or will we be able to get top-notch FPS when surrounded by a party of 10 players with everyone tossing off spells and skills at a group of enemies (PC or NPC). Graphics can be deceiving and sadly, it's in marketings best interest to keep us enthralled, not informed.
Exactly the same comments can be applied to VanguardSOH
http://www.vanguardsoh.com/screenshots.php
http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/elements/images/van/11-21-05_DruidsGrove_1of2.jpg
http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/elements/images/van/11-21-05_DruidsGrove_2of2.jpg
*cough*
Will it run well only when you want to run through an empty meadow or will we be able to get top-notch FPS when surrounded by a party of 10 players with everyone tossing off spells and skills at a group of enemies (PC or NPC). Graphics can be deceiving and sadly, it's in marketings best interest to keep us enthralled, not informed.
hmm how about rf-online
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/screens/gameID/210/setStart/1
http://www.rf-onlinegame.com/screenshots.php
What about Age of Conan
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/screens/gameID/191/setStart/1
http://www.ageofconan.com/conan/media/screenshots/index.html
ooooo what else?
Hero's Journey
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/screens/gameID/174/setStart/1
http://www.play.net/hj/gallery/
Shall I continue?
Do graphics make a game?
In DnL's case, the landscape graphics are sadly all that's going to be interesting in the game.
"Fire is never a gentle master..."
What will you do when DnL is out and all it's glory is there to be found? Go on and bash another game? I don't find your ranting very creative discussing, you've been saying the same thing over and over for months now.
I bet you'll play SoG anyways considering all the negative input you've thrown at DnL, don't see why though when theres people that have a greater intrest in the game rather than bashing it.
It's not like you are going to "eat your words" afterwards when DnL turns out like what the developers had in mind, you have seemed to not notice that this game is in beta and haven't gone gold nor released yet.
When it is, please come back and state your opinion then if you still have the urge to bash the game when it's retail.
Maybe you should something rewarding outside of these boards.
"Fact- those could as easily be Maya renders as they could be screenshots"
I find that funny because you are totally clueless and still you believe that there is no "game".
Fact? I know for a fact that those are not Maya renders, I know for a fact because I have an aquintance in beta.
I CREATED MYSELF!
"<Claus|Dev> i r pk"
SW:TOR|War40K:DMO|GW2
just more speculation not facts, if your going to state facts about a game don't back it up with an opinion on what you think will happen no matter how sure of your own opinion you are.
BTW there is a thread just like this with screens isn't there?
read this http://www.vanguardsoh.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1044304#post1044304 then come back and talk to me about the vanguard/soe fiasco.....
What will you do when DnL is out and all it's glory is there to be found? Go on and bash another game? I don't find your ranting very creative discussing, you've been saying the same thing over and over for months now.
I bet you'll play SoG anyways considering all the negative input you've thrown at DnL, don't see why though when theres people that have a greater intrest in the game rather than bashing it.
It's not like you are going to "eat your words" afterwards when DnL turns out like what the developers had in mind, you have seemed to not notice that this game is in beta and haven't gone gold nor released yet.
When it is, please come back and state your opinion then if you still have the urge to bash the game when it's retail.
Maybe you should something rewarding outside of these boards.
"Fact- those could as easily be Maya renders as they could be screenshots"
I find that funny because you are totally clueless and still you believe that there is no "game".
Fact? I know for a fact that those are not Maya renders, I know for a fact because I have an aquintance in beta.
LOL I been waitng 3 years read that 3 years for this frigging game to be released , your damn straight I will log into SoG if they have the balls not to delay it again.
Here is a fact for you buba that can be confirmed at the main site. You supposidly bought DnL yet they are saying that once you log into SoG you can't get a refund. Damn! they must be expecting a lot of people to want one I would guess. ASk your wifes cousins hairdreeser whose paperboy is in beta how the server stability is while you are at it. Well the good news is if they did sell enough the keys they might be able to afford some decent equipment.
I miss DAoC
What will you do when DnL is out and all it's glory is there to be found? Go on and bash another game? I don't find your ranting very creative discussing, you've been saying the same thing over and over for months now.
I bet you'll play SoG anyways considering all the negative input you've thrown at DnL, don't see why though when theres people that have a greater intrest in the game rather than bashing it.
It's not like you are going to "eat your words" afterwards when DnL turns out like what the developers had in mind, you have seemed to not notice that this game is in beta and haven't gone gold nor released yet.
When it is, please come back and state your opinion then if you still have the urge to bash the game when it's retail.
Maybe you should something rewarding outside of these boards.
"Fact- those could as easily be Maya renders as they could be screenshots"
I find that funny because you are totally clueless and still you believe that there is no "game".
Fact? I know for a fact that those are not Maya renders, I know for a fact because I have an aquintance in beta.
LOL I been waitng 3 years read that 3 years for this frigging game to be released , your damn straight I will log into SoG if they have the balls not to delay it again.
Here is a fact for you buba that can be confirmed at the main site. You supposidly bought DnL yet they are saying that once you log into SoG you can't get a refund. Damn! they must be expecting a lot of people to want one I would guess. ASk your wifes cousins hairdreeser whose paperboy is in beta how the server stability is while you are at it. Well the good news is if they did sell enough the keys they might be able to afford some decent equipment.
Don't you see how doubble-edged your arguements are? Are you that blind/stupid/mentally challenged?
What will you say when DnL prooves to be beyond your expectations? Which seems to be rather low seeing how you keep bashing the game.
I think you'll say nothing and just play the game, because you are in-fact, a troll.
I CREATED MYSELF!
"<Claus|Dev> i r pk"
SW:TOR|War40K:DMO|GW2
What will you say when DnL prooves to be beyond your expectations? Which seems to be rather low seeing how you keep bashing the game.
I think you'll say nothing and just play the game, because you are in-fact, a troll.
Ironic isn't it that you call me mentally challenged, yet all you can do is throw school yard insults. Any speculations as to why they are trying to cut off refunds once you log into SoG. After all many are quick to point out, the pre order is for DnL, not SoG. Probably the same reason they delayed SoG this month until after you faithful sent them your credit card numbers wouldn't you say? Sounds to me like they are afraid a lot will lose the faith pretty darn fast.
Oh just another observation from a mentally challenged guy here but "prooves" is spelled proves, just one o. They taught us that in special ed.
I miss DAoC