Darkfall

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20341

But Jacobs also believes that an independent studio like Mythic was in 2001 would not have that same ability in today's MMO market. Now, his company has the considerable backing of new owner Electronic Arts -- and those kinds of resources are necessary to compete in a post-WoW world, he says.

"Back in 2001, you didn't have to spend anywhere near the amount of money you do on an MMO now," he points out. "Look at what we spent on Camelot: $2.5 million developing it, $650,000 in marketing it. You couldn't spend that on a triple-A MMO now if your life depended on it! You just couldn't! It would get you nothing in terms of content."

For that reason, Jacobs sees a hard road ahead for smaller companies like Funcom, which earlier this year launched Age of Conan.
 
 

So Funcom is considered a "small" company. Haha

Than what does that make Aventurine? A company full of complete amateur developers who have never launched a single product on the market that anyone knows of let alone a MMORPG that is (on paper) supposed to be as feature rich as Wow? (ya right)

I don't play WoW. Thanks anyway. I don't play any MMORPG's in fact.

(assuming that this game even gets out a public Beta period without having to deal with hundreds fo bugs and issues that keep it from launching for another 2 years)

this is exactly what's going to happen:

There will be lots of people jumping into the free test period to see what's up. They may even get lots of players off the bat.

Then after about a month the people that din't like it will be long gone and will never look back.

Then a little while after that when the "newness" starts to wear off and the people that get tired of the mindless repetative combat will also leave and never look back.

At about 6 months the player base will be no more than a few thousand accounts and in a years time the game will either go Free to play or shut down completely.

Originally posted by TenSpotting

Than what does that make Aventurine? A company full of complete amateur developers who have never launched a single product on the market that anyone knows of let alone a MMORPG that is (on paper) supposed to be as feature rich as Wow? (ya right)

"As feature rich as Wow"? you don't have a clue.. wow has nowhere near as many features..
 

When DFO hits you like a truckload, you will create another alt here on mmorpg.com and hide in shame, it is good that DFO went with SCS so cowards like you cannot make an alt and hide.

FFA-PVP/Full loot will hurt people like you, bad. And still you will be there playing..

Originally posted by nileq

Originally posted by TenSpotting

Than what does that make Aventurine? A company full of complete amateur developers who have never launched a single product on the market that anyone knows of let alone a MMORPG that is (on paper) supposed to be as feature rich as Wow? (ya right)

 

"As feature rich as Wow"? you don't have a clue.. wow has nowhere near as many features.. 

Thanks for demonstrating my point and how laughable this game truly is.
 

When DFO hits you like a truckload, you will create another alt here on mmorpg.com and hide in shame, it is good that DFO went with SCS so cowards like you cannot make an alt and hide.

and your basis this on WHAT EXACTLY.

This game has ye to prove that 99% of it's features are even there and playable 3 months away from a commercial launch

How funny is that?

Bookmarking this thread for a necro after DF is released.

 I'll bring chili sauce to go with your words. Or would you prefer ketchup?

you sound pretty clueless to be honest.

Originally posted by nileq

Originally posted by TenSpotting

Than what does that make Aventurine? A company full of complete amateur developers who have never launched a single product on the market that anyone knows of let alone a MMORPG that is (on paper) supposed to be as feature rich as Wow? (ya right)

 

"As feature rich as Wow"? you don't have a clue.. wow has nowhere near as many features..
 

When DFO hits you like a truckload, you will create another alt here on mmorpg.com and hide in shame, it is good that DFO went with SCS so cowards like you cannot make an alt and hide.

 

FFA-PVP/Full loot will hurt people like you, bad. And still you will be there playing..

I'm not gonna comment on the debate about the question -IF- Darkfall will deliver what they promise or not. I've stated many times over how I think on that subject, however, I would love to point out a little flaw of logic in the red highlighted part of the text and a little flaw of assumption many people seem to have.

It seems, most people believe that by limiting a server to one character per account, Darkfall will remain free of alts. Which is just really...really, naive to think these days. There will be alts. I've heard from numerous people that Aventurine is going to stop that, but I have never -EVER- gotten a logical way of -how- to stop it.

So, if you give me a way Aventurine can control alts, then I will believe this. But so far, I see nothing that would stop me or anyone else from having one "good" character and one "bad" character.

Originally posted by TenSpotting

I don't play WoW. Thanks anyway. I don't play any MMORPG's in fact.

(assuming that this game even gets out a public Beta period without having to deal with hundreds fo bugs and issues that keep it from launching for another 2 years)

this is exactly what's going to happen:

There will be lots of people jumping into the free test period to see what's up. They may even get lots of players off the bat.

Then after about a month the people that din't like it will be long gone and will never look back.

Then a little while after that when the "newness" starts to wear off and the people that get tired of the mindless repetative combat will also leave and never look back.

At about 6 months the player base will be no more than a few thousand accounts and in a years time the game will either go Free to play or shut down completely.

Pure speculation on your part.

There is no doubt that it'll have a hard time competing with such a relatively small budget but saying Darkfall will fail miserably is stupid to say the least. The game has been in production for years so a significant amount of money has gone into making sure everything at launch will be solid. It is far more feature rich than a game like WoW where it's the same shit over and over again.

Mindless repetitive combat? Getting mixed up with WoW I most def..

That being said, the game will gain momentum over time once people realize WoW, WAR, AoC, Aion, etc. are all trash and they actually have an alternative.

Originally posted by m0j0mann

Darkfall wins. Vaportrolls lose.
 

Based on what?  A terribly amateur outdated looking video that shows nothing more than a functioning combat system? with animations that look like they were made by some high school student by hand??