TOG - The Older Gamers

Dixi_Lady · 16th July 2006, 11:01 AM

I was not sure where to post this thread

A brief update on the progress of the upcoming game Darkfall, and hopefully get you as excited as we are for this revolutionary game. The game is being developed as a merger of FPS and RPG elements into a teamwork based, world conquering game. Here is just a glimpse of the features that we are looking forward to.

• No level system. No grind. Everyone starts out the same, and you develop only the skills that you use in game.
• Fast paced, skill based combat. Archery and magic needs to be manually aimed from first person view, melee combat is third person and can be fought while mounted.
• Free PVP and loot system. No race, level, or territory limitations on who you can kill. Be a destroyer of the weak, or a protector of the innocent.
• Complete City Building and Control: BKB will have its own capital, run our own buildings, charge our own taxes, and control our own guards.
• Ability to conquer other cities, raze towns, and generally wreak havoc on the enemy.
• Naval Combat! BKB is planning on running a decent navy, and we need sailors, gunners, and shipbuilders to assist us.
• Over 500 skills and 500 spells will make each character unique.

The character development system is intended to allow for a high degree of customization, offering a vast array of skills and spells. The objective, an appealing one to many observers, is to make it possible for players to follow virtually any type of career path they might want, becoming a de facto explorer, hunter, mercenary, smith, magician, fisherman or almost anything else by making the appropriate choices, with optional prestige classes such as Paladin, Assassin, Gladiator, Enchanter also available

You'll need to practice your skills if you want to get better at them. Darkfall’s skill based system makes sense, and it saves you from having to waste your playing time leveling.

You will never have to re-roll your character again. With Darkfall’s flexible character development system, your character simply adapts to the choices you make for him. We give you hundreds of skills to learn and master, and around a hundred Prestige classes to further specialize in.

Explore five continents, countless small islands, trackless underwater depths, and a sprawling underworld. Hundreds of dungeons and adventure areas await.

Play any of Agon's six dominant races. Each race has a unique set of abilities, as well as its own civilization, culture, and way of life.

Meet hundreds of unique monsters, and take them on in their lairs, strongholds and domains. Repetitive monster encounters are a thing of the past.

Travel through geographically diverse regions that are alive with plants, trees, birds, animals, and even insects.

Experience a world brought to life by real-world physics and dynamic lighting and shadows. Watch trees and grass sway in the wind as sunlight peeks through passing clouds. Observe the movements of Agon's twin moons, which are part of a dynamic planetary system with smooth day/night cycles. Sail your ship through rough seas, then become hampered by fog as the waters calm. Struggle as your battlefield-bound army marches into a severe storm. In Darkfall, the weather is more than just window dressing.

Protect your home and expand your holdings as you build your empire. In Darkfall, clans struggle for supremacy and survival as they compete over land ownership, resources, and strategic objectives.

Darkfall's combat system is well balanced and well thought out, and the action is real-time, fast paced, and exciting. You’re in the thick of the action, not merely observing it.

Apply strategy, tactics, logistics, and individual skill to defeat your opponents.

Choose from a great variety of weapons, armors, hundreds of offensive and defensive spells, and special attacks.

Fight on horseback during a cavalry charge, participate in a naval battle, fight from vehicles and control siege and heavy weapons.
http://www.darkfallonline.com/

Wongdai · 16th July 2006, 02:11 PM

Sounds awesome!

PeteG · 16th July 2006, 11:45 PM

I've been following this on and off (lately, mostly off) for the last few years, and it certainly looks like they're going to do a lot of things right (unlike a lot of other MMOs). There have been a few threads about it over in the MMORPG forum about it, and I asked about any interest in applying for the guild beta (which I think is now closed), but didn't get many responses.

It was looking a bit like vapourware for a while, but their recent press flurry would suggest that they might not be too far off beta or release. Lately I've lost interest in it somewhat, but I'll probably take another look at Darkfall when there's actually something to play.

viking · 17th July 2006, 05:42 AM

Looks good

satanx · 17th July 2006, 09:52 AM

Yeah I've been keeping a quiet eye on this one,its got some interesting potential...

they have a clan beta linky...i don't know about you guys but i'd love to participate...
any objections to me filling out their clan beta form thing and seeing if i can score us some MMORPG/FPS l007z0r3?

Dixi_Lady · 17th July 2006, 10:35 AM

sounds great to me!

Wongdai · 17th July 2006, 11:09 AM

I would be happy to participate.

At1wit3D · 17th July 2006, 05:22 PM

never heard of it until now. sounds great from what ive read so far, count me in if there is still time to test

RnR · 17th July 2006, 08:11 PM

hmm interesting... any ideas on server(s) location(s)? I'm guessing that the servers would have to be relatively local if the fps part will be a true fps...