Comments on Ixobelle: Dark Fail?

Gah.

That is one of the most brutal stories...

2009-03-18T22:52:00.000-07:00

Gah.

That is one of the most brutal stories I've heard about Darkfall yet.

I love PvP, and I love small developers, but I just can't make myself try this game.

Too many horror stories.

-Michael
Muckbeast - Game Design and Online Worlds
http://www.muckbeast.com

bone: yeah, I'm actually coming around. got a new ...

2009-03-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

bone: yeah, I'm actually coming around. got a new article up on the front page with more playtime under my belt.

Some information that may be useful to you Ixo:
2009-03-12T09:46:00.000-07:00
Some information that may be useful to you Ixo:

One hit = gray for 10 secs
Two hits = gray for 2 mins

Stay in the goblin areas. Get the goblin quests from the NPC closest to the entrance/exit. Go to the other newb towns in your area and do those same goblin quests there too.

Bank bank bank, but as a guildy of mine said to me: "Don't cry when you lose your stuff,

I'll probably never play Darkfall, being such a sa...

2009-03-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

I'll probably never play Darkfall, being such a sad crafting carebear, but the post was a marvellous read all the same. I *detest* (a mild euphemism) download/patching/logging in issues, and crappy UIs make me froth at the mouth, so everything you wrote I've said and experienced under different circumstances.

Hope your blood pressure has gone back to normal! ;)

Ehh too bad that the initial opinion of this game ...

2009-03-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

Ehh too bad that the initial opinion of this game is so low. Yeah like you said there is a lot of anti-WoW sentiment out there, to me rooting against WoW is like rooting against US Steal. Its huge, and it not only dominates market share, it is the market. So there will be those out there that make DarkFall out too be more then it is, just like the AoC apologists on the Funcom forums, and the

I would have just given up on the game at around y...

2009-03-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

I would have just given up on the game at around your 4th paragraph, ixo.

The Darkfail phrase is not new, in fact, I believe...

2009-03-12T07:10:00.000-07:00

The Darkfail phrase is not new, in fact, I believe DFs followers invented it in the IRC channel while waiting for the shop to open.

You definitely need to spend more time in the game. You need a guild, a guild city, and some enemies before you really get to see it shine.

See here: http://pker.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=170

You know, many people hope for a great, new MMO, b...

2009-03-12T03:23:00.000-07:00

You know, many people hope for a great, new MMO, bored by World of WoWcrap... and then we get stuff with bad gameplay, bad mechanics that actually often does not run at all.

I wonder why Keen & Graev are still playing this game, I see a deep yearning for something new, but I think it is more of a wish than about what Darkfall actually delivers.

WTB MMO-RPG from Bethesda. Most of their games are...

2009-03-12T01:38:00.000-07:00

WTB MMO-RPG from Bethesda. Most of their games are real high quality and don't have the clunky control schemes other games do. Bad controls turn me off from a game faster than bad graphics. I could have enjoyed Eve if it wasn't for the fact that it took 4+ hours to learn the basic-basic-basics and even then the controls were still completely shit-tastic.

If the next elder scrolls game

Lol, awesome post.

I can't believe I haven'...

2009-03-11T21:18:00.000-07:00

Lol, awesome post.

I can't believe I haven't actually seen the witty "Dark Fail" phrase until now, I'm sure that will catch on :p

Waiting patiently for further impressions before I bother to go through all this hassle as well.

Glad to see you're not of the "omg does this means all teh pvp games fail" tobold-esque mindset ^^

yeah, as I'm saying in the thing, though... don't ...

2009-03-11T21:17:00.000-07:00

yeah, as I'm saying in the thing, though... don't let this one thing sway you. I still need to give it a bigger chunk of time, but initial reactions are pretty underwhelming.

Maybe it gets good as my toon gets stronger, but I'm not the type to endlessly suffer through bad gameplay hoping it gets better.

I'll give it a solid weekend, and re-evaluate it again based on that. I

Damn. Dark Fail just about sums it up, I mean I wa...

2009-03-11T20:39:00.000-07:00

Damn. Dark Fail just about sums it up, I mean I was sceptical to this rumoured vapourware game for many years running but I was actually happy to see something so different make it out to the market.

This though your intial review though is nothing short of depressing, as commenter above says. Gonna sit on fence a bit longer and see what other reviews this game gets..

That's depressing, I thought the game looked like ...

2009-03-11T20:06:00.000-07:00

That's depressing, I thought the game looked like it might be pretty fun.

On the other hand, the PvP videos out (we all know your opinion on those) make that seem pretty meh as well.

Oh well, back to sitting at 1400 in arenas.