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Mar '09
I made a quick video to showcase some mounted combat, exploration, PvP, PvE, and some other goodies. Watch it in HD. I’ll be making more with audio commentary later to include crafting and more details about the game. For now, this doubles as a clan recruitment video and a sneak peak. Double click the video to make it bigger on youtube.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7UjkLtQ6xY[/youtube]
March 5th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Nice vid, very well done!
March 5th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
FYI for blog readers: I have been trying to get in since launch. Today I got all the way through the ordering process, then after the painful loading page, it said transaction failed. Yep… So I called my credit card company and they blocked the charge thinking it was fraud
So now its unblocked incase I get lucky enough to get in tomorrow. Thanks Chase VISA!!! I didn’t want to play Darkfall today anyways….
March 5th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
You can’t use mounts in water in an MMO, what craziness is this!
Nice vid Keen. Hopefully when you get more footage overall, you can go back and put in more clips, to pick the pace up. Great start though.
March 5th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Excellent video, but it still doesn’t do the in game graphics justice.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Guess mount&blade spoiled me but that looked absolutely dreadful.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
keen some company needs to hire you and pay you lots of monies. you sure have a knack for making people want to play games they had no intention of looking at.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
That would sure be nice, I admit. My current major that I’m working towards is Business with emphasis in Marketing. Dream job = gaming marketing.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
when i get the game i’ll send an app your way.
March 6th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Dugg it!
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Haven_a_Darkfall_Online_Clan
March 6th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Asparuh Khan? Is he Bulgarian? Couse I am
March 6th, 2009 at 7:56 am
“Excellent video, but it still doesn’t do the in game graphics justice.”
Ya I was wondering if the video palette had been optimized and reduced for playback because certain things, like the water, didn’t look that great in the video. Vegetation and shadows looked great though and even the character textures looked pretty good. Thought there was a little too much shine on the armor though.
Most animations seemed pretty decent as well, except a few like running on foot didn’t look that great (at least from what I saw in the video). Horse animations and models seemed really nice though.
Regarding horses and mounted combat, do you do more damage the faster your moving? So if I gain speed and charge an opponent then swipe at them, does it do more dmg rather than just circling them slowing and hitting them? I guess the obvious question is why not fight mounted all the time when outdoors? What’s the benefit of being on foot?
March 6th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Darkfall might be entertaining for small ganks…but wait until you get into large battles with city seiges. In large raids it’s hard to tell who the enemy is, and chances are you’ll be killing your friends because the ‘leet’ players run in circles.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am
“…chances are you’ll be killing your friends because the ‘leet’ players run in circles.”
The US Military is now teaching circle strafing to all of their soldiers for ground combat. In addition, to avoid long range enemy fire, troops are being taught how to jump repeatedly while running.
March 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
[...] there are plenty of people talking about playing it and even Keen (of Keen and Graev) has made a post with a video over on their blog. But how many have actually bought it since the initial set of [...]
March 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I liked the mounted combat!!!
March 6th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
To anyone who has played the game Mount and Blade, is the melee combat in Darkfall similar to that? If it is, I am so buying this game.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
After I actually manage to get Darkfall, I’d be interested in joining. I’ve failed miserably every day this week to get it. Boosauce.
March 6th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
got it today also
getting used to the controls… a bit weird, but I think I will like them once I get them down. If anyone is ingame, send me a message. Made an elf named Alimony Victim
See you guys!
March 7th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Havnt got a copy here, but when I do I will give a shout, my only gripe is some of the running/attacking animations looked a bit wonky.