I'm sure there was a thread for it, but it's buried some where.
Darkfall is another for the most part generic rpg boasting it self as a revolution to the mmo world. It offers boat making like
TOP the ability to make walls and such much like
Wurm except with much more restrictions. Although I hear a lot of good things about it I also here a large number of bad things. One thing that mainly makes people angry is the claim of freedom, which, is there, but not in a good way. The fact that it's of no issue for anyone to come over and rape you blind while you try and shoot goblins sets many people off. Any high level can jump in front of an arrow or poll arm to and have you flagged. Basically they kill you, take your stuff (sense techincally, you attacked them) AND you get the grief guards on you, who don't know the difference between some one jumping in front of a car or the car running over them.
Game mechanics seem to work though, the ability to aim arrows and weapons make the game much less of a grind like experience. The combat is referred to as oblivion like by some people, but reminds me more of mount and blade dulled down. Arrows fly straight, there's a visible cool down timer, but on the bright side it's your fault if you miss. I like that. Adds a bit of skill. On the down side, you can accidentally hit people, which normally provokes them to come over and give you a taste of their all might e-peen, ocasionally dancing about your lvl 1 corpse with there lvl ova<9000 only mount. Is this a bad thing? Yes. But oh well.
The company however is the worst part. This company is evil, pure and simple. It's like if 4chan was a cooperate executive. That's not a good thing, ever. They offer no demo, just glimpses of the game with them saying "You can do anything in Darkfall. Dark fall is a mmo revolution." Of course they're going to say it's a revolution, it's there game. If that's not bad enough, you can download the client for free. Bad? No. But the part that bites you is that you still have to pay $50, 40e, 35pounds, whatever to activate your account. Than after that it's another $15. Monthly. Really? At least with Wurm you're only paying 10e every 2 months for it's flaws (well, I get mine free), but $15 a month is ridiculous. It's like WoW in a sense, but I hope that Darkfalls better than that piece of crap.
Well, it offers some good stuff I guess. Ships can attack other ships and steal loot, you can raid towns, build walls, steal mounts, it gives you a level of freedom that games like Fallout, Wurm, or Oblivion offer, although in an online way. Aiming your attacks is a plus, however griefable. Dragons look pretty cool, flying around and killing you. The game might be good, but worth it? I don't know. I personally don't feel like spending that much money to pay for a game that's got so many flaws. It might be for some people, but not for me. I admit I'd play it if I had the money for it, (which I currently don't) but I'd probably get bored of it like most other games. They've got a very tight no refunds policy, so tough shit if you don't like it.
If you're not going to play Darkfall, I suppose here are some games to get your hopes up about-
Love Star Trek Online Aion That's all for now.