Darkfall beta is actually happening, tester feedback proves it

by Samuel Axon Nov 19th 2008 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Darkfall, New titles

Aventurine's Darkfall has been in development pretty much since the dawn of time (alright, since 2001, but that's not far from the dawn of time for the MMORPG genre), and we have on more than one occassion wondered whether or not those promises of an eventual beta test would be fulfilled. Turns out that for some, they have been.

The developers have posted a large collection of quotes from beta players' feedback. They claim it's representative, and it's mostly (but not all) positive. Sounds like players are impressed with the hugeness of the world and a solid crafting system, but a bit turned off by a complicated and unconventional control scheme. The devs say they're working on it.

If you fall into Darkfall's hardcore Ultima Online-esque PvP niche, feel free to scan through to see what you've apparently been missing out on for the past seven years.

Tags: aventurine, aventurine-sa, beta, closed-beta, darkfall, darkfall-online, feedback, forums, pvp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rollins said on 11:25AM 11-19-2008

I don't know if this absolutely proves it (I'd be more convinced by, say, a beta invite :D), but it comes close.

I'm still surprised at the lack of leaks, though. Most betas leak at some time or another. We'll see.

David said on 11:28AM 11-19-2008

hmm.. never heard of this game but it looks interesting. Might have to check it out when it releases :)

djpostman1 said on 11:34AM 11-19-2008

If AoC irritated you as much as you act like it did david i would suggest maybe waiting a while before trying darkfall.

David said on 12:33PM 11-19-2008

o.0 Wrong David dj... I haven't tried AoC yet. :)

Evi said on 12:39PM 11-19-2008

This is why I don't use my extremely-common first name as a handle. ;)

blindside044 said on 12:54PM 11-19-2008

there, changed :P

djpostman1 said on 1:26PM 11-19-2008

my apologies i mistook you for a diffrent david....oops

:(

Ammon said on 6:53PM 11-19-2008

I love Darkfall, best game coming out, soon (tm).

Teh good timez have arrived !!!

Osmosis said on 9:12PM 11-19-2008

Yes, this game is going to be great if/when it comes out. I thought these comments were anything but real, though; obviously they're hand picking testers for whatever reasons, and the idea that beta testers are going to rave about a game is ridiculous at best. Their entire job is to find the flaws and harp on and on about them, but we're supposed to believe this game... this game thats been in development for 7 years, is being put together by an incredibly small team, and hasn't had ANY kind of stress testing at all... we're supposed to believe this game is actually going to come out by the new year and not fail miserably? I am not believing it.

That, and I've been on the beta invite list for over 3 years and I still haven't gotten an invite. My entire guild of over 100+ people is on that list, and none of them are in the beta yet. I think this is all smoke and mirrors, in fact I bet this game is coming out on the Phantom console.