Darkfall is an MMORPG developed by Aventurine, a small company based in Greece. The game is geared towards pvp, on the principle that pvp should the basis of an MMO, and not a feature added afterwards just so it's there. What you do in Darkfall has a real effect on the game world and you can truly build your legacy in whatever mould you choose. In a very basic sense, Darkfall is about the freedom to do exactly what you want within a scope of realistic consequence.
What are the key features of Darkfall?
No Levels : Darkfall uses a skills system, with a complex soft/hard cap system that ensures its not hard to be competitive.
Non-consentual Pvp : You can attack or be attacked absolutely anywhere in the World, at any time, by any player.
Alignement System : Your playstyle will effect how other players react to you (see below).
Full loot : Every single item can be looted from your corpse, including all your equipment.
FPS/TPS Gameplay : Ranged attacks are FPS, Melee is TPS (tight).
Manual Targetting : Everything is targetted manually
Friendly-Fire : Whether attacking or healing, whoever it hits is who it effects. FF is on everywhere.
No Radar : Detecting your enemies is entirely bases on your senses.
Minimal-HUD : You can't drag up everyones bars, everything will be "light" so you actually watch the game and not 50 bars.
Backpack Slots : There are no slots in containers, only weight restrictions. Example.
SCS : You can have a single character only for each game server.
No Instances : The game is one seamless world capable of supporting 10,000 simultaneous players.
Crafting : Almost every item in game can be player crafted. There are no epics or ultra-special items.
New Characters : Your new character is not useless. In Darkfall, 4 new characters are about as strong as a vet character, assuming equal skill.
Skills : There are approx 500 skills and 500 spells in DF. About 5% of these are race specific.
No Stealth : Being hidden will be entirely visual/sound based.
Racial Language : Everyone can chat with everyone, regardless of race. You can even play together.
What races can I play?
Darkfall has 6 playable races, each with different relations that affect how you can play and the alignement effects.
Humans: Allied with Dwarves and Mirdain. Hostile with all others. Dwarves: Allied with Humans, neutral with Mirdain, hostile with all others. Mirdain: Allied with humans, neutral with Dwarves, hostile to all others. Orks: Neutral/allied with Mahirim(it's a bit unclear), hostile to all others Mahirim: Neutral/allied with Orks, hostile to all others Alfar: Hostile to all others.
Courtesy of Unahim. Read more about the races here.
What's the purpose/incentive for pvp?
All over Agon, the World of Darkfall, there is around 100 strategic Clan Stones. These can be captured and held by a clan. A Clan controlling a Clan Stone has control over the area and can build large cities that give huge benefits. A clan will decide the laws it wishes to apply within it's own city and area. Of course, these benefits will be desirable to all, and there will be constant struggles to capture and defend these locations, but this is by no means an easy feat.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some FAQs compiled from developer comments.
There are mounts in Darkfall, but they are not overly expensive or elusive like in some MMOs. Also, mounts can be stolen or killed from under you.
What is the alignment system?
Darkfall uses an alignment system that has various effects. If you attack someone of a friendly race, then you lose alignment. If you kill someone of enemy race, you gain alignment. This can be scaled from -100 to +100 depending on how you play. To give a real example, if you are a Human and playing with your friend who was an Ork, and a Dwarf comes along and attacks your Ork friend, you then have to consider alignment. As a human you are allied to Dwarves so if you attack him, you lose alignment. If you heal your Ork friend, you lose alignment because they're racially your enemy. Of course, whether you care or not about alignement is entirely up to you; you can still attack the Dwarf and heal your friend, but there are other implications.
Say you've helped your Ork friend to kill the Dwarf and you find yourself with negative alignment. Depending on how bad it is, you will have some difficulty in entering certain cities. Since Clans own cities, they also set the rules. Now, some clans may let you in no problems, however others you may find the guards or other players don't want you in there and attack you on sight. Some clans may specifically run cities/towns as outlets for criminal players. Furthermore, players with negative alignment can be attacked by allied races with no alignment implications for them.
Any gameplay videos?
Here is a youtube video. It's very old and the graphics aren't as good as the game will be, but it's a nice video:
Here's the most recent pics of the graphic quality: [1][2][3][4][5]
This is the most recent video. You can download the full quality clip here.
And here's another video showing some scenery, which is about 3-4 months older.
The most recent clips are the following clip from an Athens presentation:
And here's a youtube clip from an italian magazine that got to play Darkfall, quite recent.
When is it out?
January 22nd, 2009.
Any other information on this game?
Check out the News forum for all updates over the last few years.
Visit Darkfallworld.com for a good guide to the game including almost all of the available information yet.
MMORPG Italia played the game and their comments are here.
If you've got any questions please ask and I'll try to update the FAQ.
[color=#666666]This message was edited by Superfast Oz on Dec 05 2008.
Thread Recap (last 10 posts from newest to oldest)
Dec 08, 09 at 1:30am
dogui
Signing up now.
Mar 11, 09 at 9:47pm
Explosions Hurt
I just signed up for the Beta and my application was sent. Will they be replying via email if I get in? From what I can see, this game looks amazing and it might switch me from WoW to Darkfall
Feb 22, 09 at 8:01am
Marshal Loss
My friend was accepted for Beta and showed me bits of it, it looks really good and I can't wait until it's released.
Nov 04, 08 at 6:58pm
Superfast Oz
Well they won't send rejections. You might expect an acceptance from 10 Nov onwards though.
Nov 02, 08 at 4:22pm
Imperial88
funny i signed up for this like a month and a half ago and i still havent gotten an acceptance or rejection email
Oct 31, 08 at 8:33pm
Superfast Oz
The latest update today said beta is started but it's mostly technical testing. They will let more and more in from around November 10th, so make sure you've signed up for beta by then!
Oct 30, 08 at 9:40pm
Heralmina
This game looks stunning! I can't wait to get my hands on this. I like the new style of MMO that this game has made. You'll get the feeling of skill, I can tell. Not just 'Wow, I'm uber powerful cause I play this game everyday and I'm level 999!'
Oct 19, 08 at 11:35am
Superfast Oz
Here's a video taken at a presentation in Athens this week:
Apparently too, open beta will be finished by December. Theoretically then it should start soon.
Sep 30, 08 at 5:43am
Daho
i havent gotten anything from dark fall exept a forum registration thing, i then signed up for beta and clicked done or whatever did you get an email back?
Sep 30, 08 at 2:58am
Imperial88
hmm thats weird, how long after u sent it did u get one back?
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