At best. Think they said they were shooting for second quarter 2011 last I heard which could end up being almost summer and could certainly be pushed back. But since most games these days get released well before they should it'll probably pop up in January with a butt load of bugs and fail lol.

 

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Yet another PvE game...

A lot of money involved that usually comes from somewhere else, which has a few strings attached to it... hence it's release crap or get sued

Sounds like they were probably trying to release crap, a year late no less, and Codemasters wouldn't let them and rightfully sued their arses off.


Not that I disagree with you, but that's how the ball bounces in this industry. This is not just an issue with games either, but with any major IT projects in general. If you expect people to invest loads of cash into your project, you better make sure you negotiate reasonable mile-stones with some buffers built in for inevitable blunders, or you deserve to get your arse sued when you grossly neglect the terms of your agreement.

It's not like anyone is suing anyone over missing a mile stone or two by a few days or even weeks, it's most likely many months and it's costing investors loads of cash, and often ends up making a game obsolete even before it's launched. It's also not like any investors expect to actually make money off suing someone they fell in disfavor with, but rather they're trying to recover whatever they can before that turns into a big fat ZERO. (The only ones making money either way, are of course the lawyers! )


If you have a name like Blizzard or Bioware then you have the clout to negotiate and even re-negotiate milestones, but that's simply because in the end investors know they're going to get a quality product. (And because Blizzard/Bioware has the ability to say up front "It ships when it's ready! If you can't handle that, don't sign the bottom line!" That's more then you can say for many other game dev shops pf the past (and surely some still out there), where no matter how much time & money was pumped into them, they still never produced a release-worthy product.

 

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darkfall is pretty awesome, but there's ~3 months of grinding/macroing you'll need to do before you'll be seriously competitive.


a (very accurate) quote from a youtube vid i recently saw:
"unlike other MMO's that flatter and make you think you're a special little boy, darkfall kicks you in the nuts? as a welcome"

an overview (bit dated, but pretty accurate):
misc gameplay
A typical DF "raid"

 

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It may be a while away but what about KUF 2?

GW2 won't compare to daoc. Different kind of game. Anyone looking for the next daoc, probably won't find it. Learn to live with a dying game or find something else to do.

 

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Ulima Online played on the UOGamers Hybrid server is about as fun and balanced as it gets and won't cost you anything.

 

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