The game is expected to feature unrestricted PvP with no peace zones, full (i mean *full*) looting, a huge, dynamic game world that evolves in response to player actions. The majority of player capabilities are determined by the possession of skills, which improve in response to in-game use. Cities can be built, sieged, captured and destroyed by players; all items are craftable; the weather (including directorion winds!) influences the play, and there are many more advanced features.
Gianna Masseti, the author of TheNoobComic.com, was invited to preview the beta. I guess writing one of the best web comics .. has its advantages after all :-) Gianna is an experienced RPG player with a witty pen, so her comments are interesting to read:
In 3rd person view the camera is pretty close to your character and it’s fixed, so you can’t mousewheel back until your character is tiny and you can see for twenty yards behind you. Your chance to spot other people is to actually turn and look. Period.Darkfall seems interesting, it seemed interesting from the first moment Pavlos told me about it. Make sure to check the site, they have a wonderful dragon and lots of impressive artwork.
This is not all, though. If you happen to be a tall guy, like my ork, and you’re fighting someone shorter, like a goblin, you have to aim DOWN at the little fucker while he runs figure eights around you, which means that you have even less awareness of your surroundings.
You don’t get a big ass name on your head, so it’s quite possible to hide behind trees and rocks (not like in other games where some poor sap is trying to ambush you from behind a tree and you can see the end bits of his tag sticking on the sides.
Note: Aventurine SA, the producing company, is norwegian/greek (!), situated in Athens (!!), with job openings (!!!).
In June, Aventurine confirmed they had signed with Greek company AudioVisual Enterprises to distribute Darkfall in Europe. On October 16th, 2008, Darkfall was publicly presented at Athens Digital Week (i still cannt believe I missed that) and it was mentioned on TV.
OK Aventurine guys, where are you? Please please please invite us for a short visit to your HQ!!
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THEY HAVE MY NAME ON IT!
About the jobs...
Requirements:
• Extreme work ethic.
(ask mou stuff i dont know)
• Self motivated.
(i am a little bored this period but this can change)
• Passionate about testing Darkfall.
(who doesnt want to try a GOOD GREEK MMO?)
• The ability to go above and beyond responsibility.
(blah blah)
• Good Technical Computer Knowledge.
(lets say yes to that)
• Fluent in English, both written and oral.
(and yes to that - the proficiency must to do work there because actual skills are really low nowdays)
We Offer:
• Competitive salary and bonus. (blah blah all say the same. mou said the same...)
• A good working environment in Halandri Attikis
(omg the work next to my house!)
(the programmers stuff is harder i dont know that good java..but it would be fun i guess)
(i am joking but after 5 months....?)
I think you are an excellent candidate for the job! I could recommend you anytime.
Actually I would suggest the whole clan moves there - we are, after all, experienced computer scientists most of us. As far as Toula and Sia are concerned, they could work as testers or quest/plot writers or GMs or ..
Let's go!
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