Four Exclusive Screenshots

Unfortunately, this week Tasos Flambouras was busy with travel and unable to get everyone a proper developer journal. Instead, we have four exclusive screenshots of the game for everyone to enjoy. These images show off the game's new dynamic shadows and some of the things they have planned for terrain textures.

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Well I would have much rather had another dev journal, but screenshots are better than nothing. :)

timberwolve:
Busy with travel? Aren't you supposed to have material ready in advance for publication?
Or maybe theres just really nothing to talk about....

More of the same.. a few screenshots showing nothing.. they've been releasing these for the last 7 years now.

This is the same game that is supposed to have thousands of skills , quests , siege systems , city building etc etc etc...Right?

but yet all they can continue to show are empty landscape shots after god knows how many years.

what a joke

[fanboi]
don't bring that weak tot action troll.
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It's cause you actually are a troll; you aren't really pointing out anything new or relevant to the community, you completely ignore the facts when they are given to you, and your entire existence revolves around aggravating the community. You fit the definition of Troll like a hand fits a glove.

timberwolve:
Well I'am sorry that you can't handle the truth. ;o{

It's funny how all the darkfall fanboys immediately label people Trolls when pointing out the obvious shortcomings of this project.

It's really simple to shut the critics up - just release something of actual consequence. Something this project hasn't been able to do for the last 7 years.

For one, how far in advance to you think it should have been prepared? You don't know how long or how much he's been traveling.

As for the "obvious short comings" .. They have done alot more than show pictures in the past "7" years. I'll point out your obvious short comings. You like to point out only that which supprots you view, and have not pointed out anything else, amongst the MANY things that have been released OTHER than mere pictures.

The only real problem i see with tihs is pictures do absolutely no justice to anything with the title "dynamic".

timberwolve:
Well I'am sorry that you can't handle the truth. ;o{

It's funny how all the darkfall fanboys immediately label people Trolls when pointing out the obvious shortcomings of this project.

It's really simple to shut the critics up - just release something of actual consequence. Something this project hasn't been able to do for the last 7 years.

Oh, you mean like the complete state of development journal they released two weeks ago? That's right, you still complained about that, but not in your cut-and-paste response, because that didn't work for that particular piece, now did it? You are troll, and a crappy one at that. You don't even try to mask the fact that you are a troll. But as I've already pointed out, you cream your pants every time a new update gets posted. Because in reality, you're the biggest Darkfall fanboy of them all. Now go on Oprah to get some counseling so you can admit it, or STFU and GTFO. You've been repeating yourself since the beginning of time, with the same argument that makes no sense and has no basis in fact or logic.

I agree with timberwolve and kwolf here. These shots are nothing special. True, better than nothing at all, but the more screen shots I see, the more this game seems like it will be a flop. All they keep showing us is ugly armor that all looks the same and the same faces on all races in empty landscapes. Nothing spectacular. Gameplay is a huge issue yes, but so is origionality. After 7 years I would expect to see something more than just the same crappy screen shots. I think people have had enough of "journals" and more talk, after so much time waiting, people are expecting to see something MORE.

With all the classes of magic that there are and supposedly hundreds of spells, can't you at the very least show a screen shot or animation of someone casting a spell? What's up with all the ugly dwarves and humans running around in crappy looking armor? To anyone else who has a problem with my post, this isn't called trolling, it's called flat out dissapointment. I've been around MMORPGS a long time, since the old Ultima Online. I have seen many games in the past offer emtpy promises that turned out to flop such as Shadowbane, Neocron and Anarchy Online. The more screen shots I see of this game, the more it seems to be "more of the same".

Those screenshots are far more impressive than Age of Conan or Warhammer, because I already know those games will simply be more of the same "level and gear" based gameplay that we got years ago in Everquest. I'm willing to take the graphical hit (and I'm not saying there will be a graphical hit at all) in exchange for the gameplay that Darkfall is promising.

Perhaps they are still touching up graphics and other things to make them satisfactory. I'm not saying that more screenshots showing say, crafting or spell casting in action would be bad, but I'm not gonna complain. Darkfall looks very good atmospherically, I trust their art will come up with good spell effects. They mentioned new particle effects which may tie in with their spells, in which case maybe we will get some of those soon.

angelic7:
I agree with timberwolve and kwolf here. These shots are nothing special. True, better than nothing at all, but the more screen shots I see, the more this game seems like it will be a flop. All they keep showing us is ugly armor that all looks the same and the same faces on all races in empty landscapes. Nothing spectacular. Gameplay is a huge issue yes, but so is origionality. After 7 years I would expect to see something more than just the same crappy screen shots. I think people have had enough of "journals" and more talk, after so much time waiting, people are expecting to see something MORE.

With all the classes of magic that there are and supposedly hundreds of spells, can't you at the very least show a screen shot or animation of someone casting a spell? What's up with all the ugly dwarves and humans running around in crappy looking armor? To anyone else who has a problem with my post, this isn't called trolling, it's called flat out dissapointment. I've been around MMORPGS a long time, since the old Ultima Online. I have seen many games in the past offer emtpy promises that turned out to flop such as Shadowbane, Neocron and Anarchy Online. The more screen shots I see of this game, the more it seems to be "more of the same".

I certainly would've preferred a dev journal to these, but then again most of us would've. Such is life, though. We got two great journals in a row previously, and anything they could've possibly posted today would've been somewhat of a let down.

That being said, these screenshots are of wasteland areas, and are designed to showcase very specific improvements to very specific areas of the graphics system. If they had said, "we're giving you these screenshots to illustrate an epic battle," I would be pissed, because that's obviously not what they show. But what they said they're giving, they gave. And it's always nice to see what appear to be player-built structures. If you want screenshots of other things, IE combat, then just look at past ones. I'm sure we'll be getting more in the future, too.

they really do need to get there act together on this game. I noticed the other day that they have gotten 7 years or so of work done and it looks like its been about 2 years of game development

talon tortilleni:
they really do need to get there act together on this game. I noticed the other day that they have gotten 7 years or so of work done and it looks like its been about 2 years of game development

I wouldn't say so. Comparing some of the first screens to some of the newest, there's a big difference. Not that you can actually calculate progress based on graphics, despite the fact that they have improved. Based on dev journal #10, they have made a lot of progress on what's actually important: features. Most of what's left to do is made up of details that can be ironed out in beta. I don't necessarily expect we'll see beta this summer (although it's possible), but I think it's very likely that beta hits before the end of the year.

I hate screenshot weeks. It's probably only a sign that they're nearing beta and have prioritized something else over communication with fans, which is a good thing, but when you can't even keep up with agreed upon discussions it's pretty fuckin' annoying. Tasos needs a secretary I guess... but then, the entire community has known they needed a dedicated "PR Dude" since 2003.

Timberwolve, do you think they are really going to post screenshots that show everything possible about the game even before beta? the only reason why it seems they are taking so long is because they announced way to early, right when they got started. Many many other games announce that they exist about 1-2 years from release, it is a begginer studio mistake is all. But this is just my opinion, like all your "facts" are

this is the defenition of fact=
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred;

Pretty much all of timberwolves "circumstances" do not exist or are simply opinion and most of his "events" have not occured. you said on one of the other threads that you ont spread rumors, you spread facts, what facts. Nothing is a fact till it actualley happened. You are spreading opinions not facts.