# Darkfall

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkfall/358385>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkfall/358385 "2006-05-26T23:38:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![grossmrkup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@grossmrkup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grossmrkup)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkfall/358385/1 "2006-05-26T23:38:00Z")

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Okay, I know that some people here have been following the development of this game for sometime now so help me out here. Is this game ever coming out or is it going to end up as vaporware? It looks like it has so much promise but it seems like it has been in development forever. So…what the straight dope on Darkfall.

Thanks.

G.

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**Author:** ![grossmrkup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@grossmrkup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grossmrkup)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkfall/358385/2 "2006-05-29T18:37:53Z")

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Wow! Nothing on Darkfall? I was sure that someone here had posted that they were following this game.

We’ll then let me say that if there are any MMORPG players here NOT following Darkfall Online you really should check it out. I won’t go into all the details here as no one else seems interested, suffice it to say that the hype surrounding this title makes it sound like it will be legendary.

All the best.

G

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkfall/358385/3 "2006-05-29T19:10:32Z")

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Looks like they are scheduled for a 2007 release.

The only thing I see about it is [here](http://www.mmogchart.com). (Look under the 2006 E3 report; it won’t let me link directly to it. From the above link:

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> While this title was not on display at E3 this year, I did run into the developers, who told me a little about the game. Darkfall is another fantasy-themed MMORPG, but this one features hardcore, unlimited PvP (but with consequences). The game’s mechanics are all throwbacks to an early UO time, with harsh death penalties, corpse looting, character collision, item decay, and so on. Instead of eliminating all of these issues that other game designers have seen as obstacles to fun, Adventurine is embracing them, to make the world more realistic and immersive. The game looks solid enough, but is there a large market for such a product? The limited success of similar games, like ShadowBane, suggest otherwise.

My main question is if we need another fantasy-themed mmorpg at the moment; the field is saturated with them. It doesn’t look like something I would be that interested in anyway.