Category Archives: Darkfall Online

DarkFall: Quick look at player-housing Villages

Posted on July 22, 2009 by SynCaine

Last night while out exploring I came across a Village, one of the new areas added with the last expansion that supports player housing. This particular village was unclaimed, and had yet to have a house built on any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 17 Comments

DarkFall: Might as well call it a WoW-clone now.

Posted on July 21, 2009 by SynCaine

I noticed two disturbing signs of ‘polish’ in DarkFall last night. First, the tooltip for starter weapons now indicates you won’t gain skill ups while using them. Second, when you now link a magic item in trade chat, it not … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes | 45 Comments

DarkFall: EuroGamer is here to make us laugh yet again. 4/10 style this time.

Posted on July 19, 2009 by SynCaine

As others have pointed out, the bastion of journalistic integrity, Eurogamer, has another DarkFall review up. It seems since release, DarkFall is now 100% better in the ever-virtuous eyes of EG, funny how that works… To quickly summerize the four … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Rant | 36 Comments

DarkFall: Much improved, and still great

Posted on July 17, 2009 by SynCaine

Dear DarkFall: I’m sorry I doubted you, or considered not playing on the NA server. I was wrong. My bad. Seriously though, the last patch has improved a ton of stuff, and overall the game is still great fun. More … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 8 Comments

DarkFall is here, again.

Posted on July 14, 2009 by SynCaine

DarkFall has launched in the US. Forums seem happy so far, which is rare for that crowd. Guess it’s time to slot the game back between Blood Bowl, WAR, EVE, and DDO. Anyone want to fill in for me at … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Site update | 21 Comments

Gamer Bob says: MMOs suck.

Posted on June 30, 2009 by SynCaine

People often credit WoW’s success because, in part, it’s a little bit of everything for everyone (in theory at least), and while that’s a great way to get into the genre, if you really want to focus on any one … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, DDO, EVE Online, FreeRealms, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 45 Comments

Quick reactions to all the latest MMO-related happenings

Posted on June 25, 2009 by SynCaine

Too many MMO-related topics flying around in my head and it’s going to take some time to sort it all out. DarkFall: Aside from feeling like a euro in regards to the whole NA deal, the big ‘expansion’ patch is … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Darkfall Online, DDO, MMO design, RvR, The Casualties Guild, Warhammer Online | 20 Comments

Blizzard on WG: We did not want that PvP anyway

Posted on June 23, 2009 by SynCaine

100+ vs 100+ player battles are apparently too difficult for Blizzard to figure out after only having 5+ years to work on it. Or, if you try to issue a pass like some people, it’s just technically not possible to … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, PvP, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 53 Comments

Second year of blogging is in the books!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by SynCaine

Ding, two years of blogging done! I’m going to try and follow the format I used in my previous yearly review in order to make the comparison a bit easier. Like last year, the overall ‘Blog Stats” are up first. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, iPhone, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, RMT, RvR, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 15 Comments

The wait for NA-1…

Posted on June 15, 2009 by SynCaine

…unbearable. This is worse than waiting for a beta to go live, because at least in beta everyone is playing like its beta and you know it does not count/matter. This is worse because half the population is in “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Rant | 4 Comments