Category Archives: Darkfall Online

The straight facts about the Eurogamer slander piece.

Posted on May 8, 2009 by SynCaine

Bonedead ninja edit: Please replace the word ‘slander’ with ‘libel’ whenever you see it. Thanks! One would think the basic facts of a story would be simple to comprehend by people, and the discussion would revolve around the implications of … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 34 Comments

Final word on the Eurogamer slander piece.

Posted on May 7, 2009 by SynCaine

Game. Set. Match. Well played Aventurine. Good luck to that hack Ed Zitron in pursuing his career as a writer, and good luck to Eurogamer, your name and site now being the punch line of a joke among gamers. Hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Rant | 28 Comments

DarkFall: Giving the skill system some direction

Posted on May 7, 2009 by SynCaine

The skill system in DarkFall is one of the more hotly debated topics among players actually playing the game (and not just playing ForumFall). Some believe it’s too long a grind (oh nooz, you are not maxed out in two … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, Ultima Online | 9 Comments

DarkFall in-game reaction to Eurogamer.

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Silly sandbox…

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random | 6 Comments

FreeRealms: Gay Simulator, 2/10 score after 20+ hours played.

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

I want to write a bit more about the whole Eurogamer ‘review’ of DarkFall, because I feel some people are missing exactly why this is not just ‘someone not liking your game’, but actually a much more damaging two pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, FreeRealms, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant | 22 Comments

That awesome DF review? It gets better!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Continuing to dig the hole a bit deeper, the fine folks at Eurogamer posted this response to their award-winning journalism. Tasos responds here. Aventurine 2, trash website 0. I can’t imaging what Eurogamer is going to do with their second … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 12 Comments

The worlds most accurate DarkFall review!

Posted on May 5, 2009 by SynCaine

First, go read this fine piece of gaming journalism. Done? Amazing right, I mean that guy has the game down to the minor details, everyone quit DarkFall NOW!! . . . Oh now wait, it seems Tasos from Aventurine did … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media | 40 Comments

DarkFall: Siege fail

Posted on May 4, 2009 by SynCaine

Ah poor planning, how costly it can be. Our second siege as an alliance took place Sunday, and it did not go well. We had a good turnout of perhaps 50-70 members, the rest of the server seemed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP | 9 Comments

DarkFall patch: PvE love

Posted on May 1, 2009 by SynCaine

While I have yet to really comment on a DarkFall patch, today’s update and design note are a bit more than the usual “fixed some bugs, changed a few % for skill X”. The design note is aimed at new, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 7 Comments

Home court advantage in DarkFall

Posted on April 30, 2009 by SynCaine

I was hoping that after this past weekend, I was going to have a post about our planned siege in DarkFall to capture a local hamlet. Unfortunately the day before our planned siege was the day the Cold War broke, … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP | 6 Comments