Category Archives: Darkfall Online

FreeRealms from a distance.

Posted on April 28, 2009 by SynCaine

While I personally have zero interest in playing FreeRealms myself (shocker I know), I am interested to see how it all plays out for SOE given some of FR’s design decisions. FR all along has been marketed as a kid-friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, FreeRealms, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Stop blaming the game for your own failure

Posted on April 28, 2009 by SynCaine

In a shock to no one but perhaps himself, Keen is on his way out of DarkFall. The same game that last month was god’s gift is now a “bad game” and “destroying itself”, despite the fact that since launch … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant | 29 Comments

DarkFall: Forumfail

Posted on April 23, 2009 by SynCaine

The DarkFall forums are a near endless source of entertainment. The clan discussion section is basically one giant game of “who can tell the most lies about in-game activities”, a section generally dominated by the Goons in there “anti-zerg” crusade. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design | 10 Comments

Paid beta: You’re playing it.

Posted on April 22, 2009 by SynCaine

DarkFall is often referred to as a paid beta, and I agree. It has some serious issues, a multitude of minor problems, and countless little nagging annoyances. Despite all that however, it’s still the most engaging and enjoyable MMO experience … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Darkfall Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments

DarkFall Navy, and some organized failure.

Posted on April 20, 2009 by SynCaine

Another entertaining weekend of DarkFall is in the books for me, and also the rest of the server.  Personally I was part of a botched but still interesting alliance event, and the server saw it’s most notable use of naval … Continue reading →

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I died, DarkFall sucks, I quit!

Posted on April 17, 2009 by SynCaine

Last night I got rocked in DarkFall. I mean flat out worked over. I will now /ragequit and take my guild with me; I did not want to play that game anyway! I logged in, noticed that the latest patch … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 21 Comments

Blizzard table scraps, L2P DarkFall, and the 3rd WAR faction

Posted on April 16, 2009 by SynCaine

Lately I’ve found a few amusing things around the various blogs/forums I read, and now seems like a good time to go over a few things. The first is the general hope by so many that the secret MMO Blizzard … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 36 Comments

Why I game.

Posted on April 14, 2009 by SynCaine

This post is going to be a little self-analysis about why I play MMOs, how I play then, and what keeps me going. For readers who have been around for a bit, you can probably guess some of the stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

DarkFall burnout: The players or the game?

Posted on April 13, 2009 by SynCaine

While I’m still having a blast in DarkFall (our recent ‘pirate’ adventure on four rafts was hilarious), I’ve been reading some forum posts (I know…) about certain players feeling meh about the game now. According to the post, part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design | 28 Comments

When the DarkFall devs put some bite behind their bark

Posted on April 9, 2009 by SynCaine

Even before launch, Aventurine made it very clear they have a zero tolerance policy concerning issues with cheating or exploiting. Most took this as the usual ‘zero tolerance’ statements made by MMO devs since 1997 and UO, but we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design | 7 Comments