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General Discussion » Did they even have a functioning game in 2006? - An interesting fact inside
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Catizone 5/01/08 10:12:40 AM
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So I found out who the person was that saw Darkfall at E3 2006 inside their hotel room on that laptop. It was the old Senior editor here at mmorpg.com , Dana. He's now over at Warcry. I asked him what he saw in the hotel room. This was what he said. ----- what did you see? lepidus: 20-25 minutes of raw footage, not an actual game, I admit. However, bluntly, if they were faking that, they were faking it with bugs and everything one would expect. -------- So here we have some actual proof that they did not show up to E3 with an actual game.... and it may be very likely that they did not even have a functioning game back home in 2006 to show anyone... |
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Fukkfase 5/01/08 10:21:35 AM
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Originally posted by Catizone Huh? I don't see what you're trying to get at. That doesn't prove anything else than that whatever the guy saw, had bugs. Could be taken either way. And that's pretty funny, because it's excactly what people will do with this post (like you did yourself). Just wait and see. |
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killerxion 5/01/08 11:09:10 AM
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i take iit was in game footage showing bugs and what not : ). So them taking the tiem needed to get the bugs out was a godo thing |
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kefkah 5/01/08 11:14:52 AM
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I think the point the OP was trying to make was that it was raw footage and not a playable game that was shown. |
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Seggallion 5/01/08 11:32:23 AM
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Most of us could have told you that they didn't have a functional game at E3. |
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Polarization 5/01/08 12:10:07 PM
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This is the way the Darkfall ends Not with a beta but a whimper. |
And they where incapable or unwilling of showing the game to Asp during his visit last year either, they demonstrated a stand alone tech demo that apparently they had been using over the previous year to show to potential publishers. Just to clarify I don’t think they where faking anything, I just think as shown they where incapable or unwilling of demonstrating an actual working version of the game in 2006 at E3 or during the 2007 Asp visit, and they still are incapable or unwilling of doing so at the present time. Interesting that he says he viewed 20-25 mins of footage if the majority of this was not screen shots but actual video then it shows that they are perfectly capable of producing a significant amount of video but obviously seem reluctant to actually demonstrate any substantial amount of it to the community. Seems quite obvious that despite a few very short videos released the developers don’t actually have much to show that they appear to feel would be advantageous to present openly to the community. I think it’s a pity that they are not more open and truthful and show us the same type of material that was shown to Lepidus, but I presume if they did so a lot of there history of constant assurances and promises would probably be shown to be completely false so its understandable that they do not. In my opinion this indicates the reason why we have seen so little videos of the actual game, and also shows that despite the developers constant assurances this game was no where near release or beta in 2006 or at any other time prior and that it probably is still a very long way from completion. Would it be possible to continue the correspondence and enquire about whether or not he actually witnessed anything relating to any of the major features of the game or if it was only the characters in landscapes, terrain fly bys or small combat scenes etc. we have seen already. |
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Catizone 5/01/08 4:45:49 PM
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Originally posted by Polarization
Originally said by lepidus He said he only watched around 20 minutes of the demo vid... so he was guessing that more "MIGHT" have been there.. But I highly doubt it otherwise they would of told him to stick around for the good parts.. or would have actually shown them in the very beginning. Sounds like it was just a really drawn out version of the vids you can watch on youtube. |
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daarco 5/01/08 5:07:31 PM
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Originally posted by Catizone
You DF fanbois really need to get a life. If you have time to dig this stuff up from whatever sourse you find...you have to much spare time. And still it doesnt help us much. |
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daarco 5/01/08 5:16:52 PM
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Want Darkfall now! |
Im just pointing out that noone would spend that much time and do research about a subject the didnt have interest in. By that he is a the worst DF fanboi i have ever seen. And you clarly failed to see the sarcasm in it. Then the aggression you showed..you know there is a good deal of theraphy agenst that nowdays : ) |
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ermorden 5/01/08 5:18:11 PM
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