DarkfallOnline

[TheDrunkenMoron]

i swear i heard about this game from someone on this forum, but i couldnt seem to find it after. The game is supposed to have a close combat system to mount and blade, and its a multiplayer game!

http://www.darkfallonline.com

also, im bringing it up because the beta is supposed to be coming very soon

 

[Lu Bu]

I looked into that game some time ago... post a note again when the beta started!

Then we can see if its any good.

 

[Harlequin_]

apparently u cant block in it.
that would suck
it would all just be button mashing then

 

[DaLagga]

apparently u cant block in it.
that would suck
it would all just be button mashing then

I agree, if you can't block it just becomes a game of who can click the fastest. I suppose maybe it could be set up so you can dodge hits by jumping out of the way or something...idk. They claimed that blocking wouldn't be possible due to latency issues, but i don't understand that logic. You could look at the shield in CS 1.6 as a form of blocking, as there should be no difference between bullets and melee weapons from a programming standpoint. Safe to say we all want to see a MMORPG with M&B style combat, i just have my doubts that darkfall is what we're waiting for.

 

[Ilex]

CS is different since the servers usually have much more bandwidth/player than they have in MMORPGs.

 

[JoshRose]

They claimed that blocking wouldn't be possible due to latency issues, but i don't understand that logic. You could look at the shield in CS 1.6 as a form of blocking, as there should be no difference between bullets and melee weapons from a programming standpoint. Safe to say we all want to see a MMORPG with M&B style combat, i just have my doubts that darkfall is what we're waiting for.

YES! I love the concept of MMORPG's, and the first one I played was Everquest. It was a really great idea, but I hated the combat, and every MMO I have played since has the same combat system. A giant living world is great, but with boring combat, the games have no replay value. I think it might be a while before we really get an MMO with a good combat system where you don't simply watch.

 

[Lu Bu]

Isnt DDO supposed to have real combat with blocking,dodging and parrying all manual?

 

[Lhorkan]

DDO?

 

[Lu Bu]

Dungeons & Dragons Online

release is february in USA and i think march in Europe.