In the MMORPG world, it seems to be the norm to make your game as accessible as possible. Follow the herd. Risks are bad for business. And why do anything different? Time and again, it works. Players seem to enjoy the formula. To most MMORPG producers, the path to success lies in simply taking the standard formula, adding their particular twist to it, and releasing the game as somehow new and exciting.
But then, every so often, you get a game which takes the tried and true method, laughs at it, pushes it over, and stomps its head into the ground. Darkfall, by indie publisher Aventurine, is just such a game. Regardless of whether or not the game succeeds, Aventurine is worthy of praise if for no other reason than having the audacity to do something different.
Aventurine Studios published their tentative patch notes for their upcoming update for Darkfall: Unholy Wars. The new patch makes some major changes to combat, the tweaks to the combat system were largely based on player feedback.
Aventurine S.A., the makers of Darkfall have announced a free to play weekend. Between October 3rd and 6th new and old players alike will be able to jump in to Darkfall for free. If you have never had the opportunity to experience this high quality Hardcore PVP MMORPG, now is your chance.
Aventurine have just announced that both current and past Darkfall Online players will be able to sample the massive world of the sandbox MMO for one last time before the servers close.
