Anyway, it looks like what Horizons should've/could've been.. remember the original Horizons design doc everyone drooled over.. D&L seems to be its realisation minus the demons and angels.
The world is simply gigantic, it would take a week real-time to cross on foot I hear. No zones, no loading, free atmospheric flight on winged mounts, fortresses built to your specifications, the ability to become land Barons and even the King of the various kingdoms, and the end-game is the 10th kingdom where the gods live plus inter-kingdom/inter-race/inter-religion PVP.
The only problem with it I have is that the character models and some armour looks like ass. Though these will probably be improved and if the game play is this good who cares about the graphics. Well ok.. maybe not ass.. but just realistic and not "high fantasy" with huge pointy bits like in WoW. It's looking very promising, overall. I'd like to hear from anyone here if they do get in the beta about if it's good or not, since I'd pre-order for the exclusive goodies based on their assessment.
The best part for me? I can be a Human Black Knight. I AM INVINCIBLE! 
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Mortious stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Oh and only 1 planned game server, so everyone plays together no matter what.
That thing had better be the server of God.
EDIT: Be. Sentow, Maybe fucked around with this message on 11-24-2005 at 12:12 AM.
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Mortious impressed everyone with:
No zones, no loading,free atmospheric flight on winged mounts, fortresses built to your specifications, the ability to become land Barons and even the King of the various kingdoms
Sounds like Lineage II.
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Naimah said:
Sounds like vaporware.
It was demonstrated at E3. The guy went around a bit on the back of a dragon and teleported to various places on the gigantic world map, he climbed a mountain which are in real-world height and can be seen while miles away from them.
Haven't been this interested in a game since I first heard about SWG being developed.
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Sentow, Maybe said:
That thing had better be the server of God.EDIT: Be.
Probably going to be "clusters" just like other games use, used for the kingdoms that are inter-linked and have a shared data pool. Or something.
Crap.
If it ever makes it to release, it'll be a huge disappointment in some way or another.
It's not something people hear about.
Let's review their E3 trailer again shall we?
http://www.darkandlight.net/videos/Trailer_E3_2005.avi (Hi-res) Cobalt Katze fucked around with this message on 11-24-2005 at 03:04 AM.
http://www.darkandlight.net/videos/trailer_E3_2005.mov (Lo-res)
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Talonus said:
The developers were in some legal trouble last I remember. Even ignoring that, the game looks like shit and play like shit it seems. If its not vapor, it'll be a crappy game.
That's why I'm waiting for a beta tester's opinion before making a purchase decision. I need to know how it plays, and I couldn't care less about how it looks.
Gameplay > Graphics.
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Mortious had this to say about Knight Rider:
That's why I'm waiting for a beta tester's opinion before making a purchase decision. I need to know how it plays, and I couldn't care less about how it looks.Gameplay > Graphics.
*points at swg questionaly.
but.. the gameplay has been fairly bad in swg for quite some time... although I still play it...
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Cobalt Katze said:
I've been watching this game's development for a while now, mainly for a laugh.Let's review their E3 trailer again shall we?
Except for the hilarious dodo riding which made me LOL in real life, that actually looks pretty damn good.
As close to a true AD&D MMORPG that I've seen yet.
Mod fucked around with this message on 11-24-2005 at 03:18 PM.
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This insanity brought to you by Mortious:
I think of it this way. It'll be one of the following:Huge flop. Huge success.
The problem is that there's just so many ways it could be a huge flop and really only a few ways it could be a huge success.
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Mortious had this to say about Pirotess:
I think of it this way. It'll be one of the following:Huge flop. Huge success.vaporware
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Mortious attempted to be funny by writing:
Probably going to be "clusters" just like other games use, used for the kingdoms that are inter-linked and have a shared data pool. Or something.
Same way EVE does it; massive amounts of hardware clustered together, with separate nodes to handle areas of the map. From the look of it, it's based on the BigWorld Tech MMO engine (www.bigworldtech.com).
It's interesting as all hell! 
I wants it...(the game that is, not an MMO engine)
ben(at)netmastering(dot)nl
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Talonus said:
vaporware
Someone with inside information! Well, that's the only way you'd know for certain that it's vaporware without posting adequate proof to support your theory.
So since you know all about the game and everything, tell us all about it. 
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Mortious stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Someone with inside information! Well, that's the only way you'd know for certain that it's vaporware without posting adequate proof to support your theory.So since you know all about the game and everything, tell us all about it.
I gave you an option. If it comes out, it'll be a huge flop or vaporware. Considering the possible law suit and the fact that they're selling beta keys for full game price indicates possible money problems. Money problems several months before a release indicate possible vaporware. Better funded MMOs have become vapor, but then again worse funded MMOs haven't.
I'm sorry if I'm being harsh about a game you're looking forward to playing, but the MMO playerbase is already thin between games, especially with WoW around. I very much doubt this one will be very good or last very long, if it even gets to release. If you want to prove me wrong though, go ahead and drop the cash on a pre-order. I'll eat my words if this game somehow doesn't suck.
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Noxhil2 painfully thought these words up:
Uhh, those look like pre-orders, not beta keys
Not mentioned there, but "pioneer" players will get "preference" for beta.
