Comments on: Darkfall

By: michael, StE

michael, StE — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:47:29 +0000

On the subject of MMORTS, it’s still vapourware, but THQ has announced that they will be making a Company of Heroes RTS MMO, with a release of next year.

Remains to be seen whether it’ll turn out remotely interesting, but this is a company with a keen grasp on two strong RTS properties – 40K Dawn of War, and Company of Heroes (CoH being something akin to the 2nd gen DoW engine). THQ also have the license for the Warhammer 40K Online. Coincidence? I think not…

Tinfoil hattery aside, it will be very interesting to see what THQ come up with over the next year or two for CoH/W40K. Will it just be an iteration of the CoH compaign map (unimaginative, but effective) or something more interesting and immersive.

By: wilhelm2451

wilhelm2451 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:08:04 +0000

Horizons, Dawn, Dark & Light, Darkfall… I see a naming pattern developing here.

But looking at the WarCry Darkfall site, where they mention all sort of things promised for the game, including naval combat, I have to admit that the name “McQuaid” came to mind. Or maybe it was just the repeated use of the word “hardcore.”

By: Tipa

Tipa — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:31:01 +0000

You’re thinking Horizons and Dawn, I betcha :)

By: wilhelm2451

wilhelm2451 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:21:06 +0000

It would have been more interesting if Ammon777 had pointed out a game that appeared to have some substantive reality to it. That was throwing so much marketing fluff in your face as far as I can tell. All sorts of promises and nothing to back it up. We’ve been fed that before time and time again.

And at the rate they are putting out news updates, they hardly seem to be building to a release any time in the foreseeable future. (Or they seriously have no idea how to do this sort of thing. Or both!)

Color me unimpressed until it sees the light of day.