“what is pleasing for a game so early in what should be a long life, is that it has masses of potential to be a slow-burning success.”

You can read the review at NowGamer or pick up Total PCGaming’s August 9th issue and get more content including a Darkfall fps vs. resolution performance test.

“Darkfall is the first game from Greece-based indie developer Aventurine S.A., a project spanning 8 years in development and many cries of vaporware. It is an MMORPG in the tradition of Ultima Online, Asheron’s Call, and Planetside, that features FPS and RTS elements. It brings innovation to the relatively stagnant MMORPG market, with no restrictions on PvP and a full loot mechanic. Although rough around the edges, Darkfall gives a dynamic, engaging and gratifying experience over its peers for people who prefer gameplay over perfect production.”

Read the entire review at GameObserver.com

“Their launch of the shard named NA-1 went off perfectly and without any tedious downtimes, and no wait to buy or play like with the EU launch. Overall I have had an extremely good play experience on NA-1 this last week. As a member of an established gaming community, “The Exodus Syndicate” I have been part of several server firsts. Including the first guild created, first city claimed, first village captured, first keep created, to name a few. I am going to give a quick breakdown of the first 24hrs of the game, from my perspective and share a few of my experiences on this new NA server.”

You can read the article at MMORPG.com

Collin Brennan from Massively continues his love-hate relationship with Darkfall by taking part in player versus player action and raiding in his feature “The Daze of Darkfall”

“After things had calmed down and I had been freed from the corpse pile, however, we were attacked three more times. Out of those three times we had won twice — succeeding in driving the offenders off or killing them all. We were obviously getting better at this stuff, and it provided an interesting experience for someone like myself.”

Darkfall isn’t for everyone, but especially not for reviewers: Sean Bulger reviews Darkfall for MMORPG.com and finds it worthy of a 6

“Reviewing Darkfall is not easy. I\ll be completely honest: at one time, I fit this target demographic and would have loved every concept put forward by this game – and still do like the sound of it quite a bit. However, time (and necessity) can change taste and Darkfall is an unforgiving game that requires a lot of dedicated time if you expect to do anything.”

Finally Jeff Hargrove from MMORPG.com reviews Darkfall’s first expansion

“Darkfall Online’s first expansion is filled with great improvements to the game, and creative strategies for used to enhance game play. Darkfall Online has come a long way in the past four months. It actually looks, feels, and plays more like a professional MMO. Most importantly Darkfall Online really delivered a stunning expansion after just four months launch.”

The answers are posted on the Darkfall fansite Darkfallinfo.com and can be found HERE

We’ve also activated new payment options. You can now use PayPal, Carte Bleue and JCB. We will introduce even more payment options in the near future.

The game client cost is US $49.98 and this comes with a month of gametime. Residents of the European Union will be charged VAT 19%

The monthly subscription to access the game servers and receive the latest updates to the game costs US $14.99.

EU residents add 19% VAT to this price.

There is a 3 month subscription option for US $40.47 (a 10% discount) and a 6 month subscription option for US $76.45 (15% discount). EU residents add 19% to these prices.

Payment methods include Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express ) Carte Bleue, JCB and PayPal.

Information on downloading the Darkfall client can be found HERE