Joiry_
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re: Black Prophecy to be F2P
 by Joiry_ on 2010/03/04 12:40
I've mentioned this game in the past, along with Jumpgate Evolution. BP is the, ahem, less neon colored of these two spacefighter MMOs. Here's the announcement:
http://forum.blackprophecy-game.com/showthread.php?t=1103
| Quote: | Black Prophecy: gamigo to publish the space action MMOG globally!
Hamburg, March 4, 2010 – gamigo AG and Reakktor Media GmbH have officially announced that they will be working together on the highly-anticipated space action MMOG Black Prophecy. gamigo owns the global distribution and publishing rights for the game. The Hamburg-based publisher thus lays the foundation for a new focus on becoming a global publisher and producer of free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
Patrick Streppel, gamigo's CMO, is enthusiastic about the new game: „Reakktor’s Black Prophecy will breathe life back into a genre previously forgotten. The game features graphics of the highest quality, a rich and meaningful story, and strong community features. Since we've begun collaborating with Reakktor, we have expanded greatly upon the concept of the game and thus are able to offer one of the first top-of-the-line free-to-play MMOGs."
A lot has happened in the development of Black Prophecy in the past few weeks. The biggest change has been the new direction as a free-to-play online game, previously unheard of for a game of this quality. Among other things, a crafting system was added and the layout of the game world was opened up. In-game dialogue will be recorded by professional voice actors. The one-and-a-half hour long orchestral soundtrack provides a rich and varied score of background music.
Kirk Lenke, CEO of Reakktor Media GmbH, said "We are excited to have found such a strong partner in gamigo for the publishing and distribution of our space action MMOG Black Prophecy. gamigo has the necessary skills and abilities to turn our product into a global MMOG blockbuster."
Black Prophecy is expected go into closed beta testing in April 2010. |
There's beta signups here (probably different than any previous beta signups, since its now at the new publishers site).
http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/
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Joiry_
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re: More BP info
by Joiry_ on 2010/03/12 15:52
http://www.massively.com/2010/03/12/gdc10-an-in-depth-look-at-black-prophecy/
Major points to take away:
1 - you can unlock anything in the item store (ie nothing in the item store you can't get in game).
2 - "maneuvers" - this seems like a sketchy idea.
| Quote: | | The other big combat mechanic is the tactics system. Tactics allow you to execute special maneuvers in flight, such as a barrel roll (you really should do one!) or a quick loop to get behind an enemy. As you fly and fight, you'll build up adrenaline. Once you get enough, you can spend the adrenaline to put in a few quick stick maneuvers (like "right, left, left" or "up, up, down, down") to execute one of these stunts. |
So, I wonder, can you not do a barrel roll without excuting the maneuver? I mean, the flight controls from the videos suggest you could. Not sure I like the idea that certain moves can only pulled off with a full "Adrenaline" bar, or it may require some funky "up, up, down, down" control - I'm actually pretty sucky with that type of activation (hence, I'm no good at console fight games).
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