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Black Prophecy R.I.P
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Alara IonStorm
#1 - 2012-08-30 13:15:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
Another Space Game bites the dust. Black Prophecy will shut down on September 26th.

Source.

That is of course after it kills EVE as predicted 1000 times on this forum in the per-release hype.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#2 - 2012-08-30 15:47:14 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Another Space Game bites the dust. Black Prophecy will shut down on December 26th.

Source.

That is of course after it kills EVE as predicted 1000 times on this forum in the per-release hype.
Another f2p bites the dust. Didn't they get hacked recently? I wonder if that contributed to it's closure as well.

I'm in it for the money

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Reiisha
#3 - 2012-08-30 16:18:36 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Another Space Game bites the dust. Black Prophecy will shut down on December 26th.

Source.

That is of course after it kills EVE as predicted 1000 times on this forum in the per-release hype.
Another f2p bites the dust. Didn't they get hacked recently? I wonder if that contributed to it's closure as well.


It was a very limited title, more akin to guild wars/world of tanks than an mmo. They had a lot of problems with latency iirc aswell. I'm fairly sure the misplaced marketing hyping it up as an 'mmo' and the pretty laggy combat are to blame here.

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
Alara IonStorm
#4 - 2012-08-30 16:28:55 UTC
Reiisha wrote:

It was a very limited title, more akin to guild wars/world of tanks than an mmo. They had a lot of problems with latency iirc aswell. I'm fairly sure the misplaced marketing hyping it up as an 'mmo' and the pretty laggy combat are to blame here.

From what I remember there was a terrible generic backstory laid out in a longer then needed intro video that I could not skip. Half way through there was some control the turrets mini-game that I didn't want to play followed by more unskippable cutscene followed by another scripted encounter.

After that there was a bunch bunch of missions I had to do and I could not jump around the galaxy or find a new agent that had more interesting ones.

By that time I was like whelp back to EVE where I can just go have fun anywhere.
Blane Xero
The Firestorm Cartel
#5 - 2012-08-30 16:30:07 UTC
September 26th, not December.

Oddly, the day after Mists of Pandaria is released. WoW killed Black Prophecy? o.O

Resident Haruhiist since December 2008.

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Alara IonStorm
#6 - 2012-08-30 16:30:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
I wonder if they are still releasing BP Nexus Conflict.

It is a Capital Ship game like EVE.

Blane Xero wrote:
September 26th, not December.

Oddly enough I knew that. I was thinking earlier after I started this thread one month is not enough time to give this game another try if for some reason I had the inclination too. No clue why I wrote December... Oops
Blane Xero
The Firestorm Cartel
#7 - 2012-08-30 16:51:43 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
I wonder if they are still releasing BP Nexus Conflict.

It is a Capital Ship game like EVE.

Blane Xero wrote:
September 26th, not December.

Oddly enough I knew that. I was thinking earlier after I started this thread one month is not enough time to give this game another try if for some reason I had the inclination too. No clue why I wrote December... Oops

Heh, got Christmas on the brain?

Resident Haruhiist since December 2008.

Laying claim to Out of Pod Experience since 2007, plain and simple. Keep the trash out of [u]Out Of Pod Experience[/u], If it's EVE Related or deserves a Lock, it does not belong here.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#8 - 2012-08-30 17:52:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Webvan
Reiisha wrote:
Webvan wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Another Space Game bites the dust. Black Prophecy will shut down on December 26th.

Source.

That is of course after it kills EVE as predicted 1000 times on this forum in the per-release hype.
Another f2p bites the dust. Didn't they get hacked recently? I wonder if that contributed to it's closure as well.


It was a very limited title, more akin to guild wars/world of tanks than an mmo. They had a lot of problems with latency iirc aswell. I'm fairly sure the misplaced marketing hyping it up as an 'mmo' and the pretty laggy combat are to blame here.

Ah yeah that makes sense. Lag is a killer - in a twitch based game? And yes it was hyped very much, and on every mmo news site, the "EVE killer" etc. I never played it, myself. Trying to launch it back in beta, realized it 'required' dual-core. At the time I was on mono-core, it had it's advantages. I still use the system in fact, fast and very stable CPU, I use it as my audio editor platform, I get good results on my midi instrument input, recording and editing. By the time I got around to getting a multi-core, the thought of playing yet another f2p game was already a serious turn-off, so never got around to installing it.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Astenion
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-08-30 19:05:00 UTC
I played it...graphics were beautiful and everything else was ****. Uninstalled it a week later.
Adalun Dey
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-08-30 19:20:57 UTC
Any chance of pulling those poor orphaned Black Prophecy players into Eve?

[i]" Take my love, take my land, take me where I can not stand, I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. "[/i]
Alara IonStorm
#11 - 2012-08-30 19:23:52 UTC
Adalun Dey wrote:
Any chance of pulling those poor orphaned Black Prophecy players into Eve?

Oh they'll be back...

Every 10 or so minutes to jettison their ORE loads.

F2P means Play while EVE.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2012-08-30 19:30:40 UTC
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Selinate
#13 - 2012-08-31 00:50:44 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?


Hasn't Eve been dying for the past 8 years anyway?
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#14 - 2012-08-31 01:06:49 UTC
Selinate wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?


Hasn't Eve been dying for the past 8 years anyway?

Yeaaah, one additional sub at a time Smile err.. heh


Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?


Yes, BP was supposedly the "EVE killer". Then maybe depends where you get your mmo news at, as some... maybe now all sites, constantly promote f2p as teh second coming. Sure, f2p constantly needs new accounts after the 3mo old ones leave, so mmo news sites get money for running the ads.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-09-01 19:55:29 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Selinate wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?


Hasn't Eve been dying for the past 8 years anyway?

Yeaaah, one additional sub at a time Smile err.. heh


Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Wasn't that game supposed to kill Eve?


Yes, BP was supposedly the "EVE killer". Then maybe depends where you get your mmo news at, as some... maybe now all sites, constantly promote f2p as teh second coming. Sure, f2p constantly needs new accounts after the 3mo old ones leave, so mmo news sites get money for running the ads.



I get all my MMO news here of course Cool

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Lyrrashae
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#16 - 2012-09-01 22:28:38 UTC
Another poorly-conceived/even worse-executed pay to win mess gets exactly what it deserves.

Working as intended.

Which, it must be said, is truly a shame, as BP could have been great, from what I saw of it.

But, in the end, all that is left to say is...

...

...

Next!

Ni.
Alara IonStorm
#17 - 2012-09-01 22:50:45 UTC
Lyrrashae wrote:

Next!

That would be Taikodom.

They are saying it is a lot like a F2P EVE Sandbox with direct ship control.

Currently in closed beta. I am a little excited about it.
Lyrrashae
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#18 - 2012-09-01 23:12:52 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Lyrrashae wrote:

Next!

That would be Taikodom.

They are saying it is a lot like a F2P EVE Sandbox with direct ship control.

Currently in closed beta. I am a little excited about it.


Hmmmm...

Yeah, I'll take a look at that one (you've mentioned it before, IIRC?), but...meh:

"F2P (with its inherent possibility of P2W)" and "sandbox," I don't know if those really do, or should, go together in the same sentence?

Ni.