Black Prophecy - (Reakktor Media) debut trailer

[Brennik]

I didn't see it either.  He wasn't saying much of anything interesting though.

Blah blah "here's how you make a character; look at the sliders!" blah blah "you can buy shit for your ship" blah blah "these buttons are related to PvX activity" blah.  Maybe the other two were more interesting, but I couldn't be bothered after ten minutes of "here are the amazing things every other MMO in existance has!"

Yea, the first vid is just him stating "we have these nifty things all the other MMOs have too", parts 2 and 3 have the interesting bits in them.

[Mrbloodworth]

You have to use the link in a separate browser-window, not the embedded version from the forum.  Then, most likely in the upper-right or left you'll have another link or widget that says "change."

Nope. 

[Ghambit]

Welp, you didnt miss much besides the modular damage and the dynamic player stations.  Everything else was generic, aside from them explaining some of the stuff was placeholderish... like the mission UI.

[jakonovski]

There's a new trailer out, and it looks hella cool. I also heard this would be F2P but I have no idea where I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1j-hARQfL4

[Pringles]

Maybe you heard it from someone who watched the end of the trailer you linked? 

[Mrbloodworth]

Did I just see avatars?

[jakonovski]

Maybe you heard it from someone who watched the end of the trailer you linked?  

I'm a bit   today.

[Ghambit]

Did I just see avatars?

No.  "Wishful seeing."  You may have seen the 3D player character representation you get when making one, upgrading, etc.  But in the game all characters are 2D portraits.
Really, if they get the dynamic stations working the way I'd like, I really wont care much about the lack of avatars.

[Cadaverine]

Looks pretty cool.  Then again, so did Neocron way back when.

[Mrbloodworth]

Did I just see avatars?

No.  "Wishful seeing."  You may have seen the 3D player character representation you get when making one, upgrading, etc.  But in the game all characters are 2D portraits.
Really, if they get the dynamic stations working the way I'd like, I really wont care much about the lack of avatars.

Maybe. I always dislike space games where I am my ship. so when I noticed this, I got excited.

[Ghambit]

Those are just roaming NPCs, largely a part of the dynamic stations.

[Mrbloodworth]

Stop crushing my dreams!

[Ghambit]

I have a way to get into the beta through a German fansite (I'm DLing the client as I type).  Should I post the instructions here or is it smarter to use PMs?
And yes, there is an NDA.

[Ghambit]

Screw it, there's no time anyways - the keys will likely run out
Here ya go:

Gamona.de

Step 1: Unless you can read German, use google translator.
Step 2: Register with the above site  (you may have to disable direct website translation and simply cut/paste the words, it may bork registration otherwise)
Step2a(optional): Along with clicking the activation link you MAY also have to copy and paste the code located with the email you just recieved in a box leading from the link
step 3: Go back to the beta giveaway page at Gamona and click the big blue button (note: do not have translator active or it'll mess up the registration)
step 4: Open email from site

You will then recieve the code by email which you must enter at

http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/beta/
...along with your forum account and gamigo account. Once you enter that info along with your key you will recieve a final email.  Note you'll obviously need a gamigo account AND a forum account and they must be linked from your Gamigo acct:

http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/forum/announcement.php?f=4&a=7

You'll then get an email with a buncha linked files.  DL them all to the same folder and then run the setup.exe.
-Gamona had 5000 keys and I got one as of an hour ago, so good luck swiping one b4 they run out.  I'm betting they wont for a while, but this info. IS public on the BP forums.

[NiX]

Got one about 5 minutes ago.

[Ghambit]

You're welcome   

[NiX]

Pfft, I would have figured this all out on my own!

Thanks though.

[Mrbloodworth]

0 Keys Are Left

[NiX]

Did you get one BW? Can we be space buddies?

[Mrbloodworth]

I did not.

 

Looks like the only way im getting in on this one is if I become a space hooker. 

[Draegan]

I got in 2 months ago and the game either crashed or never loaded properly.

[FatuousTwat]

I had heard from someone that you shouldn't say if you were in the beta, because even that violates the NDA.

That someone got yelled at by an asshole mod on the official forums for asking how to actually get the game working.

That someone promptly uninstalled the game.

[Jherad]

0 Keys Are Left

Just got a key 30 seconds ago...

Thanks Ghambit!

[Engels]

Thanks for the instructions, Ghambit. That google translator is amazingly horrible for this process. I had to hack and slash at URLS to get this to work. It is far easier to just manually translate things in a google translator window than dealing with the horked up website.

[NiX]

0 Keys Are Left

Just got a key 30 seconds ago...

Thanks Ghambit!

BW, try again. Now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing a key counter on their site.

[Jherad]

If it helps, I just went to Gamona.de and created an account, then clicked the link for black prophecy on the right side of the page:

http://www.gamona.de/exklusiv-bei-gamona-5.000-black-prophecy-beta-keys:gamekey,1857794/

Without the translation stuff.

There should be a rectangular blue box about a quarter of the way down the page that you can click to have the key emailed to you (if you are logged in).

[Cadaverine]

I just tried the link Jherad posted and got a key, so it's still going on.  I don't need it, though, so if you want it, BW, you are welcome to it.

[Lucas]

Closed Beta NDA lifted today :).  Closed Beta forums available for everyone. European Open Beta coming soon.


Now I can safely say that I got in Beta about a week ago, but unfortunately managed to play only for a few hours :(.


http://blackprophecy.gamigo.com/forum/index.php

[Mrbloodworth]

I never found time to try this, Cadaverine was kind enough to give me a key though. Wish I had gotten a chance to use it.


So, NDA down, only question that matters. Is it any good?


EDIT: Should it be: "Is it more fun than eve?" 

[Draegan]

The game ran like shit for me.  Maybe because the servers are in Europe (I think?).

I never got past the tutorial when I actually got into the game.

[Engels]

The newbie starter quest was embarrassingly generic. kill ten foozles. get jaunty cap +1 vs poison. kill more foozles 2 sectors over. get rusty sword upgrade.

Also I know that to a certain extent MMOs have to follow a certain storyline mechanic, but this was rather poorly told and unexciting. Part of it may be that the devs aren't native English speakers, but they really need an English feedback team asap.

Lastly, although in principle I love the FPS action, in practice I'm not sure its as smooth as it should be.

[NiX]

Maybe I'm dumb, but after the cinematic/interactive intro, I got my first quest and then I was very confused. I checked my map and couldn't jump anywhere until I tried 1 specific system listed in my quest log. Then I got there and it didn't indicate what I should be doing.

Uninstalled it right after.

[Ghambit]

The game is as alpha/beta as betas get.  Very buggy.
That being said, I like the difficulty of the game (you pretty much HAVE to have a mappable joystick or fail) and I like the UI.  The itemization is pretty good also.
Hey, it's a basic space-shooter and that's it.   When it releases it'll be the best FREE one out there so I'm not complainin.

(more later)

[UnSub]

Black Prophecy bought by gamigo; apparently will launch soon.

It's the way a number of publishers are going - buy all rights to the game so that they will probably get a bigger share of the pie.

[Ghambit]

There was a complete client patch just done and now you've supposedly got to uninstall, redownload, and reinstall the whole thing to get it working.  I havent been playing recently so perhaps many of these gamestoppers were debugged behind my back.  (the last cool patch I saw was a voiceover reworking, since the prior one was a placeholder it seems)

It's still the best F2P spaceshooter out there imo, even in beta form.