Review Submitted By: Yleron
Author Status: Player
Started on Star Wars: Dark Forces RPG: late 2000 (ish)
Submission Date: Aug 20, 2005
TMC Listing: Star Wars: Dark Forces RPG
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Yleron]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
I've been playing Dforces (Dark Forces) for quite a while now, and
I'm still hooked. There are lots of unique classes, with another well
on it's way, and even more races, giving each player a lot of
customization over what it is that they want to be.
Roleplaying is encouraged, but not enforced. However, it is
well-advised that players use the 'ooc' command to speak out of
character, not just normal speech.
Also, the game is constantly evolving, with a lot of new
skills/powers being added, whilst keeping the classes balanced. This,
as well as a lot of devoted players keeps the game going, with a lot
of good infomation, and help for any noobs that log on.
The game has an extensive helpfile, with helpfiles on everything in
the game, usually with several different words to access each file,
such as 'help god' or 'help implementor' for instance. This allows
noobs to access help on almost anything quickly.
Unfortunately the size of the playerbase is dwindling. It is (in my
opion) not being advertised enough, and those who leave (for whatever
reason) are not being replaced by others. This has resulted in an
average of about 5 people on at slow times, and 15 people on at peak
times. Quite different from what it used to be, but I believe that
will soon change, as we are getting ready for a new generation, at
which everyone starts fresh, giving noobs and veteran players alike an
equal chance at being powerful. This keeps the game balanced, and
helps restrict the amount of 'super-players' that are running around
at any one time.
As for a Pking system, it is restricted, as you can not steal
everything from a corpse. There is a maximum item limitation, and
there are things to discourage it, such as a bounty system. This means
less rampant Pkers, but there are still always opportunities for the
powerful.
Also, the Immortals interact with the players on a day-to-day basis.
This means that you can have most of your questions answered, and that
they listen to your ideas about what needs changing.
If you are going to start playing, the thing that will probably put
you off is the lack of colour for you, well have no fear! Simply type:
'prompt &R %h(%H) &G %f(%F) &C %v(%V) &B %t %o %_ (%X) &Y (%c) %_>'
and you will alter your presentation of stats to solour and offer some
helpful things to stop you having to look at the score menu every five
minutes. If you don't like this prompt, look up 'help prompt' to
see what changes you can make to alter it to your liking. So please,
join in with the game, and help us destroy the New Republic, or crush
the mighty Empire. You may make all the difference!
