Darkfall Online is attempting to launch on the North American server. Just recently opening their new North American web site: http://www.us.darkfallonline.com/ and North America Account Management page: https://accounts.us.darkfallonline.com/account/.
You can download the US client here: http://www.us1.darkfallonline.com/dl/DarkfallFull/.
The game is available for $49.98 which includes one month of gametime. Currently the shop is offline. Residents in Europe will have to pay an additional VAT tax of 19% if they want to purchase on the US server. Monthly subscription cost is $14.99 a month (EU pays VAT for that too).
Issues with the Darkfall Online North America Launch So Far:
1. Players are complaining about the need to either re-purchase the game if they were on the EU server or wait 3 months for US Darkfall server migration
2. Several are complaining that the 8 GB game download must be downloaded via bittorrent
3. The $50 starting price seems to be an issue with some players
4. Some players have seen excessive download times
5. Server errors after creating a character
6. Unable to verify account
7. Permissions errors
8. There appear to be load and bandwidth issues due to high demand
Jul 15, 2009 at 07:50:53
Ohhhh Darkfall, such a pain you’ve always been. The 3 month migration is pure BS in my book.
I’m eager to see how Darkfall will hold up against Mortal Online, now that the preorders are going out as well now.
Aug 2, 2009 at 01:06:08
Issues 1-3 are not real issues. Issue 4 & 8 are a given, the game is still new in NA. 5,6 & 7 are legit issues which im sure will be worked out soon.
If you look at the history of the EU server you will see they fixed problems quick, and gave huge content updates regularly.
This game is a giant sandbox where a player and their guild can do many things. Player vs player is one of the major activites and is not for the regular mmo crowd. All your items can be taken, you mount, your ships and cities that you build, everything. But you can do the same… If you wanna play a real mmo play Darkfall!