Death of a Game: Dark Eden

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Oh wow, that was a fast turnaround from the last episode. This game must have meant a lot to you.

[@goldman77700]

Yea, he mentions it all the time during his livestreams but never into any depth like this as far as I've seen.

[@kyotheman69]

to bad i never played it, I mostly played Diablo back in the day

[@planescaped]

Star Wars Galaxies is _that_ MMO for me. I can still name 90% of the people by name from my old PA on Shadowfire. That's weird... lol

[@mikoto7693]

FF11 was that game for me.

[@Fioreller]

The game had its Brazilian player base like most free to play MMOs did back in the days, and that's why I payed a lot of it in the 2000s. Just like you I never found a game that fills the void Dark Eden left. A shout out to all my vampire comrades 🦇

[@moonkhensu]

I’d suggest that you look into V Rising, it bares alot of semblances to Dark Eden

[@Marinealver]

For all the Korean Booba girls, it's existence isn't even confirmed via rule 34. Dark Eden has become the exception to all online rules.

[@spinyslasher6586]

Appreciate the fact that you are introducing such great games to a new generation.

[@arthurchen6464]

Honestly the art style looks really nice even today. It's just an issue of low texture resolutions and perhaps outdated animations. If this gets a remaster like D2 did, it'll be a hit.

[@Darkprosper]

The in-game art style, yeah. The korean giant-boobs barely-even-an-armor "art" though, would have been enough to turn me off from the menus before reaching gameplay.

[@St_Nic]

Thank you so much for this video! I was Crazylor back in those days, it's so fun to see how you had a similar experience to me growing up, Dark Eden is the bread and butter. Just like you I have a hard time finding any kind of replacement for it, I want to go back to private servers but I think their communities are pretty dead. I really hope it gets a reboot, I can see why you took your time with this too, as a part of the community I really hope this video makes some headway and maybe gives some dev incentive to learn about Dark Eden and lift it into the modern age with some QOL updates and it's core gameplay intact.

[@FzzyBzzy]

I enjoy listening to this guy talk about games I've never played or heard of. It's about the idea that people have passion for video games and you get excited that they want to talk about their passions.

[@St_Nic]

Ain't no way!! You did a Dark Eden video!! This is the one, one of my favorite mmorpgs. I miss it so much! Between Astonia and Dark Eden these were my childhood.

[@Nightblade87]

Just hearing the old title music again gives me chills... so many many hours i spend in this game. Loved it. Great Video!

[@MegaCygnusX1]

As an actual former Dark Eden player going back 2 decades, I can say with 100% certainty I would not touch that mobile effort with a 10 foot pole. Thanks for the trip down memory lane Nerd, you a real one.

[@strawbxrrypanic_]

being honest, i didn't even know that Dark Eden is a pc game... i found the mobile last year, and... not good! i would love to play the original one.

[@GoreTheSummoner]

@@strawbxrrypanic_ dude, this mobile darkeden is an abomination of its title origins.

[@StephOMacRules]

It was not even developed by Softon, it's basically Lineage M with Darkeden skins on it. You can see the exact same interface.

[@MrRaddude1]

Dude I remember playing this in 2005 or 04 it was awesome I was a vampire, and on the other acct. A slayer

[@pedrovisnardi7193]

As a brazilian player, I was also hooked on DarkEden in the early 2000s because Ragnarok was Pay to Play. So much memories from this game, I played with friends and cousins. From time to time one cousin still shows up with a urge to play in a private server and calls me to play too hahahaha Too bad the target audience for MMOs are too old now and don't have much time to spend playing these grindy games, but the memories will be with us forever.

[@victormachado7464]

Good , The Darkeden international was the best darkeden and the one of the best pvps of that time..

[@fotuoh]

Nerdslayer, thank you for featuring my Steam review @ 12:49 like yourself, my brother and I also grew up playing this game, truly one of the most unique experiences ever. This game deserves more respect and recognition, it would be amazing to see it receiving a proper new version. Much love to you and thank you for making this video for us!

[@cavity1]

I stumbled onto this game last year and thought it was insane how badly documented it was for something that was clearly once so huge with such a great aesthetic/feel. soundtrack is so good & I was so excited to see this come up on my reccomended as its finally got something to represent what is was/is. great work!

[@one800stupidphotos]

Second that on the soundtrack! Over 20 years and that open track still brings a wave of nostalgia unlike any. And don't get me started on the sfx of hearing a vamp trying to cast para on you 😂😂

[@UranusKiller]

My favorite thing about this series is the way you make me feel like I've missed out on games I'd never actually be interested in. You do a great job of conveying your passion!

[@christophercoussons6874]

Dark Ecden was sick. I loved it. Even during the hacking days it was so fucking fun. I'm still waiting for the next Dark Eden, I've tried absolutely everything, probably 200-300 more games since and nothing tickles the itch. PVE'ing and then finding the enemy faction was so fun.

[@restless8638]

we have just started another private server and we're having a blast, around 100 ppl now and its growing, in Korea and China the game is very well alive btw, if they ever decide to remaster it, it will be great fkin game, the lore the design, fractions and skills, builds it's one of the most unique mmos ever created, and you can expand on the lore infinietely

[@williamjones4117]

Oh my god! I remember this game! I made a vampire character, went exploring and got so lost that I ended up in the hunter's starting city running around like a headless chicken.

[@ChacetheBass]

Core Memory Unlocked: Me somehow playing on a private server of this game before I knew there were even private servers. Unless the retail of this version had a digital remix of Gangsta's Paradise playing on repeat.

[@Klied]

Man I really wanna play this game again.....I ducking loved it during my highschool years. It was so good.

[@lindvi0r]

Lineage the Bloodpledge was my Dark Eden. Watching you talk about it made me so nostalgic, and so much of Dark Eden reminds me of Lineage. Fack that was a life time ago.

[@khaosfaction]

this game is a big part of why i love vampires so much. i occasionally think about it. i appreciate the video.

[@Gaousensei]

According to Namuwiki, Dark Eden 2 was in development since 2009 as D2 Online, however there were tons of internal problems in the studio when Yoo Tae-ho stepped down from involvement in the project and the project had to be restarted, especially after users were getting pissed at the game in the Naver cafe between high system requirements for a 2D game at the time and their ideas being stolen with no compensation in the user development board of that cafe. When the project restarted as Dark Eden 2, not only the development teams were split between that and the first Dark Eden, players pointed out how much of a shitty bargain bin MMO it was in both CBTs and quietly shelved the game.

[@ameliamohsin8430]

Never heard of this game before, so glad you cover this for us!

[@joselazo9799]

I remember playing this game when I was young. Before I even watch the video, I remember an entire set of servers dying because so many hackers just kept insta killing players. So many players existed that went out of their way to hack and insta kill them. Eventually the norm became hacker vs hacker and who could kill who faster. It was rare to see anyone play this without hacks.

[@mefikFS]

I loved DarkEden, played alot on private servers or even "official" one. Fun game. Pure INT Vampire all the way!

[@cdnjunglist398]

Pure dex ftw

[@rumblewoof]

Gosh, this brings back memories. So many awesome kr MMOs back in the days. Slayers (slayersnet) aka Akuma: Demon Spawn (single player version), Shattered Galaxy, Red Moon, Helbreath and of course Dark Eden... and many more that i cant remember the names of. Good times, good times. lol

[@santiagofantoni2643]

The years of my life i spent on DarkEden, what an unique experience you just can´t find anywere else. The atmosphere, the music, the lore and most important you felt part of the race you chose, no matter where you allways got together to protect each other.

[@matthewcollins9380]

Oh wow, I just finished the UT4 video and was confused by the ending there. Now this makes sense!

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

I cut my teeth as a teen with wow for a few years but after we all quit in Wrath, I played free to play MMOs for years. They're almost all predatory but fun and are held together by their community. I met people from the middle east, Brunei, India, Tonga and all over south America. Those interactions with people all over the world was the coolest part of the games for me. Gaming made the world community real for me.

[@cannon_tortoise]

It's bittersweet that this game never caught fire in the west because on one hand I missed out on an epic MMO but on the other hand I probably saved my social life.

[@diog9991]

I used to play ever free online game under the sun back in the early 200's, but silk road and Dark Eden were two that just honestly two that just stick to me the most. All this game needed was some real good TLC along the way and it would still be kicking strong. Thanks you making this video definitely needed this one.

[@RunAzazelRun]

I've been suggesting this one for a while glad to finally see it get some recognition!

[@omeleet1917]

Get the desire to play this game every once in awhile, the dodgy servers always puts me off. Thanks for covering this, was a great nostalgia trip and it is cool to see people still remember it fondly.

[@StephOMacRules]

A quick correction that is commonly assumed due to a mistake on the wikipedia page but Darkeden started production in 1999 and the first Alpha version of the game was available on June 15, 2000. At the time the company was Dongseo Soft Inc then renamed into Metrotech in March 2000 then renamed into Softon in 2004.

[@goldman77700]

Ah, I've been waiting for this one. Because how often you mention it during your livestreams rather any nostalgia for it.

[@30LayersOfKevlar]

Honestly, I played this game a fair bit, but I only remember bat transformation being vampire's transportation method, and bikes being slayer's transportation method.

[@janherfs3063]

Damn, dropping these videos like candy. Appreciated

[@mubashircheentavida]

chills down my spine hearing the sounds and the soundtracks, played it in the early 2000s and private servers after that for quite sometime.

[@TheDuckofLaw]

Thanks for making these - lots of reminiscence going on here.

[@kinjikijclone1865]

I miss this game... you forgot to mention Brazilians playing this game. Happy Tree Ousters was the clan with Kinjikij as the leader. Really wish Koreans would open up their servers for the rest of the world to play.

[@marsh4104]

Omg I always wondered about this game. Played it in early 2000s and remember laughing at the motorcycle mounts people popped in and on between fighting stuff. God my imagination ran amuck with the setting but I was so underwhelmed with the game, having been a die hard Diablo 2 enjoyer before discovering this game. Thanks for this, super cool to remember this and see it on one of my favorite channels

[@satanasteguarda]

Nostalgia! I used to play this game a lot at a friend's house. I was poor as fuck back then and didnt have a PC at home, so I could really play some hours when this friend would let me. Never advanced much but I loved the aesthetics, never forget the memories of hacked characters zooming around the screen and instakilling me.

[@Makoto03]

So happy to see a new 'Death of a Game' so soon after the Unreal Tournament video. :)

[@sethalas]

Oh hey another game I haven't heard of or played, but I'll watch the video nonetheless!

[@sasaki8765]

More than likely never played? Ha! I watch your videos because you remind me so much of me. I LOVED dark eden. It still offers some really unique gameplay yet to be matched.

[@ScaredHelmet]

Used to play this way back in the day. Loved turning invisible as a vampire and hunting newbie slayers in the tunnels.

[@OukerTeams]

I loved this game as a kid! Stalking around as a vampire invisible to slayers. Turn them to stone and slap an acid pool under them. Great game.

[@XevilangellxBlogspot]

Me too 😁

[@mist3h]

The way you feel about this game is similar to how I feel about Anarchy Online. I would play that again if it was made accessible and playable (I tried multiple times but even the installation and updating fails). It’s a shame when the one game universe you will love forever is only alive in your memories.

[@blacksun54]

the way you described Dark Eden and how it works sounds relatively similar to Albion online just with a baked in faction system that does sound really cool

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

unfortunately the combat is diff/worse IMO

[@mariusteearu8728]

This game was my childhood. I even refused to let go of it and ran private servers for few years. I still go back to it at times and run around in my local server for the nostalgia. Great vid and great memories! Edit: i’ll be there for the community playthrough!!

[@devonhelberg]

I remember bumping into you in the Genesis days I'm pretty sure!

[@mariusteearu8728]

@@devonhelberg If you went by the name Devon then It's lightening up some bulbs in my head. Haha

[@diegost2112]

I love this game, the pvp is really fun especially the bibble war. In my opinion, the problem with the game is that it focus too much on microtransactions and it is full p2w sadly, you need to spend too much money to make your set or play 24/7 and even thn it will take months to make an average set to not die instantly in pvp.

[@glim3125]

I would definitely play Dark Eden again especially if a group formed. Legend is going to release a classic version based on their server from 2009 but I don't know when. I do like Genesis though and it is cool Koreans play there. I liked how you mentioned that Dark Eden exposed us to other cultures. Originally I didn't even know words like, Sam(Buying), Pam(Selling), Bal(Shortened word for resurrect), were all Korean words. I definitely miss the game though. Started with the original international server, played the Thai server and Japanese server for a bit. Didn't care for the global versions that came later. Eventually settled on private servers and then I quit but I revisit on Genesis every so often. Thanks for the video. Best MMORPG ever made.

[@Luxt3r]

Kinda wanna see you tackle the Tribes series and how Hi-Rez neglected the last entry because of SMITE.

[@leadpaintchips9461]

TBH Hi-Rez neglected everything because of Smite's lootboxes, including Smite.

[@squallphin]

I think Tribes was/is Hi Rez best game and didn't deserve his fate

[@dukemagus]

But telling that history would make the audience full of SPITE against SMITE

[@toom_moot]

Man thank you! Ive almost forgotten otherwise the game I played a lot as a kid with my classmates early 2000nds. The game felt so cool.

[@randver5656]

Heh, I remember playing this for a while in 2007/8 with a vampire character. I still listen to the song "Schwarzald" every now and than

[@sagiv4234]

DarkEden is a piece of my life, my tattoo on my leg features its 1997 logo in a very tiny spot in the middle.. Its a shame the way it went, I was really looking forward for DarkEden 2 but it just went silent, the mobile version aint cutting it. I keep coming back to private servers to have my fill, But I still cant find one to unite the community and keep me going for the long run. DarkEdenX was nice, but like all of them, died out.

[@xirogs]

Thought this was a dream. Saw the other episode when it launched now this. Been watching you for years awesome content.

[@vladimirtepis]

You bring me some old memories of Dark Eden and make me remember of another game Helbreath.

[@7DragonEyes7]

Really surprise that I never heard of this game! I'm a mmo junky tried almost all MMOs from the most popular to the most obscure and I love vampire! I would have love this game when I was younger. I just tried it and it's interesting but a bit clunky, like all Korean MMO from that time.

[@christopherfloyd2576]

i'm 100% gonna give one of the private servers a try. i love this style of game!

[@forbmud]

Played this game as when I was a kid in its early days.. speed/serum hacks and all. Was always fun. Came back to it a few years ago and still enjoyed it. I played till is final days closing. Still haven't found any game to fill its void.

[@StarScream_47]

Broooooooooooo am I hallucinating or didn't we get a vid yesterday as well? Excellent work dude. Keep on smashing it.

[@EnderCrypt]

i think i remember playing this as a kid, was so young, vague recollection of the dungeons, some areas, chatting with some people, getting killed by slayers (i knew they were players back then though didnt quite understand pvp/safe areas lol)

[@marcelovlt]

Great video, I could see myself playing this game on my youth

[@Jonizerr0r]

This game was such a vibe back in the day

[@Eroamagorath]

The pvpve aspect reminds me of RF Online, you should cover it someday - most people just overlook it as a wow clone or something, but it was actually very unique on its race vs race and political system, each warring race had elections to decide the commanders.

[@achikala]

I have waited for this video for years! I grew up with DK as well. I'd love to play more, but idk which private server to play on

[@dropedan]

How dare you release two great videos so close to each other? Loved it. 😊

[@ashleyarmitage2071]

God this is honestly my my favourite game. I struggle playing the current private servers, I'd kill for an officially hosted server! The hours I spent in Twilight DE was unreal..

[@raikoh121]

I highly doubt there will ever be anything that will fill the void of darkeden. I have played this game since I was 15(I'm 36 now) and although I do get tired of the game and play other stuff, I ALWAYS get that itch to come back to it. I just wish there would be ONE server that would bring back all the old players again.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

Schedule slippage of a lot of Asian MMOs is what led to their downfall. People just feel like the developers/publishers are no longer trying. They see the other versions getting updates and they get disappointed seeing how there's no telling when they will get those updates. I experienced the same with Phantasy Star Universe and Lunia. Inevitably, updates for both games in the west stopped before being shut down a few months later.

[@reeseboyko1650]

this game looks lit, I was stuck playing Endless Online around that time and would've loved this had I found it- then endless's dev got server heist via identity theft or something...

[@OngoGablogian666]

Those were the days.. I remember coming home from school and looking for a new free Korean MMORPG like every other day but every now and then one would stick for me. I loved the ambience and the visual design of Dark Eden.

[@agunemon]

I know the pain of needing a KSSN all too well... luckily I met someone that helped me with game registration when I wanted to play Digimon Online RPG that was only korean and japanese back then but had english patches that were fanmade.

[@gureidens61]

Best mmo pvp experience i had to this day... Many experiences and memories in international server back in 2004 till it got killed by a speed hack pandhemic caused by lack of maintenance/punishment. I think korean "classic" version u mentioned, with better connection to avoid ping related problems and delays on an international server would be a blast.

[@armorbearer9702]

Thank you for sharing a piece of your childhood. I agree that the shift from 2-D to 3-D was a bad call. It feels less gritty.

[@mvrsts]

I've played a lot of this one. One of my favorites aswell!

[@MijMike]

I honestly WISH I had heard of this game, it looks exactly like something I would have played had I known. Thanks for the vid mate, as always

[@KageTact]

Just tried Dark Eden Genesis had a pretty bit of bad ping for myself so will give Legends a try next.

[@qqdeal]

My favorite MMO of all time. Definitely ahead of its time. Unforgettable atmosphere. I played on the official European server, but it was destroyed by hackers. To this day it amuses me that the zombies had Polish names.

[@Chosenary]

nerdSlayer you got a great taste! The only channel that covers the odd games that I played as youth: Dark Eden, GunZ, Maple Story. Only missing Helbreath, but maybe you haven't tried that game.

[@B_aka_Scias]

I loved it when I found about it but it was already close to its ends :T I could only get my gunner to around level 60 but had a lot of really good interactions with both humans and vampires, many inprop to vampire hunting parties of a random player death near starting zone, and also found out you can wear female armor if you select the armor, log out, log back (with the armor still selected) when clicking to change the armor lol I sold a female armor to a male player, saw it loging out, then log in and his armor changed, tried myself on a better armor and worked huehue

[@BbZalin]

Bruh the phantom 3am Death of a Game drop 😂 looks like I’m not going to sleep just yet!

[@Painfulcase]

One of my old friends and I had this set as our goto if we didn’t feel up to playing anything in particular, Darkeden would never let us down. It truly felt like there’s the Vampires, Then there’s the Ousters….,.. and some gang of slayer fucks that we tend to run through the majority of until m some God Like Jaggoff comes and annihilates everyone.

[@loonathepuddle]

This is my favorite game of all time. Awesome video!

[@Eroamagorath]

oh baby, I wasn't ready for this

[@DaBroughtHD]

I hope DarkEden comes back. This video is a great start for getting traction to private servers again!

[@OwnageMancer]

Maaaan… Really making me mourn the loss of a game I’ve never seen or heard of. This game looks(looked) sick

[@beadiermango6125]

Just started to play again, definitely still a game still worth checking out

[@softon1999]

Thank you for loving Dark Eden. 다크에덴을 사랑해주셔서 감사합니다.

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

[@raikoh121]

I speak for mostly all the western players when I say, PLEASE bring your game to the west again.

[@MosBaked]

This game seems like it was right up my alley, how did I miss this?

[@divestrus]

This is the video I never thought I would be watching! Thanks So good to know there are more people out there that love Dark Eden as much as I do, it was part of my youth too. I played all the servers that came out - except the Japanese and Korean. I was probably one of the first ones to play the mobile version of this game when it came out too, I still remember pre-ordering this at App Store and I have never done it before to any apps. I spent so much money with the mobile version that, in my opinion, is a very poor version of Dark Eden, only focused on making money. I feel there is very little gameplay in that thing, and very much gambling, like those types of games that you buy a magical box premium and RANDOMLY you get a good item - spoiler, that never comes so you need to spend loads of money. Personally, as I fan felt tremendously disappointed to wait that long and see that Softon again didnt understand their audience to make a game they would actually play for years again. Maybe that was indeed the end of Dark Eden. For now, we continue playing around in the private servers that, different than Softon, has done an amazing job to retain their players and listen to what they have to say about the game.

[@St_Nic]

I already have an account on DKL and DKG, but DKL seems to be the most consistently updated judging by the website. I will try to catch you live and see where you guys are playing @nerdSlayerStudios

[@phantomsea8987]

Ah yes, my first game and first MMO as well. Such cool concept and cool art but... we all know what happened

[@ryushiin]

Yea.. this game was my childhood too.. sadly there isnt any game now that feels like darkeden...

[@CausalityUsurper]

What a blast from the past. I would love to play again.

[@christopherpaulo6818]

Darkeden is still to this day my favourite game. I hope one day to have a true remake or remaster.

[@OtoKirooReborn]

DarkEden legend has re-opened an older version of the game without all the powercreep, decent EXP rates. the launch was rough, but every update is making it better and better :D We just need more players !

[@TsjaAFI]

What a surprise this early in the morning for me. Love the DoA series

[@St_Nic]

LOL What?? You have ProtoxFTW in this video?? LOL That was one of my old friends, wtf is this nostalgia! We stayed in touch for years up until Lost Ark. Protox if you're seeing this, wish you the best my guy!