Yeah that game looks pretty good... the thing i think it has going for it is they are taking a different approach.

UP till now if you try to take wow head on you are just going to get pummeled down to the ground... its made me realize what a great game wow is even after all the complaints people have...

Darkfall however has a completely different combat style (sure AoC tried, but it was quite tedius and lame IMO) which sets it wayyyy apart from other games, and that is only one thing of many that they approach differently.

I think what you are going to see really in the end if darkfall is succesful are two completely different games,
Wow, where you have heroes and you really try to build on one character to make them the better and better... which is fun and will not lose too much even if darkfall does well and
Darkfall, where you play more of a disposable soldier as opposed to a "hero" where it will be more realistic...

Will be interesting to see the outcome