its not about numbers, i thought of all places this place would understand.
sure wow has the numbers but its only because its true appeal is to first time mmo players. darkfall is a free for all pvp full loot sandbox type game that hasn't been matched since UO.
of course this game is not for carebears so if you like sitting around in the tavern and talking about your made up background.. this game wont be for you. but if you like the simple fact of role playing completely in a world thats economy and rules are based around player creation than this is for you.
a little bit of info i can elaborate more on.
1) There are no levels, only a skill based system, which of course is one of the only things i like about planeshift.
2) the world is vast. it takes 6-8 hours real life time to go from one end of the main continent to the other.
3) very little emphasis on gear. If your a wow player and understand the game they play at blizzard its spend months getting to high lvl, then spend months farming for the best gear, then wait till the next expansion for 10 more lvls and some new gear that the last gear you farmed months for has been made useless. the very fact that "endgame" content in wow is lacking so dramatically that any true mmo player leaves the game for something better.
4) ships, players can create ships on open waters and use them to create a caravan, pirate, or transportation methods. all ships are able to be boarded and stolen. a radical new approach that just furthers the mmo genre.
5) ffa pvp, full loot. can you think of any more excitement? no more standing around afk, no more constant grind. no more gold spammers. it almost forces you to create friends and a guild and play with friends. of course u can go the lonewolf way, but you have to be ready for anything and play very cautiously, again this game is for real mmorpg players. and will not appeal to any carebears. but i do remember a few people in this game that played for pvp and loved to fight and prove they were a great fighter outside of /me cast a fireball.
i can go on more but lets stop at these so i can answer any questions.
also i have played warhammer for about 3 months now and can honestly tell u it is bombing. it is hyped up and put out there despite its lack of real content. the open pvp is epic fail. they ruined any chance of having a flourishing land of pvping upon deciding to make scenario's. think of it like the battlegrounds in wow but u can be anywhere to join and come back right where u left. i have reached endgame at lvl 40 and found they gave up plenty of great features they had originally intended to put it, solely to appeal to the masses coming from wow.
now if all you care about is popularity, and shear numbers in a game, ease of play and no real skill or risk in a game... then wow is for you. but if your looking for a ever exciting game where u must watch ur back always and a real chance to prove your the best... all the while maintaining the rp you want for your character than you must look at this game.
oh btw this game is fps style. no more "target nearest enemy" "spam 1 and 2 and 1 and 3" till target dies.
warhammer = epic fail for appealing to the masses of carebears.
wow = great for a noob, plain and simple
planeshift = the never completed game
darkfall = a new generation in mmo's
*edit*
also here is the latest trailer for the game.. it is 100% gameplay footage. because its on youtube and i doubt most of u will take the time to download it from a link its split into 6 vids
heres the 1st.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSm674ql5s&feature=relatedif u cant figure out how to watch the rest then /wrist
