Binuven

Ok, so I've been eyeing this game for some time now. It seems to offer a different type of experience. Something more fast paced, and a departure from the fantasy genre.

While I was checking out the site, it turns out you can buy the pre-order without actually buying the order. (I do intend on buying this game.)

For $5 US I immediately got my beta key and started playing last night.

All I can say is, so far, so VERY good!

For a game in beta, it's working very well. No hangs, no glitches, no crashes. Runs smooth, little to no lag and just like they said, much faster paced.

The interface is minimal and is designed to in such a way that you very rarely have to use any other keys other than the ones immediately surrounding the WASD keys. It took a little bit to get used to, but once you do, getting around becomes really easy and fluid.

Unlike games such as WoW, where they reward you exp (rested exp) for logging out, these guys actually reward you for playing more and staying in combat longer. Neat concept, I'll see how it works out.

One day in and I'm impressed, but will play more to see how it goes.

Check it out for yerself!

http://www.mmorpg.com/gc-germany.cfm...videos/id/1104

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Chetzar

I wouldnt pay $5 for a beta key, but it does look good, and very different.

fildien

I've been in beta for many months and have seen this game progress allot. It is going to be a good game with some neat concepts. Actually when they started letting the preorder people in it got to be unplayable in the newb areas. They've been addressing this; it's getting better. There will also soon be a character wipe.

Sadly, as much as I like it I'm still very attached to WoW. I do play it with friends from time to time and am helping one friend who runs a fansite for it (well it will be when it goes live).

If WoW ever grows on me I will probably switch to this game just b/c it's cool and different.

About the interface... they just implemented a more MMO friendly one that you can choose through the options menu you might try it if you don't like the default one. The UI has definitely been my biggest complaint of the game but then I'm not really an FPS person. Since the game was designed to be a hybrid I guess there are some parts you just have to accept.

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Nurta <Shark Baby>
Mind Trick - Empire

Binuven

Ok, I've been playing this game like crazy for the past three or four days. All I can say is Wow!

NCSoft generally have some good games (Guild Wars and City of Heroes/City of Villians have done relatively well), but this one stands to become their crown jewel.

Keep in mind that this game won't be for everyone, but at the same time what game is?

In beta, this game has yet to offer up very little in the way of bugs. In fact I'd say it's really showing it's polish, yet they continue to work on it more.

In my personal opinion, it's what Star Wars Galaxies should have been. It also reminds me of Fallout 2 for some reason. It must be a combination of the variety of weapons and armor and keeping count of your ammo (hardly a bad thing as ammo is relatively cheap and money decently easy to come by).

The character skill tree is very well thought out, offering awesome character customization. But that's not the best of it.

As you progress, once a certain level is about to be reached you must make a decision. For example, at the start you are a recruit. Before being allowed to ding lvl 5, you choose between either the Soldier path or the Specialist path. Before making the decision though, you go back to the character select screen and you'll notice you have a clone available to you.

You can clone your current character. They can look completely different, they can even be the opposite sex. The first name changes, but the last name remains the same, showing that the characters are from the same genetic stock.

This allows you to go off on either of the branches and try them out. If you're not happy playing a soldier, simply jump on the clone and try the specialist path. VERY innovative idea and it saves time.

They've also taken the whole Griffin/Manticore waypoint idea and taken it a step further. Instead of sitting and waiting for the ride to be over, you simply port between the waypoints that you've already been to. This helps keep pace with the fast paced action that is Tabula Rasa.

All I can say is try it if you're interested. If you buy the pre-order, you get into the beta automatically, plus you get bonus stuff should you decide to buy the game (the pre-order is a seperate product and is no commitment to buy the game like other pre-orders I've done).

All in all, I'm very happy with this and have even put Warhammer Online on the shelf for the time being.

If I find any other neat things (or even not so neat things) I'll post em here!

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fildien

they lift the NDA? LOL

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Nurta <Shark Baby>
Mind Trick - Empire

Anterak

Sweet mother of mammaries, you can TELEPORT???
Where do I sign??






Sorry, just being mean, if Greystone was the Death Magnet, you are the Fanboi!

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Timberelf

The game looks good,, Kinds of got that Matrix Online meets Halo look to it

fildien

To me it's a souped up Planetside and made the way Planetside should have been made. However, I do not know about whether PvP will be in the game at launch. I haven't played in a few days b/c it was AV weekend in WoW

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fildien

BTW TTH (TenTonHammer) just launched their TR forums. http://forums.tentonhammer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=380 website soon to follow.

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Moglor

I've had a beta invite in my email for a couple weeks now, I guess I better put it to use and see how this game feels.

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