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Awesome!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game! It has a great community and an awesome development team for patching. Game content is good and there is multiple things to do. The world seems to be massive so there are lots of places to explore. The in-game tutorial is excellent and only takes about 20 minutes (so it doesn't overstay it's welcome). Only thing I didn't like if the camera is 3rd person. There is no 1st person mode which is how I prefer to play most games.

Great Idea...just not quite there

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played a lot of computer games over the years and was very interested in trying a MMO mixed with a first person shooter. I read the reviews on other gaming sites saying that this game wasn't that great but when it went on sale here on amazon I decided to give it a shot. Well I have to report the reviews are right, the concept of the game is great but the implementation is just not there. After playing World of Warcraft this game leaves much to be desired.

This game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a load of fun. They are constantly adding content to this game. This game is very original and fast paced. It is fun to use shotguns and rifles instead of the usual magic items or spells. You get a feel that you are always fighting for you life.
As of this time almost all serious bugs have been fixed. New hybrid classes have been added. They have added new content that would normally be saved for an expansion.
This game is well worth the money.

Best new MMO out there

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a really good game. First game I've played done by Richard Garrett and its been pretty fun.

I originally played this game for about 2 weeks and then stopped as the initial release was missing alot of things that other MMOs have (auction house, redistribute talent points, smarter NPCs, more difficult combat [It was too easy to mop up like 30 NPCs with a shoty... more tedious than fun because you know you'd own them, even at your same lvl]).

I picked this game back up after month and half and they released a new patch that addressed alot of the things I didn't like about the game. Military surplus now serves as an auction house, better AI on NPCs, color grades of weapons (for those WoWers out there - gray, green, blue, purple, red), more difficult combat, new animations etc. I've heard their coming out with mechanized mounts (sorry for the WoW jargon) that you can drive and have weapons on... that would totally keep me hooked!

The world feels like a battle is going on.. which adds to the intensity of the game.

My only other complaint is the graphics are kinda mediocre... they look like graphics that would have been awesome in say like... 2001-2003. They aren't terrible, but I would say not as nice as WoW (although WoW to me is a bit cartoony). The logos effects are kinda cool when you cast them but could probably be a bit more flashy IMO. The explosions are pretty decent too.

I would recommend getting a microphone and maybe a mouse with extra buttons to help better cycle through the left action bar weapons and right action bar abilities/skills. Although, you will be fine with the keyboard... I just found in a bit awkward.

Nice game but....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played the game for about two weeks and I must admit for the first three days I was having a good time, by the 4th day I realize how reptitive the game is. The MOB's are a good challenge, but get boring. All travel is by foot or teleporters, there are no vehicles at all!
I played other online games like planetside, EVE, EQ, EQ2, BF2142,BF2, SWG, Matrix, etc and I always look for certain qualities that may a game seem fresh. So Tabula rasa is nice for a quick fix of sci-fi combat but the fun will wear off quickly when you realize that it is the same thing over and over again. To add the plot is a bit depressing it sounds like the humans are a dying race and are fighting a fruitless never ending war. Enjoy the grind if you have nothing better to do.

Immaturity abound!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a fun game. I will warrant that. The physics and the leveling system are superb. I recommend it to anyone who can ignore idiocy.

The issue with the game is that no matter where you go, you get people who spend all of their time simply telling everyone who is anywhere near them that World of Warcraft sucks. Then they go on to say that whoever defends WoW should just go play that instead.

Sorry for not being a one-game man, O god of Tabula Rasa!

The conversations are repetitive, they're boring, and you can't find an intelligent conversation anywhere. It's depressing. I quit after a week because of how rarely I could actually find people to play with.

TR-Not just for the kiddies

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off let me say the scenery in this game is beautiful. The characters you create are semi believeable, not cartoonish like in WoW.

Your goal in TR is to be part of the AFS (military organization) and fight against the bane. TR is a good blend of and FPS and MMO. If you like plenty of action this game's for you.

I played about 3 weeks in Beta prior to release, and now have a level 34 character, plus about 4 other lower level characters. I have not felt like I was grinding to get to the next level or worrying about getting some uber weapon, because your so busy doing missions and instances, you look down and you've gained a level or been rewarded a nice weapon. I personally like the fact you don't have to grind away trying to beat someone else to a weapon. They have introduced an auction house also, which is nice to sell any extra gear you acquire or buy better armor if you don't want to wait and find it yourself.

Another nice feature is the "clone" system. You can earn clone rewards along the way and try different classes without having to re-run the game from the start. This is very nice.

Some of the maps-areas have a few bugs, but I have found the GM's to be very nice and helpful to get by these. GM support seems to be getting better

Tabula Rasa review

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well I've played this game and my character is now a level 50. Which is as high as you can go, so I feel I can review this game now.
Good things about this game: It is fast paced and not to hard to make it to level 50 in a month, with moderate amount of play. I didnt play them all but didnt hear much complaining about the characters being really unbalanced or sucking to bad, the medic may be the acception. Didnt have to grind more then about 4 or 5 of the levels, the rest where completed with quest. By the time you hit 25 level you will hate the bane and want them dead on sight as much as everyone else. stories I found to be interesting enough. Also great looking instances, that can all be soloed or run with a group. Found most people on the game to be really friendly, or at least helpful.
Bad things about the game: The Auction house seems a bit broken, almost impossible to make money on it, this may change with time but for the moment most stuff sells for just over vender. Money in the game is pretty much used for buying bullets at the moment, since stuff is pretty easy to get from quest, and items sell so cheap, i have 13 million right now and no real purpose for it. Once you hit level 50 there isnt any end content on this game at the time of writing this, really only thing to do is, try and find some PvP but after fighting as allies with your fellow players against the bane for 50 levels, just seems wrong to go around killing them for no reason, no if we started to get ranks, money, weapons, something for it, then would be much more fun. Everyone can color there armor to set them apart from one another, but in the end everyone looks similar with different paint jobs. As of writing this, the crafting system is very broke. For example, there is only one level 50 purple grade sword in game ive seen, you can put 4 buffs on purple items, but the sword comes with 4 on it, there is no way to remove these worthless buff to put your own on it, in fact 90% of all the level 50 stuff cant be modified in any way, and lets say you get a blue item with only two buffs on it, and want to add one more, being blue can only have 3 added to them, your chances at full skill level is 12% chance of adding a buff, and 25% off distroying your item. At least for me, I found that after getting one character up to level 50, it wasnt that interesting to level another one to that level. Becuase the first one you level seems just fine and powerful enough that theres no reason to start another one. Almost for got, even over a month after release, I would say close to 10% of the quest are still very buggy, meaning you cant finish them or may have to do them more then once to finish them because of a small mistake. example would be like dieing in the middle of a bombing run, and the quest says failed, and the guy that gave it to you vanishes, later found out you need to kill everything first then run the bomb in. This is the last part of a 5 part quest, and starting over waste 2 hours. conclusion: Game is fun and graphics are good, but seems like they have about a years worth of work to make the game fun enough to play for more then two months. but at a cost of 25 dollars as of right now, may be worth buying and playing for a month, get a good character. They hold on to your characters after you stop you acount, so in like 6 months check back in and maybe start it back up :). Hope this helps someone decide.

Great new MMO!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing MMO's for about 8 years now. I started with SWG, moved on to EQ2 and have been looking for something new for the past few months. I played WoW for about 2 months and hate how easy and cartoonish the game is. Tabula Rasa is refreshing to say the least. The game reminds me of SWG when it first came out and was still a great game.
I have not encountered a single bug yet, although as with any MMO I'm sure there are plenty especially at launch. Many games today are released when they are not even near finished, I feel they did a great job doing as much as possible to make this a great game at the start.
This game is not for the typical WoW crew, as it is a bit more challenging and takes more then button mashing/running at the AI. Strategy is key at times and FPS style is something to get used to if you are a straight MMORPG player with no FPS experience.
If you're looking for something fresh and new, exciting and challenging, I say give it a try!

Dull but functional

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had an excellent experience in connecting, updating and playing online. The game itself has good graphics, huge worlds, but repetitive and predictable activities and minor map glitches make areas that the player can enter then not leave without restarting are drawbacks. I had not realized it was online only, and the monthly subscription price is high if you look at it as an annual cost. Game maker promises free online month after you subscribe however that never was actually provided. Expensive monthly fee outweighed game fun so I dropped after 4 weeks. It's a WOW clone in sci-fi wrapping.

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