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fun game solid play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has really matured. I have been playing it for nine months now and am still having fun. Whether you like to run and gun or hang out and socialize. With the recent update the PvP is really heating up. Sometimes I will do missions and other times I will do control points. CPs are really fun as waves of Bane keep coming and you are fighting for your life. Now with the PvP and fight nights in the Cellar, game play is limitless. Now grab a rifle and lets go!

GREAT ONLINE GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After a couple of years of WOW, a few months of LOTRO and a year of Hellgate:London, I wanted to take the time to tell people what an immersive experience Tabula Rasa is. You have the illusion of being in an massive intersteller war. The combat is first rate. The scenery is breath-taking and the plotlines are deep and many. And don't get me going on the weapons. MUCH fun. Only HGL has as many fun guns and toys with which to blow things up. Love the way you can lose installations from being overrun by the Bane. Sometimes this prevents you from completing your mission as your NPC is on the base. Its fun assaulting it and trying to take it back, but bring some friends.

I'm not a crafter, but for crafting I hear there is even a risk of destroying your gear if you do not put enough points into crafting and try something complex. Sounds like RL to me.

Lord British did one HELL of a job with this game. My son and I play all the prev mentioned online games together and we've had a blast running around the shattered battlefield striking terror into the hearts of our enemies. Interface is flexible and first rate.

We both run a nVidia 8800GT card (non SLI'd) and a low-end Dual Core intel CPU on our gaming rigs with no problems. All the bells and whistles are full up and play smooth as glass.

Had an issue with a quest completing and the GM got back with me inside of 15 min and resolved it. The only disappointment I've had is I hear the Strat Guide is not very up to date so I use the fan sites to help me in the places I can't figure out on my own.

We got the collectors edition and love all the extras. Well worth the money - ESPECIALLY at the uber low price Amazon sells it for. To stay in our monthly gaming budget we only subscribe to two games at a time. After almost 3 years, we're finally dropping WOW!

I'm SO grateful to finally have a great online game to play that is NOT fantasy. Love sword and sorcery - just burned out on it. Time for Science Fiction fun. And the name of ours for a while is going to be Tabula Rasa.

Now this was definitely unexpectedly good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a blast. (Litterally.) The graphics are great the pace is fast, the learning curve isn't bad.

Battles are truly epic. (Especially around contested control points.) Very well done and fun.

The Collectors Edition is the way to go. The Guide and the Maps are first rate, but the real kicker in the game is the Boo-Bot. You can think of it as just something to look at or let people know you spent more for the Collector's edition, but you are missing the real use of it. In a Squad situation if the guy on point has one then it is easier to follow your point man. In a serious battle everyone can rally to the Bot, so you can get back together. It is a quick indicator as to where to go in the usual clutter of a battlefield.

keep paying while playing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: April 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is a money machine for the software company. You have to pay to play. They charge you every minute hr day week to play. Don't buy it unless you are ready to give away your hard earned cash. even if it was free (which I expect at some point it will be ) I would not suggest you buy it

Pretty good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For a new concept, it's pretty good. I have a great graphics card, and I wasn't able to turn up the graphics all the way, which was disappointing. I really don't like to need to spend $500 on a graphics card (mine was $300) to get full graphics.

It played well, but it just didn't capture me like some other games have.

Good game, well worth it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty unique among the current crop of mmo's. I found it to be quite refreshing. Graphics are good, gameplay is good, the people I encountered were great, but as with all mmo's, I just got tired of paying a monthly fee. The game did need a little work when I played, with a few more patches it could be incredible but as it stands..it falls a little short. Its still worth a try for someone looking for something a little different. You can't beat amazon's price anywhere though...so if you're looking to try TR...this is the place to get it.

Fun faster paced MMO

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Played EQ1 for 3 years and EQ2 for 2. Played Earth and Beyond for a year from beta and Star Wars Galaxies from beta to the ToOW.

Tabula Rasa so far is a very fun game to play. I prepaid for a year at this point and like the look and feel of the setting.

As it seems the norm that there are bugs and problems with the game but I have run into very few myself and hear about only slightly more. I would recommend this game to anyone that likes FPS. Characters development is interesting without being overly complex. Community is active and helpful. If you like SciFi and killing aliens this is the game for you.

Lord British does it again

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this is a collectors edition done right. This baby is packed with goodies. A poster, glossy index card maps of zones, a giant sized full color instruction book, dog tags, giant coin, making of DVD, trials of other NC games and more. Best of all, you get a special floating robo dog pet, two special emotes ( thumbs up and wierd blue energy thing) and custom dyes for armor.

TR is an excellent game, but its not for everyone. It's a bit more straightfoward and not quite as "meaty". This is partially due to a release that was a few months to early. Rumor has it the publisher forced them to release it abit early. But Garriot and his crew have done a great deal of work to release all the content people were expecting at launch like crafting, and auction houses. This is NOT another vanguard. The game is great as it stand right now. But I predict even more amazing things in the months to come.
Judging it competely as it stands now, its an excellent FPS MMO. Think of it almost like a MMO version of Battlefield 2142. You run around in an over the shoulder view aka Gears of War and blast the evil insect alien races that have pushed humanity off of Earth. There are NPC allies everywhere you fight alongside you (even if they dont do much) giving you the feeling of being involved in a large war effort.
Theres a great deal of unique features in TR, like not choosing a class in the beginning but instead choosing a specialization as you level, being able to clone yourself so you dont have to start over to play a different class and other cool stuff.
This is not a PVP focused game but it IS there. You can challenge someone to a duel ( like in WOW). But more interesting is the clan warefare. Where your clan (guild) can challenge another clan to battle. If they accept all clan members can KOS all other members of the other clan for 7 days. At the end kills are automatically tallied up and a victor is declared. In the future the developers have said clans will each have a passive buff, and when they war with each other; the winning clan takes the losers buff and you can have many types which stack. In essence giving a reason to have clan warefare in a PVP type similar to base raids in City of Villains/Heroes.

To put it as simply as possible, if you want to play a sci/fi shooter based MMO that is more focused on combat. Play TR. If you like slower gameplay, with lots of social stuff, playing the market, just want to craft, etc. then this game probably isnt for you.

Has potential but needs work

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall Tabula Rasa is a fun game.

Graphically it's nice

Story wise it's great

Game play innovative and fun

Sound is nice

Only problem is there is a lot that needs work, a tremendous amount. As of 1.3 one area (mires) has been completely unplayable at peak times and nearly unplayable at off hours. This is being addressed in the next patch as well many other issues. Unfortunately even when 1.4 comes out (for a frame of reference when reading this review) there is still a great deal of things that the development team needs to work on.

Levels 1-30 makes for a few weeks more or less of great fun! You get your guns, run First Person Shooter Style, sniping, shot gunning and using logos abilities to complete a variety of missions and instances.

I felt this was worth my money.

End game still has nothing at this point. Hit 50 and then move on until they add things for you to do.

Fun...at first!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game at first. It really draws you in with great story writing, action, graphics, ect...However after that wears off, in my case after I made it to the mid 20's and noticed that nothing ever really changed the game can get a bit old. Perhaps if they add more features, such as a more in depth PvP system, player housing, larger cities, more variety in the zones, maybe even more ability in the creation process of your character (WHY NO BANE AS PLAYABLE CLASS) the game will be better in the future, but imo probably not worth the $15/month as currently stands.

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