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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

can potentially be great someday

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Be careful, look at what other players are saying about the game before you buy.

You may be interested in the fan board at vnboards.[...]. Here you will find a mix of player comments but even the rosiest assessments include statements about the game not yet being finished.

On the positive side there is a lot to like and there is fun to be had right out of the gate. Some of the quests are clever, the classes are interesting, and the environment is exciting. They introduce some evolutionary steps such as being able to clone your character so you don't have to repeat as much content in order to try another class. They also don't force you to make any character breaking decisions before you know better. There are more things to like than I have mentioned you should try the game and see for yourself.

On the down side as some players are remarking the game is shallow, there isn't much content. Some say there is only enough to keep a person interested for one or two months. My personal experience was the same, it was fun for 1 month but not enough there to keep the game interesting after that.

There are plenty of bugs though none that will stop you from playing there are some that will interrupt your progress towards goals. One quest may lead to others so when you can't complete one you don't get to the others, nor the rewards. It can be frustrating to work on a quest for some time searching for an answer or something you may have overlooked but only later find this is not one you can complete because it is bugged. The bugs unfortunately put enough doubt in your mind you might give up on clever quests that aren't bugged just because you eventually come to suspect it.

Worse the support for the game is lacking. If you petition your problem and it is a "known bug" they may not respond to you at all. The way you can find if it is a known bug is to read pages of patch notes.

Crafting is very weak, three is no housing or any way for you to make a lasting mark on the world. This is not a PvP centric game, people seeking PvP will likely not find what they want here.

Bottom line, if you have some tolerance and patience, you will have a lot of fun for a month or two. After that you can let your subscription lapse and wait for fixes and additional content. This game can potentially be great someday.

Nasty controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 29
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a WoW player, I thought I'd try a new game.

The controls on this game are nasty... even when re-mapped to different keys. Graphics are OK.

I bought 2 games since my son and I play together.

I am sending one back as I am not interested in playing at all.

I purchased 1 month gameplay.. am very happy I didn't purchase more than that.

okay game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is sorta fun. Lacks depth. Is your basic Deliver Packages Assassinate Aliens type game.

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.

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.

it's ok...I guess

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Stopped playing after a month. Got bored. Maybe I'm just not into sci-fi. after all the hack and slash WOW type games I've played.

Every player looked pretty much alike to me, and I had a hard time distinguishing real players from NPCs. Kept finding stuff from kills that I had no idea what to do with and didn't really care. If you've got a few xtra bucks, try it, maybe you'll like it. Not saying it's a bad game, but after WOW, Shadowbane, Lord of the Rings, Guild Wars, I just couldn't warm up to 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.

Leaving WoW in a wormhole!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to say after leaving WoW(Two year subscriber)to play the Alpha through to launch of Tabula Rasa, and I'm damn happy I did. This MMO is how Sci-Fi is done, and the boredom of the traditional grind in an MMO is just not there. The adrenaline of running across an ACTIVE battlefield is amazing, and get this they have ACTIVE EVENTS also. Not just static and stagnant NPCs, monsters, and missions. I am very pleased that General British has finally brought some fresh and cool to the MMO arena.

Do yourself a favor and give it a taste and make sure you get the Collectors Set for teh goodies. It was worth every damn penny. Remember to run fast, stay low, wear armor, and if it isn't shoulder-mounted it's not big enough. ;)

See you on the battlefield soldier!!!

Almost Perfect for a clean slate...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Where to start, well this game is by far one of the most unique MMO's ever... Being a veteran gamer (Everquest, World of Warcraft, and City of Heroes to name a few) this game takes a very fresh and innovative approach to massively multiplayer online games...

The collector's edition is a must if you're a player who feels you want to have everything with extra mustard... Comes with a letter from General British, nice little touch, packaging is fantastic, and gives you a sense of military sci-fi attitude of this game. Also included a coin, dogtags, nice full color field manual, and some cardboard maps. In game you get a neat little robot pet, and a fancy emote that you can show off with.

Now on to the actual game itself, first and foremost this isn't a lowest denominator game such as World of Warcraft where it's designed for the most casual gamer to play. Not trying to sound smarmy to all you WoW players but this game isn't as user friendly... but I feel this is a huge positive... let me explain, the controls is a cross between Halo and WoW... you running around fighting first person shooter style while being in a real time Massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

People who feel challenged by the controls of WoW will feel at sea in this game, but if you are a person who enjoys first person shooters and also RPGs (or either or) you will love this game. On the surface you have an action sci-fi universe with some serious layers of story. Your are on a mission to save humanity by fighting this evil alien race called the Bane. Meanwhile your learning about an ancient alien race called the Eloh who are an answer to threat, the Bane.

On to the negative. There is some serious learning curves if you are not a serious a gamer, but that can be ok, if this genre is your thing, you will enjoy the tutorial, and will come out knowing the basics. The game went live with a few minor set backs, such as no "auction house"... Developers have made it clear that this is in the works in the near future, also crafting in this game is very counter intuitive. There is nothing in the game as, a tutorial to show or introduce how this works... It's actually not very complicated butt, with not actually explanation I know personally I had to go to a third party website to find how to craft things.

Hence my rating of 4 stars, minus these few things which I feel confident they address in later updates, this game would have gotten 5 stars from me.

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