I have come across the title Tabula Rasa numerous times over the past few months and it always caught my eye, yet I never picked it up.   That is until last week.  I've given more money and spent more years in WoW than I care to admit and then threw my lot in with the AoC hype.  In the end I was burned out and felt put out by the gaming industry.  I saw the 7 day trial for TR and said what the heck.  I went in to it with low expectations coming out of AoC. 

I've been pleasently surprised by many factors in this game.  The speed of combat is fabulous, graphics are great (some where between WoW and AoC), the players themselves seem to be top notch, client is stable (coming from AoC this is huge!), and general overall playability is excellent. 

I will note I did not come into this game looking for 40 man raids, instance farming, PvP spawn camping, or gold farming.  I came here to kill stuff and blow things up, not min/max or grind out to max level as fast as possible and burn out.  So, if your looking for the former than I wouldn't bother, but if you are looking for a change of pace and tired of orcs, elves and gnomes than this is a solid option. 

There are no official forums though, but the folks over at Planet TR do an excellent job at running what appears to be the de facto forums for the game and the NCsoft staff are active participants there as well as in the game itself.  Kudos to them for being human and not some untouchable being far up on some pedestal that the customers can't interact with them! I'm looking forward to running some of the Dev staff run events for the community.

Just wanted to throw my two cents in as there is still some bad vibes from earlier in the year, which I'm sure is justified, but wanted to offer up something from a new guy just coming into it.  I know folks will probably say "wait a month and there will be nothing" and my answer is there are still waves of aliens getting dropped off to slaughter.  For a casual gamer looking to take their time through the game I firmly believe this is worth the sub price.  If you want a strict raid schedule 6 nights out of the week to get those shoulder pads of uberness...than I'd say pass.  I just recommend that if you do try the game to not come into it with expectations that this is a WoW killer or that it is going to play like the other fantasy MMO's as it is a different game with a different playstyle.  *end wall of text crit*

When you go from the trial to the full game do you have to pay the full price of the game or just the monthly price?

Have to pay for the game, but considering you can get it for $5.99 at Amazon I'd say its not so bad.  You can also just pay $19.99 at NCsoft and they just go ahead and upgrade the account automatically, which is what I did becasue I was a slacker and didn't feel like waiting on Amazon to ship the box. 

Originally posted by dsulli1410

Have to pay for the game, but considering you can get it for $5.99 at Amazon I'd say its not so bad.  You can also just pay $19.99 at NCsoft and they just go ahead and upgrade the account automatically, which is what I did becasue I was a slacker and didn't feel like waiting on Amazon to ship the box. 

They should lower the monthly fee to 5.99. The price at Amazon tells you all you really need to know.

Originally posted by Rokurgepta

Originally posted by dsulli1410

Have to pay for the game, but considering you can get it for $5.99 at Amazon I'd say its not so bad.  You can also just pay $19.99 at NCsoft and they just go ahead and upgrade the account automatically, which is what I did becasue I was a slacker and didn't feel like waiting on Amazon to ship the box. 

 

They should lower the monthly fee to 5.99. The price at Amazon tells you all you really need to know.

*Blocking negative energy with good chi *

Cheers...What is a fun experience for one individual is not necessarily fun for another.

Have a fabulous weekend all!

Originally posted by dsulli1410

Originally posted by Rokurgepta

Originally posted by dsulli1410

Have to pay for the game, but considering you can get it for $5.99 at Amazon I'd say its not so bad.  You can also just pay $19.99 at NCsoft and they just go ahead and upgrade the account automatically, which is what I did becasue I was a slacker and didn't feel like waiting on Amazon to ship the box. 

 

They should lower the monthly fee to 5.99. The price at Amazon tells you all you really need to know.

*Blocking negative energy with good chi *

Cheers...What is a fun experience for one individual is not necessarily fun for another.

Have a fabulous weekend all!

True but I am still entitled to my opinion right? I feel I have the right to say the game is not worth $15 a month.

Originally posted by Rokurgepta
 

They should lower the monthly fee to 5.99. The price at Amazon tells you all you really need to know.

I've found a couple games to be good no matter of the price. When I subscribed to DDO I found a copy on Amazon for 14.00 at the time and I absolutely love the game.

A few months back massively.com ran a story about gogamer.com selling TR real cheap. I also took advantage of that. I enjoy the game very much. I think I ended up getting the collectors edition for 19.99, can't remember, and the standard was going for 9.99.

Point is most of these games have trials. If you download the trial and and enjoy the game then heck yeah shop around and see who is selling it cheap. If you find a copy of TR that cheap I call that smart shopping and at the end of the free month if you feel you've lost interest then you really haven't lost a lot of money.

Price of a game really tells me nothing. And this goes to any game, try their trial, if you enjoy it, shop around for a cheap price. If you find a game you enjoy don't let the price fool you that the game sucks, to each their own.

Originally posted by Sevenwind

Originally posted by Rokurgepta
 

They should lower the monthly fee to 5.99. The price at Amazon tells you all you really need to know.

 

I've found a couple games to be good no matter of the price. When I subscribed to DDO I found a copy on Amazon for 14.00 at the time and I absolutely love the game.

A few months back massively.com ran a story about gogamer.com selling TR real cheap. I also took advantage of that. I enjoy the game very much. I think I ended up getting the collectors edition for 19.99, can't remember, and the standard was going for 9.99.

Point is most of these games have trials. If you download the trial and and enjoy the game then heck yeah shop around and see who is selling it cheap. If you find a copy of TR that cheap I call that smart shopping and at the end of the free month if you feel you've lost interest then you really haven't lost a lot of money.

Price of a game really tells me nothing. And this goes to any game, try their trial, if you enjoy it, shop around for a cheap price. If you find a game you enjoy don't let the price fool you that the game sucks, to each their own.

 

Sorry but to me a game that has not been out a year and is already for sale in many places for $19.99 and less must have big time flaws. TR fits that bill perfectly. I never said no one would enjoy the game. I said to me it is not worth $15 a month. For the amount of content it is a $5 a month game.

I do not know what you know about the business world, but trust me when I say nothing that is wildly popular would drop from $50 to $5.99 in less than a year unless the new version was out to replace it. I do not see TR2 anywhere.

It was in the managers special area at Best Buy in April. It was $19.99 and then 40% off for managers special. 6 months after release and stores were already trying to get rid of it. TR is a fun game, but it does not have the depth and content of long term MMOs. TR is best as your second game and not a primary.

sad but true

i have to agree

bargain bin usually means lack of sales or failure

Originally posted by King-Kong

sad but true

i have to agree

bargain bin usually means lack of sales or failure

May mean lack of sales figures, but doesn't mean the game sucks. that's always gonna be a matter of opinion and personal taste in games. You gotta play what you find fun. If your the type of person to follow the big subscibers then that's your thing. I play what I find fun, if I found it in the bargin bin so be it.

Originally posted by Sevenwind

Originally posted by King-Kong

sad but true

i have to agree

bargain bin usually means lack of sales or failure

 

May mean lack of sales figures, but doesn't mean the game sucks. that's always gonna be a matter of opinion and personal taste in games. You gotta play what you find fun. If your the type of person to follow the big subscibers then that's your thing. I play what I find fun, if I found it in the bargin bin so be it.

TR besides being in the bargain bin loses its fun factor for many after 3 months. Sorry but a game that wants $15 a month needs to provide more content and more to do. I was bored in under 2 months.

Been playing since beta still having a blast .  So different people like different things .  Just have to try it out for yourself

Originally posted by wide52

Been playing since beta still having a blast .  So different people like different things .  Just have to try it out for yourself

QFT