Tabula Rosa: WoW Lite on Steroids Meets Hellgate on Crack

Ipcryss

Garriott has tapped into the heart of the streaming video gamer; go go go go, kill kill kill kill, level level level level, fast fast fast fast!!! Apparently self worth in MMOs is genetically linked to how quickly any set of quests/kills can be accomplished. And to make things go even more quickly, TR lets us do everything at range. Melee now means killing at closer range. Man, bring back Ultima IV, at least there was some thought involved.

daelnor

+1 just for the title of this thread.

D.

kjfett

Given the puzzles and such I have run across in this game, I can tell you that if all you do is run and gun...you will not last long.  You have to be able to read your quests, you have to be able to solve puzzles every now and then.

The fact that I can get into a battle with 5 bane and in the end be the one that walks away whereas in WoW, if I pulled more than one mob I was dead....doesn't make TR a bad game. 

If the game is too fast for you though....you are right to move on.  Some people just can't handle speeds over slow like in EQ2, WoW and others. 

HellCaster

 

Originally posted by Ipcryss


Garriott has tapped into the heart of the streaming video gamer; go go go go, kill kill kill kill, level level level level, fast fast fast fast!!! Apparently self worth in MMOs is genetically linked to how quickly any set of quests/kills can be accomplished. And to make things go even more quickly, TR lets us do everything at range. Melee now means killing at closer range. Man, bring back Ultima IV, at least there was some thought involved.
 

I take it you may not be much of a Sci-fi fan but to me TR gets close to the combat of movies like Star Wars, fast paced and thrilling. I am so glad this isn't another slow 1 on 1 type of game.

 

As "enhanced" humans with the ability to wield the power of Logos we are superior to the average cannon fodder in the game hence we plow threw them like a steam roller.

There is some thought required in TR especially when it comes to instances. You will die over and over if you choose to simply run-and-gun. In order to be successful you need to plan and time your attacks, take cover and fall back at times. All of these require paying attention and thought. But it is more of a fast paced twitch type vs the slower types of fantasy games.

Ransom_BiC

Originally posted by kjfett


Given the puzzles and such I have run across in this game, I can tell you that if all you do is run and gun...you will not last long.  You have to be able to read your quests, you have to be able to solve puzzles every now and then.
The fact that I can get into a battle with 5 bane and in the end be the one that walks away whereas in WoW, if I pulled more than one mob I was dead....doesn't make TR a bad game. 
If the game is too fast for you though....you are right to move on.  Some people just can't handle speeds over slow like in EQ2, WoW and others. 

Agreed.

Cryptor

Originally posted by kjfett


Given the puzzles and such I have run across in this game, I can tell you that if all you do is run and gun...you will not last long.  You have to be able to read your quests, you have to be able to solve puzzles every now and then.
The fact that I can get into a battle with 5 bane and in the end be the one that walks away whereas in WoW, if I pulled more than one mob I was dead....doesn't make TR a bad game. 
If the game is too fast for you though....you are right to move on.  Some people just can't handle speeds over slow like in EQ2, WoW and others. 

Well said   Nothing to add.

_Shadowmage

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go go go go, kill kill kill kill

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Hell Yeah!!!!

I was in treeback camp last night with two friends. Working on the kill the head quest.

Rather than going in the gate, we took the path up into the hills, dropped down onto a little outcrop popped a shot into the head tech thinking ourselves safe. NExt thing his 30 tech buddies start shooting us, we dropped back out of sight, they cam boiling upto our hill, found a path up, swarmed all over us - there were carpet bombs, shrapnel and shotguns going off everywhere. The voice chat was full of cursing, I was trying to shoot and keep my two friends alive. We survived.

Later we got a mission to take some nerve gas into the machinery in the same area. As we head in the commando runs in shooting and blows up the machinery. I start cursing him saying great we needed that and you blew it up. Hes like look I can still use it - the quest updates as we stand there arguing about chain of command and then BLAM we are both dead.

Lesson learned - dont stand around arguing after you release the nerve gas - get the photon out of there and live to argue another day.

sabutai22

Originally posted by Ipcryss


Garriott has tapped into the heart of the streaming video gamer; go go go go, kill kill kill kill, level level level level, fast fast fast fast!!! Apparently self worth in MMOs is genetically linked to how quickly any set of quests/kills can be accomplished. And to make things go even more quickly, TR lets us do everything at range. Melee now means killing at closer range. Man, bring back Ultima IV, at least there was some thought involved.
 

Richard Garriott has done nothing new except become to hollywood for his own good! Lack of creativity will lead this game to failure, however i do agree with a new Ultima that would be a nice change!

kjfett

Originally posted by sabutai22


 
Originally posted by Ipcryss


Garriott has tapped into the heart of the streaming video gamer; go go go go, kill kill kill kill, level level level level, fast fast fast fast!!! Apparently self worth in MMOs is genetically linked to how quickly any set of quests/kills can be accomplished. And to make things go even more quickly, TR lets us do everything at range. Melee now means killing at closer range. Man, bring back Ultima IV, at least there was some thought involved.
 

 

Richard Garriott has done nothing new except become to hollywood for his own good! Lack of creativity will lead this game to failure, however i do agree with a new Ultima that would be a nice change!

lack of creativity?  TR?  DO you even know what creativity is?  This game is oozing with it all over.  Nearly ever night I log in and I am surprised by something I didn't expect...and I have been playing MMOs a while and played all the big ones no less.  Anyone that would claim that this game is lacking creativitiy clearly does not know what the word means....or has not played the game beyond "I played for 5 minutes, mommy told me to go to bed and now I am mad and HATE the game!"