Tabula Rasa to shut down in February 2009

I agree. It's a fantastic way to keep the game alive and community/fan development can do amazing things.

I agree with you on the first part....but.

1. There was a first person mode.

2. SoE wasn't in charge of this game. If you're commenting on another game clarify.

3. Just because YOU don't like something doesn't make it a horrible concept.

4. Garriot wasn't in charge of the game at beginning. He came in somewhere in the middle of development.
NCSoft wasn't "suckered"

5. You're an idiot, but that's the norm when it comes to MMO posting. lol

The game wasn't bad by any means, it just had some severe issues at the start and it never was able to pick itself up, even after the nice changes recently made.

On a personal opinion note. I don't see how it wouldn't be possible to make this game f2p with 1 or 2 servers, or add an asian style pricing plan where you buy items.

Either way, the game wasn't horrible, it just never took off because of several issues.

SOE is making The Agency, which will basically be Tabula Rasa based in present day.

And it will fail. It will fail hard.

I will mourn AoC more than this game. This game had a lot of great ideas, sure, but AoC's combat is the best in any MMO. PvP was fantastic.

...at 35 the game ended. You just grinded mobs.
...at 70 there was one zone. FFA PVP + 1 zone = bad news.
...at 80, I had nothing to do.

I won't weep at the funeral, just /le sigh.

The only possible way WoW is responsible for the death of this MMO is if WoW is more fun than TR, and as a consequence more deserving of $15 a month. For me, and countless others, this was the case. Perhaps if NCsoft would've given it a better go, or done -something- to make the game better it wouldn't have gotten to this point.

I also don't understand how a game spreads hate through "forums and news sites through comments," does WoW have some sort of bot that trolls the internet? Or maybe the people who play it actually like the game and say good things about it. Couldn't be!

I'm not sure it's ruined the genre but it has set a high bar. I understand what you're saying but its very easy to re-frame it so you understand that WoW has inflated expectations. It's a good game. I quit it 2 yrs ago due to the grind & time factor at end-game but it was a fantastic experience while it lasted.

Just a thought here but...

Maybe if they had put this game on consoles as well as PC, like was originally stated, they would have had a better population. PC's are so oversaturated with MMO's, and WoW still rules them all in terms of subscribers. The style of Tabula Rasa, as well as the non-fantasy setting, had me interested from day one. This game would have been a perfect MMO to put on 360 or PS3, but whatever...

WoW kills another one; wanna place bets on who's next?

It's not WoW's fault that shitty MMOs are getting their just due.