A mmo fps that could be great...

User Rating: 6.5 | Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa PC
Tabula rasa is a game that tries to be different by giving us an mmo fps environment. The problem is the game does not take the best from the fps and mmo genre, but instead will taek some of the tedium. Thats not to say it is a bad game but certainly not good.

Gameplay-The game plays somewhat like a shooter because you shoot things. Besides that , the game does not take enough cues from good fpss. It suffers from repetitive grinds to level up and a damage system where the lower level is not as good as the higher level. Now you might say, "Well of course this is a rpg afterall. The higher level guys have to have some aid." The problem is this, in an fps, everyone is on the same playing field. Even if a bad guy like a boomer in GeOW takes 3 head shots to down, it still can be done with skill. This still feels like I am bound to my level.
The UI is not that friendly and the game is easily no WOW. You will use hot keys a lot. It is not intuitive at all.Also one big flaw is in all of my time playing, there was practically nobody on. Literally i saw 20 people at the most.

Story-Its an fps and an mmo. All you need is a reason to be here and I am set. Some will say this is a lame concept but then again most do not care about the complex lore of WoW or other mmo's.

IMPORTANT NOTE-The game is closing in Jan or feb so its not the best idea to invest.

Fun factor- Its an mmo so there is plenty of grind but unlike others it lacks the pvp and variety to keep me interested. I hate to say this but it is not WoW or LoTR:O. Bad guys will invade your base which can be fun, but like I said earlier, it plays nothing like an fps with hordes of bad guys. In halo i could take them on, but here you are bound by level.

End-Its about 5 dollars on amazon and if you really , and I mean really want to try it, you can. Its at the same time not as good as other monthly fee mmo's like wow or war and it will not feed your fps needs like other shooters.

6.5 out of 10