Well designed and action packed

User Rating: 9.5 | Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa PC
I have never been an MMO fan. Most MMO's cost lots of money and have people addicted for years. As a 33 year old gamer, I am very picky about what I play. I've been playing video games since I first could wrap my hands around an Atari joystick, so I've earned the right to be picky. Anyway, I noticed the user score on Gamespot for this game is 7.7. I guess all of the World of Warcraft junkies had their say, but this game kicks the crap out of it. It has all of the great qualities of other MMO's and it has better action than the SWG. The developers worked really hard at balancing the level of play. Early in the beta, I was able to solo most instances. A few patches later, and I need a group of 6 to help me through Atta Colony. These games are meant to be team oriented, and that's what makes this MMO live up to it's name. People have to work together to take back humanity (living up to it's potential there). Regardless, if SWG missed the mark for you, and WOW is a little to hokie for you, this should be right up your alley.