Might be fun for newcomers. Terrible for Vets of the game.
unfortunately what has made this game so unique, has been changed to make this game just like every other MMORPG, but it just plain fails in every way.
with the fast action combat, you no longer use hotkeys to launch attacks, you must hover your reticule over the enemy and press the left mouse button. gone are the auto attacks, and any sort of targeting system. using the left mouse button is not so bad, except if you are using a melee weapon, in which case you must repeatedly click the button to perform any attacks.
now if you want to use any specials you have to use the right mouse button. you load up your specials onto your hotkey bar from 1-10, and you can click on the special, or press the number keys from 1-10. what that does is select the special you want to use, but to actually perform the special, you must now click the right mouse button. this is just a terrible design idea, and is a big headache. i used the EQ style keyboard setup, so right clicking would take me in and out of mouse pointer mode. a habit that is hard to break. so now i find myself constantly buffing myself when trying to change from mouse pointer mode.
now this control setup is not so terrible when fighting npc's or mobs, but for PvP it's just plain aweful.
this is only one aspect of the NGE, but one i think is important, because combat is a major portion of this or any MMORPG, depending on the class you pick. a lack of auto attack and a targeting system really kills the combat system in the NGE. i have read that Galaxies is being ported for the PS3, if that is true, then it makes sence the direction SOE has taken with Galaxies. but it's hard to imagine trying the combat on a controller, as hard as it is with a mouse and keyboard.