Tabula Rasa Goes Free a Month Early

Posted by Nelson Williams | December 23, 2008

We’ve mentioned before that the MMO Tabula Rasa would be going free for a while before closing its doors, but the folks over at NCsoft surprised up by laying out the red carpet a month early. Right now, yes, now, Tabula Rasa is free to play for anyone who can sign up with a PlayNC account. They’ve also poured in a swirling soup of new content to sample, because really, there’s no sense in holding anything back, is there?

Tabula Rasa is a strange combination of First-Person Shooter and MMO Role-Playing Game that plays out something like Halo with leveling and a total lack of fresh ideas. The game failed to open big thanks to its rather generic nature and technical problems, not to mention certain MMORPG elephants in the room that blocked out any chance the market might have had to discover the game.

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Atlantica Online — Turn Based Old School MMORPG

Posted by Nelson Williams | November 10, 2008

Atlantica Online is something like what would happen if Final Fantasy 6 got dragged through a Hong Kong cinema before being dipped in 3d sauce and stuffed full of multiplayer. In this world, all the legends of myth have come to life, and you get the supreme honour of beating them back into the collective unconscious. You can also do the same to other players, with PVP guild wars and tournaments being a strong part of the world.

Every player forms his own party, made of his own character and a selection of mercenary warriors who fight with you. All of these folks level up in their own ways, gain special powers, and otherwise beg for fiddling and theorycrafting. You can join other players in mega-parties, and there are good …

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