Tabula Rasa is an upcoming sci-fi MMO from NCSoft. With a launch date of Oct. 19th, the NDA for beta testers has been lifted. I had the opportunity to beta test the game a bit, so when a friend on a forum expressed his dismay that he wouldn’t be able to play it (he is still on dial-up and the game requires a broadband connection) I was happy to put his concerns at ease.

What follows was originally a forum post, so it’s a bit rough. But it got long enough that I felt it was worth sharing with a potentially wider audience.

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Friend says: Minimum specs call for broadband. I knew it would happen someday. I guess I’m not doing this one.

My response:

You aren’t missing out on much, honestly. Well, I’m guessing not. Are you a fan of first person shooters?

It’s a cumbersome melange of FPS and MMO, in my opinion. It has a really awkward interface. And the world and the enemies aren’t very interesting.

Let’s talk about the interface…
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