Originally posted by lkavadas

Originally posted by _Shadowmage

- strength of the I.P in the gaming industry - Warcraft were hugely successful games, whereas at the time SWG was released there had not been a good Star Wars game released.

Lucas Arts sold more Star Wars PC games before SWG launched than Blizzard sold Warcrafts.  People tend to forget the original War Craft was f*cking terrible.  It was a turn based POS and that's why Blizzard went into scramble mode to save their company in 1994 and completely ripped off Command & Conquer (itself an evolution of Westwood's previous RTS title, Dune II) with Warcraft II.

The only thing WoW had going for it is that it came hot off the heels of Warcraft III which terrible PC gaming magazines were going ape sh*t over (even though the game was completely pedestrian and still just a poorly done Westwood ripoff).

Wow, quit bitching, everyone grabs ideas from each other in every industry. It's who succeeds with it wins. I believe Blizzard succeeded more than Westwood in the RTS market only by popularity, granted I love both companies; but I never found a similarity between any of the Warcrafts and Starcraft when compared to Command & Conquer (you cuold be bitching about the normal RTS formula, which is quite retarded if I might say so). They were completely different and that is why I played them all. Blizzard won the popularity contest by their Battle.net, Westwood had something similar I believe at the time, but it was completely no match for either Warcraft II or Starcraft's battle.net. Warcraft III took the battle.net system to the next level and just made online gaming a delight, granted I'm not sure of the recent online changes to the newest Command & Conquers, but that is where it's at.. the online. Blizzard is just simply better at it. Their battle.net also has experience from their Diablo franchise. Guess what? It was all free and that was a big ass deal at the time of Warcraft II & Starcraft.

I'd argue how Blizzard redefined the RTS genre by implementing RPG elements correctly into Warcraft III, but it'll be useless because I'm sure someone in the distant universe already had invented it completly shitty and unresponsive (which is your arguement). Else, they would've gotten the same satisfaction, correct?

R.I.P. Tabula Rasa. A lovely attempt to depart from the WoW inspiration, but ultimately too much potential not lived up to.

P.S. Wow popularity=having "Blizzard" name on the box. End of story.

Originally posted by Scottgun

R.I.P. Tabula Rasa. A lovely attempt to depart from the WoW inspiration, but ultimately too much potential not lived up to.

 

P.S. Wow popularity=having "Blizzard" name on the box. End of story.

Funny, TR had Richard "Father of mmorpgs" Garriott, and where did it end up?

WoW popularity = Blizzard being good at what they do and focusing on the game they made. Didn't see any Blizzard devs running away from their game to go on a space jaunt.

I always wanted to try out this game, never got round to it. now I get to play it free for a month hopefully id ont end up liking it

Am I the only one wondering why they can't make it F2P with ingame advertisement?... Exteel & Dungeon Runners are F2P and they run fine, decent population playing the game with quite a number of advertisements in Exteel. RGTR is a futuristic game, so advertisements won't really do any damage to it...

... Seems like I pressed ENTER to early :p so the poll's messed up & can't edit >_<

Originally posted by arrowotwood

Am I the only one wondering why they can't make it F2P with ingame advertisement?... Exteel & Dungeon Runners are F2P and they run fine, decent population playing the game with quite a number of advertisements in Exteel.

Like time I checked Exsteel also has a cash shop... I doubt the in-game ads support it. I've never played Dungeon Runners but I would suspect it is in the same boat.

I just wish that Richard didnt fill his pockets and used TR as an mofo xcuse to get his butt launched in thin air for a shitload of millions, but donated some of his egotestical earned money in the game  and tried to save it but noooo.... jump the ship before its to late and NCsoft just let him get away with it. His goodbye letter from the game is even a bigger laugh

well, if it hasn't already been shouted out come and check out this site:

http://www.changingwind.org/savetr/news.php

All we can do is try =)

Originally posted by hoppimike

well, if it hasn't already been shouted out come and check out this site:

 

http://www.changingwind.org/savetr/news.php

 

All we can do is try =)

Try for what?  TR is not a game alot of people want to play.  It's quite simple really.  The game "as is" isnt interesting enough to capture an audience and allow it to operate at a level that is self sustainable.  Those of us that tried to make suggestions about improving the game and making it a viable option for many gamers were either crucified by the fanbois or ignored.  We gave up and quit.  So tell me, why do you want to save TR?  It barely has an audience. 

Holy Epic necro batman....  really, thats all that can be said here.

Why save bad games ?

Originally posted by SaintViktor

Why save bad games ?

Originally posted by hoppimike

well, if it hasn't already been shouted out come and check out this site:

 

http://www.changingwind.org/savetr/news.php

 

All we can do is try =)

That is one daffy website you've got yourself there. I can't tell if you're saying that NCsoft should save Tabula Rasa by ending the conflict in Darfur, or if you're saying that Angelina Jole is going to save Tabula Rasa by making an appeal to the United Nations on its behalf.

Sometimes you just have to face the fact that there comes a time when you have to take Old Yeller out behind the barn and pull the trigger....

If Ncsoft want to they could have merged servers,find a payment plan that work and keep TR open.Ncsoft does not want TR around as simple as that they are washing their hands clean.If piece of crap like 2moons,Cabal and Shaiya can survive,Medicore games like Aoc,AO,Shadowbane and Vanguard can survive.Their is no reason that TR should be closing especially with ncsoft experiance with free to play games

I feel bad for TR players because Ncsoft is just throw away game.I hope some company can snag TR away from them reopen and it ,become a moderate sucess.

R.I..P Tabula Rasa you will vbe missed.

 Served then well for nerfin my loved netgun.  I know it was overpowered, but.. who cares on a PVE centric game?  F*** YOU TABULA!.

Ok, I somewhat sad. It was not a bad game, there are much worst game out here alive. It don't deserve it.

Tabula Rasa ... Another K.I.A.

Which one is next  ? And yeah, I'm sorry for Tabula too, had great times playing it. Atm, MMO industry is going down faster than ever. Shitty titles, unfinished products... These are bad days, darkest time of the night. Hope we'll see the sunlight soon.

Originally posted by TidusR

R.I..P Tabula Rasa you will vbe missed.

Give it a little less lead and you won't miss the next shot

Tabula Rasa might not be the only one going down..

I hear Age of Conan could be shutting down