I thought it was enough to just have ONE secret world... Tabula Rasa 2, Secret World 2 call it whatever you want, but what is with all these identical games coming out. Do only devs in ArenaNET have a brain to come out with something new?

Originally posted by Rednecksith

I hope so as well. My first few rifts were fun, but I went from, "Oh cool, a rift to close!", to, "Goddammit there's a rift right in the middle of my quest area. And the quest NPCs all got killed by an invasion. Stupid f**king rifts."

If this game is even half as fun as Tabula Rasa, I don't see myself playing anything else for quite some time.

You know what I think will really help with Defiance in terms of Arkfalls/Rifts? The fact that the combat is so different than tab-target, and that there's no real focus on holy-trinity design. That, and there's also apparently going to be several (over 10+) variations of these events at launch strewn about the world.

The game has possibilities. If they can avoid what Tabula Rasa did and not take out the action to make more like an MMO...it could be great.

You're exactly right Bill. Even if it was copy-f'ing-pasted exactly from RIFT to Defiance, the gameplay, third  person RPG shooter elements make for a different (yet amazing) game. I for one, and alot of other gamers i think, are freaking SICK AND TIRED OF AUTOATTACK>tab-select mob>press 18981203982938> loot it, etc.

There are hundreds of games for that kind of stuff, so i think its time we show some love to MMO's like (now dead) Tabula Rasa, Defiance, Dust 514, hell even Crimecraft.

Originally posted by reanor

I thought it was enough to just have ONE secret world... Tabula Rasa 2, Secret World 2 call it whatever you want, but what is with all these identical games coming out. Do only devs in ArenaNET have a brain to come out with something new?

? Lol. If you look only a little bit deeper, then you'd realise that they're 2 different games, with different mechanics, combat, setting, PvE, faction system and PvP, with only the classless system being similar.

It'd be like saying 'damn, Rift, GW2, call it whatever you want, these are identical games because they both use public quests'. Silly, right? That's what I thought too when someone described TSW and Defiance as being identical games.

This game is up there on the top of my list of must buys.  Everytime I see something about this game I always think to myself "That's what I would want!"

Really the only thing I can hope for that really Trion has no control over is a strong RP community.  I don't think anyone will topple lotro for RPing, but I'd love to RP in this world :)

Sounds like another hit for Trion and I'm happy to support a developer like them.

Looking very forward to this title.

Aleins and SCI-FI tech, OH YEAH!

and that's a bad thing because? :)

Look what they did to poor St. Louis :(

This has been their omega project since before Rift went into Beta. They've learned alot from that and they're putting all of it into this.

If anyone however is worried about the show, look at who's in charge:

Kevin Murphy

A veteran writer and producer, Murphy’s credits include Desperate Housewives, Caprica, Reaper, and Weird Science.

Rockne O'Bannon

One of the top names in genre film and television, O’Bannon’s work includes Farscape, Alien Nation, Seaquest DSV, and 2011’s reboot of V.

 

 

Michael Taylor

The Executive Producer of Defiance, Taylor has a sci-fi resume that includes Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, and The Dead Zone.

Scott Stewart

Defiance’s director helmed the feature films Priest and Legion, but also has a visual effects resume that includes Iron Man, Sin City, and Superman Returns.

 

Good god in heaven. This is a star studded lineup of people. The show could be one of the best Syfy ever put out.

 

And the Cast? A rather well known line up of actors and a few  surprises. I cant wait. But it seems they pushed the launch back. The original date had Syfy Greenlighting this for January 2013. Wonder what caused the delay.

Very much want. Tabula Rasa was awesome, and TRION are amazing developers. I trust in them to make this a great game. 

I dont think it sounds like Tabula Rasa, at the end of the day TR was just a tab target game that triesd to make you think it had fps style combat.. i mean you would lock onto a target fire and your bullet would follow the target until it hit... Hopefully this will be true fps style combat..

I'm not a big fan of FPS style games, but this one has more than enough going for it to warrant an open mind. 

It's not going to be fps combat. They just stated that the game is a third person shooter. Most likely it will be tab123 combat like rift. They probably borrowed 80% of the code from rift. I love how 70% of the guys who claim to love rift aren't actively playing it anymore.

Siffee putting out a Sci Fi show?  That's very odd.  Where will they find time in their lineup, among the wrestling, "reality" shows,  "Fear Factor" and AFV knockoffs and wrestling.

Originally posted by reanor

I thought it was enough to just have ONE secret world... Tabula Rasa 2, Secret World 2 call it whatever you want, but what is with all these identical games coming out. Do only devs in ArenaNET have a brain to come out with something new?

 This is pretty funny considering that ArenaNet followed the traditional fantasy theme for GW2 like how many other MMO's on the market.

Originally posted by MrBoots

It's not going to be fps combat. They just stated that the game is a third person shooter. Most likely it will be tab123 combat like rift. They probably borrowed 80% of the code from rift. I love how 70% of the guys who claim to love rift aren't actively playing it anymore.

 The article clearly stated that it's not tab target.