Tabula Rasa: Hybrids

If RPS were to start a book-club styled games discussion then I think it would be Tabula Rasa that I would first bring to the group as a suggested reading material. It's a game that I haven't made my mind up on. I've played a few levels and enjoyed it, but my opinion has not had time to settle. I've heard various net chums complain that it's unlike WoW, or that it's too like WoW, and I read Kieron's remarkably enthusiastic review. And I want an excuse for some space adventure. I really do. This is a game I need to spend some more time with, perhaps go out to lunch, to see if we can be friends.

I want to get in there before I miss too much of what it has to offer. MMOs have a habit of evolving so that gamers say "oh yeah, patch 1.242342 was fun times..." I'm probably not going to miss much with the latest addition of various coloured humanoids, but I'm sure there's some other stuff in there too: