Tabula Rasa: Another MMO bites the Dust
Nov. 21
When I wrote the review for Tabula Rasa a year ago, I really didn't think I would be sitting here telling you that TR is no more. Today the development team announced that as of Feb. 28th, Richard Garriott's MMO brainchild will be shut down for good. This comes months after the lackluster response to Hellgate: London drove Flagship Studios to close its doors. What is happening to the MMO space?
I admit that on the whole I wasn't the game's greatest fan. I haven't played it since I reviewed it because, honestly, I didn't find the game all that fun. But I will be the first person to advocate for a variety of online games. We gamers are a diverse crowd, and we need games that feed our interests. I have to say I'm sad that TR is disappearing, because that means that there will be one less PC RPG out there for people to experience.
Times are tough all around. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their homes, so I suppose it makes sense that people will also be losing their games. Perhaps this means that it is very difficult to keep an MMO alive, and that the Free to Play model may really be the way to go. If the pursestrings are pulled tight, perhaps offering free games is the way to get players to play. Or be Blizzard.
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Comments
Tabula Rasa had a handful of really promising ideas - Unfortunately, they way they went about executing those ideas left a bit to be desired. Which is a complete shame, as the Sci-Fi MMO market could really use a "must play" title.
WTB the old StarWars Galaxies, PST.
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