Arstechnica: "Frank and I had a chance to visit with some nice folks at the NCSoft booth and April "CuppaJo" Burba, an NCsoft Community Manager, gave us a lengthy demo of Tabula Rasa. Frank and I both, being old-school MMO players, were impressed and loved what we saw. It would appear that, graphically, Tabula Rasa seeks to strike a balance between pretty and playability. The world detail did not seem overly elaborate or complicated compared to other games this season; that's a good thing in my book when it comes to MMOs. The models of both mobs and player characters were excellently detailed and looked absolutely fantastic... "
Let nostalgia take you back to the lands you once roamed until they were cruelly taken offline and away from us. MMOGames list the top 10 MMOs that died and left us with a hole in our hearts.
I agree when it comes to The Sims Online. That game was really fun and nothing has even come close to it. I still crave a new Sims with online multiplayer. Blows my mind they haven't done anything like that since The Sims Online or even The Sims Bustin' Out on PS2.
GamesRadar - You probably think online worlds shut down because no one's playing. Actually that's rarely true. Often, when servers finally wink out, there's a thriving community patiently waiting for the end and making sad faces at the sky. Most recently it was PlayStation Home, a game that no-one apparently played but which still managed to have millions of inhabitants waiting out their own personal apocalypse on the last day.
MMO-Play gathered a list of the most disappointing MMO's in the history of gaming.
