Tabula Rasa selling for under a dollar News

MMO PC News by Robert Purchese

7 November, 2008

Amazon US is selling copies of Tabula Rasa for less than a dollar, or 61 pence in good Queen Elizabeth's money. This doesn't bode well.

Unfortunately, shipping outside of America is rather tricky, and the UK arm of the site is charging a whopping GBP 4.49 for the struggling MMO.

Of course NCsoft, which recently laid off rather a lot of staff, believes Tabula Rasa has a rosy future, and recently unveiled a brand new Earth-based expansion for the game.

This was followed by more signs of life from the online science-fiction world, when we heard a revamped FPS camera was on the way, along with scope and cockpit views, and new weapons like rocket launchers.

Head over to our Tabula Rasa gamepage to find out more.

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the_dudefather

07/11/08 @ 16:05

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I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR

Abermike

07/11/08 @ 16:09

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I'd buy it for full price - I did when it was launched. It's a fantastic MMO and far better (and more innovative) than the overrated WoW.

Hamflank

07/11/08 @ 16:16

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Selling something for a dollar is like saying: 'This product is crap'.

MrED209

07/11/08 @ 16:17

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Pffft, doesn't work on Macs. WoW does.

Abermike

07/11/08 @ 16:27

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If you're a real gamer, you don't buy a Mac. Which is why WoW on Mac has been such a success.

Byzanite

07/11/08 @ 16:32

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Tabula Rasa should be put to sleep. It was a good idea but, like many MMOs before and since, was implemented badly.

AOFanboi

07/11/08 @ 16:39

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Fiddling away as Rasa is burning...

tonynibbles

07/11/08 @ 16:41

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FPS CAMERALOL.

MrED209

07/11/08 @ 16:59

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I'm a real gamer. I just don't game at my desk. I game on my huge telly from the luxury of my insanely comfortable sofa, and I don't feel like I'm really missing out on a single thing because I don't like RTS games anyway. I also wasn't aware that I was only allowed to play an MMO if I was a 'real gamer'. But seeing as I am one anyway...

But sorry, that kind of pisses all over your "MACSLOL" comment. Please carry on as if I was cut to the bone.

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DFawkes

07/11/08 @ 17:20

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So now we're paying over 500% what Americans do? Screw that on principle.

SpyroViper

07/11/08 @ 17:35

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I wouldn't even S**T on it. That game sucks so much. That stupid Garriot prat 'lord british'.. What a moron.

WinterSnowblind

07/11/08 @ 19:37

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Guild Wars worked because it was free. NC Soft either need to do more games like that, or put more time into developing new content for GW.

Darkedge

08/11/08 @ 13:22

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Shame this game has come on massively since launch and now is a heck of alot of fun. It's worth a look definately - less than a fiver? thats a bonus and you get the game plus a month play free which is a good deal, of course there are trials to check it out first too.

Stickman

08/11/08 @ 23:02

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"It's a fantastic MMO and far better (and more innovative) than the overrated WoW. "

Sure it is.

Lamont

09/11/08 @ 03:54

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#1 problem with Tabula Rasa. It's called Tabula Rasa. What a moronic name for a game. What kind of a marketing department would allow that idiot "Lord British" to name a multi-million dollar MMO Tabula Rasa? I guess a Korean one that doesn't understand English but still. Anyone with a marketing degree could tell you that wasn't going to fly. Dumb. I guess they are paying the price because the whole thing was DOA.

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speedjack

09/11/08 @ 08:55

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Lamont,

Tabula Rasa is a Latin term and refers to the belief that humans are born a 'blank page', free of any built in belief or ideology.

So to my mind its the perfect name for a game which features character customization, branching paths, decisions with consequences... i.e. any RPG or MMO.

Surprised its not been used sooner to be honest.

JJrabbit

09/11/08 @ 17:30

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Never played it so I don't particularly care. However, I had to comment @MrED209. Did you really edit that message 99 times?!

m0thr4

09/11/08 @ 21:25

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If you're an impecunious gamer, you don't buy a Mac. Which is why WoW on Mac has been such a success.

Fixed.

iokthemonkey

10/11/08 @ 16:47

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Guild Wars worked because it was free. NC Soft either need to do more games like that, or put more time into developing new content for GW.

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They run City of Heroes/Villains, too and that's a pretty fun game.

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