Tabula Rasa - Preview @ Games32

Games32 previews Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa.

Then there is the "shooter" aspect. Like all respectable MMORPGs, Tabula Rasa uses a 3^rd person camera perspective. But the similarities end here, because the fighting system is more than skill buttons pressed in some order, and each player taking turns in using their abilities. Being a sci-fi game, players use guns to fire instantly. But that's not all. Even if the game calculates odds and does dice rolls for each hit, you actually have to aim the target you shoot, or else you will miss. Like in a shooter game, you can strafe around your target to become harder to hit, or you can use terrain to your advantage.