Tabula Rasa

Publisher: Ncsoft

Developer: Destination Games

Category: Role-Playing

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/02/2007

Official Game Website

Interviews

Tabula Rasa Origins: The Building of the Bane
Destination Games shares backstory, history for Richard Garriott’s MMO

GZ Interview: Lead Designer Paul Sage talks about Tabula Rasa on the verge of its retail launch
“Creating games is about creating choices.”

Control Points in Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa
"... they are an integral part of what defines our dynamic battlefields"

NCsoft, Richard Garriott throw party to celebrate pending launch of Tabula Rasa
Story element underscores party for the game, treating those in attendance to more than just chat and drinks

Developers’ Diary: The Ethical Parables in Tabula Rasa
“We want to give you the choice to play the game the way you want to, without hemming you into one specific path”

News

New NCsoft Dev Corner
Developing a Support System for MMOGs

Dev Corner: Tabula Rasa - State of the Game
Starr Long, the Producer of Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, updates us on the state of the game, as well as moving forward to the exciting things to come.

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa – Updated To Include Player Character Hybrids
The latest update to Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa sees the inclusion of player character HYBRIDS - DNA spliced human/alien cross breeds with enhanced attributes and physical appearance

MMODB.com announces its Tabula Rasa Database.

New Developer Diary for Tabula Rasa
NCsoft has released a new developer diary created by David Vargo, a world builder on Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa

All News for Tabula Rasa

Description

From the ashes of an ancient conflict, a cosmic war threatens all life with death or enslavement. As the alien Bane amass their forces for the final battle, the galaxy’s last free sentient beings are the thin line between life and death, between good and evil.

Explore lush forest planets, volcanic moons, and exotic alien civilizations. Face off against powerful alien soldiers, armored mechanoids, and vicious predators! Use a wide range of exotic weapons and unique alien powers to help the Allied Free Sentients (AFS) in their desperate fight against extinction. Tabula Rasa combines a vast, persistent game world and ongoing storyline with fast-paced action, resulting in a striking new approach to the design of multiplayer online games.

Features

Richard Garriott’s Signature Creative Vision: Features a rich storyline with culminating experiences, immersive environments and a persistent plot.
“Logos” Language & Powers – Alien language and powers allow players to harness the very fabric of the cosmos for heals, attacks and more!
Ethical Parables: Players encounter ethical decisions while attempting to complete goals or missions that affect the people and environments around them.
Brings Role-playing to the Battlefield: Fast-paced action involving skill, stealth and strategy combines with character growth and development (RPG) on a massive multiplayer scale (MMO).
Battlefield Control Points: Entrenched positions on a given battlefield can change hands over the course of a battle and affect spawn points and missions of both enemy and friendly characters.
Character Cloning System: Explore different character paths without having to start from scratch.
Crafting & Economy - Players will craft powerful items to use in battle or trade with other players
Deep Exploration – Explore massive planets, each with multiple continents and regions therein.
Squads and Clans - Players will form social bonds by joining or creating non-permanent groups called squads, and persisting groups called clans.
Player-vs-Player – Clans can declare war on each other, enabling voluntary PvP gameplay.
Integrated Voice Chat: Fully integrated in-game communication technology allows players to chat with their team mates using their own voices in real time. No extra software installation required.

Hardware Requirements

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
Processor 2.5GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD™ processor 3.5GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD™ processor
Memory 512MB RAM 2GB RAM
Optical Drive DVD-ROM DVD-ROM
HDD 5GB available HDD space 5GB available HDD space
Graphics ATI™ Radeon® 9600 or NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5700 series video card with 128MB of VRAM ATI™ Radeon® x1800 or NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 series video card
DirectX DirectX 9.0c DirectX 9.0c
Audio 16-bit sound card 16-bit sound card
Internet Connection Broadband internet connection Broadband internet connection
Input Devices Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse
Tabula Rasa™ is a subscription game requiring an active Internet connection.