Tabula Rasa Gets Player Character Variety
Tabula Rasa is a neat game, but it doesn't quite fit the MMO niche - primarily because every character begins the same and moves through the same story. You can't begin as an alien, or learn a different side to the story, or any of the other multi-faceted character-based options that make MMOs so appealing and, most importantly, replayable. In a sense, every character is the same character (and they all look like Boba Fett).
Thankfully Richard Garriott and crew have added alien hybrids to the game in its latest update - not out-of-the-box playable characters, but alien-human hybrids that can be unlocked through a series of missions. The three hybrids each bear physical hallmarks of their alien ancestry - the Foreans, Brann and Thrax - and have statistical strengths and weaknesses that the plain vanilla flavor of humans do not.
Also thankfully, this is only the first stage in the introduction of hybrids into Tabula Rasa - hybrid-specific equipment and even missions may lie ahead. Make the jump for more info.
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Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa – Updated To Include Player Character Hybrids
Tuesday 5th February/... 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.
The concept of Hybrids came about from the communities desire to play alien races and naturally the team wished to satisfy their desire. There are three human-alien hybrids; taking the best characteristics of the Forean, Brann, Thrax and merging them with humanity. For a player to obtain a hybrid character they must follow and complete a mission chain; each race has their own distinct chain to complete. Hybrid characters have increased attribute points in certain key areas, like Mind, Body or Spirit over a normal human. These are dependent on the alien race merged with, for example a Thrax-Human has increased physical attributes (Body), which allows them to absorb more total damage. There are of course weaknesses to the joining.
This is the first stage of development for the inclusion of Hybrid’s into Tabula Rasa. In the future, the development team will be adding hybrid-specific weaponry and armour and may also be adding hybrid specific missions.
Check out new artwork, screens & a mini video.
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Posted to Video Games on 5 February 2008
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