Mixed Previews

[Sailas]

The rifts show that the world is dynamic, or always changing, and not static like past worlds, Buttler said. When a rift opens, the terrain, buildings, lighting, sky and everything else changes. Players can fight the demons coming out of the rift single-handed, or in a group. The more help you have, the more loot you can collect from the dead bodies when the rift episode is over. But with more people, you have to dispatch the various enemies more quickly to be able to get the loot. So the rifts are likely to draw huge numbers of players to one location. With rifts, there are no safe zones in the game. If a rift opens near a town, you will have to defend that town or lose the safety and resources in that town.

[tentimes]

Has anyone read the reviews? What's the verdict?

[maldras]

Meh, previews...judge for yourself. Plus most were from 2010.

That said, the most recent one (tap-re...) didn't mention (or I missed) the most important thing to me about Rift;

the commitment from the developers.

Whatever its flaws, whatever its limitations, RIFT will have a good following and be an interesting environment IF the developers continue to play an integral role and show the response times they have. Moreover, I think that they have designed this game (in terms of event flexibility) to do exactly that.

It reminds me a of good DM back in the PnP days. The module could have its shortcomings, but a good DM could make it all come alive.

The devs are focused on BETA now...imagine what the game could be like when they are focused on live, dynamic content.

[EllyD]

I've read a lot of the previews and I'd say the overall feeling you're left with is that people are liking it a lot. I haven't read one that has concluded it's just another lacklustre MMO that will fade into the ether like many before it. I take this as a good sign as I saw previews like that for other MMOs that have unfortunately fizzled.