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[Brian Reed]

I already wasn't sure about picking this one up, but now NCSoft goes and makes the decision easy: No.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2006/03/14/news_6145883.html?part=rss&tag=gs_&subj=6145883

Ads in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Yay. Instead of cool, world building moments (imagine the ads are left over from before the apocalypse and they give you a peek into the world that was), I'll get to see that Subway is offering half-price subs this Tuesday.

[Ascius]

Game's still a lot of fun... I spent a good chunk of this weekend playing in my last chance of the Beta...

It's basically WoW quests with autoduel gameplay. Lots of fast action, easy looting, and no death penalty.

It also cures one of the big issues of MMOs... you travel long distances, but you're not bored by it, the act of driving has you actively paying attention to the environment, swerving around at high speed, there's not the long plodding runs from place to place that are so bothersome in other games.

Leveling up is easy to, no going somewhere to train, you get some points, you spend them like Diablo 2.

I may actually play this for a month or two after it's released.

[Shannon Chenoweth]

I got an invite for the beta thats from Fri til Tues, so I may check it out.