The time has finally come and we have started Closed Beta! You can read the official press release about it here or you put in a beta application here.
What are these early testers saying about the game? Check it out:
"I have to say, from my first day in TR yesterday I'm VERY impressed. There are some glitches and problems here and there but hey, this is polished for a beta game.
What I enjoy most, is how you've somehow pulled my thoughts away from XP, Leveling and grinding. Instead of being faced with a field full of large rats and being told that i have to kill something in the order of 200 of these buggers before I get my gold chalice, I'm dumped into the middle of a very real war for my own life.
I'm sitting at a checkpoint at the outskirts of our camp, looking over my skills, when I hear a yell and gunfire. I pull out of my menu to see the bane breaking down the friggin door! I jump behind some sandbags and start firing like crazy with my rifle. After a couple minutes of frenzied fighting the battle is over, the bane are dead, and I'm wiping the sweat off my brow. Hey look, i got xp for that, sweet!
I really like how one forgets entirely about their xp bar and genuinely wants to kill off bane for the fun of it. I just grab my trusty rifle sometimes and head off toward the nearest bane stronghold to light up a few dozen of them for no other reason other than how fun it is.
Thats what most MMOs lack today, they tell you that you must kill a lot of critters to level up. While in this one, you have a very real enemy that seems to have something personal against YOU, gives you a rifle, and tells you to go kill em all.
Great job guys! This is going to turn out to be one kickin game. "