What's this? An MMO that doesn't shamelessly copy WoW combat? Shock! It's...actually pretty good! The combat is fast-paced and completely manual, no auto-combat and maybe pressing "1" and "2" from time to time as you watch your avatar carve through hordes of enemies. No, it's much more action-based and it's got little things like dodging, picking up nearby items and using them as weapons, grabbing and enemy and slapping them around, throwing a spear that you actually have to manually aim, and so on. Overall, from what I've seen of the combat, it's really refreshing and a nice change from what every other MMORPG seems to have.
The graphics are nice, with detailed character models, but it's not GREAT. It does, however, have a sense of scale and, at least early on, has some well done cutscenes that wouldn't look out of place in Dragon Age.
Well, that's my impression from 20 or so minutes. We'll see how well it holds up after a few hours.
