Dungeons and Dragons Online: Confidentiality Obligations have been lifted:
Turbine is pleased to announce that the confidentiality obligations in the Preview and Non-disclosure Agreement for the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™ Beta have been lifted earlier than anticipated. This means players in the Beta Program and those who took part in the Stress Test Events are free to talk about the game on public forums. After getting so much positive feedback from our Beta players, we felt it was time to let them share their opinions and praise for DDO with the rest of the MMOG community.
So what? Well, it means if you pop over to the forums you can get a feel for what the beta testers really thought of the game, but weren't allowed to say until now.
So far, it seems like a mixed bag. Some people completely hate it, others made comments along the lines of "it needs improvement, but there is a solid base there". If I want a solid base I'll eat a crispy pizza. 100% instanced? No pvp? It sounds like Guild Wars minus some of the good points. I'm reserving judgement for now, but unfortunately I'm losing faith in DDO.
[EDIT]: this thread on mmorpg.com seems to have a lot of comments - I found the main DDO forums had degraded into a childish slagging match rather quickly.
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