Tobold's Blog Thursday, September 01, 2011 What's your verdict
on Rift?  Exactly 6 months ago I wrote on this blog: "So let's
reconvene here on September 1st and discuss whether Rift was the
game of 2011, or whether it tragically petered out after a few
months." The moment has come, and I'd like to hear your verdict
on Rift.  Personally I haven't played Rift in the last 6 months,
having only played it before release in the beta. I do read
various MMORPG blogs in which Rift is mentioned from time to
time, so I do have a general impression of the hype having
disappeared. A recurring theme is that the rifts of Rift are
less fun now that the zones are less full of players. And of
course I know Syncaine thinks that Rift went from the best game
evah to totally unplayable with a single patch that nerfed
dungeons. I am also aware that Rift claims to have 1 million
"customers", without giving a definition of what a "customer"
is. Everybody who bought a box? How many active subscribers does
Rift have?  So what do you t