Like my fellow postcard-sender and Joystiq contributor Sinan Kubba, I've been an MMO player for many moons. I lost myself to Star Wars Galaxies in high school, and to this day, I consider it – well, the state it existed in before the Combat Upgrade and New Game Enhancement patches drastically altered it – my favorite game of all time. It did things differently, and I'm a fan of different.

Thus, it was with keen interest that I watched the development of WildStar, an MMO from Carbine Studios and NCsoft that professed it wouldn't be the same old, same old. The game has been out since June 3, and I've been tinkering around inside this colorful blend of sci-fi and fantasy since. Now that E3 is over and I've had more time to play, it's time I share some impressions.
WildStar (PAX East 2013)

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It's impossible to talk about WildStar without acknowledging its visual branding; this is a bright, colorful, exaggerated world, inhabited by characters that look, sound and move like they're ripped out of a Pixar film. If that wasn't evident enough by the various screenshots and trailers, it certainly was the moment I began character creation.

Hairstyles ranged from "Jessica Rabbit curls" to "Super Saiyan spikes" and everything in between. And that's for humans, AKA the boring race in every MMO. If you're looking for something more exotic, you can be a voodoo space zombie (Mordesh), a gremlin-like fuzzball (Chua), a demonic beast (Draken), a rock-person (Grannok), a robot (Mechari), or a bunny/cat/fox/bat animal ... person ... thing (Aurin).

Each race can only take on certain classes, and are also restricted to their respective faction. You won't see any of the nature-loving Aurin siding with the Dominion, who tend to pave paradise instead of protect it. In the end, I went with a purple-haired, green-eyed Aurin. I love the movie FernGully (hush, you) and felt drawn to these adorable animal-people. Give me a choice between cute and ferocious, I'll take cute every time.
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