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At the time I was seriously considering knocking points off of the score, as I could see the quality of the game dropping precipitously with no recovery in sight. But, as Part One was meant to be a review of levels 1-25, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I felt that I had to leave the rating untouched.

Aside from which, even I’m not so jaded that I wasn’t willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, and hold off on any rush to condemnation until at least the first major content patch. Perhaps Turbine was well aware of the late game’s shortcomings, and intended to fix them shortly after launch, when most of their playerbase would only just be starting to experience them.