I bought rising world because it was on sale, and after clocking up close to 1400 hours on WURM U, I figured I wouldn't play anything else, as I enjoyed WU so much, but when RW came on sale I knew it was time for a change, I will say up front though I have been avoiding buying RW, because I figured it wouldn't be any where as good as WU, but I have been proven very wrong.
I bought it a couple of days ago, and I have to say it's loads better than wurm, and I understand that it's still a game in very early development, but it has a lot of potential,
here is why I feel that it's better than WU
first of all, NO GIANT FREAKING SPIDERS, that was a winner right up.
no "religion" that was huge plus too, as a man who believes in Christ, (and please don't troll me for this, but religion really doesn't belong in a computer game, even if it's fantasy, just my 2c on that)
no linear game play, ie you can do whatever you want, design whatever you want., no "box shaping" WU uses a minecraft building type, in that you only have one type of building framework.
lastly and most importantly, when you create something, like a building you actually have to build each and every piece, and you see that process right in front of you, WU doesn't do that, you simply have the item in your inventory and after 10 clicks it's there,
however on the flipside of things, there is one thing that i'm really not keen, on and I doubt i'll ever use it, unless they change it dramatiically
the creative mode,
there is no survival aspect, you don't need resources or food or water, this may work great when it comes to doing blueprints but for actual game play, this is just unappealing to me,
over I give this game a 8.5/10
keep up the great work and lets hope that more people get involved with this game.