Let's dissect this and see if I'm lying:
I don't usually rag on unreleased vaporware that's been in development for 50 years, but Shadowbane has got to be the worst piece of unrealized shit in ages.
Obviously my opinion here, but the leaked reports of betatesters imply that the game server is very unstable (after how many years of a laughable "beta"?), classes are hugely imbalanced, and though it's billed as something different, it's just another level grind on the leveling treadmill. Simply put, it ain't fun.
Mouse clicking to move?
This is fact. You click where you want to go. Supposedly done to save bandwidth. If I want Diablo, I'll play Diablo. Wolfpack (the devs) are obvious amateurs in the MMORPG world now run by the big guys (Microsoft/Turbine, Sony/Lucasarts, etc.).
Crappy graphics in the same vein as Asheron's Call (umm, the first one, mind you)?
Fact. Check out the screenshots and compare them to Asheron's Call 1. For a game that will (might?) come out after Asheron's Call 2, the graphics are only slightly better than the first-gen MMORPGs. Sad. This being the case, gameplay better be first rate. I don't think it is.
Release pushed back time and time again?
Projected to be released sometime in March of
2003! Personally, I think it will be pushed back more or cancelled.
Still have an NDA forbidding people from telling their friends how shitty the game is?
Sadly very true. They've also been in closed beta for ages, and I doubt they'll have an open beta before release. If people realize how shitty it is, they won't buy it.
Rabid fanboiz who would gladly eat shit if someone stamped the SB logo on it?
This is obviously a statement of fact!
Rick