not really, yes in parts it is simmilar, but there are now organised quests, another player may give you a quest, like travel to a town and buy an item for them for example, but other than that no.
i must give a small caution though, in hollow every player stays in character, sometimes they may talk about fighting tactics or just chat about hollow in the ooc (out of character log) but all the subjects are about hollow, if you want to talk to a friend that you know online do it via the tell to friend's name function, don't clutter up the ooc.
All of the hollow players myself included enjoy a nice mature world were we all stay in character when talking to each other, and i would ask that any audio gamers that join hollow try to play the game like this.
Also you can only have 1 character, so be sure that when you create a character you put some research into your class and race, as you only get one character in hollow and it is very hard to change things like race and class.
And one more note, the admins will delete you if you sign on with a name that is offensive or does not fit in with the kind of world hollow is.
Example a character called tasteflames was reported and deleted, this is a mythalogical world and so nams like Arkarian, flar, cylurous are all good, names like whitedeath tasteflames or nightslayer bad.
so please, select your name carefully.
follow these guidlines and you'll do fine in the world of hollow.
See you in kelay.
Archer / Arkarian

very true, most players will respawn at the field of flowers just 1 west from the southern milous plains.
However if you are a priest say you will respawn in the kelay shrine those are the onlytwo i know of, but presumably there is a different respawn spot for each race.

so if you should respawn in the field of flowers i would advise you to find out from a fellow hollow player how to get back to kelay before you die.
If memory serves you go 1 west then north to the over looking gorge, then west to the road to milous, then north 1 then east 3 and that should take you back to the kelay tavern.

P.s jade, do you have a hollow char? what is your name on there.
best reg