zo ist mien jong now to the OP: if you can see through the somewhat lame graphics, the game's pretty decent yes. i liked the big herds running around and some predators snatching away some sick mobs from the side. Not a game for me tho....
Theres a free trial so i suggest u play for 4 days or so and see how you like. I dont understand why anyone wouldnt like this game. Its simply a great game. Infact ive played wow for 3 years and didnt find it anywhere near as great as ryzom.
I have to say that the graphics in Ryzom are stunning even two and a half years after release. In my opinion it tops easily Everquest 2 that I also play for over a year now.
What makes ryzom really special is this immersion factor and all the life. Mice scamper between the flowers, seeds flying through the air, fog drifts between the trees, the wind moves everything up from the trees to every little flower beneath your feets, insects buzz in the air, butterflies cross your way and in the night, glowing clouds of pollen rise from the ground and go up to the star covered sky. I never have seen such a living environment. What I miss are houses or some more indoor settings but the nature is really awesome.
The spell effects are much more appealing to me than e.g. in WoW, Everquest 2 or one of the korean-style MMOs.
Here are some screenshots I took on my last trip through the forests of Matis:
I tried the free trial the other day, quit after about 10 minutes of exploring the starter island. With everything set at max, the graphics just didn't look right to me, I prefer the graphics in Horizons, EQ2, and WoW. I was also unimpressed by the character creation process, the few available races look so similar to me, boring in my opinion.
Every Body feature can be influenced on a slidescale, not just by steps like in WoW or WQ2.
Many different Hairstyles and Tatoos, even more InGame avaliable...
Similar looking races??? *ROFL*
And the graphics, ok, the franco-belgique Comic Style isn´t for everyone, but so is WoWs Stlye, or the Anime Style of every other Asian Game. And For EQ2, or Vanguard... I´d rather play a Comic Charakter, than a display dummy
And everything to the max of your system, my friend... on a GForce 2 even WoW would look rather blunt
Care to share any system specifics?
And don´t even start me on the "Animal-Races" of Vanguard... Yeah, in EQ2 they look like animals at least, but in Vanguard...
Paste any head of an Animal on a normal human body... Oooh, how original. Not even the hands are animallike.
I was very disapointed by this, I´m sure they could have done better than that.
But anyway, it´s your oppinion and you are perfectly entiteled to it, even if 10 minutes will give you no incling of ANY Game around.
CU
SaM
Ryzom, we dare to be different. Do you dare to adapt?
I tried the free trial the other day, quit after about 10 minutes of exploring the starter island. With everything set at max, the graphics just didn't look right to me, I prefer the graphics in Horizons, EQ2, and WoW. I was also unimpressed by the character creation process, the few available races look so similar to me, boring in my opinion.
This comment would be pretty funny, except that it seems to me to illustrate the sorry status of the rpg in mmos . Not getting at you, Dionyseus, or your opinion, only bemused by your criteria.
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"tabletop" means a game played ontop of a table.
Mostly assosicated with pen and paper rpg's
What makes ryzom really special is this immersion factor and all the life. Mice scamper between the flowers, seeds flying through the air, fog drifts between the trees, the wind moves everything up from the trees to every little flower beneath your feets, insects buzz in the air, butterflies cross your way and in the night, glowing clouds of pollen rise from the ground and go up to the star covered sky. I never have seen such a living environment. What I miss are houses or some more indoor settings but the nature is really awesome.
The spell effects are much more appealing to me than e.g. in WoW, Everquest 2 or one of the korean-style MMOs.
Here are some screenshots I took on my last trip through the forests of Matis:
http://thefreesoul.net/4images/4images/data/media/11/ascreenshot443.jpg
http://thefreesoul.net/4images/4images/data/media/11/ascreenshot414.jpg
http://thefreesoul.net/4images/4images/data/media/11/ascreenshot428.jpg
Or one of the characters midst a fight:
http://thefreesoul.net/4images/4images/data/media/17/ascreenshot107.jpg
And if you finally look on these two videos:
http://www.ryzom-movies.de/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=22&id=382 (61 MB player-made trailer with a huge pvp-Fight after about 4:45 mins)
http://www.ryzom-movies.de/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=33&id=237
(83 MB beautiful movie of Atys where you also can see the spell animations.)
I just can't see where the grahics of Ryzom are "lame" especially after looking the videos
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Playing: Ryzom, Vanguard, Everquest 2
Cancelled: RF online, WoW, Sword of the New World, Rappelz
Looking forward to: Spellborn
Ok, it´s "only" 4 races, but similar?
Blue skin, brown, skin, pale skin, normal, skin
Extremely tall, middle and quite small
Every Body feature can be influenced on a slidescale, not just by steps like in WoW or WQ2.
Many different Hairstyles and Tatoos, even more InGame avaliable...
Similar looking races??? *ROFL*
And the graphics, ok, the franco-belgique Comic Style isn´t for everyone, but so is WoWs Stlye, or the Anime Style of every other Asian Game. And For EQ2, or Vanguard... I´d rather play a Comic Charakter, than a display dummy
And everything to the max of your system, my friend... on a GForce 2 even WoW would look rather blunt
Care to share any system specifics?
And don´t even start me on the "Animal-Races" of Vanguard... Yeah, in EQ2 they look like animals at least, but in Vanguard...
Paste any head of an Animal on a normal human body... Oooh, how original. Not even the hands are animallike.
I was very disapointed by this, I´m sure they could have done better than that.
But anyway, it´s your oppinion and you are perfectly entiteled to it, even if 10 minutes will give you no incling of ANY Game around.
CU
SaM
Do you dare to adapt?
Care to share any system specifics? [/quote]
X800 Pro, AMD X2 3800+ overclocked to 2.5ghz, 1gig ram, WinXP Pro 64-bit .
Then it realy looks like you just don´t like the style of the graphics.
Allright, and thank god for different tastes , man others do.
CU
SaM
Do you dare to adapt?