Ryzom?

Grrl

I'd like to know before downloading it:

Does it still exist?

Have any one of you ever played it?

I had never heard about it til someone in the forum has mentioned the name.

Any pros and cons?

Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

If it's so horrid; is there a game you'd suggest?

I've tried WAR, indeed. Absolutely love it but couldn't buy it just yet. [pouts]

Machieltje

The servers came back one recently so yes it does still exist.

As to pro's and con's It's a sandbox which can be both :P. It has a complex crafting and harvesting system to which the same applies. There are no real classes as you can level all skill trees without any penalties. 

If you expect quests to lead you through the game you won't find them, there are missions but they give only moderate rewards. No potions, that's right no potions. All the gear is player crafted (save some NPC stuff that's really no good) and there are no item drops.

Basically you either love or hate it

Theocritus

   The post above nails it pretty much....If youre looking for a game that plays like many of the MMOs (wow, eq2, lotro, etc) then this is not the one you want........The community is very friendly and helpful also......It is still free and only a 1.5G download so I would say to give it a shot if you want to try somnething new and different.

paulscott

It's free till the end of october for sure and maybe longer.