The diamond in the rough.
Perfect description of Ryzom, I have played mmorpg's for over 10 years and never heard of this game, yet, it has some of the greatest features of a game world to date, for example;
Full customizable spells, forget letting developers design each and every spell and class in the game, instead they put that power into the players hands, want to be a Shadow Priest? Make life drain heal spells, health drain attack spells! Want to be a Warrior? Create after parry, after dodge bleed upgraded attack moves! It is insane how much freedom you have in this game! Create your own named class that not one person has ever even dreamed about!
Want to be a realistic harvester! You need to learn the season and weather conditrions of the material you wish to harvest! how cool is that, you even have to locate it through the search and proscepting in the game! Why has this system not been copied! Only God knows why! To go along with that, a world based upon a real ecosystem, herding, migrating, symbiotic behavior! Frikkin Awesome!
Want to be a realistic crafter! Each of the things you make is based upon the specific stats of what you harvest and how skilled a crafter yopu are, no pre made items in this game, completely unique items made each time!
I mean, why is this game not a triple AAA contender up there with other high population games? I just do not understand it!
Other games are boring and send you on a linear path, want to live your own life in an awesome world, that is what Ryzom offers, how is it not more popular?
One of the reasons I know is, because I never even heard of this game, and I am an avid mmorpg player, Asherons Call, World of Warcraft, Mortal Online, Darkfall, Lineage, Everquest, Vanguard, Rift, SWToR, and those are just the ones I can think of....yet I have never even heard of thjis game untill I picked a random game off of the mmorpg.com game list?
What gives? How can such a cool ass sandbox and one of the most creative games I have ever played be sitting in complete obscurity?
Someone please explain it to me!
Perfect description of Ryzom, I have played mmorpg's for over 10 years and never heard of this game, yet, it has some of the greatest features of a game world to date, for example;
Full customizable spells, forget letting developers design each and every spell and class in the game, instead they put that power into the players hands, want to be a Shadow Priest? Make life drain heal spells, health drain attack spells! Want to be a Warrior? Create after parry, after dodge bleed upgraded attack moves! It is insane how much freedom you have in this game! Create your own named class that not one person has ever even dreamed about!
Want to be a realistic harvester! You need to learn the season and weather conditrions of the material you wish to harvest! how cool is that, you even have to locate it through the search and proscepting in the game! Why has this system not been copied! Only God knows why! To go along with that, a world based upon a real ecosystem, herding, migrating, symbiotic behavior! Frikkin Awesome!
Want to be a realistic crafter! Each of the things you make is based upon the specific stats of what you harvest and how skilled a crafter yopu are, no pre made items in this game, completely unique items made each time!
I mean, why is this game not a triple AAA contender up there with other high population games? I just do not understand it!
Other games are boring and send you on a linear path, want to live your own life in an awesome world, that is what Ryzom offers, how is it not more popular?
One of the reasons I know is, because I never even heard of this game, and I am an avid mmorpg player, Asherons Call, World of Warcraft, Mortal Online, Darkfall, Lineage, Everquest, Vanguard, Rift, SWToR, and those are just the ones I can think of....yet I have never even heard of thjis game untill I picked a random game off of the mmorpg.com game list?
What gives? How can such a cool ass sandbox and one of the most creative games I have ever played be sitting in complete obscurity?
Someone please explain it to me!
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