Ryzom isnt popular because

[telanor]

its not the typical medieval fantasy mmorpg.. Its a crazy sci fi theme.

I dont know WHO in their right mind would try to make a game like this appealing to the general mmorpg public or think that it would sell good.

what they should of done was make an improved dark age of camelot and than they would see a lot of players.. someone didn't do any research of what sells and what doesn't in the mmorpg genre.

with the launch of Wow and EQ2 the only mmorpg's that really have a chance of growing big are ones based on medival fantasy PvP/Guild v Guild because that market doesnt really have much competition in mmorpg's other than DAOC..

Actually, I picked Ryzom over World of Warcraft (and I was in the beta) and EverQuest 2 specifically because I'm tired of slogging through each company's perspective on standard Tolkien fantasy. I couldn't help but see EverQuest as a D&D MMORPG, and I couldn't help but see World of Warcraft as Blizzard's EverQuest. I wanted something new and original. The skills system, crafting, and all the rest of Ryzom's features are just icing on the cake.

-B

[kynot]

its not the typical medieval fantasy mmorpg.. Its a crazy sci fi theme.

what they should of done was make an improved dark age of camelot and than they would see a lot of players.. someone didn't do any research of what sells and what doesn't in the mmorpg genre.

Just making a better DAOC would be a Tres stupid! That would just be putting a new face on an old game. Which is exacly what wow and eqII are doing.

I have played daoc for a couple of years now and several of the people I play with WERE planing on leaving for wow. However DAOC countered that with the new x pack that puts in several things that wow added. And now most off the people that were going to leave for wow are now goin to wait till the new daoc x pack comes out first.

SoR is a truely origanal game. Not just another cookie cutter made mmorpg.
And I do not care if it is not the most popular game out there. Why? Because the popular games attrack power gamers and they ruin game communities big time!!!

[vin99]

i think the post about the RPG things came from someone with a small insight. i for once dont like ski fi games like EVE online etc. but Ryzom is great! its a great new view on MMORPG ing ok ok it has not mutch content as it is now. but it has good support great char creation etc the best thing is that its original. not the mass of the market is original. the Big ones are just the boring stuff you find everywhere.. ryzom is unique ryzom gets my vote

wow = DII 3D on a crap engine...

[sprite]

I dont know WHO in their right mind would try to make a game like this appealing to the general mmorpg public or think that it would sell good.

uh... never heard of Anarchy Online, SWG, City Of Heroes, EVE, etc etc etc?

[vin99]

(offtopic) what do you actually do in EVE online ?, i played the beta and retail for a few minutes without knowing what the hell im doing

simply put i choosed the caldari race, ended up in my ship, smack bamn in the middle of no where, no tuturals, no idea what to do first

not very newbie freindly

all things regardless, i think everyone would prefer a game where you whack the hell out of monsters with a sword of sorts then a game like EVE where your thrown into the middle of nowhere with no frickin clue what to do

i proberly never gave it enough time to get into but it kinda left a bad taste in my mouth after trying...

even the now dead Earth and beyond was better then EVE(tuturial missions everything), very newbie freindly

tuturials = pwn (am i the only one that listens to them on games where you have no idea what to do =o ?)

oh and since WOW and EQ 2 were mentioned, these games are overhyped nothing else you can do about it, even if they do blow...

at least theres a few games that deserve hype, cough HL2 cough

i wish Ryzom had the kinda hype WOW/E2/HALO 2 had...

hehe well thats what i mean floating around in space is not my idea of a fun game

[brucejdc]

its not the typical medieval fantasy mmorpg.. Its a crazy sci fi theme.

I dont know WHO in their right mind would try to make a game like this appealing to the general mmorpg public or think that it would sell good..

Anarchy Online is a crazy sci fi theme and manage good.... maybe more than some others fantasy rpg... Same for star wars galaxies...