Ryzom

Ryzom announces today's launch of its new website http://www.ryzom.com :

• A new design, more suitable for the world of Ryzom
• New graphics
• Faster loading
• Better readability

Come discover it now at http://www.ryzom.com and tell us what you think about it !

Not bad. I can finally hand out the ryzom.com link without feeling ashamed.


But please fix the title...

"Ryzom MMORPG - RPG - Is the best FRENCH 3D role-play and role playing PC game playable online."
What? ...What?
Who cares that it's French.
Why did you use both "MMORPG" and "RPG"? "Role-play" and "role playing"? Search engine optimization? Leave that to the meta tags. This clutter reeks of unprofessionalism.

My suggestion for a better title:
"Ryzom | the 3D science-fantasy MMORPG | freedom and roleplaying"
Not much shorter, but more succinct and descriptive.

Ryzom is the best French Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Ryzom is an MMORPG set 30.000 years in the future, on a living, evolving world: beautiful Atys!

This would benefit from a little rewording, like so:

Ryzom is the best French "sandbox"-style Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. It is set 30,000 years in the future on a living, evolving world: beautiful Atys...

And the next three paragraphs, to flow better and portray things more accurately, should also be changed:

BUT BEWARE!
Although seemingly calm and serene, Atys is an untamed and dangerous world. Among its perils are the Kitin: gigantic mutated insects who once destroyed civilization...

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
Two powerful, opposed and mysterious forces:
The Kami - Mystical spirits safeguarding nature
The Karavan - Technologically advanced soldiers from outer space
They struggle for domination of the living planet and vie for the loyalty of its denizens. To whom will you give your loyalty, if anyone?

JOIN THE SAGA
Come and discover the hidden mysteries of this world. Be careful, however; your choices can impact not only you, but the rest of the world as well!

Never use more than one exclamation mark, by the way.

FREE Download of our MMORPG & 21 day FREE trial, no credit card needed, sign up in less than 60 seconds! Enjoy...

This would benefit from a little rewording, like so:

FREE download of our MMORPG and 21 day FREE trial, no credit card needed! Sign up in less than 60 seconds and enjoy...

Download & Register
21-day free trial,
Sign up in 60 seconds!

You know the drill...

Download & Register
21-day free trial
Sign up quickly and easily!

Navigation menu ought to be less wordy and more logically organised. Here you go:

Home
Download
System Requirements
Features
Create: Ryzom Ring
Game Manual
Support
Subscription Options
Account Login
Goodies
RP Center
Web Applications
Forums
Developer Blog
Ryzom on Facebook
Ryzom on Twitter

And that's all this nitpicker has to say about the homepage.

There are some issues with the site :S

9 css errors, 101 html errors!

Theres something unoriginal about the design. It is too basic i think..
Perhaps change the brown background to the original starry night one?
Why not a flash menu on the side like this one. The contents sits flat on the background. Why not incorporate the new ui theme into the site?
You could have encorporated alot of api functions into the site, especially the front page..there is too much text.

Its dissapointing, you should have asked for help, I would have done this for free.

Agreed, they should have at least asked for feedback on a mockup before finalising and implementing the design.

I'm curious what you mean about incorporating API functions, Final. It's not as if Ryzom has much that could be translated into that form for tracking and showing off. Maybe outpost ownership, but that's neither important enough nor very dynamic. So...?

I suggest to scrap this page aswell and take a clean and simple layout e.g. the one from the chronicle pages. It didn't get better imho.

LOL, Raph Koster was really right: no matter what you do, players will never be happy.

Well, the new site is better than the previous and this is enough for me to grats the devs.

amateurhaftig wuerde guenter netzer sagen...