I won't begin to guess which way this whole thing will actually go until I've seen them in action for about 3-6 months after the game servers go up. There is a chance of failure, potentially spectacular failure. That said, it's going to take a lot of skill and care on Spiderweb's part. Istaria and its team, Virtrium, have shown it to be possible and Istaria is an older, more dated-looking game than Ryzom with more major problems. I have considered negative factors as well - the age of the game, the effects of a bad release, poor management, and two liquidations, the way a typical investor would see Ryzom, the small playerbase, and the fact that for all their crying for "something different," most MMO players can't handle Ryzom's degree of difference.īut in this particular situation, the positive factors have a good chance to outweigh the negative ones and result in an outcome that would be favourable for Ryzom fans and the new team. You may think you're being realistic but a true realist considers all factors and weighs them relevantly. The above points are why I think you're being pessimistic, Lobotomist. With people from Nevrax involved in Spiderweb, the new team will (hopefully) have learned from past mistakes and have a very good grasp of what Ryzom is and how it should be nurtured. This is the first time Ryzom is free of debts and an overinflated development team. Giving big part of the game for free.Īnd, i have good feeling that this is exactly what new owners will do. Perhaps couple of thousand subs of most loyal players can net some profit to keep the game afloat.but thats it.Īt this point, only smart thing to do will be going "Anarchy Online" way. But i wouldnt hold my breath for Kitin invasions. Most likely the game will be presented "As is", perhaps some bug fixes will be made. Now 4 years after original release, when game is slowly walking into area of OUTDATED, after two cancells, after most of players were estranged - do you really think investors will consider investing into renewed development ? The company that took over Ryzom, didnt implement them aswell. Still in all time with original development team they were never implemented. These features could arguably seen as crucial to the game. Is also a game that had a planned set of functionalities, that were planed as original set of features. Ryzom in peticular - a great game that it is. In fact, i have been following MMO market lately Spiderweb International got a bargain when they picked up Ryzom. A relatively small amount of strategic development ("polish" and developing the Ring) could seriously broaden this game's appeal.Īnd it's never been well advertised. There's nothing else like it on the market. They've all claimed to be "next gen" and tried to be different to lure players away from the monster we know as WoW. What I've seen, both from trying games when they're released and from reading other gamers' impressions at forums like these, is that they've all been pretty disappointing. Or maybe I should be asking - have you been keeping your crystal ball polished enough? :P Have you been following the mmo market lately? Best we can all hope for is a company that keeps the servers and the game stable and running. It is a great game, but it is way to late. I seriously doubt any further development will be put into Ryzom. Not unless they invest in game development. Unlikely, since there is no way they can even hope to hold more than 1000 - 2000 subscription world wide. And going with alternative payment model would not be I have no idea what are new plans for Ryzom. I just didnt bother to copy and paste the whole text. That scheme seemed to work quite well for Anarchy Online. Though personally I think there's something to be said for extending the existing free-to-play element of the game - maybe allow free-trial'ers to leave Silan and skill up to 100 before they need to subscribe. Reopening the servers for free is the VIP special access for former subscribers and it's one step in the reopening process. Our next step in the coming days will be to re-open the servers for free - a VIP access to all our former Homins to thank them for their patience (to be specific, all the players who had a paid account at the time of the closure of servers). What does this mean ? Will Ryzom go free to play ?Īre you a professional journalist? Cos the way you singled out small phrases out of a whole sentence to give what they said a completely different meaning is quite impressive :P The new managment post states "Servers will be opened for free", and "VIP members will have special acess"
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