The Saga of Ryzom: Studio Visit & Ring Preview - News Discussion - General Discussion

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Lepidus 6/29/06 1:00:13 PM

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Last week, we took a trip to Paris to check out Nevrax's downtown studio and the upcoming player-content expansion The Ryzom Ring. There we met with Executive Producer Daniel Miller and Director Milko Berset to learn about what the team has in store.

Nevrax believes they can change the way people think about MMORPGs. When the Ryzom Ring launches this fall, The Saga of Ryzom will become the first major MMORPG with significant player created content. The Ring is a tool kit that enables players to craft, test and then launch their own quests and live content scenarios into the live game. Last week, we made the hop to Paris to see their progress.

“We launched the game a bit too early,” admitted Executive Producer Daniel Miller. The game launched in late 2004, not long before World of WarCraft and EverQuest II. The timing was not ideal. Since then, the small development team spent most their time finishing the product, fixing the bugs and consolidating their community.

“We’ve got better since then,” he added. “We figure we have a product that’s strong.”

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acmtalk 6/29/06 1:51:36 PM

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very nice Idea, great game.

vqly 6/29/06 5:04:14 PM

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Ring players are able to create stories that span many maps. This feature also eliminates unnecessary travel, although Miller insists that many of the maps are more than large enough should someone wish to make a quest in one are.

Now that got me excited. Wasn't sure if that was possible before, glad to see them explicitly stated it.

also kudos to the "bad timing launch date" statement ::::01::