The Saga of Ryzom
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Published by

Jolt Online Gaming

Developed by

Nevrax SARL

Released

Apr 24, 2004

Platforms

Linux, Macintosh, Windows

Genre

Role-Playing (RPG)

Perspective

1st-person, 3rd-person (Other)

Pacing

Persistent

Gameplay

Massively Multiplayer

Setting

Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic

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Description

The Saga of Ryzom is a mmorpg which takes place on Atys, an organic planet. We can play one of the four civilizations. Trykers little guys which live in paradisiac islands. They are also wind's people. Fyros the warriors, the proud people of desert. The Matis and Zorai. Those peoples are living in forest and jungle and they practice magic.

The planet is shared between the kami and the karavan. Those two factions want to take the full control of the planet. Players will have to choose their side. The universe style is not fully fantasy nor Science fiction but have piece of each genre.

The gameplay is offering to play several kind of roles like warrior, wizard, harvester or crafting. Player will have to fill lonely missions and participate group event.

Finally player will be confronted to all sort of insect and animals and particularly hordes of insectoid Kitins which emerge from underground galleries.

This game can only be played online.

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Screenshots

The Saga of Ryzom Windows fyros desert (under thunder sand)

The Saga of Ryzom Windows forest (early morning)

The Saga of Ryzom Windows Trykers island

The Saga of Ryzom Windows Fyros desert (close to main city)

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Promo Images

The Saga of Ryzom Magazine Advertisement

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Alternate Titles

"Ryzom传奇" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"Ryzom" -- Official name since August 10, 2006

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Critic Reviews

neXGam	Windows	2004	8.8 out of 10	88
GameZone	Windows	Oct 01, 2004	8.1 out of 10	81
GameSpy	Windows	Oct 12, 2004		80
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Sep 20, 2004	16 out of 20	80
IGN	Windows	Oct 18, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
MMORPG.com	Windows	Apr 15, 2010	7.25 out of 10	72
MMORPG.com	Windows	Oct 31, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Dec, 2004	66 out of 100	66
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 26, 2004	5.6 out of 10	56
Joystick (French)	Windows	Oct, 2004	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Birthday celebration

To celebrate the game's first birthday in September 2005, all current players were awarded a free month of game play.

Name change

On August 10, 2006 the official name was changes to Ryzom. The reason for this was to have a shorter, more memorable name for advertising the game to potential players.

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