Hands down the WORST MMO I've played yet. Stay away...very far away from this game. It's that bad!
Well I was in for a shock. The graphics were absolutely TERRIBLE. DO NOT be fooled by any screenshots, the visuals are horrible. It was a polygonal nightmare like LEGO's smashed with a hammer.
RYL very much had the feel of a "home-brewed" game made by an individual. Everything about it was severely lacking. The chat system was archaic, the graphics archaic, EVERYTHING archaic. Complete disaster.
Needless to say I uninstalled this junk within a half hour, it was just that bad. I could NOT stomach that game. I'd sooner play Shadowbane, and I consider Shadowbane to be one of the worst MMO's I've played too.
At the time, they were having some hokey contest to win $100,000 or something around that amount. Well let me tell you, not even the possibility of 100 grand could make me play this game for any length of time at all.
I should have known the game was bogus when I found out that RYL isn't the name of the world or something, it's an acronym for "Risk Your Life". A very stupid name for an MMO, IMHO.
To be blunt, I hate this game. If you know what's good for you, you won't even bother giving it a chance.
I hear talk of a sequel, and I'm sure that'll be just as terrible. Honestly, considering what's available on the market, it just makes NO sense to waste your time with this piece of trash. Ugh.
And that, my friends, is my opinion of RYL: Path of the Emperor.