Interesting first few hours but ultimately disappointing.

User Rating: 4.5 | The Saga of Ryzom PC
I started my free trial of this game because I was looking for something to take my mind of WoW for a week or so. I liked the first few hours of the game. I was able to level to 20 pretty quickly, so I bought a months worth of gametime. I regret that because after level 20 it gets hard. I can't navigate the areas very well. The missions are a seriously underdeveloped aspect of a game that is based on missions. I played AC and I am now getting those flashbacks to the early grinding days.

I love the water effect in this game. I like the idea of being able to manipulate the environment in a MMORPG. However, I am often the only person in sight in any of the cities I visited. Compare the to overcrowded Iron Forge in WoW, and you begin to see the extremes of participation. I get so lost trying to explore around the map, no cities to run to and no people to talk to. Missions are not helpful on the mainland. Overall this is a game with a different concept, but so many flaws as to not even try it. I am sad that I can't find a good second game to WoW. I need something new but Ryzon is not it.