Xsyon MMO - build your own towns

[StardogChampion]

Is this game worth checking out?

http://www.xsyon.com/

Landscape

The Xsyon starting world is a scaled version of the Lake Tahoe Basin which spans the California – Nevada border.

Resources

Players rely heavily on natural and found resources: lumber from trees, leather from animals, grass, scrap materials and rare objects of the lost modern civilization.

Environment

The realistic environment in Xsyon is not simply visual. It can affect resources, quests, objects, creature behavior and player actions.

Character

Character development is pivotal to Xsyon. Unlike many game worlds where a character develops from a weakling to a god, Xsyon characters start off as heroes, above average in stats but inexperienced, unskilled and lacking knowledge.

Basic Actions

The character can perform many basic physical actions as well as gain specific skill based actions. Most actions are dependant on a combination of player statistics, skill and current status.

Crafts

Everything in the world can be crafted and destroyed. Craftsmen can find new patterns, recipes and blueprints, learn from other players or gain knowledge through inspiration.

Objects

By scavenging the world, characters will discover over a thousand different types of objects. All objects serve some function, even if it’s not readily apparent.

Economy

The economy is entirely player run. It relies heavily on players to gather resources, craft necessary items and trade. Players can barter or buy and sell using local currency.
Tribes can set local currencies based on found currency items.

 

[Gargantou]

Sounds interesting.

Personally though, I can't help but be reminded of the in-development Free-2-Play MMO Salem when I read of this.

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/press/2011/2/salem-free-to-play-mmorpg-game-officially-announced

 

[Acepilotf14]

This is one of those things where it really needs a trial.

 

[StarBob]

Any MMO without a trial either sucks terribly or is so new and they figure they can milk some suckers for the purchase price. No reason to not have one for at least a week these days...

 

[Stigmata]

Why would I pay for this when I can just get the Matrix for free by waiting 15 years?