It's a pretty fun game, I played it for awhile....

But the community is just awful, if you're a part of it you probably don't notice though. 

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Originally posted by Djfusion
Hate it or not, its by far the best Browser MMORPG out right now. Nothing comes close.
Sure you can complain about the "small" updates, but atleast they are always working on it, thats more to say than other Free MMOs.
I applaud Jagex for staying so strong for so long and making such a huge BROWSER mmo.

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While I do think Runescape is a "cute" little browser game, I'd have to argue against it being the greatest. I've played many browser MMO's (not that there are millions out there) and I have to say that my favorite, by far, is Earth Eternal.

Earth Eternal character controls are exactly like the best of all MMO's, it has decent graphics (amazing for a browser), clever little avatars and creatures and the typical run of various (though not entirely unoriginal) skills and quests. Runescape does have it's benefits and I will say that it is more original in its style, but I certainly wouldn't give it the highest mark.

I have noticed that Runescape fans are A LOT like Mac fan-boys/girls with their die-hard defense and over-exaggeration of the games originality and quality, but let's be honest here . . . the graphics and animations are sub-par in todays host of free online MMO's (browser or otherwise), that's before we get into it's drawbacks such as grouping, farming/exploit fixes and PvP content.

That said, I will give it this, it has that original magic I remember when I first began playing MMO's. I had a blast for some reason and even though I continue to laugh at the graphics, when I do start playing again I seem to forget to notice all the lack-luster effects and get sucked right in time after time. So, it's worth a solid defense, but only in the proper context.

Anyways, it's free and all you need is Java, so give it a shot . . . you should have Java installed on your machine anyways!

I used to play Runescape heavily, and my high score spot can atest to that fact (Thadius_Moor, search me if you like), but since about December 2008, I have quit and the reasons are simple...

Much of what made Runescape what it was has been removed, or altered beyond what can be considered "small changes" which people could adapt to.

The most recent change to the Hit Points skill is a prime example. No one wanted it and despite major opposition to it, Jagex seems content in disregarding the displeasure and plans to not go back.

This attitude of changing long-standiong traditions in terms of content and the "dumbing down" of the game is leading to a large segment of the veteran community to have a bad taste in their mouths, leading to the decisions to quit more and more frequently.

What the reviewer has neglected to cover is the unsettled and disgruntled opinions of much of the older class of player who have been there through all the changes and helped Jagex become what it is today. It is, with much dismay, a real slap in the face to the veterans when Jagex makes massive changes without consulting their biggest supporters, and then disregard those same players when they voice their displeasure with the decisions that have been made.

It is also a big mistake, in my opinion, for Jagex to continue to make the game more and more "Newb-Friendly" while disregarding the upper echilon of the skills and game contents in order to attract new players.

If Jagex really cared about it's customers, they would do all they could to ensure all players are served well, at all levels of play rather than strictly focusing on the bottom half of the game as they have been doing ever-so frequently.

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Originally posted by ThadiusMoor
Much of what made Runescape what it was has been removed, or altered beyond what can be considered "small changes" which people could adapt to.

This attitude of changing long-standiong traditions in terms of content and the "dumbing down" of the game is leading to a large segment of the veteran community to have a bad taste in their mouths, leading to the decisions to quit more and more frequently.

It is also a big mistake, in my opinion, for Jagex to continue to make the game more and more "Newb-Friendly" while disregarding the upper echilon of the skills and game contents in order to attract new players.

If Jagex really cared about it's customers, they would do all they could to ensure all players are served well, at all levels of play rather than strictly focusing on the bottom half of the game as they have been doing ever-so frequently.

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I agree whole-hearte . . . hold on a second while I wipe the tear from my eye. Seriously though, if only we had more MMORPG veterans willing to speak up. I think the problem is that Veterans, sick of the way things have progressed, simply leave.

I have (as I'm sure you have too) seen this with so many games. That is, the game is flawed, but people continue to play and instead of fixing things the devs make the cardinal mistake of dumbing down the game to attract newbs . . . or worse yet, they cater to the wrong crowd of complainers (likely newbs who have already gotten mixed up in the game and think it's "too hard"). Removing KoS rules in Vanguard come to mind as does all but destroying cross-classing in Asheron's Call 2.

Great comment. Those words simply aren't said enough.

Those words simply aren't said enough.

I've quit the game ever since PVP was totally ruined. Some say it was ruined recently but it was really ruined with runescape 2 (/fail.) Runescape 1 can't be beat, and still play played it on private servers until they fell in popularity/jagex ddosing them.

Loved taking my old rune mage (45def 51mage, combat lvl 30) into lvl 10 wild and doing full bank runs of r2h's from 1 def noobs...

RS2 sucks my nuts. From a player starting in late 02, that hits jagex pretty hard n says allot.

Skip this game.

I have played since 2001 i have played on and off, i allways enjoy playing it, i have been playing other games atm got bored after 9 years or so lol.

they actually do have a group play system. its in daemonheim. you can group and go dungeonering.

Was this guy okay? Jagex is just taking up a crabload of money because their idea of "an f2p skill" is mostly P2P.

MILLIONS of runescape players were aggervated at jagex because of the huge mass that commonly takes up your bank while you use it during your p2p period. It added up even more whenever "Dungeoneering" was announced to be fully f2p, when jagex lied. Not only that, the mods are mute happy! I was muted for calling someone stupid, and what else is ridiculous: They censor worrds for no reason. sort of like Nexon and DFO.

They are bringing back the wildy and getting rid of the trade limit though. 

Originally posted by dragon1613

Now imagine this, runescape with WASD movement with great graphics, decent PvP system, no trade limit and polished just as well as WoW = dream game..

AWMG! That would be so amazing. That, mixed with the massive amount of content and always-growing playerbase, would make Runescape / Jagex / Whatever completely obliterate all other MMO's!

Though the removal of free trade and PvP didn't do much in terms of making me quit, it destroyed a huge amount of their playerbase, which took Jagex a very long while to rebuild. The final thing that put me off was getting 99 mining.

It took me three months of playing 6+ hours a day (Which I say WAS NOT cool on my health) and I had to mine 130,000 gold ore (That's a lot for anyone that doesn't play). When I finally got 99 my playtime was cut in half to around 3 hours a day (much healthier).

Then, when my membership expired, I stopped playing because my parents wouldn't let me re-sub and sell my dragon set and other members-only items.

Now that there is a very highly possible chance that Jagex are bringing back the wilderness and free trade, I might just start playing again. Or I might just stick to my little private server (RSPS just reset economy and I lost 813M cash. Not cool).

People can make so much money luring, pking, staking and scamming! (Not that I scam -.-)

Originally posted by Devour

It's more than monotonous. And the fact it's actually handwaved in the review...

Not to any real extent. When you're able to trade things that matter to a newbie to a newbie, they're often at the same level as you or better and don't need it.

lol. "Another grandmaster quest and overhauled the loot for a minigame that was already there." Let's see how far apart the content updates for Runescape have been, and how much they have contributed:

Game Updates Barbarian Assault Improvements 19-Jan-2010 - Very little added, really, some new WEAPON COLOURS to an old weapon. OMFGWTFBBQSOCOOL 

This one I can agree with you on. Kind of. A lot of people actually enjoy looking good and the weapon-changing option was a good idea.

Game Updates Nomad’s Requiem 11-Jan-2010 - Reward is crap, can't be bothered looking at the quest. Probably another "fetch this, kill high level mob, fetch that, do puzzle as planned out on tip.it".

The reward is not actually crap, the blue and red prayer capes you receive give a very large boost to your prayer - would be very useful in PKing and the works if free trade and wildy was returned. And if you want more thrill out of the quest, GTFO any fansites that have all the answers and figure it out for yourself. Makes Runescape much more enjoyable if you don't copy your neighbours answers.

 

Game Updates Kuradal's Dungeon 08-Dec-2009 - First off, a month between these two updates? Wow. Especially since this update is just a cavern with mobs that Jagex couldn't even be bothered to reskin put in.

This 'cavern with mobs' has helped people all around the world train their slayer and progress a bit quicker in the game.

Game Updates The Temple at Senntisten 03-Dec-2009 - Appears to be an awful quest.

Appears to be an awful quest? Come on. How do you know what it would be like if you haven't even tried it? Don't judge a book by it's cover.

Game Updates Potions, Spells and Runes 17-Nov-2009 - Over three weeks between this content update and the one above, looks like Jagex is making a habit of it. Enormously disappointing update, again. A few more potions, four extra spells and a few rune changes. YAWN.

The extra potions are high-level content, which everyone has been waiting for. Also, they are untradable, so they remain exclusive to herblore-nuts only. The four extra spells are good combat attacks that people can use to train their magic for free at FoG. And the rune changes? A bit pointless in my honest opinion. Score one to you.

Originally posted by Sup3rnova

Runescape Classic is not open at all they locked in back in 2004-2005 so that new characters couldnt be created which resulted in the downfall of the game.

Runescape classic was crap. It was locked BECAUSE IT WAS REPLACED BY A BETTER VERSION OF THE GAME.

And It has been unlocked for several weeks ON TWO OCCASIONS where people that created a classic account count always log in to classic even while the game was locked.

to be honest unless your a member it takes forever to get anywhere in this game, i find its so cram packed with botters there isnt much space for the others who actually play it, plus because of so many botters if your spotted with a group of them or someone hacks your account and bots with your account they perminatly baned you with no warning to change password as you may have been hacked, or to say saty away from there, they just plane permibanned you. and to make it worse there appeal offence system doesnt work as your left waiting months before you even get a reply. i get this knowlage from my own exsperiance of comming back on after a week off being told i was banned for macroing when iv never used one in my life as it makes the game boring

Bots are gone, it owns again.

Wildy is back!