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Runes of Magic Videos: Runes of Magic Media Presentation, Part One (10:27)

In Leipzig, the team behind the upcoming MMORPG Runes of Magic gave us a presentation of their game, highlighting key features including: crafting, runes, housing and more.

In Leipzig, the team behind the upcoming MMORPG Runes of Magic gave us a presentation of their game, highlighting key features including: crafting, runes, housing and more.
Duration: 10:27
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Game: Runes of Magic

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cosimusta writes: Knight-Priest is nothing like a Paladin, cuz see the Knight-Priest is basically a tank class but with heal spells..... And what exactly is your idea of a Paladin? I dub this game Anime-WoW-Denial Online Sat Aug 30 2008 8:38AM

XTinTioN writes: I didn't get the CB key yet!! argh!! Sat Aug 30 2008 8:54AM

zechz writes: arent they are borrowing kinda alot from world of warcraft?, that snowy place looked the same as the dwarf starting area.. he was atacking a 'tauren', he then warped to goldshire.. is it the same engine or something? the stats when you hover over a weapon are allso the same aranged, not to menntion the inventory. chat bar.. the whole stile of the game.. just seems like a rippoff to me. Sat Aug 30 2008 9:53AM

Nothan writes: Stop to see wow everywhere ... just look what is works for player (10M is not enough to say its a good model ?) But when i see that, i need CB key too, nice Free powa ! Sat Aug 30 2008 10:35AM

remyburke writes: I had a good laugh zechz. I was watching this vid with my wife and said, "a tauren? is this the wow dwarf starting area? did he just warp to Goldshire?" then i read your post. lol...sigh. Honestly, no imagination from these devs at all. Totally uninspired. Just seems like WoW on "slightly more difficult mode". Sat Aug 30 2008 11:47AM

Moretrinkets writes: Ok, maybe something went wrong in Azeroth. Maybe some warlock summoned the wrong demons and they took over the land. Next. Sat Aug 30 2008 2:05PM

Emeraq writes: The main thing I learned from this video is thatGerman males like to play female characters! Sat Aug 30 2008 2:23PM

Marontann writes: i kind of liked it, it seemed more adult graphix wise compared to wow. I hated the bubblegum graphix of wow, but this i like, not so disney But seriusly did they really had to have taurens? if that's not a rippoff i dont know what is. Sat Aug 30 2008 2:33PM

angelana89 writes: i still didn't get my beta code! Sat Aug 30 2008 5:12PM

A1learjet writes: lol same no key Sat Aug 30 2008 5:26PM

aranha writes: Welcome to western mmorpg's! Same crap over and over and over and over and... Be alittle creative god damnit! Sat Aug 30 2008 5:51PM

alien1984 writes: Same crap over and over? Take a look at all the clone games from china, all 10 thousand of them. At least this time it is a German / American type company making the game. It looks really good for being f2p, unlike those chinese clones. Sat Aug 30 2008 6:46PM

jpomatto writes: It does look really good. In the beginning of the demo he fights a Tauren? I thought that was a Blizz creation. Can you have other games monsters in your game and even call them the same thing? Sat Aug 30 2008 6:46PM

alien1984 writes: Well the game is obviously a complete knockoff of wow, i wouldn't be surprised if there was some type of lawsuit in the near future. There is just too many things that are exactly the same. Sat Aug 30 2008 6:49PM

Zeroxin writes: The Guild wars influence is plain to see immediately he gets into the game world. The game looks awesome but I'd like to play it to get a feel of how good it is. Sat Aug 30 2008 7:09PM

mackdawg19 writes: Let's get one thing straight. Blizzard does not own taurens, orcs, elves or any race of creature. Concepts can be shared between games. In an MMORPG, alot of things will resemble another game. Its called building blocks. Yes this game looks like WoW. No it cannot be sued by Blizzard, as they would of already sued the original game creator. Yes this is another Chinese import known as RA in Western Asia. ANd yes this game will be alot better than the standard f2p mmo's out there. One huge fact being that you can only go up to lvl 50. Most f2p's from china or japan have a crazy number of levels. Lowest I have ever seen was 80 with Knights Online. Sat Aug 30 2008 7:38PM

mackdawg19 writes: Oh and I forgot, you can quest throughout this whole game and never really see the grind. Play RA and you will see. This is not to say you can't grind. Sat Aug 30 2008 7:39PM

alien1984 writes: So what if wow doesn't own certain races, this game is copying the exact models from wow. Sat Aug 30 2008 8:18PM

alakram writes: I never liked free to play games but this one looks awesome. Sat Aug 30 2008 9:05PM

Valentina writes: Looks awesome. I'm a little confused about the "Tauren" I've never heard of it before Warcraft, but I could be wrong. I used to think it looks alot like WoW, but the character models have much more detail and the environment appears to as well. Sat Aug 30 2008 10:04PM

Roosevelt writes: To the people saying that Blizzard does not own the rights to "Tauren", they might not own the rights to Taurens but that is an original creation from Blizzard. The reason elves and dwarves are used in other games is because they have a long standing basis in fantasy. Taurens are not from Tolkiens work or anyone else in the fantasy realm. They have similar kinds but not exactly Tauren. This is a complete sneak job by this company seriously! Not to mention the game takes all of the interface and even jumping animations from WoW. I do not even like WoW which is why this sickens me so much. Sat Aug 30 2008 10:08PM

Bammetje writes: @Roosevelt - So i suppose you're sick of Blizzard too, cause they used (or did a sneak job - your words) so many features that have their origin in other games. Like Daoc, Lineage, EQ and so on. About the Tauren: its a mythical figure. First described thousends of years ago. So Blizzard used that one too (i guess you would call this also a sneak job). If your ignorance is real, you're funny. If you just post without thinking, it is an annoyance. I surely hope you dont know any better. Sun Aug 31 2008 6:12AM

Dogorox writes: WoW stole the cows from Shadowbane Sun Aug 31 2008 8:49AM

Thorn4 writes: WTH cant the developers think for themselves? They are copying WoW so much, even the way the characters run are the same as WoW wth im never playing this game Sun Aug 31 2008 9:12AM

sappfe writes: All those things you see in MMORPGs even WoW have existed in lore, legends, and myths long before Blizzard's employees even existed. Dungeons and Dragons in fact had tauren, elves, dwarves, and snowy places long before WoW or Shadowbane. This game is not a knock of WoW nothing is a knock of WoW. Stop comparing everything to WoW. You don't have to play this game or any game and if you are not going to who the hell wants to know what you think about it. Sun Aug 31 2008 9:17AM

dma1dma1 writes: thats right world of crap. this game will kick your butt Sun Aug 31 2008 10:27AM

-aLpHa- writes: Tauren comes from the "Minotaur" and is older then Jesus :p. Sun Aug 31 2008 10:29AM

AdrianWrz writes: Okay I say THIS... FIRST people stop comparing everything to WoW.... i just watched the video... and the graphics... are not cartoony at all... they more AION/Rohan/Lineage 2/Last Chaos... more realistic -.- second.. Tauruns = minotaur = 1/2 human and 1/2 bull their not much u can work.. around that... the "Taurun" in this video that is a MONSTER not a character u can play... doesnt look at all like a Taurun... it looks actuly better than the WoWCow... I AM REALLY looking forword to this game... best F2P and P2P i seen so far... maybe other than Warhammer that comming out.... and Age Of Conan... so this will be one of top mmos... i see u all in the game ;) Sun Aug 31 2008 12:13PM

someforumguy writes: Investors for this game are stupid for not recognising the 23948672943th unimaginative variation of WoW/EQ. Why cant they simply come up with a new MMO concept, this is really getting boring. Sun Aug 31 2008 12:16PM

Roosevelt writes: In Response to Bamm, I dislike world of Warcraft, Highly! I am an oldschool UO player, who stuck with the game even after they made some tasteless choices to the game. I have never once read the word "Tauren" in a mythology book. As someone else stated "Minotaur" is used alot! The name specifically I have not heard before world of warcraft. Now if you can show me a site of mythologoy, norse or whatever, that says the name "Tauren" for Bull people, then I will agree with you. Until then I am talking about the fact they took not only the concept that WoW drew from but also the name they created themselves. Sun Aug 31 2008 12:18PM

someforumguy writes: People see WoW in this, not for the graphics, but because its so similar in game concept. Another gearbased MMO with lvls to grind and stupid same boring archetype classes. Booooooooooooooooooring. Sun Aug 31 2008 12:20PM

Mushukyou writes: Don't worry, guys. Darkfall Online will give us all hope again. It's coming out before the end of the year. Beta in October. Sign up now! Sun Aug 31 2008 2:14PM

Mushukyou writes: No game will compare to Darkfall Online for quite awhile. This Rune crap with levels is ghey. Darkfall has hardcore PVP, full loot, build homes, cities, ships, skill-based, not level based. It's going to pwn WoW. Sun Aug 31 2008 2:19PM

Jamkull writes: it's wow 2.0 for free :) nothing wrong with that. Sun Aug 31 2008 2:32PM

mackdawg19 writes: Mushukyou, your obviously posted that comment only to advertise for another game. Sadly, even this game looks just as good as DarkFall. Of course it has levels, most RPG's do. Sandbox MMO's don't have levels and therefore differ alot from level based MMO's. That doesn't mean ones better than the other. It's all a matter of preference. I hate sandboxes. They lack direction, as everything is basically left up to you. If i wanted to play an MMO that I had to create the world, I would just get into game development. But this is of course my opinion. One thing I won't do though is this. Go watch a DF video and advertise for WAR or some other game by saying the other game sucks. It's called immaturity. And you seem to garnish a lot of that. Sad isn't it? :( Sun Aug 31 2008 8:05PM

demonic87 writes: I just honestly just have to type this once but, for the people crying WoW copy! Need to look into their fucking monitor, use google, and see that WoW has almost next to nothing original and is mainly stripped from other mmo's and the lore is ruined so its practicly a mask/skin to make it look different. Sun Aug 31 2008 9:38PM

cosimusta writes: Mushukyou I'm awaiting Darkfall too. If it's as good as it looks, then I think it will blow WoW away for a lot of people. Not for everyone though. As you can see here, everyone likes to make fun of the WoW clones, but a lot of people still want to play them. Some people won't give Darkfall a chance because they're scared, some people just want what they're used to, some people just aren't the hardcore MMO type. Sun Aug 31 2008 10:04PM

Loke666 writes: Seems more like a mix between guildwars and EQ2 to me but it does not look like somethig really new. Compared to other F2P games like Last Chaos,Rappelz and so on it looks however very promising. The graphics isnt that bad and it at least looks worth a try. Sun Aug 31 2008 11:35PM

wolf123444 writes: love the game looks great!!! Sun Aug 31 2008 11:48PM

omnifas writes: Honestly there is nothing wrong with copying(concept/design, not textures, models directly from WoW's data files) from a successful franchise only a fool wouldn't. This is a new development team and they have to start somewhere and the best way to do that is take a working formula and tweak it a bit. The game was developed by "Taiwanese" people. The people talking at leipzeg are just the Western Localization Team. A Tauren is just a ripoff of the Minotaur by design. Unless Runewalker used the exact same Texture(made by blizzard), exact same concept art(made by blizzard), exact same Landscape(generated by Blizzard), exact same storyline(written by blizzard), Blizzard can't do anything. Fact is if you draw/write/generate it yourself you can use it if it is not copyrighted. Mon Sep 01 2008 5:33AM

cosimusta writes: Omifas only a fool wouldn't copy someone else who is successful? Thank god not all developers think like you. Otherwise all we'd have is 50 million variants of Pong. Mon Sep 01 2008 10:13AM

omnifas writes: Every developer did have that mind set. Every 2d platformer is a copy of Mario with different sprites and slight tweaks. Mortal Kombat is just an attempt(successful) to steal fame from Street Fighter 2. Every Castlevania SOTN and up is a copy of Metriod with Castlevania lore. WoW copied EQ, EQ copied some MUD. Guess how you make money in today's industry. You copy from Successful franchises. No matter what game you look at it bounces back to some old game. Mon Sep 01 2008 4:51PM

cosimusta writes: There's a difference between blatantly copying a game, and incorporating features of 1 game to another. Mario had unique features, WoW actually has very few unique features. You might see what features you like, and give your game a new look and feel. This game seems to be trying to capture the same look and feel as WoW, with a very half-hearted twist. (Slightly more Anime! how original). Mon Sep 01 2008 7:09PM

Eventide writes: Huh, a f2p game that looks like it might hold my attention for longer than it takes to download the client.. never thought I'd see the day. Mon Sep 01 2008 9:23PM

Talemire writes: Lol what makes me laugh is that he's trying to make it look like being mobile in combat really matters. Hehe does look good for a F2P though. Mon Sep 01 2008 11:40PM

Mitara writes: Actually looks like what some of us always wanted for Ultima Online... Wed Sep 03 2008 8:10AM

Haynsoul writes: Whoever keeps screaming "WoW Clone" at every new mmorpg is a moron. The entire Warcraft universe is a clone of old fantasy stories. Even Blizzard's very first Warcraft game was copied straight from old RTS games. If Blizzard got sued over "copying" other games then they wouldn't have created WoW for all the fanbois to yell "omgz they copy WoW! sue sue sue!!". Also the fact that a "WoW clone" is going to be f2p can only be good news for gamers since they can save money playing a decent quality game during this crappy recession we're in. Thu Sep 04 2008 5:55AM

unknown9092 writes: I know take warhammer for example they have almost the same thing like WOW action bar,chat box,Ext. That doesn't mean that there comping WOW Wed Sep 17 2008 11:44PM

gersta writes: did anyone see that? he had all the skill for the secondary class, lucky GMs ^^ P/R vanish, sneak attack, bind spot, ice dot, snake dot, chain of light, owned ^^ Sat May 30 2009 12:57AM

zhammer writes: The game is fun to play. And it is quite possible to play it without really paying for anything. But to get the real good stuff or decorate your in game home it will cost you. So you pay for something once when you need it and not $14.99 a month for it on the P2P game. For the people who can't afford the monthly fee or who work a lot or someone like me who hardly has time to play anymore this is the ticket! That being said... You people who think World of Warcraft was the first ever game of it's kind. Or that it's graphics have been copied you better think again. Years before Blizzard even made the first Diablo a company from the UK named Games Workshop had a Warhammer miniatures game. When the first Warcraft RTS came out and they used the same exact graphic of the orcs that Games Workshop used almost 20 years ago!!. So stop thinking WOW was the first ever game of this type and that they invented this style of graphic. Get over it! Mon Aug 31 2009 4:17PM

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