RuneScape...

[Dark-Phire]

So, exactly why does the majority here choose to hate it? Can you provide a list of non-biased reasons why RuneScape is the worst online game ever created? Maybe you all have some personal grudge between the creators of the game?

I ask this because, usually, when there's a topic discussion about online games, when anyone would bring RuneScape up, someone would retort in a negative way, but not in a logical way. I see comments like, "runescape suks cuz of the graphics", "it sucks case da lil kidz playin it", IT'S JUST BLAH, BLAH.

Never have I once seen someone provide good-hard-reasons to why it's bad.
I don't play RuneScape, mind you. In fact, don't play PC games at all. I'm just curious.

It's kind of like when you witness someone bash a profession, a place, an artist?. Maybe a musical artist? Maybe a painter? After a while of reading this person's constant bickering, you start to wonder, "What exactly is so bad about it that he chooses to aim all of his hatred towards it?"

And this is where I came in. A day or so ago, I saw my friend playing this supposed "horrid-excuse-for-a-game". I thought, "Hey, look at the... Hrmm, well the graphics aren't all that bad. Pretty decent actually." I asked him if I can play on his account for a bit, just to get a feel. It wasn't half-bad. A wide-variety of skills you can choose to raise, a huge world which you can freely explore and a huge economy. This game was far from bad.

The gameplay was very decent.

See, after I stopped playing I thought that maybe they hate the game due to it's overwhelming repetitiveness? I had to admit the game would seem pretty boring after long hours, but that the wide-range of things to do would probably compensate for that.

Maybe it's just not their style of playing? But then why would they bother bashing it?

I guess it's just the majority nowadays that chooses to lash out at something rather than leaving it alone or, at the least, excepting people like different tastes and move on.

I HATE YOU PEOPLE. kthnxbai :D

[EpicFail]

Runescape sucks!

[major-shake]

The graphics are pretty terrible.
The majority of users are under 13, that gets annoying.
And the gameplay is tedious.

[Gergaloth]

Wall of text brought down with two words.
Epic.

[CHRlST]

Wow you're a fucking loser.

[TSstudios]

it sucks because people spend 24/7 on it and get way obese from sitting and eating at their PC playing it all day.

[EpicFail]

At 11/14/07 10:57 PM, Gergaloth wrote: Wall of text brought down with two words.
Epic.

Hell ya man.

[Dark-Phire]

At 11/14/07 10:56 PM, EpicFail wrote: Runescape sucks!

Thank you,
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[Quebecboy]

It's a point and click game,I hope you're not hoping that a lot of people will like it?I personally don't hate it but it got repetive quickly,it's boring...

also there is a lot of less than 14 years old users and they can really be a pain in the ass...

[maxsparkson]

At 11/14/07 10:58 PM, EpicFail wrote:

At 11/14/07 10:57 PM, Gergaloth wrote: Wall of text brought down with two words.
Epic.

Hell ya man.

lol omg

[Dark-Phire]

At 11/14/07 10:56 PM, EpicFail wrote: Runescape sucks!
At 11/14/07 10:57 PM, TSstudios wrote: it sucks because people spend 24/7 on it and get way obese from sitting and eating at their PC playing it all day.
At 11/14/07 10:56 PM, major-shake wrote: The graphics are pretty terrible.
The majority of users are under 13, that gets annoying.

Thanks for proving my point, jackasses.

At 11/14/07 10:57 PM, CHRlST wrote: Wow you're a fucking loser.

Thanks for the irrelevancy there, bud. You might want to stay on topic, however.

[Noinim]

At 11/14/07 10:56 PM, major-shake wrote: The graphics are pretty terrible.

It seems these days that if a games graphics arent at the same level of a consoles newst smash hit thet it must be terrible and not worth anyones time.

The majority of users are under 13, that gets annoying.

Hello Newgrounds BBS.
Hello General.

And the gameplay is tedious.

Yes it is.

When it comes down to it though, it doesnt really matter if you find the game good or not, thats not important, ive always just found it amusing to watch as people directly go out of thier way to voice their petty hate for a game others enjoy, the thought process that must go through their mind as they browse over the topics and come across one with the mere initials RS in it must be quite the spectacle.

[Gergaloth]

At 11/14/07 10:58 PM, EpicFail wrote:

At 11/14/07 10:57 PM, Gergaloth wrote: Wall of text brought down with two words.
Epic.

Hell ya man.

You carry your name well

[supperman2]

OH FU-

[Kurofelis]

Newgrounds hates what is popular.

As soon as a fad gets large, it's not funny anymore.

If a great game is humped, it's overrated.

If a flash becomes popular, Newgrounds tries to pick it apart and bitch and moan about how there was "no effort" or has "no storyline", or has "bad art".

[KittyKat87]

I've been playing it for a few years now. (Total nerd, I know! XD) I can see why a lot of people complain about it. I have no problems with it really. I think they just don't like the pixelated graphics and such. Also, a large majority of the people on there are young, immature little jerks. Or just immature jerks in general. It does get pretty tiresome when there are a bunch of people calling you a NOOOB for no good reason other than the fact that you're using a "lower level" type of weapon or something stupid like that.

All in all, Runescape has a flaws, and I think a lot of the people probably haven't even really played it. =\ I dunno... that's just my opinion... =P

[demonofthehiddenmist]

Rs is a good waste of spare time. Provided you dont have WoW....

[major-shake]

At 11/14/07 11:01 PM, Dark-Phire wrote: Thanks for proving my point, jackasses.

You asked for a list of un-biased opinions of why I dislike the game, I used to play it these are my main gripes against the game, compared to other MMO's the graphics are not the greatest (the original starfox almost had better 3D rendering), In my experiences on the game everyone was underage and using what looked to be butchered 1337, and in the beginning the gameplay was tedious trying to improve your levels. That was when I switched over to maplestory, which even that I no longer play.

[I-wont-tell]

At 11/14/07 11:02 PM, supperman2 wrote: OH FU-

Hahahaha nice...

[Dark-Phire]

At 11/14/07 11:06 PM, major-shake wrote: You asked for a list of un-biased opinions of why I dislike the game

In which you failed to provide

I used to play it these are my main gripes against the game, compared to other MMO's the graphics are not the greatest

Ever heard of Tetris?

In my experiences on the game everyone was underage and using what looked to be butchered 1337

That's not a logical reason to hate a game. I mean, if you and a few 100 kids where the only ones left on the planet, And you're all stuck in a big room, AND the only time they "bother" you is to ask you where something is, or if he can purchase something, and you can choose to leave this room and go exploring as you please, would it really be that bad? Really, that's the case with RuneScape.

and in the beginning the gameplay was tedious trying to improve your levels.

Which online game isn't?

switched over to maplestory, which even that I no longer play.

Maple Story beats RuneScape's repetitiveness 1 to nothing.

[Viewtiful-Chris]

Alright, mutha[notgonnabother]!!! It's time this straight-up user got da straight dope!!!

THIS IS THE COMPLETE... UNBIASED... ULTIMATE... LIST OF REASONS RUNESCAPE SUCKS:

First, understand I do not give a SHIT about graphics. I play games where, (SHOCK!!!) the graphics are NOTHING more than a drooping mass of text lines in color.

So why are Runescape's graphics so bad? They simply don't immerse you. I play those games above, MUDs, (Multi User Dungeons for you softcore gamers) where there are no pictures at all. Yet a bunch of badly textured tiles and horrible, jaunty animations in Runescape can't compare to a lush, vibrantly written text description of the room I'm in!

Runescape uses a crappy 3D graphics engine. MUDs use my imagination to process their very real text world.

Second, the player-versus-player combat in Runescape is DETESTABLE!! Here it is! YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNALLOWED TO KILL ANOTHER PLAYER WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT OUTSIDE OF THE WILDERNESS. This is bullshit. If I'm going to be playing in a realistic online multiplayer gaming experience, I WANT TO KILL WHATEVER MOTHA[againnotnecessary] I WANT!

This doesn't mean wanton killing! This doesn't mean all newbies would be shut out because of veterans who go on killing sprees! NO!

In one of the MUDs I play, Achaea, there is a LEGAL SYSTEM. The game system permits you to kill another player almost anywhere at anytime you want to, BUT they then have legal cause on you. They can hire a horde to kick your ass. They can retaliate any way they choose. Not a free retaliation, a skillful murderer could get away with his crime, but it adds weight and makes it a cunning world of treachery and backstabbing.

Third, the membership clause. This is probably the worst flaw in Runescape, you HAVE to pay sixty dollars a year to get the entire game. If you play free, you're getting one terrible, poorly serviced game DEMO there just to make the membership sale.

Fourth, the mage weakness. In ANY MMORPG, there should be a decent non-melee incentive. RuneScape's magic system sucks. You have to lug around bricks in order to cast spells, which you have to practice endlessly on whatever weak creature you find. Unless you want to PAY WITH GOLD for every spell you cast, you need to complete a quest, mine from a rock accessible through a portal, acquire a talisman of the runes you need to cast spells, make a long and boring journey to wherever the talisman points, and convert those runes, which again requires practice with the weakest runes.

This excruciating process encourages strictly melee and ranged combat, which is

Sixth, TERRIBLE!!! Wow, there's no terrain defense advantages, and you just pick a rudimentary attack pattern and watch the fight. OH BOY! But you MIGHT, if low on health, have to click the inventory screen open and eat food to replenish your health bar. Wow. The combat sucks. I play games where every single individual action has to be calculated, and loads of special abilites make the fray mind-bending.

Okay, do I need to go any further? I'm escaping reality to rant for the millionth time about RuneScape.

But I hope with this I prevent at least one person from falling into obsession with this horrible game.

[TiiBag]

I hate RS and all, but I'm kinda hoping they'll make a RuneScape 3 or something with complete up-to-date graphics and controls and gameplay and everything, while still retaining the old RS feel. But then again they'd just be recreating WoW xD.

[Viewtiful-Chris]

At 11/15/07 12:05 AM, TiiBag wrote: I hate RS and all, but I'm kinda hoping they'll make a RuneScape 3 or something with complete up-to-date graphics and controls and gameplay and everything, while still retaining the old RS feel. But then again they'd just be recreating WoW xD.

You worthless, dirt-fingered softcore gamers.

You and your silly graphics.

[TiiBag]

At 11/15/07 12:07 AM, Viewtiful-Chris wrote:

At 11/15/07 12:05 AM, TiiBag wrote: I hate RS and all, but I'm kinda hoping they'll make a RuneScape 3 or something with complete up-to-date graphics and controls and gameplay and everything, while still retaining the old RS feel. But then again they'd just be recreating WoW xD.

You worthless, dirt-fingered softcore gamers.

You and your silly graphics.

Snack on my crack, assball! You weren't given permission to spew fecal matter out of your mouth!

[Viewtiful-Chris]

At 11/15/07 12:11 AM, TiiBag wrote:

At 11/15/07 12:07 AM, Viewtiful-Chris wrote:

At 11/15/07 12:05 AM, TiiBag wrote: I hate RS and all, but I'm kinda hoping they'll make a RuneScape 3 or something with complete up-to-date graphics and controls and gameplay and everything, while still retaining the old RS feel. But then again they'd just be recreating WoW xD.

You worthless, dirt-fingered softcore gamers.

You and your silly graphics.

Snack on my crack, assball! You weren't given permission to spew fecal matter out of your mouth!

Hey, you're funny! I like you.

Maybe you and me could get together some time and...

Well, time to post!

[Viewtiful-Chris]

I had Reese's for breakfast.

[TiiBag]

At 11/15/07 12:12 AM, Viewtiful-Chris wrote: Hey, you're funny! I like you.

Maybe you and me could get together some time and...

Well, time to post!

AND.......?!?! Come on man! I'm on the edge of my seat here! About to fall off! Don't leave me hangin'!

[Electric-Bla]

At 11/14/07 11:58 PM, Viewtiful-Chris wrote:

:They simply don't immerse you.
Obiviously you have no time to simply wander and take in the scenery, discover small things that are around that make you laugh, to notice how so many things are connected in the game.

Yet a bunch of badly textured tiles and horrible, jaunty animations in Runescape

Have you even seen the game recently? They aren't the same as classic anymore and are (In my opinion) quite cleverly done.

Runescape uses a crappy 3D graphics engine. MUDs use my imagination to process their very real text world.

I was unaware that this was a competion between MUDs & RuneScape, they're very different.

YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNALLOWED TO KILL ANOTHER PLAYER WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT OUTSIDE OF THE WILDERNESS. This is bullshit. If I'm going to be playing in a realistic online multiplayer gaming experience, I WANT TO KILL WHATEVER MOTHA[againnotnecessary] I WANT!

GRAAHH! I R ANGRY! I WANT KILL!!! ARGGG!! The game is not focused on player to player combat, if you played it at all, you would know that. It is simply focused on other things.

In one of the MUDs I play, Achaea, there is a LEGAL SYSTEM... etc, etc...

So... That's not how this game is set out. You play the game for what it is, and not what others are.

If you play free, you're getting one terrible, poorly serviced game DEMO there just to make the membership sale.

You have obviously never attempted the whole 'demo', I assure you there is plenty to be had in the free worlds and by the time you wish to pay for members, you will have had hours upon hours of entertainment

Fourth, the mage weakness... [Mining issues, repitivness, gold paying]

If one is not so single minded, one would discover many complentery skills that assist and make the process faster, and less painful. As well, the price issue, do you know how much one pays for a full set of rune god armour for the melee class?

I play games where every single individual action has to be calculated, and loads of special abilites make the fray mind-bending.

Again, the combat is far more potent with skills other than melee used. And (in this case) a members account adds an extremly high amount of variety to combat styles and techniques.

But I hope with this I prevent at least one person from falling into obsession with this horrible game.

In my data class, we define your statement as bias. Contridictory to your opening statement eh?

[Viewtiful-Chris]

At 11/15/07 12:22 AM, Electric-Bla wrote: A passable point-by-point counterargument to my list of reasons

But there is one critical thing wrong in your argument!

YOU ARE A MEMBER.

So you decide OP, do you want to shell out five dollars a month to play this or play something better and more original on a different website for free?

That is the very error in this. RuneScape, as a free game, is terrible. If you pay for it, so many other games are better.

Think of it like this. If you think RuneScape is awesome but have never played a game better than it, you have nothing to compare it to, therefore cannot see how flawed it is in so many ways.

[Electric-Bla]

At 11/15/07 12:30 AM, Viewtiful-Chris wrote: But there is one critical thing wrong in your argument!

YOU ARE A MEMBER.

Well, I believe that I have just made you look like a complete idiot. I have never once payed for the game. And to answer your other comment, yes I have played better games, but that doesn't diminish the enjoment derived from others.