At 4/27/08 07:11 PM, EvilVulture wrote:
Runescape. a game that many consider to be lame, noobish, and just plain crappy. but as many people hate it, there are plenty that like it. i believe it's been given a bad name by those who like it a little too much and spend weeks on end on it and obsess about it and those who havnt played since the original Runescape (which was total crap) and havnt even been on the site since (it was completely remade for those of you who dont know). most of those people who are against it play other MMORPGs just as much as the obsessed people that waste weeks on end on runescape. and its in human nature to think as others do, so opinions spread, and a good thing got a bad name.
I'd agree with you if I'd played the classic! But it's bad population on NG doesn't mean it's a bad game!
Now at this point im sure you have figured out that i like Runescape. but don't judge me. not yet. ive played it for years. no, not literally years without breaks, i did have to take a few hours off to sleep every few days. but sereously, im one of the few who has stuck with Runescape since Classic. i didn't used to like it all that much, but over the years the rate of improvement has been incredible. i played for free for years, and i admit, the free game isnt that great. but after my friend convinced me that membership is awesome, i decided to try it. after all, its only $5 a month.....
Wow there! £2.50 is a lot to me! It's a money waster! It's much better is you play free! Sure I do look up the members thing! But being a member is like being a pro! You start insulting what you used to be! I'm much better on clan wars just being addicted like I am! No need for mebership! Runescape is a good game! Even better when a member! But it gets boring! I like wondering what members can do and being jealous! If you be a member you unlock everything! It gets boring! It's not worth the money in the end!
And it was definitely worth it.
Yeah right!
it was actually pretty entertaining. there is so much more to it than just killing things like most MMORPGs. it has a very artistic feel to it, and it has a sense of humor in its hundreds of different small bits of story lines. take for example WoW, possibly the most popular MMORPG there is. its based mostly on combat, its pretty realistic, has good graphics,
I dont give a smeg about the graphics! The gameplay is what matters!
in the end, everyone loves it. but its really expensive and is rarely updated. and there it is. the thing i like most about Runescape, it's updated all the time.
true!
each month features a huge update along with lots of smaller ones, and the smaller ones are usually graphical improvements.
still I dont give a smeg about the graphics!
slowly the graphics are getting better and better. and possibly one of the most impressive things about Runescape is the way they get the ideas for the updates. the players choose them. the players tell them what they want, and thats what they get. how many MMORPGs actually do that? see something you don't like, then suggest it be changed, if enough people agree, it gets changed.
and in the end, the people who seem to hate Runescape the most really don't. either they don't really know anything about it and only know what they have been told, or are mistaken in their own views of things through the perceptions of others. of course there are still going to be plenty of people who hate it for the simple reason that it just isn't appealing to them, and there are always going to be some of those for everything. but ive found plenty of examples of people who only THINK they hate it. at my school i was playing Runescape once and some other students came up to me and told me how crappy Runescape was and how i was a nerd for playing it. if you ever saw me "nerd" wouldn't be the first word you would think of. im about 6' tall and im a dirtbiker, and most people think im a little scary when they first meet me. not exactly a classic nerd. but when i asked them why it's crap, they couldn't answer. i knew they weren't expecting that question, but i did expect them to have some reason. they didn't. out of the three of them only one had ever actually played it, and that was 4 years ago, or in better terms, hundreds of updates ago.
many people are put off by the fact that it will never be complete, some just don't like it because its not something they are interested in, but the rest are simply victims of group psychology, swayed by the ideas of others. all im saying is try it, and think about what makes a game good other than graphics. it's one of the few games left with original ideas rather than different versions of the same old MMORPG elements. and above all, its one of the last games the values humor over blood.
WTS are you talking about?
chatting with other people is as much of a part of any MMORPG as the game itself. and i find that those who are the most artistic are usually on Runescape rather than any other games.
so think about it, what matters more? graphics or story? blood or originality?
story and blood! mainly story! Thats why I love runescape! It's the gameplay! The people of runescape may be underaged n00bs but they kinda make clanwars really really fun! play clanwars! just try it!