Runescape: Opinions

Well, I played Runescape almost since the begining. Now that they have changed to the "New 3D" I think the game to the avid player has gone downhill.

I'd say that Runescape had some of the best gameplay for an MMO, not the best graphics though, the gameplay and the community i thought was the best of what I've played.
So, for the people that have played it before, even though it may seem like a classic to some, I would like to hear some opinions on the
Game/GamePlay/Community
And for those who have never played it, check it out and give some feedback.

Gameplay - Like you said some of the best. There was never really a dull moment in it you always had something to do. You had alot of different skills to work on instead of the usual 5 or 6 in most rpgs. The crafting system and economy were awsome, the best part for me was setting up mining buisneses. There was alot of quests, some that really needed some thought and easier ones but they were all different and were never 'bring this item to this person' type quests. I liked how the game wasn't focused on running around killing things, you could still be rich and have some rare items not even having a high combat level. The rare items were nice until they started making the new ones untradable but it was awsome to run around with an item you know there was only a few of in game. Combat was I'd say the weakest point of the game but it wasn't too focues on it and it didn't really bother me.

Community- The community was nice at the start but like most free games it started becoming more and more a hangout for immature kids. It would get extremely annoying having people always trade with you asking for items or swearing at you for 30 mins because of some odd reason. I eventually quit because the community was noobed and it was taking up too much of my time.

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Gameplay - Like you said some of the best. There was never really a dull moment in it you always had something to do. You had alot of different skills to work on instead of the usual 5 or 6 in most rpgs. The crafting system and economy were awsome, the best part for me was setting up mining buisneses. There was alot of quests, some that really needed some thought and easier ones but they were all different and were never 'bring this item to this person' type quests. I liked how the game wasn't focused on running around killing things, you could still be rich and have some rare items not even having a high combat level. The rare items were nice until they started making the new ones untradable but it was awsome to run around with an item you know there was only a few of in game. Combat was I'd say the weakest point of the game but it wasn't too focues on it and it didn't really bother me.

Community- The community was nice at the start but like most free games it started becoming more and more a hangout for immature kids. It would get extremely annoying having people always trade with you asking for items or swearing at you for 30 mins because of some odd reason. I eventually quit because the community was noobed and it was taking up too much of my time.

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You hit the nail right on the head... Gratz mate :D!

i hate to say it but im lvl 65, member, and play every other day for at least an hour.
its a great game, dunno why just is.
its all work, you need to fend off noobs begging for items.
it has every downside, but that is what makes it so good

My account: Lvl 70 "Zajat". Just a pker =P. I was a member for about 2 months and then I found out how boring the game is. There are too many n00b scammers and too many people asking for items all the time... The only 2 things I liked about the game was crafting and pking. Crafting gives you good $$ and its fun pking someone also possibly makeing them lose their items. Bad part is, they come back whineing and saying thats "all" the items they have... My opinion: Runescape is a so-so game

My only problem with Runescape was that it was a browser game, I like my standalones :|

Its a fun when it lasted...I like the game but its too slow...I know cuz i am lvl 83 and skill total is allmost 900 which is a good cuz i am not a member...

Scamming makes the game bad...I have been hacked/scammed about 5 times...BUT I AM BACK AND I AM BETTER THAN EVER!!!

Booo!!!Get of the stage scammers!!!

I, personally think this game is pure crap... noobs running around every where "itens plz11"

-trade scammers
-hackers
-noobs
-whiners
-boring
-terrible graphics


The game just sucks.

just ingnore them.if they follow u go for a little walk in the wildy 40 :P.
im lvl 30 not a memeber with 400-500 skill total

Definately the worst game ever made. THe graphics suck (even though i think they made it 3d now, they still sucks)... Too much Member features that aren't on non members... theres only crappy stuff about that game.. Oh may i say lag enough? When i used to play it (about 3 years ago) it lagged every second.. was very annoying. Although it may have changed into a half decent game.. who knows.. I havnt played it for like 3 or 4 years.

well even though alot of people are making fun of the game for having bad graphics....just remember that they have like 100,000+ playing almost everynight....and alot of them pay for members

Now members maybe like 30,000+ X $5= $150,000, at least each month, now this game is apealing to Dial-up users mainly b/c it is one of the very few games that look like that and is an MMO and offers even that much to do and is free, so they have mostly all of the dial-up MMO players out there so I think they are doing a great job at it, just take that into consideration.

150k a month...

With that, they could make the game way better...

But they dont...

Thats why it sucks...

Its not so easy... If you make a wrong move and destroy the original feel of the game then no one will pay for it....EVAR!!! I used to play it 4 years ago but stopped after they went 3D... T-T they gave the people knees...

i used to play around 3 years ago,i was a pure pker lol, 15 rune sets 32 longs 35 r2hs, 3 rune kites...u get the point, it was very fun back then, we had a pk crew established at the caslte and pked noobs daily, but then people stoped playing and i stoped playing and that was it for me.

yes, they could make the game much better graphic wise, but they keep the game appealing to the users of Dial-up connection with most of te game revenue comes from them so they cant upgrade the game that much.

If they upgrade to fully 3d eye-candy graphics, it will be either lose it all or win it all.

If they do it wrong, they will lose many, many players. If they do it right, they will lose the players with low-end computers, but it will attract many more players with a powerful enough computer to handle it (which doesn't take much nowadays).

It would be a huge risk if they upgrade to fully eye-candy 3D.

dey shld jus use flash n scrap java lol...