RuneScape
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Runescape is a browser-based 3D Java online-only continuous game in which you possess a character with an inventory and skills. Training in fighting, mining, smithing, magic, prayer and many more skills will enhance your character and allow you to become a powerful player. Trading between players allows one to make money to have the best weapons, armors, runes and other items at their disposition.
The game can be played for free for an unlimited time at the official website. Subscribing members (from $5/month, depending on the method of payment) receive benefits such as a significantly larger map, over seven times as many quests, a number of new skills and priority customer support.
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Average score: 66% (based on 7 ratings)
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Average score: 2.9 out of 5 (based on 44 ratings with 8 reviews)
Want a childish, simple-minded, crappy psuedo-rpg game?
The Good
Well, it's huge. Tons of stuff to do, equipment, abilities, quests, you name it! This game offers alot for the simple-minded gamer, and the best part is that it's free.
The Bad
Everything else that can be hated. This game takes NO skill, no thought, no tact, no anything to play. Just alot of free time, and if you feel like getting a couple of cheap perks, 5$ a month. This game is a mockery to the MMORPG name.
The Bottom Line
A no-brained java game that's simply a waste of time.
Windows · by Kain Ceverus (30) · 2007
The Good
Runescape is the best game you can play anywhere anytime...you can meat up with tons of people--trade, kill or chat. I've played Diablo and think this is better than Diablo--5X better! And I'm only playing the free version online at school! I get up at 6am to get to school an hour early so I can play at the computer lab or library! Right now I'm only a level 10. My friend and I meet up in the game world and trade in world 32. We race to see who gets to school first! Peace Out, Meat 94!
The Bad
What I didn't like about this game is nuttin!
The Bottom Line
I'd rate this game a 12 out of a 10 scale! Its an medieval fantasy, action, adventure RPG.
Windows · by D Els (1) · 2005
The Good
The monsters are cool.. I think
The Bad
ANNOYING MUSIC, the weird graphics, and the characters aren't ALL that.
The Bottom Line
Blah. Don't waste your time playing this junk. At first, back when I was dumb, I played this game and it was the best thing in the world. Then I saw other games: survival project, ragnarok online. Now Runescape is history. Runescape is what I call: BORING.
Windows · by frances mach (7) · 2004
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| new game client? | Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) | Apr 21, 2016 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
RuneScape appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Development
RuneScape was originally going to be released as DeviousMUD. However, after a few days, the Gower Brothers pulled the game back off, and later re-released it, with modifications, as RuneScape (RuneScape Classic).
Milestone
On March 28, 2005, the game passes the 300,000 member mark for the first time, four years after the first release.
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Carl's Runescape Guide
Includes quest walkthroughs, weapon and armor stats and information on skills in the game. -
RuneScape
Official website where you can play the game -
Runescape Help Website
A very easy to understand guide for both beginners and more advanced players on Runescape. Everything you need to know about the features of runescape is available, including the Runescape Toolkit, a program that aids players to manage their character skills and other attributes.
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Game added by Pwa.
iPhone, iPad, Android added by Sciere. Browser added by Kabushi.
Additional contributors: Sciere, Carl Ratcliff, JoonaZZ, lord of daedra, Cantillon, FatherJack, Gianluca Chiaravalle.
Game added May 13, 2003. Last modified February 14, 2024.