RuneScape

aka: DeviousMUD, Old School RuneScape, RS, RS1, RS2, RSC, Runescape Classic
Moby ID: 9192
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$0.00 new on Steam

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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)

Players

Average score: 2.9 out of 5 (based on 44 ratings with 8 reviews)

runescape's da bomb

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

Free games have never been this good!

The Good
I didn't get into this game that long ago, but as soon as I started I knew I had found something that would keep me hooked for months! I am a fan of fantasy stuff, sword wielding to magic to life in the dark ages. Naturally, when I heard a free game was out where you can create your own character, do almost everything you can think of, from simple things like baking cakes and making fires to fighting demons and dragons! What makes this game so brilliant is that everything is entirely up to you. It's not a game where you have set tasks to do and once you've completed them it's over. On runescape you can do what you want, when you want. It's completely up to you from the moment you finish the training of what you want to do. You might want to put up your cooking levels and as they grow, the number of meals you can cook grows also. You might be an all out warrior, but what good are you when you cant cook anything to heal yourself? That's what makes runescape challenging. You must balance your skills. It's not much use if you can destroy a dragon but are unable to heal the damage the dragon does to you? The last thing that makes runescape so good is the amount of abilities on the game that you can level up. From cooking to woodcutting and magic to mining. Runescape has it all. And depending on which ability you enjoy doing the most, you can get up your levels and sell whatever you produce to other players, or sell them to shops, scattered around the massive runescape world.

The Bad
The only thing I didn't like about runescape is, although there is a huge amount of stuff to do and places to go, the fact that to get more places to go and be able to cook, craft, smelt and mine many more things you have to pay. You have to pay to become a member, and when your a member a lot more things are then open to you. Myself, I can live with the free to play game but for others they might get tired of what they can do, and want more.

The Bottom Line
This is a very large game, where what you do is up to you. You can trade with people in other countries (only game items, remember) or you can keep to yourself and upgrade the skills that you wish to get good at. I myself love this game, it has a lot to offer and I wont be getting tired of it anytime soon!

Windows · by Jamie Redgate (3) · 2005

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

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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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Related Sites +

  • 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, Android, iPad 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.