RuneScape

Post Date: 21:38 19-08-2010
Rating: 9
Author: celticdog
Comment: The game is really fun at hgiher lvs but not that much at lower. Atleast try out the pay to play version and get some high skills 60+ then make ur decision... it's only $5, i'm sure you're paying $15 for wow..

Post Date: 16:36 08-08-2010
Rating: 9
Author: Ichigohollowfied
Comment: I like the game a bit more since I am almost done w/ my melee training and getting 99 strength (which I do not like training at all =p) I will say that runescape forums are a little boring though lately, thats what has mainly been bothering me. its the fact that they are brown....booo they are so dull :o

Post Date: 12:10 08-08-2010
Rating: 3
Author: blastoise466
Comment: no comment this sucks -----

Post Date: 16:48 04-08-2010
Rating: 1
Author: TheLastWerewolf
Comment: My Comment: This Game Isnt What You Think. Look At The Trailer. MEMBERS ONLY So When You Enter The Game And You Finnaly Figure Out...I Need To Pay For What I Expected?

Gameplay 5.0- The F2P Get 20 Quests? Members Get 160+ i Thnk the f2p deserve atleast HALF of member quests.

Community 0.0- Basicly, the players go around calling everyone noobs and braging about better they are at one an another. the members that brag to f2p are the worst. it just really hurt your feelings. And sometimes even your pride. Ive seen it with my own eyes.

Graphics 10.0- People, Dont Compare a Meant To Be 2D game with a 3D game. so dont comare runescape with WoW, RoM or any other game lik that.

Leveling Rate 1.0- Runescape is just asking for too much in this department. i mean the battleing is decent but side skills (Mineing,Woodcutting,Fishing,etc) is just too time consuming to train. the thing to me that gives this a 1.0 is the battle training.

Grouping/Guild/Clan 3.0- The clan system really isnt all that good its a little complex and its nothing special the ONLY good thing about clans are the Clan Wars. Its fun but usually you got people who are higher levels then ya but what are you gonna do?

Hack/Security System 0.0- I Can Name 3 people from the top of my mind who have made hack systems that train your stats for you. i actually understand why they would mmake them based on the exp rate. But the reason this is 0.0 because of the staff. If you get like kicked from the game and your reason why is actually REASONABLE runescape just sraight up say that it was your fault that your account got hacked.... what the f***!?!? And usually when your report someone nothing is done about it.

Game Contents 10.0 for members 1.0 for f2p- In members its alot of content like Giant Monsters, Familiars, More Complez Cutscense (See Below) But if your free player the content decreases so much its downright wrong. The CLOSEST your gonna get to a Dragon here is Dragon Slayers Elvarg Battle.

Cutscenes,etc 5.0 for P2P 0.0 for F2P- For members, theyre are alot of cutscenes that are entertaining and fun to watch. in F2P its -30 cutscenes while in members its 100+ so its not very good.

Overall 1.7- This game sucks straight out dont buy it unless you plan on getting membership.

Post Date: 14:13 27-07-2010
Rating: 4
Author: --.aldo.--
Comment: played this game some days,well i think its agood game for the players that like this playing system where u survive in an ecosistem also if you want to play something fast this will be a good option, because u can play in in a browser and there is almost nothing to downlaod, though the graphics fail...

Post Date: 13:56 27-07-2010
Rating: 0
Author: Shtriga
Comment: Runescape is a cheap, and bad quality game. You even pay for some of it...Its only a few steps away from 2d quality and it is so terrible that it should be called a minigame, and be entirely free. Players on it are nearly all children and the game is full of rubbish all over. If i had to list one good point, well it is free and not under populated thats for sure -.-

Post Date: 22:07 24-07-2010
Rating: 10
Author: Loiy33
Comment: Amazing game you can do lots and lots of of really cool i recommend playing it!!!

Post Date: 23:23 22-07-2010
Rating: 6
Author: ronslasher
Comment: Runescape is fun. But the fun goes down just a little the more you play. When you first start playing it is extremely addictive. Addictive to the point of where I began having dreams about it and waking up at 5 am just to play. I know people who have also done this. But after a while it gets a little old. The main flaws are : Rude players, not enough player vs player combat, and too many things you have to be a member to participate in. It goes from being a game that consumes your life, to a game that you use as a passtime. Graphics get better and better, but still has yet to have graphics as good as Wizard 101 or World Of Warcraft. But it's still a pretty fun game to play when your bored afterall I give it a 6.

Post Date: 17:54 21-07-2010
Rating: 4
Author: kevow
Comment: laggs alot if you dont have a good computer, run away from the monster, first time playing getting lost, but good graphics on hd, and takes to long to level up, it use to be awesome at the first few months of playing. i got frustrated at leveling up because when i hit like level 40 it takes so long to level and dying sucks!!!!

Post Date: 16:44 20-07-2010
Rating: 3
Author: Wretched57
Comment: It used to be awesome, but then it just got stupid. Example: Graphics went up too much, too many members' only items, terrible community(example: Back then, if you asked for directions to Varrock, you would get an answer and a "your welcome". Nowadays, it's "Noob you can't find Varrock?! LOL you suck at this game get a life), too time consuming, etc.

Post Date: 16:22 19-07-2010
Rating: 4
Author: thegreatgamer
Comment: I played runescape from 2006 until the beginning of 2010 and for most of that time i loved it. However the reason I stopped playing was because eventually the game got just to bad, it began with the trade limits, extended to the clans, and just went downhill from there.

Gameplay: 5.5/10 The game recieves a minor pass only because of the unique style of quests and the diversity of the skills, however the constant grinding to get anywhere in the game brings the rating down.

Community: 1/10 Runescapes community in general deserves a 0, its full of 8 year olds who go around calling everyone noobs and reporting them, people who do nothing at all but show off how much beeter they are then everybody else and dont talk to anyone. The reason it gets a 1 is because if you have friends the game improves.

Graphics: 6/10 Come on people, its a browser-based game, what would you expect.

In game economy: 0/10 It was once a 10/10 but after the trade limits started and the grand exchange set prices for everything it really started to suck. Now it is impossible to make a profit on anything.

Clans: 5/10 Although in hindsight they seemed like a great feature, they weren't as 99% of the clans a merching clans made up of bots that spam out the chat box. The ranking system is very good though and it is great when you are working in a group.

Overall it gets a 3.5, but im rounding it up to a 4 because i have some great memories of the game.

Post Date: 01:25 04-07-2010
Rating: 8
Author: sweetypants
Comment: I played this game for a couple of years. I had reached a level of 100 or more before i finally just got really tired of point and click. I loved the graphics of the game. A lot of the quests were able to keep my mind content. I found that mods were not helpful really at all, maybe to friends and their friends. But, overall i found the game to be quite entertaining!

Post Date: 04:40 01-07-2010
Rating: 9
Author: benjaminhehe
Comment: Runescape. I'd be honest-it's the only online mmorpg game i play frequently (other than rfactor which is not a mmorpg game). Now i know so many had happen since i started at say..2007?

Trade limits, wilderness, grand exchange, merchanting clans, the recent climbing boots crap happening and so on. Jagex have made some mistakes, terrible ones, but still somehow i play it. Why? It's because tis runescape. Runescape is so different from other games, as the famous rs video maker once said: "Runescape has a beginning, but you decide the end". It's different from video games, you do what you want to do. Wasting time walking aimlessly(that's what i always do when im not a member :p), doing skills, making friends, pvping, and etc.

Graphics has changed radically since the introduction of the HD gameplay, particles and runetek5 game engine.Music, is one of the most epic, and making it different from others-medieval music.

I could go on and on for Runescape, I really can't be bothered if other says it is terrible, this is my life and don't let others decide for what you.

Post Date: 14:04 29-06-2010
Rating: 7
Author: Cleanser
Comment: I've played this game for a longgggggg time, have the max level you can currently get, and have skills to match the amount of time I've played the game. In the honest truth, I find myself constantly looking for other things to do as I play the game. With it being a browser based game, it makes it easy for me to surf the web or watch basically anything that's on just to go through the seemingly endless leveling one must go through to surpass levels higher than 80. The only reason I keep playing this game right now honestly is because of a few key friends that make me laugh and want to spend more time with them. I don't wanna make a huge comment about the game but if you're interested in playing it know this: without friends that you know either in real life that will play or in game friends who actually aren't 10 year old rich kids (most likely fat too) with common human regard, the game can get boring fast. Because though of the regular updates and the company trying to reach out to the players, I will give it a 7 overall.

Post Date: 17:23 25-06-2010
Rating: 9
Author: Ichigohollowfied
Comment: Its a great game, Dungeoneering added a lot of new features to the game, and on the second dungeoneering update its going to add even more. I do think it needs to be changed a lot because Jagex doesn't listen to their people....OH and I hate PVP! lolz. skilling for the win! (sad face @ rating because we won the golden joystick last year lol....)

Post Date: 11:34 24-06-2010
Rating: 8
Author: sharkmenteam
Comment: I must say this is quite an impressive game. I can't say it is the best, but this is certainly not bad.
All you people who keep on posting that it is bad probably means you haven't even played it or experienced a tenth of the game.
Many people keep talking about the graphics problem, which in case you haven't noticed has already been upgraded, and one thing about this game is the quest system. It clearly is unique, and really makes you think other than simple and dull quests as in 'Go kill 10 of these monsters' or 'Collect ten of these items'.
But a bad thing about this game is the community, if you dont have friends (in real life or in game) to accompany you, you'd seriously have some trouble pulling through. The behavior of most of the players really tick you off. But as I said, if you have friends with you, it is much better.
Also, it might be kind of boring at the start, but once you get to mid-to-high levels, everything is much more fun.
I know all of this because I have played this before, I've tried out members version, and I must say, there are TONS of cool features and mini-games such as Pest Control, Castle Wars, and much more.
Try this game out!!

Post Date: 11:11 17-06-2010
Rating: 8
Author: khalloud1997
Comment: runescape is filled with alot of animation, adventures, quests, raids, friends, and a great community wich you can call as (friend like) but coming to recovering a account could be a little hard >.< (ask a tryer) :P, and way i think it is a really good game and you should try it, of course there is a free gameplay method and there is a "members" method wich is pay to play, of course the free to play is kinda boring coming with time reaching the really high level and stuff.. still its really fun to try.. coming to members.. for a web based massively multiplayers i rate it just as i rate worldofwarcraft a HUGE ammounts of skills to train even making your own house and inviting chicks!! ;), making potions fishing swimming discovering the great seas and lands and gods and bosses its really terrific!. coming to the fighting style, for non members its really. nothing to talk about.. just normal nothing "special" with it.. but to members you could use gods weapons special attacks really awesome destructing power spells ranging using cannons old style weapons its like a dream come true when becoming a member,im sure you will be a little exited about all this speech , but still you will not find much for free members , well i could just say its.. FULL OF ADVENTURES! and really awesome but with an end. give a try to the game and have fun :)

Post Date: 11:15 04-06-2010
Rating: 4
Author: gamefreak5656
Comment: Community 1/5 - Terrible community. If your an adult or anyone above the age of 14 you will not enjoy what is in store for you. Constant E-Peen and leet speek followed by a poor selection of clans will leave you expecting more.

Graphics 2.5/5 - The graphics are among the worst you will see for a MMORPG. Do not expect anything above extreme mediocrity here. They are however not demanding on the PC and are based on a quickly loading broswer format, which does mean this deserves a pass.

Sound 3.5/5 - Is unfortunately the best aspect of the game.

Storyline/Lore 0/5 - There is no story line or lore.

Content 3.5/5 - There is a lot to do, tons of quests etc. Some of them make you think and are quite involved. This is an appealing aspect of the game.

PvP/PvE/Combat 1/5 - Has to be the worst combat I've seen in any of the MMOs I've played. Even classics such as Meridian were better than this.

Development 3/5 - Things are constantly being added and buffed up, to no real avail on the general gameplay though.

Gameplay 2.5/5 - Do not expect lightning bolts here. The gameplay is point and click, and after a few hours can become very dry. It will not leave you with a sense that you want to play more.

Overall 49% - This game does really not deserve a pass. The community and the gameplay really bring down the aspects of the game that could make it unique and worth playing. I would not recommend this game to first timers or the experienced gamer. This will not leave you with a good impression.

Post Date: 12:47 01-06-2010
Rating: 5
Author: 506dude
Comment: runescape is a browser mmo which gets very repetive and boring. First of all the graphics are terrible. I know you can not judge a game by graphics but they are. It is a click game which means you have to use the mouse to move.
This makes me frustrated and mad. The worlds are open but takes to long to travel. Also you have limited running, which means it counts down from 100 to 0 when you run. It might look bad but the truth is yes it is bad. Ok at first then all of it is crap.

Post Date: 15:22 30-05-2010
Rating: 9
Author: BT786
Comment: What can I say about this game? It's come a long way.

Players can fight monsters for Combat XP in this case Ranged, Attack, Strength, Defense, and Magic. You can make money by cutting wood, fishing or mining. There are other fun skills such as Stealing (thief), Hunting, Dugeoneering, Slayer.. then there are building skills such as Smithing, Fletching and Runecrafting. You can build your own house and have a wide range of things to do in the game.

There are many many monsters but they all have cheap names and can kill you fast.

boring part of the game is almost everything. It's a massive grindfest and skills can get old really really fast.

PvP is outstanding. They now have tournaments were players can play for cash, yet it soaks up alot of time training for it.

Post Date: 16:32 28-05-2010
Rating: 10
Author: A7x Cyanide
Comment: Ok, I have been checking the rating and comments of others. There are some people saying within an hour, they quit then rate it low. That is not an excuse.

Have you ever became member?
Ever hasd a total level of 1k?
Didn't think so.
If you haven't experienced the game overall, then don't judge it poorly.

Runescape is a great game in many ways.
~Browser Game.
~Free, with option to play $7 a month.
~24 Skills to train, including the new Dungeoneering Skill.
~Minigames
~Epic Gameplay
~HD, People are still thinking Runescape has crappy graphics, well no. They upgraded everything.
~PvP
~Bosses

Overall the game is a great game.
10/10

Post Date: 08:59 25-05-2010
Rating: 7
Author: Xardin
Comment: I personally think this game is nice, i played it back in 2003 and quited in 2004 because my member expire......
well, it still a great game with many stuff to do, except the fact that you need money to play. other than that, this game has a nice gameplay to it. People who like games due to their grahpich might not like this very much and find it childish, but for real gamer out there that ignore the fact it has bad graphic, they will find this game entertaining

Post Date: 22:17 18-05-2010
Rating: 9
Author: Ichigohollowfied
Comment: I have played for 3 years, really good imo. but it does sorta suck thx to pvp -.-

Post Date: 00:02 26-04-2010
Rating: 0
Author: ice grim reaper
Comment: Too bad Runescape is still one of the most loved and hated game in gaming history(begin in the 1970's).Sure it got great graphics,but I don't care about graphics!And it's browser based.Those are the pros of Runescape!

Cons:
Fighting in Runescape is click and wait and switching weapons and attacks.
Skills are just click,click,click.You don't need to focus on doing skills,just wait and see.
Weapons are broing looking.
Too few weapons.
PVP is boring
Monsters are a bit ugly and boring looking.
Quest and Storyline is boring.
And more stuff why Runescape suck!

Post Date: 23:33 24-04-2010
Rating: 4
Author: boredum1029
Comment: runescape was fun for a while then i realized that my fingers hurt from SO MUCH CLICKING *twitch* *twitch* anyway... it really fun until u finish all the free quest and u get to a higher lvl then u need membership or it is completely pointless
nobody ever talks, quest barely do anything xp wise and everything so expensive...
i bought member ship and...
a bunch of people alk to you, quest give around 10k-1000k xp to each stat and (its magic!) you get money so much easier to buy the still expensive things, you can finally do other quest type things.

so wat im trying to say is this game is fun but to get anything u needa be a member. but even with membership u still can only have 1 char per account which gets annoying cause it u get bored u needa make another account to redo everything. so i give a 4.

Post Date: 23:41 14-04-2010
Rating: 10
Author: kirsion
Comment: I don't know why people rate sooo low, because they never played it before, play it from 2005 and you LOVE this game, god damn, too bad it sucks atm. I have so many fond memories of this... no joke

Post Date: 19:34 10-04-2010
Rating: 1
Author: clydeaglide
Comment: RUnescape has gone down the drain limiting item trade by cost i remember when u could have newer people working under you and u could by and sell how ever you wanted. Grand exchange stops inflation in runescape and made it a very communistic game if anyone could figure out how to: (a) make jagex make some servers for us that liked the old ways or (b) make a private runescape server with all the same thing as runescape and no mods

Post Date: 17:40 09-04-2010
Rating: 8
Author: cygnus17
Comment: Runescape is a 3D... ok i don't know what the graphics are called because they are.. interesting. The game is pretty good if your bored. It's full of monsters you never even thought about( or you ever need to). The one thing that sucks about this game is that the only way to acually enjoy this game is to buy the member's expansion which is about 6-7$ a month. It's full of these quests that will take you further into this giant story which leads to this other story which will lead to a huge story that practically leads back to the old story because the company probably ran out of twinkies to eat. This game says it's the 1# MULTIPLAYER game... ok if I told them that 114,100 is probably less than what other MMORPGS population rate is they would cry or maybe try and rape a rock in my backyard( they can do that now :O)Let me tell you I play runescape. I still do( the only reason my laptop broke) it's good in some ways but in others such as classes nah.

TOP REASONS TO PLAY
1.Questing good
2.The Mods are friendly( just not friendly about sharing twinkies)
3.The minigames acually entertain some people who like watching numbers pop out of people's chests
4. This whole constitution damage change is beyond me but people seem to like it.

NAHHHHH( Not to play)


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Post Date: 11:57 02-04-2010
Rating: 2
Author: Alper123
Comment: Very boring. Quit after 20 mins of playing.

Post Date: 07:25 28-03-2010
Rating: 5
Author: Papertrail
Comment: i actually agree with endo322the graphics arent bad but the gameplay is just strait up boring , yes theres alot of thing to do but it takes a full half year to 99 something ... i calculated it if a player plays atleast 2 hours a day

Post Date: 23:03 23-03-2010
Rating: 2
Author: endo322
Comment: No matter what you"re doing in this game, all that is involved is waiting, waiting and more waiting. How do you mine? Click the rock and wait. How do you pvp? Click the enemy player and wait. How do you cook/craft/quest? You guessed it! Click and wait click and wait click and wait.

This game was good back in the day when the graphics were 2d and it was virtually the only mmorpg on the market. But now it"s just sad. Good if you want to waste some time every once in a while, but if you"re looking for a game to actually play and enjoy, then you need to search elsewhere.

Post Date: 16:57 14-03-2010
Rating: 10
Author: jsdodgers
Comment: Z0mg runescape is the best game ever i play 76 hours a day 8 days a week it pwns everyone should play it!!! ITs only $350 to be a member for 70 months!!

Post Date: 17:24 13-03-2010
Rating: 8
Author: psufootball
Comment: One of the best free to play MMORPG's out there. RuneScape has skills, quests, clans, minigames, etc. all in the free version! Then you go to the pay to play version and its simply overwhelming. The only downside is the grinding that you must do at the beginning of the game, but once your up on your feet, its hours and hours of fun!

Post Date: 12:35 06-03-2010
Rating: 2
Author: elvis10909
Comment: its alright until lvl 50 when all you do is defend strike cast spell ive heard it was more cool before as in easier to make money and get xp.

Post Date: 14:01 21-02-2010
Rating: 5
Author: seattlelove
Comment: This Game is not how it used to be. The fruition of the game was 5 years ago. I no longer play. It has been 3 years that I haven't.
The game lost me when they cut PK. That was one of the most fun aspects of the game. So When I tried to play again I learned of server PK's which are no fun b/c all you find is people with NO life and constantly play this game.. There is a trade limit now which is incredibly stupid. This game is fun for awhile but it has limited to many things.

Post Date: 09:54 17-02-2010
Rating: 3
Author: blastoise466
Comment: look i rly DO NOT care about the graphics as much as you do but you must get it that this game is the combining of AQ and that habbo hotel(a game where you can add friends play minigames) and this makes it suck. I say what you do:

hmm open RS. then go to milk a cow. Then do fletching. Yay you skill up fletching and level up! Now you can make silver arrows!! Then you milk some cow. Sell it. Then do some fishing to gold. Then you kill some monster.

and a story based on WoW:

you are a dranei and went to exodar you learned a new skill and got a new bow. Then you used the PvP tool find some enemies and fight with them. How exciting.Then you went to dungeon to lv up and got a unique item.

DON'T you see.You just do some lumbercutting when you lv up the skill and now you can cut magic trees. and zoraxbrooks in number 2 it is crazy

Post Date: 19:53 13-02-2010
Rating: 10
Author: zoraxbrooks
Comment: runescape may have worse graphics than all those downloadable games,you may think tht the community sucks,you might think that the grind leveling& combat system sucks; but let me tell you:
1) the graphics in downloadable games are good, but, paired with the fact that NOBODY says anything to you that ever has anything to do with anything other than trading, or going humting/killing on them, really good graphics make me feel disconnected to the game.

2)most of the comunity actualy talks to eachother about JUST STUFF, ?!IS THAT CRAZY?!?(sarcasm), its nice to see other ppl talking, to see that THEY DO HAVE A LIFE,(especialy because if they didnt have a life, they wouldnt be playing...
as they would be dead)

3)you dnot need to wroy buot splling wehn yur triying toi takl fgast

4)ITS NOT SOUL CALIBUR, YOU DONT NEED TO HAVE ANY MORE SKILL TO HELP YOU IN COMBAT.

5)grind leveling is somewhat more realistic, its not like you can get really good at math and then thrade your experience in math for athletic skill:|

6)having a life has nothing to do with non dangerous activities.

if your not convinced, then use YOUR life hopwever you want

Post Date: 11:40 01-02-2010
Rating: 7
Author: komgred
Comment: Graphics: Sure the graphics may not be as super as AoC but you have to take into consideration that it is browser based and made in java. Since the launching of the HD version of RS the visuals are simply amazing. Great lighting effects, the cities seem to come to life, environments stand out and it is just simply amazing for a browser game. 8/10

Gameplay: What can I say? Extreme grind? Yep you heard me. It is extremely annoying to just click and wait for 28 inventory spaces to fill up and then run to the bank and back to the spot to wait again. When you first play the game it was just awesome as you can level any way you want but after 55+ the xp becomes tedious and there is only one way to level up efficiently. With the huge amount of skills to change your attention, the grind shouldn't b much of a problem. Lots of skills makes it this game addictive. Combat is boring as it is always the same animation used for the different styles of attack. Good thing is that you can be a mage, warrior or ranged or even all three if you prefer not to be a pure as this is an important factor in pvp. I absolutely love PvP is RS, it constantly makes you think all the time. You need to change weapons at the right time and quickly activate the right prayer to reduce some damage. This is a warning, pking is addictive in this game. Quests are not your traditional 'kill/collect x amount' quests. The quests in RS provide an actual story and some resemble famous stories in books. With the cut scenes in quests it will provide an unforgettable experience especially the grandmaster quests (2 so far have been released). 8/10

Community: Some are good but most are bad. You get a lot of spoilt kids in this game, the rich kind. It's only virtual money, it's not going to benefit you in any way. Once you find some nice people you will be friends with them for a long time. Once your members prepare to make a lot more friends as they are an extremely friendly community. 6/10

Music: It is good but often annoying so I normally play RS with the sound off. I only turn it on when I do quests as the music is just simply amazing especially when you do the 'While Guthix sleeps' quest. 7/10

Over all: 7/10

It may not be one of those super games but if your new to MMO's then try this game as it will lead you to bigger better MMO's.

Post Date: 18:15 27-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: grublex
Comment: Runescape is the best game ever!

Post Date: 09:58 23-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: Bhittersweet
Comment: This is the most awesome gam ever. It blows any other game out of the water!! it will get even more populer when the POHs come out and when everquest closes up shop. Everquest should get killed by the burning crusade. The remaining players that didnt go to wow will go to runescape. Thus making it more popular!! Whats tibia anyway! i dont see that on the highscores this game rocks better than ay other mmo (maple story and ragonack online look like stupid rip offs maple story cant even run on mozila and ragonack online cant doesent have a free fersion and is like 13 to 14 bucks a month)the only one that that can come even close to how good this is is wow Thats why you install virus protection for it (combined all of member s reviews into one)

Post Date: 09:56 23-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: sandmasny
Comment: This was my first online game. I got addicted and burnt out. Even though many will say "errr this game stinks" it is actually a very big, in depth game. Let down by graphics and community. Graphics: Not very good. You get use to them though. There not really somthing you go MY EYES HURT, but if your use to other graphics that are better. You might dislike them. Sound: Battle sounds are poor. Swords sound like metal agaisnt tin. Monsters growel when they attack, all they do. When you get hit the sound that is made doesn"t even sound human. Very poor. Music on the other hand is very nice. Cheerful and suits the mood well. I personally like it alot. Gameplay is a mix of many things. You have a million possible things that can be done. Chop wood, eat, cook, fight, fish, go PvPing. But after you"ve done it all its reapeat again and again to get to the next level. Community- Poor. You"ll meet some good people. Usally new people. Its a game that you wouldn"t put your trust into anyone. Grinding is a big thing and making money is hard to come by. This leads people to scam you in trade and to back stab you in PvP. Even if there are adults playing they dont show it. Childish people all around. You might even come to the point you feel you have to scam others as well. Hacking is common to. Lasting Appeal- addictive. If you get hooked you"ll be at it for a while. Though if your playing in the free world you"ll be about lvl 40-50 intill you reach a point where nothing is new. You basically have to become a member. If you do become a member the world is expanded 10 fold and updates with new quests and items are very frequent. Verdict - 7. If another game came out with better graphics id give it a go. If you have time on your hands give it a go. If not i wouldn"t even try this. At lvl 50 things take hours to lvl just one thing. It"s very good in some points, terrible at others.

Post Date: 02:40 23-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: Mighty t
Comment: WOW!! This is the game that all mmorpg's want to be like!
Runescape should easily make it to the final

Post Date: 14:01 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: jaredkrfm
Comment: LOL, why do you bother disrespecting this game? Cause you were scammed or die too much? sure.. Scamming aint cool but your a spaz if you let that affect your initial interest in the game. Scammers exist everywhere, thats a fact of life... anyway, as for the graphics.. they are good - if you have dialup and you disrespect this game for having poor graphics your a nerd! Does anyone honestly expect a game with amazing graphics and storyline to be free? Not only that, all you need is java and wait a little while for the browser to load this game. I have spent hours downloading and reviewing numerous mmorpgs, infact I have wasted more time downloading games then playing them, because the quality is poor and the task is time consuming. All & all boys and girls is this game is by far the BEST free version game on the net. ( especially for the unfortunate dialup users ) Here is a thought for all the geeks who love to disrespect runescape; Walk into the computer shop and spend $50+ on a game that may interest you. either way you will grow bored and disrespect that game, and then complain.. " oh the hacks man the hacks.. i got hacked i got scammed! " well, it was fun while it lasted.. Maplestory is a sorry game, you spent 10times longer downloading it and the game is 10times shorter.. better combat system? by what.. as opposed to tapping ctrl or shift repeatedly?

Post Date: 13:59 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: markxemsn
Comment: I have to say first that I ve played this game for over 2 years and have gone through several accounts in RS1 and RS2. It is a wonderful and epic way for many youngsters to begin their MMORPG hobbies. By this I mean there are bigger, better MMORPGs for nearly every age group. The quests are entertaining and comical, and the multi-skill system keeps players busy and it constantly rewards them. I never thought I d grow so addicted to this charming little "MMO that could" to the point where I d be playing it so long. As far as the amount of items and weapons go, it s pretty wide. The NPC combat is fun and easy to manage, but I d like to not hit so many 0s at Lvl 65 on some dumb Goblin. As much as I want to say only good things about this low-budget baggy of joy, I also want to say the negative side quite a bit. The list is VERY long, thus giving this baggy of joy a hole of anquish... For one, the economy in members and free is... bad. Unless you ve been playing the game since it came out, you ll be running around listening to the cruel voice of the high level players burning down your high hopes with high-priced items that should really only be like... Nothing. And anyone who is reading this knows damn well what I mean if you ve played the game for atleast a few weeks. Another problem is the annoying language filter that will block out your text almost randomly... For a game that consists of animated blood and heavy drinking, YOU WOULD THINK THEY D ATLEAST LET YOU SAY BUTT! Another thing is that nearly everyone playing this game is a lazy 10-year-old that will verbally harass, scam, and spam you... >:( Seriously, everyone is out to get you O_O Nevertheless, one major problem remains... It s horribly unbalanced. EXAMPLE: Lvl 30 can kill you on Lvl 70 just because he brings along tons of food, which he ll constantly eat, and runes to shoot the "Rigged to Hell UBER-SPELLS" at you at such a high speed you can t react because of all the lag. Then you wake up in Lumbridge after surrendering your hard-earned Rune Platebody to some stupid kid with a Lvl 70 Magic! C mon Jagex! The whole point of being a spellcaster is to be weak and easy to kill by a strong melee juggarnaut once you engage in hand-to-hand. This is where the ability to plug in any kind of armor and learn any skill once you get the required stats has its giant gaping hole of n00bish ego... Once again, unless you re one of those 10-year-old idiots who blames their own stupidity on hackers and bugs, YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT I MEAN! Despite all the horrid mistakes Jagex made when they planned this MMO, I give it a 7 just because I had a lot of fun while it lasted... As soon as the new Ranger and Mage "toys" were released (disgusting), I packed my MMO bags, flipped the bird to Jagex s masterpiece, and moved onto WoW... BTW- The same goes to for both Free and Member servers. I also would ve voted it to be Best Free Online Game of 2004...

Post Date: 13:57 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: lilyuffie
Comment: really what is it with people and graphics? I freakin played a good graphic game and most of the players arent on the dang comps! Also u n00bs giving 0s and just saying stupid stuff about graphics... u sicken me!!!! OK I"ve cooled down now on to the rating... sound:2/10 okay well u get the idea gameplay:4/10 click... quests:9/10 100+ quests and most give out good stuff u know!(F2p has only one quest with good reward but still...) graphics:... i dont care about graphics moving on addiction: well at least we aint on drugs runescape has a economy that has inflation and prices going this and that; i wouldnt be suprised if theres a "great depression" or something. people that gave a zero to this game should try and get off lindsey lohan or paris hilton.and this game is adapting to people around the globe, they have german now! some parts of this game that noobdy has is the players DECIDING HOW RUNESCAPE SHOULD BE PLAYED LIKE(ss riot of 07) also the community wont help u cuz the awnswer is getting ur tiny brain working and WORK IT OUT YOURSELF. So all u whiners and complainers and paris hiltion obssers get ur lazy but on the chair and just play without sound and everything u hate. Also if u h8 the community just turn ur public chat off(best to just go to a empty world, trust me)

Post Date: 13:54 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: jakebar
Comment: Most people think this game is totally lame, but i have been playing for about 4 years now and i have got to know the game. it started with classic, very poxy graphics pritty dodgy and now theres runescape2 basicly the 3d version with better graphics then the classic game. This game can be very addictive once you have your levels up. You can talk to people make friends and add them to your buddy list, so when they are online you can send them private messages and meet up with them. There is also a and ignore list so people can talk to you which will come in handy. BEWARE: there are alot of snobs on the game which you can stop by reporting abuse, but once you level up you wont be called a noob as much and it should"nt be too bad. There are also alot of scammers so you shouldn"t give out detials including passwords or even your personal details, if you do it can be very dangerous. Dont feel too bad if they call you a noob. Most of the people on the game don"t know the meaning of the word. It actually means newbie or new person. You"ll mostly get called this if your under level 45 or so. Once you get to know the game it is really fun. Also runescape is totally free unless you upgrade to a membership which goes up to $12 depending on where you come from. Members is much funner, you can go to a whole new area and will take more than a month subscirption to explore it. So getting members on runescape is alot cheaper than basicly all of the other games, and is worthit. Runescapes graphics arnt that great but there not as bad as dragon fable or diablo and you can change the veiw too. But they are always updating there graphics and soon there will be a better version of runescape. Runscape is probally the best free un-downloadable game so far, it"s like a mini game of W.O.W . You can move your person around by clicking on where ever you want it to move, so it"s much better then Adventure Quest and other games like that. When you die from battling, you end up in the same place every time, so you dont have to go back and collect your sole and i wouldnt bother about getting your stuff you lost (unless it was uncrowded and close to you) because ass soon as you die someones taken your stuff. Overall runescape is a very good game for people without broadband, and you dont have to pay for it or download it monthly And the reason there are younger kids playing is because last year the rule of being 13 and over to play wasnt there. There are also alot of adults addited to the game, I know tons of people that are over 17 years of age playing. I think runescape has came a far way and i have been looking for about a year now for a game that is small download and like runescape, and not many free sites can beat it. So i gave runescape a 10/10 i could go on all day about runscapes features but that would take too long, so if you really want to know more about the game, make an account for yourself and search the manual of Runescape, U"ll be suprised.

Post Date: 13:53 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: xenyuno
Comment: Having played RuneScape for four years and being a member for three, I have a fairly good understanding of RuneScape and have seen how it has developed over time. RuneScape has many good aspects, but yes like every game it does have bad aspects as well. The graphics may not be the best, but RuneScape has brilliant story lines, which not on their own make up for the lack of advanced graphics. You have to take into account on the graphics that RuneScape is a java based browser game and can be played from almost any computer with internet access (this is ignoring network banning) and due to not having advanced graphics does not require a powerful grpahics card to run well and smoothly. The RuneScape community has rocketed in size and now has over a million members. I must admit, even on members worlds the sense of community, politeness, helpfulness and kindness has overall decreased, but that"s what happens to expanding games, a game becomes popular and undesirables come with that popularity. The economy is in a bit of a mess with discontinued items reaching plain ridiculous prices now and updates causing big problems. However, this can all be overlooked if you want to. RuneScape can require you to use your brain and even teach you things if you want to, but only if you don"t use fansites regulary. Examples being the Quests (of which there are over 100), Mini-Quests and Mini-Games. The PvP is in bad shape, but it is hard to improve it as RuneScape is updated so frequently. The skills may be a very big grindfest, probably one of the longest around, they do change a bit and can be interesting and you get an enormous sense of achievement when you reach a goal. RuneScape is updated almost every week, a great increase from four years ago, making it one of most, if not the most vastly changing games around. I am giving RuneScape 10, because despite its many bad aspects and flaws, I think they are vastly outweighed by the good aspects and that is why I have been playing so long. I advise you aleast try the free version. Beware, RuneScape can be VERY addictive.

Post Date: 13:50 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: sorksnelman
Comment: great game!!! for all you who are giving it a low rating: 1. because the graphics=the graphics arent that bad for a f2p, sure alot of games have better graphics, but rs graphics are better than some games(maple stpry, which is lame) and besides the gameplay is awsome. also if you play games like w.o.w (world of warcraft) i dont blame you for giving it a bad rating (compared to w.o.w runescape is lame) But if you play games like maple story well then...YOU NEED HELP!! ive seen flash games on addicting games 10 times better than maple story 2. its addicting=what!?!?!? you give it a bad rating because its addicting! that doesnt make much sence if a terrible game is addicting. the reason why its addicting is because its a good game. 3.scamming= you have to be stupid to get scammed(like "give me ur best item and i will give you money for free)(this being after you give them ur item) how stupid do you have to be?!? 4.everybody is meen= well the reason why alot of ppl are meen is because there are so many ppl playing it. there has to be some mean ppl if there is so many ppl. chances are there will be. 5. not enough quests (not much for non-members)=well its not that there is too little things for non-members, its that for non-members you get the basics and a little more too. there are some games ive seen where there are no quests and there isnt even bows! (eternal lands, no offence) for the quests i find it very hard to believe that ppl say they beet all the quests by lvl 25. reason being is because the lowest player to beet the hardest quest is lvl 37 (highscores). the average person beets the hardest quest at lvl 45-50 so i add-mit the game gets boring after about lvl 60 because you beet every quest at lvl 45 then you start getting bored then you start doing random things like running through the pk maps yelling "wilderness ruuun!!!!!" so fine the game will get boring after lvl 60 (i think that all games once you play for a while you start you get bored) but then its time to start something new!:)

Post Date: 13:32 22-01-2010
Rating: 10
Author: sarkgkin
Comment: The world of runescape isnt actually as bad as the people here make it out.. so it takes time to actually train and mae money and if u played longer ur richer thats how its suppose to be u just know the game and can make money. I can bet that half of the people who have said its hard to make money havent played for over a month. Once the game is learned and u spend time training money comes very easily. And yes i have played WOW and i played it for 2 days maybe 3 and i just stopped. i seen about 5 people maybe in the world i was in and also all you did was attack things and skin them requiring nothing and no skill to do it. The leveling in RS i think was made very well so it takes a month to get a skill to max out at 99... once you aheive the skill you can buy a cape that shows ur acheivement and u make a load of cash depending on the skill. I agree the graphics could be better on Runescape much better to the technology today and yes runescape did lose many many many players when pking was taken away , i dont play as much because of pking now but when i do get on now i have more enthusiasm to play because im not on as much as when i was player killing. I beileve this is a very well made game and if you are annoyed by the "10" year olds that play this game they made the ignore system for a reason use it and turn ur chat on freinds .. problem solved. Give runescape a try take time to play u wont level up max skills in a year u wont get bored if u mix it up a little and have freinds to talk to while u do ur thing.

Post Date: 08:47 17-01-2010
Rating: 6
Author: bernlak
Comment: I hate killing stuff, because all you do is click and watch until it kills you or you kill it.
What I do like is the PvP, because a vast majority of the players are under 18, and they take things to seriously... so I pk and watch them lose their items. (and imagine them getting upset)

Post Date: 07:41 17-01-2010
Rating: 8
Author: lord jack
Comment: ill rate this for my top 3 games ever!!! when i was younger

Post Date: 05:51 12-01-2010
Rating: 6
Author: Vzionn
Comment: I thought the graphics were terrible, the clothes and people looked tacky, and I am not sure how many hours I spent getting to level 85.

But something kept me staying and paying real money and even though I have quit for awhile now, I recommend anyone who has time to waste.

Post Date: 02:26 09-01-2010
Rating: 0
Author: mmorpggamer815
Comment: The gameplay graphics and stuff was ok. But the game is full of immature name calling 10 year old immature brats who have no respect whatsoever. So i quit after 2 months.

Post Date: 22:28 04-01-2010
Rating: 2
Author: govols1t
Comment: There are so many great free games out there that there is no reason to play this one. The game itself in F2P mode is ok, for a little while, but the players that play this game are the bottom of the barrel. If there is order in the gamer world, then people who play runescape cling to the lowest rung.

The PVP is soooo bad that people call you a 'safer' for eating too early. Seriously, people insult you for not letting them kill you and then run away calling you a coward. I get the issue, which is that pvp in general is an eating contest, but the players make people go to other games. The group PVP is better and can be quite fun, but it is so hard to organize.

As far as high end PVE content goes - there is none in F2P. Once you finish the initial quests you are done with the game, unless you want to mindlessly grind for no reason.

The game does have one interesting part, which is that you can PVP at level 20 and up. I had some good fun with a low level toon in the bounty hunter worlds, but eventually the fun got real old and I got really tired of the of the people who cried when they lost or felt that you weren't PVPing the right way. How can a game mechanic be sooo bad thay players have to invent their own rules to make it work?

Post Date: 21:46 02-01-2010
Rating: 0
Author: WoWftw
Comment: This game sucks. The graphics are terrible. When you fight stuff, all you do is click and wait for it to die or you to die. It also takes forever for new players to get arrows and runes. This game is perfect for you if you have no friends.

Post Date: 08:25 01-01-2010
Rating: 7
Author: EggOrBacon
Comment: As others have said, the graphics are fine. As a client game, the graphics are pretty good I'd say. However, I stopped playing this game, last week, in fact. The community really let me down in my opinion. The mods are unhelpful now, and Jagex seem to apply more Pmods to every random person. They may as well take it out of a hat.

Here's my opinion of this game, as I feel I should give a long review for a game I spent 7 years on. (Getting hacked several times along the process)

Graphics: Since Jagex have released HD, I feel the graphics are fairly good, considering you don't need to download the game. However, I still feel they can be improved 7.5/10

Community: Several worlds can be fairly okay, but the lack of respect I feel players have now is frustrating. I was always being asked for free stuff from lower level players, everyone swears, and although Jagex try their hardest to stop this, you can still swear an awful lot. The rich, high leveled players, on the other hand, are vain, and snobby, and they do not give any help at all. Although I found a few players that are different to this, I found it hard to, unless I was a high leveled player myself.
There are hackers everywhere on this game, and it's even more frustrating. Over 7 years I have been hacked 9 times, due to keyloggers and the like. I've even lost two accounts from it, which makes all my hard work seem pointless.

Sorry Jagex, but for a game you think the community is the core of your game, it's not a very good one. 2/10 at a struggle.


Audio:

I found the audio fun to listen to at first, with a wide array of different music to unlock and listen to. Although it can get annoying at times, I can just switch between my music player and Runescape. The fighting sounds are mediocre, but the whip sound is fairly annoying now, as other players next to the person wielding the whip can hear it too, and it sounds like a screech rather than a whip being flicked. The sounds can be turned off too however.

I'll admit, I was impressed with audio, from the dawn of my arrival to Runescape. :) 9/10

Quests/Gameplay

The quests, in my opinion, are fantastic. They are great fun to complete, the rewards are mediocre, and the questlines themselves are imaginative and well thought out. There are also a wide focus of quests to choose from, with new ones being released every few weeks. This is the sort of thing I found fun in Runescape. The new diaries are great fun too. 9/10

The gameplay is decent too, although the amount of grinding with each skill, I found exceptional. Although there are a wide range of skills to choose from, each one takes a fair few hours to get to a decent level. Some even take days, or weeks.
However, like me, if this is your sort of thing, you will love the skills available. Great fun with the minigames too, which take your mind off the grinding involved.

Gameplay gets a 7/10 from me.


F2P:

The F2P is fun, and not limited. However, you can't experience the most out of Runescape, as a lot of the great things require a monthly membership. However, overall, it's a good game to play for an F2per. 6/10

P2P: The membership is low, and great to buy. The new skills and things that are now for P2pers is amazing, and new releases get put out every couple of weeks, which makes it even better. Although, once you run out of membership, you will find F2P very hard, due to lack of bank space. 7/10

PVP: Although I rarely PVPed, the PVP system is now poor. Due to RWT, jagex have limitated the rewards from PVP, and lost a lot of commited players when they changed the game. However, PVP is still very fun to play, and gives a great experience to the game. 6/10

So, overall, I like this game, but the community really let it down for me, which is a pity. This long review sums it up for me.

Avg score: 6.68 -> 7.

Would be higher if the players didn't ruin the game as much. An incredible pity. However, a fascinating and intriguing game to play for a range of audiences.

Post Date: 21:53 29-12-2009
Rating: 10
Author: hrong98
Comment: Hey, for a massive MMORPG that don't require a download, i'll say its pretty darn good

Post Date: 13:13 29-12-2009
Rating: 7
Author: lord jack
Comment: These are my thoughts of runescape:

graphics:5/10

community:8/10

fighting fun:9/10

overall:7/10

Post Date: 07:25 29-12-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Master jack
Comment: I think runescape is pretty good but after a certain amount of time it lacks intrest.But i have to say a lot of people are saying the graphics are bad,but in my opinion i think tthe graphics are fine.

Post Date: 22:07 26-12-2009
Rating: 2
Author: rekras
Comment: i agree with most of this stuff said by neeyick and tasori. they do need to make adjustments like getting rid of the trade limit and making day and night. as an avid player of runescape, it sucks because its hard to level up after all ur quests are done then pretty much all there is to do is kill stand around or chop down trees. its pointless and neverending but a good timewaster

Post Date: 17:50 23-12-2009
Rating: 10
Author: tasori
Comment: ATTENTION! all you people who have played mmorpg's this is not the game for you! honestly this game was made to help out and prepare noobs to mmorpg's so for those of you who are veteran mmorpg players this is not for you....enough said...

Post Date: 10:05 23-12-2009
Rating: 1
Author: neeyick
Comment: i just got back to playing this game and thought....wow. if a game this gay can keep me hooked for this long jagex might have actually had a brain...
with all the skills to grind on and your life to throw away and the quests(if your a member)..cuz there are 2 f2p quests...or thats how it seems. and what the hell is with the trade limit???????????????????????????????????
why the hell do we need a trade limit???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
at least it made the market better if your trying to make money off of killing stuff..but the trade limit???i mean what the fuck???????????
and the combat system is gay. you can click on a monster and go off and eat chips and then come back and it will be dead............NO SKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and pretty much all of the rest sucks.
the only good thing is membership which is why im giving this a 1...

Post Date: 09:45 21-12-2009
Rating: 8
Author: punkychilla
Comment: Overall this is one of my favorite games of all I have played. It is fair to the player in the sense you can free play and get a good idea of whether your interest will hold before you lay down your money. The death penalty is a tad harsh since even your peripheral eq is pretty pricey at higher levels so replacing them can be problematical if one has bad luck in combat.
There is so much content for paying players that my advice is to take occasional breaks from the game just to prevent burnout.
I am also pleased to say that the folks in the forum seem to be decent and willing to answer questions courteously.

Post Date: 15:59 19-12-2009
Rating: 5
Author: Mirkwood3
Comment: I have played RuneScape for almost six years, and I have seen a lot. In response to what Cutinglife said earlier, he is partially wrong. RuneScape has been out for more than 7 years, so he's not one of the original players. Zezima was not either. His history and main events of RuneScape are wrong. Teh Fally Massacre was a bug with Cursed You's house, when he was the first player to achieve 99 Construction. I remember I attended his party, but then later I got bored and headed to Varrock. I heard about the massacre, and Mods kept shouting to tell everyone to log off. These were Player-Mods, but eventually the Jagex Mods came and banned the main guy, Duriel.

Now, for my review of RuneScape.

This was a great game, well at least it was two years ago. It was pretty much the time of the new skill Hunter and some Farming and Slayer. But then along came a new CEO, and he promised some new stuff, a more vocal Jagex team, and a lot of other stuff, but that really hasn't happened. We haven't had a new skill in like two years. They have one, but it's not due for another half year or so. Updates make the game fun, but lately, they have stunk. They have been getting worse and worse for the past year.

RuneScape was so much better with the old PvP system. Jagex took it away becasue of Real World Traders (RWT) who traded money and used people's credit cards for RuneScape Gold. The elimination of the PvP Wilderness system was terrible, and instead we got a lame Bounty Hunter Crater, but then now a re-vamped PvP system that stinks even more. The Trade limit obviously limits you being able to make your prices, so you are dependant upon the Grand Exchange for selling your wares. The prices fluctuate, and the PvP system creates higher prices for food, potions, runes, and gear. Prices have increased for so many items, and players can either get really rich or really broke off the G.E.

However, the graphics have changed throughout the years. The RuneScape HD looks really nice now. The Music isn't that bad either.

The quests are long and challenging, but can be fun. The minigames are really exciting, and there are over 25.

It's hard to make it past the first stage of the game as a noob at levels 3-40, but after that, it's really fun. The high-level content has gotten better, with Grandmaster Quests and some elite areas. But the one thing that changes the game is being a member or not. Being a member let's you explore at least five times more stuff, and it's really so much more to see and do. It's only $6.00, so it's considerably less than other MMO's.

Overall, it's a fun, yet addicting game that has room to improve, but it's definitely not how it was a few years ago. If I was doing this a few years ago, I would have rated 10/10.

Post Date: 02:32 15-12-2009
Rating: 5
Author: whiting1289
Comment: Errmm... I’ve already done a review for Runescape, so this is not really a review but to get something strait that Cutinglife said...

1.) He was not one of the first Runescape players since he says that he has only been around for 7 years when Runescape came out in 2001 and is 9 years old.

2.) Runescape never had a hacking problem, unless you call hacking idiots downloading keyloggers because they tried to buy items from goldfarmer sites...

3.) That so called (small) riot that happened when they did all those disliked updates was not even a huge event at all... The only riots that were huge was the very first ever riot when they said that they would ban user’s using SwiftSwitch and that Pking riot when they deleted PvP for a while.

4.) The Fally Massacre was not even a hack, it was just a simple bug that was found by pure luck, only about 20 or so people could attack other players because of this bug, and only one attacked people, the rest just reported it. And only about 2 or maybe 30 were killed.

So don't believe an idiot that made up so many lies.

Oh and off topic from what I was saying, isn’t it funny that the only users that give Runescape a low rating have immature names or only write at most ten word and have grammar and spelling skills an 8 year old would be proud of.

Post Date: 22:04 12-12-2009
Rating: 5
Author: Silence18
Comment: Endless gameplay, loads of content, fun by your self and with friends. 5 of 5 stars. Highly recommended, especially the membership, easily the best value for any online game. Preferred over World of Warcraft and other MMORPGs.

Post Date: 14:11 26-11-2009
Rating: 8
Author: gamermaster2
Comment: runescape is very good but the trade limit has made it worse but i like it anyways.
P.S. if you are bored of runescape email me your user and your password:)

Post Date: 19:51 24-11-2009
Rating: 5
Author: Hippie408
Comment: Well, some people say its a bad version of WoW, this originated before WoW. Its browser-based, so of course not the best graphics (although its the best game you'll ever get if you don't have a good hard drive/RAM). It has tons of gameplay, weekly updates, very involved devolopers/staff. They actually take suggestions and it doesn't take them years to add them. Different events. I enjoyed it for years, but yes. Lately, I've been seeing a lot of other MMOs after now beta-testing a new game, Grand Fantasia. One game, Rappelz, had a great community of users. The game developers weren't focued on the American servers, so people complained a lot to them, but to other players, they were very nice and helpful. This made me realize how not good of a community RS has. Don't get me wrong, some of my best online-friends play RS, and I like them a lot. I'm lv120 with a couple 99s, so I've played a long time. But lately? It seems like there are so many, for a good term, noobs. Just plain noobs. They're either immature, complainy, don't realize anything, or just have no common sense. So lately, I've been back to RuneScape classic (yes, I'm an old player, they recently re-released it for 2 weeks for new members, but I used to play it as well), because RSC seems to have a more mature community, seeing as on the old servers, all members are at least 4 years older than they were then they joined. That pretty much guarantees an age group of 15+. Its much more relaxed, with just simpler game play, nice members, etc. Also no trade limit and pking is still there, which some people complain about in the latest RS (which I don't mind, pking was unfair to those who actually did everything they could in the game, not just grind in 3 skills so you can kill people in 3 hits that are 40 levels higher than you).

So if we jump back about 2 years, I'd give it a 10/10, no question. Right now? Maybe a 7 or 8 out of 10. Not really sure. Its a good game, but my friends and I have come up with many ideas that could be easily implicated into the game that wouldn't be that hard to code and wouldn't have any negative effects to the economy, etc. (I used to code a lot in RuneScape Private Servers, or RSPS, don't call me a loser or cheater because of this, I did it to open up my imagination on RS and add ideas I would've liked.) When I coded RSPS, I learned the basics of how Jagex codes (RSPS's are coded differently than REAL RS, but its the same programming language, so you can see similarities.)

Anyways, thats my review. Its terribly long, I'm sorry. But thats my overview on the game. Oh, and by the way. I'm only 13. I consider myself to be more mature on MMOs then most of the 14/15 year olds, and in some cases, even people older than that.

Post Date: 19:14 23-11-2009
Rating: 2
Author: Stupidfart
Comment: This game used to be fun, until the introduction of PvP. After the trade limit shit started to rush into the game, all of the sudden it turned into a skilling mecha. Snooty 12-year-olds walked around with there level 99 skills which took them days of sitting in front of the computer clicking.

In it's hay-day, I would've rated this game a 10 with no question. But the community turned snooty, and prices are starting to sky-rocket thanks to the trade limit, the Grand Exchange, and the PvP update.

My overall rating right now would be a 2/10.

Post Date: 12:47 23-11-2009
Rating: 7
Author: anymotion
Comment: Fun game, but members get the bulk of equipment, skills, quests, and items. Very member oriented, but a good game.

Post Date: 20:14 19-11-2009
Rating: 2
Author: ice grim reaper
Comment: I only good things about Runescape for a browser game is the graphics,skills and chat.Everything else is very terrible!

Post Date: 10:56 15-11-2009
Rating: 8
Author: Dracoprye321
Comment: well,if your not a member this game will get really boring.but this is one of the only 3d mmorpg thats basically a bit free,AND MEMBERS IS UNFAIR!!!!!!!!but its still fun and addicting

Post Date: 19:42 11-11-2009
Rating: 10
Author: gamermaster2
Comment: Runescape is a really gooood game and have really good graphics for a browser game. i like it a lot.
P.S:if you get bored of it email your user and pass to gamermaster2@hotmail.com so that account dont get lost forever.

Post Date: 11:33 03-11-2009
Rating: 4
Author: Turiko
Comment: I played runescape for quite a few years (5 or so), but i quit due to WOW-ification.

There's no longer a free in-game market, graphics were "updated" (they look worse now) and the updates keep aiming at a lower and lower age of players.

In a nutshell, put your kid/little brother/little sister on it, but it's nothing for anyone 13+, even tough it advertises as a teen game.

Post Date: 05:52 27-10-2009
Rating: 10
Author: teerere
Comment: It is fun at first but continuing it gets boring. But the only thing making it good is the UPDATES the updates are monthly and are great. Events are also always different.

10/10!!!

Post Date: 10:25 26-10-2009
Rating: 10
Author: nas275
Comment: With Runescape, you either love it or you hate it. If you can see past the slightly worse graphics and combat (compared to other MMO's) then it's possibly the best game I've ever played. It's certainly the one I've played the most, and it's by far the largest, with thousands of hours of things you can do, plus weekly updates, a thriving community and, on the whole, a rewarding experience.

The Free-to-play version isn't very big, but is enough for a decent game that's worth about a 6 or 7. When you're pay-to-play though, there's so much stuff you can do, once you've played it for a few hours, you're absolutely hooked.

It's 'childish' image also isn't justified. Nearly everyone I talk to on it is either in high school, college, university or employment (i.e. 15+). That's more mature than a lot of other games I know.

So Runescape definitely deserves a 10 :)

Post Date: 16:59 15-10-2009
Rating: 0
Author: slo1506
Comment: Crap, crap and more crap, u wanna play with little kids (not like that pedos) this is your game, seriously crap.

Post Date: 18:08 11-10-2009
Rating: 1
Author: Yuge87
Comment: this is just a terrible version of WOW

Post Date: 00:18 22-09-2009
Rating: 0
Author: Mrhappy
Comment: This game is horrible, graphics suck, gameplay sucks, process of life and death sucks. Pretty much almost all of this game sucks, would only recommend it to those who really suck at other, more complex MMOs. To them, and anyone under the age of 10, this is the game for you. Everyone else, go play a real MMO (and no, not necessarily WoW, cause that pretty much sucks after a month or so tops). Just pick any other more interesting game.

Post Date: 16:13 20-09-2009
Rating: 10
Author: fsadfasdfdsafdsaf
Comment: Best game in the world!!!!!!! Those of u who give 7"s and under r idiots and fools!

Post Date: 10:36 10-09-2009
Rating: 10
Author: VaLiA99-RuneScape
Comment: I have been playing RuneScape for ever 5 years and get bored but still play,I have big goals,lots of friend and thanks to it I'm popular on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/RuneScape3dplay I'm happy of the new graphics becouse of it,RuneScape gained over 500thousend players in 2008 and there are less ass holes that say it sucks. RuneScape for life!

Post Date: 19:10 09-09-2009
Rating: 5
Author: cybermunk
Comment: Played for about 2 years got bored by the monotone actions and quit playing.

All scores are up to 5
Gameplay: 3
Graphics: 3
Quests: 3
Overall: 3 From me below i give it a 5

Post Date: 09:01 31-08-2009
Rating: 10
Author: Hyp47
Comment: This was my 1 mmorpg i ever played, after that iv tried other 10 f2p mmo's n serioulsy this was the one who made me play for longer n have 100x more fun, know with HD graphics its awesome!

This should be 1# not guild wars...

n btw this is the MOST POPULAR fps mmorpg in the world, now in the
GUINESS BOOKS!

Post Date: 13:41 21-08-2009
Rating: 7
Author: Matt5069
Comment: this used to be my fav game ever. The graphics are good and everything. But quite honestly the game is limited if u dont pay. As a non member you get like a tenth of the full RS world. And once u hit a certain lvl u kind of stop there b/c the non memebr monsters lvls only go so high. I stuggled getting to lvl 40 because after that the only monsters left were too high of lvls (like 60+) Then when ur a member it gets kind of overwhelming at first because of all the places u can go and all the quests and u just want to see everything before u have to stop paying again. Much of the member world is only accesible by completing a quest, and member ones are usually pretty long. Also the traveling takes forever. I was on one end of the map then for a quest i had to go to the other end and that took like an hour of walking/running. Its a good game dont get me wrong, but if u dont plan on paying its not very much worth it except for holidays. And theres no updates for non members except for stuff like graphics and that small stuff, not like new quests or items. Those are members only. and once u stop paying ur member stuff is useless (i lost everything in my bank except for my money when i canceled my subscription)

Post Date: 22:41 17-08-2009
Rating: 5
Author: kingsblade42100
Comment: this game sucks becuase once u die ur most important items will go away and u will need to recover them and i died by some old lady and i got pissed off

i only gave it a five because besides that its got great fighting and graphics and even the weapons and sometimes the quests

Post Date: 00:12 16-08-2009
Rating: 8
Author: Bonscott
Comment: qaz (2nd comment below) pretty much summed it up. overall a good game, does just about everything well (not related to sound, that is).

Post Date: 18:55 12-08-2009
Rating: 8
Author: allen12
Comment: For about 5 years, I played Runescape. The overall game isn't bad, but there are a couple of flaws.

Graphics and Sounds - 6/10

The actual graphics aren't the best ones, but they are pretty good, considering it is a free, browser-based, and Java-written game. Awesome 3D graphics in HD mode. No big complaints here.

The sound is not very inviting. The music will want to kill you. There might be a couple of exceptions, but most music will make your ears bleed. The sound effects aren't that great, either. It's just really bad.

Gameplay: Free-to-Play - 7/10

When you first start playing Runescape, you will like it, and may get addicted. After a few months or so, you will start to get REALLY bored. The stats are extremely repetitive. Getting a skill to 99 isn't hard, but more annoying and repetitive.

Game updates happen about once every two weeks or so, more often with members, but they don't pay too much attention to the Free-To-Players.

Although there are many things to do in the Free-to-Play world, you will still get BORED. After a year of playing Free-to-Play, you will either like it and subscribe to members, quit the game, or just stay being Free-To-Play forever, and be bored.

Gameplay: Pay-To-Play - 10/10

You can choose to subscribe to members starting from a mere $5.99 a month. If you like it, I highly recommend you to subscribe, because Free-To-Play isn't very good.

Pay-To-Play overall, is AWESOME! There are a lot of things to keep you busy. You can play hours a day for years, and can probably only complete half of what is there to be done! There are 8 more interesting skills to train, adding to the fun.

I don't have much to say on the subject of Pay-To-Play, but you can subscribe yourself, and see how good it is.

Community - 5/10

Although the community actually has been improving over the years, it's still not too good.

You will always expect to see someone shouting "Hey n00b, what's that? Why would you wear bronze armor? I got 6 sets of full zammy, n00b. Ok, cya!" This is not untrue. If you play about a couple of hours a day, you will most likely see someone saying things like that. The best thing to do is to ignore it, even if they're saying it to you. However, a few years ago, there were people saying things like that almost anywhere you go! Overall, the community need improvement.

Overall - 8/10

Runescape is a fun and interesting MMORPG. While the sound and free-to-play gameplay does need improvement, it's always nice to see Jagex making a bit of effort to fix that.

However, effort isn't enough in an MMORPG. I do admit that Runescape has been steadily going downhill for a while, starting with the removal of the wilderness and trade limits.

Post Date: 14:46 07-08-2009
Rating: 8
Author: qaz32152
Comment: I have played Runescape for many years and have played many MMOs. I am not going to rate a specific area, but give you cons a pros.

**Grapihics** - The graphics are not the best, but with HD it is better. The graphics gives the game a real feel of a RPG, except it's 3D.

Pros:

1. Less lag due to small graphics.
2. Graphics makes the game look like a real RPG.

Cons:

1. No eye candy.
2. Does not compare to the beautiful graphics of some games.
3. Characters look too similar.
4. Fighting animations are simple

**Gameplay** - The game play is really good. There are many quests and monsters to fight. The Mini games provide both a means to relax and train.

Pros:

1. Vast amount of skills.
2. Vast amount of mini games, including PvP mini games.
3. Vast amount of quests, very low grinding.
4. Three basic "Classes", Class are based off of a combat triangle. Classes are not official.
5. New run interface, can rest and run replenishes quicker.
6. Being a member will keep you busy for years.
7. Easy to get around the world. There are so many ways to get from one place to another. Quests can unlock new unique ways of travel such as fairy rings, spirit trees, hot air balloons, etc...
8. Grand exchange allows for easy merchanting and a quick way to sell something in high demand. The website shows a 30 day, 90 day, and 180 day price change in the market.
9. Variety of environments ranging from jungles to polar wastelands.
10. Easy for new people to learn the game.
11. Content is always being added, about once a week.
12. Easy and simple interface
13. Vary interactive environment
14. Major quests have a worldwide storyline
15. Can lend items temporarily
16. Can "assist" by "lending" the use of some of your skill levels. (example: I assist someone with smithing when i have 55 smithing. They can make items that require up to level 55 smothing)
17. Loot share
18. In-game clan interface

Cons:

1. You can't jump, sorry people.
2. Skills can take forever, but some quests unlock easier and quick ways to level up.
3. Some item don't reflect the prices of the raw materials it take to make them.
4. You can't swim.(Except in a few areas)
5. You can't fly.
6. Limited trade. Non-quest people can only trade 3,000 gp worth of items
7. No more wilderness

Post Date: 07:52 05-08-2009
Rating: 9
Author: pures0
Comment: I have played this game on and off for the better part of 7 years now making many accounts and many friends. As all games do it has its draw backs and for this game unfortunately it is the developers. There is also a huge immaturiy level issue among the newer players but among the older players there are still very good communities and overall is just a fun place to hang out with friends. The good points of the game include many different things to do at any given time, there is almost always something to keep you occupied. And for a non downloadable game it has some of the best graphics i have seen. the soundtracks suck, but tie into the time period of the game fairly well. As far as people saying you're a nerd for playing it, it comes with the territory. they are normally people who tried it but never really gave the game a chance. I will admit i didn't like it much either when i started, the creators do a poor job of giving you way too much information way to fast and putting you into a completely new world with almost no information at all. It took me almost a month to realize how most things in f2p worked, and once i finally got members i spent the better half of 3 months exploring.

overall a really good and cheap game to play if you give it a chance, though f2p options do run out quick if you don't enjoy just training stats or pking

Post Date: 13:38 04-08-2009
Rating: 7
Author: mkwiigunit
Comment: Definately most well known game in the gaming community. The reason everybody says that this game sucks, is most likely because they got made fun of for playing it, the reason why everybody gets made fun of for playing this game is because everybody played when they were younger, and this game is for all ages, so basically the people who got good at this game kept playing it, then everybody made fun of them. This game isn't that bad, lol everyone just thinks it is, because they got made fun of, I give it a 7 for its all around good concept, the skills are great because if u don't like getting a high combat level u can just make money and buy cool items and make an awsome looking character. But the game is really boring after a while unless u become a member, if you have decided to play this game, definately become a member. But back to the rating, other than the skills, the game isn't really that great, so i'll give it a 7 just based on the excellent skills

Post Date: 23:51 01-08-2009
Rating: 0
Author: pjk999
Comment: its a horrible game i just gave it a 4 to be niice i played it once its nice now that it has hd graghics now but its still looks like crapi made it too a high level with BOT..... ITS FREKING IMPOSSIBLE TO LEVEL.. JUST PLAY BUT THERE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! its gameplay is crud you hit then enimie hits you and only certains areas you can team togetherwitch is stupid unlike WoW YOU KNOW WHAT THIS GAME IS CRAP DONT PLAY IM CHANGEING MY RATING TO 3 NO 2 THIS GAME IS f$#%$^&$%&* S#%$#$^^ JUST A 0

Post Date: 21:58 27-07-2009
Rating: 2
Author: Cutinglife
Comment: Runescape. That word brings about several memory's. I was one of the first original players of Runescape. Throughout the seven years that i've played that game I had my dislikes and my likes. Runescape Classic was a upgrade for everyone in the Rpg online gaming world. (7/10) Party hats were introduced along with several other rare items which control all gold flow in the current Runescape. Then they brought to us the new version Runescape and the graphics were unbeleivable at the time for any online gamer that didnt want to download a game. Sure there were several bugs but most were fixed over time. I had the amazing privilage of being a Runescape Moderator. The extra updates of new skills and armor made the game worth playing. I had all the party hats x2 and so much money i didnt know what to do with it. The constant updates and quests and items made the game amazingly fun. I thought that perhaps the game would never lose interest in my eyes. It was then in about 2007 the game turned downhill for me. It had its up and downs with hackers and scammers before but Jagex's idea of making the game "Safe" made the game boring. Item dropping disappeared, PvP(Wildy) was gone, The "Idea" of a pure was erased from history, and several new rules made it worse. It was that day that thousands of players quit runescape along with myself. I dropped 1.2Billion in items and gold at Falador in World Two. After my leave, runescape did do a way better job improving its graphics but only for the interest in bringing back players. Runescape is still dull in my opinion. If you want? to waste years of your life playing this game then by all means go for it. I advice f2p for a year before deciding to p2p. If you like wasting time in detailed no download rpg games? This is your game.

History of runescape. The two major events that shook Runescape itself.
-Falador Massacre- This was one of the worst days in the history of runescape. Someone hacked runescape and made everything pvp. Chaos and savagery ran through the streets and the woods of runescape. No one was safe from getting attacked. The only thing you could do was bank your items before you died. Billions in items were lost. Thousands of people died. The worst but most exilerating day of runescape.
-Runescape Rebellion- The day that runescape decided to take away so many privilages from runescape members is beyond me. This day everyone was yelling and screaming at jagex. Even i a Moderator along with several others were very upset and mad. Thousands of players quit. People were selling items way under price for practically free. I dropped 1.2Billion in items and gold. The rebellion itself had no effect on jagex. They kept there retarded rules, and made several ways of runescape life disapear from existance such as merchanting, pvping, clan battles, and several others.

This is my report on runescape. Thanks for taking the time to read it.

Post Date: 20:35 25-07-2009
Rating: 2
Author: neeyick
Comment: im sorry i gave this such a high rating it deserves a 2

Post Date: 14:56 24-07-2009
Rating: 6
Author: neeyick
Comment: f2p rating: 1/10
i cannot stress enough that f2p gets boring all too fast. there are a few quests that you can finish in a day or two. then there are the stats that are very boring without p2p privelages. also most of runescape is off limits too f2p people. its just not that fun..
p2p rating: 8/10
this is the much better part of runescape. there are many quests to do which keep you entertained [but some of them do suck].
there are more skills to do. some you can make major money off of.
the world to explore is now massive which is fun for a while.
its also easier to make money.
secondary rating essentials:
music: 1/10. its aweful. i used playlist.com everytime i played
community: -4000/10. you cant even get out of your respawn point without being called a noob and everyone acts like a 2 year old.
graphics: 7/10. not the best ive seen but they are pretty dang good.
entertainment: 4/10. theres just nothing exciting about the game. the attack styles are lame and the skill training is boring.

this is a great game for preteens but if you are 13+ years of age i wouldnt even try this.

Post Date: 14:06 23-07-2009
Rating: 8
Author: doghot45
Comment: Ive played rs for at least 3 years, but i recomand doing free stuff for at least a year, then its really wortrh paying 5.95 a month for a members acount, so the world is like tripled, and theres soooooo much more u can do, but it is very addicting and if u play it i recomand sals realm of runescape for ur runescape guide. SAVE THE ICECAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post Date: 15:56 19-07-2009
Rating: 5
Author: kenny83195
Comment: I have been playing RuneScape for a few years now. It is a fun game and I recommend it for ages 11+. Yes I would rather have PKing and trading back but JAGeX has been trying to improve many of its skills. It doesn't have the greatest graphics, but it will keep you occupied for quite a few hours. The game is just as fun as a free user. Membership is an unnecessary luxary. Most people complain too much about the graphics and the loss of many things that were most enjoyable. 150+ quests and 28 skills and thousands of hours worth of fun.

The thing that I think is the most best thing would be the unlimited possibilites to change your character. Many different armors, weapons, and even stylish clothes. The HD portion of the game is just outstanding. It's no World of Warcraft but they are still great. I think everyone needs to give the people at JAGeX a break. I mean, Blizzard (WoW creators) consists of hundreds of employees. While JAGeX has I don't know like 50? The graphics are great the way they are.

Post Date: 19:37 18-07-2009
Rating: 0
Author: GroundHogg
Comment: The gaming community is awful, people who play the game treat you like garbage. The Moderators take pleasure in screwing with your character, bugs that cause you to die and lose stuff are ignored by the snooty staff of Jagex corp.

They have a "no return policy", which means when the staff feel like killing you off (and they will) then you lose stuff that took ages to aquire. This keeps you subscribed, so you spend more time as a member to get back what they took away.

When the political winds shift, so does your charcters trasure drop rate and expect the staff to kill off your charcter (if you live other than in the UK...) when they feel like it. Its part of the whole snotty runescape attitude, and people have made these guys millionaires, while they dole out a teasure item ounce in a millenia, and kill you off if they feel like it.

I think I might visit the staff of Jagex in Cambridge, maybe what those peoipel need is aface to face encounter to keep them from taking out thier abuse on thier customers.

Post Date: 23:41 14-07-2009
Rating: 4
Author: boody2010
Comment: ok i tried this game and the only question i got how the hell it got an award and its on 2nd place like its graphics sux hard and i usally dnt care about graphics but if its tht bad ..... i did acharcter and i looked like a begger tried all te customization but well didnt work and i tried it on the hd mode so... it sux hard i know u can fish and then cook it and all tht gr8 stuff but its attack animation sux movment sux and its gameplay sux like wth is when i die every thing in my inventory falls and so wat i should put all my stuff in the bank and hve nothing so tht in case i died i dnt lose somethign important for all those who r playing this well good luck but for this to achieve 2nd place is....... and oh i dnt care if it has low requirments just upgrade ur pcs well i will rate it 4 cuz even so horrible game play and graphics u can do alot of things so.....

Post Date: 13:24 12-07-2009
Rating: 7
Author: anigous
Comment: SubxZero, "Jagex has gone mad with banning accounts, and making strict changes to eliminate macro users", isn't mad. They want to keep at least some form of economy, and whats wrong with pvp servers, do you hate them because you can't lure unsuspecting low level players? PvP servers act like some form of wildy. Why don't you just go to the wildy and spawn in a pvp server there. What was so great about the wildy that the pvp server doesn't have? Yes I am a long time player, so I'm disappointed about the wilderness being removed. Oh well, soul wars and the like are very fun.

What subxzero MEANS to say
Pros:
Many skills to macro on making it fun(to afk) if i'm not in the mood to sell gold thats it.

Post Date: 18:09 01-07-2009
Rating: 8
Author: shadow knight
Comment: This is a fantastic game for kids and adults alike. Runescape is whatever you want it to be. The game has been subject to RWT and this has forced the creators of the game to make some radical changes in the game, of which have made the game less enjoyable and strategic. 2 years ago before these changes i would have rated this game a 10 without even thinking. After these changes it is still an awsome game and will always be rated high in my opinion.

Post Date: 03:48 01-07-2009
Rating: 10
Author: demialos
Comment: i dont see why people complain so much. if you dont like it. then dont play it.
yeah it takes time to get on up there. but you wouldnt want the game to be easy now would you? everyone would be running around maxed out. believe me. its so much better when you get to a high lvl and can look at all the others who couldnt do it. sweet satisfaction.

its a great game. play it.

Post Date: 09:44 30-06-2009
Rating: 10
Author: Sofiaglade
Comment: What's unique about RuneScape is that it doesn't try to be cool or have a personality,it just is cool. Enough said.

Post Date: 02:41 27-06-2009
Rating: 1
Author: SubxZero
Comment: I loved this game about 2 or 3 years ago. I liked back when there wree no trade limits and the wilderness was alive. The game went down hill from there.

Pros:
Many skills to work on making it fun if your not in the mood to quest or raid.
thats about it.

cons:
Terrible customer support!
pvp is horrible
trade limits
Failing Economy
fairly hard to make money till u have at least a lvl 70 skill
armor and gooods are expensive
no wildy

i do not suggest playing this game. jagex has gone mad with banning accounts, and making strict changes to eliminate macro users.

Post Date: 22:22 21-06-2009
Rating: 1
Author: Toilet0165
Comment: Runescape Runescape Runescpae where do i ever begin?

Graphics ate a definite 3 at best
Age i would say around 5-10
this game is good if you have no money and u want to spend your life playing a horrible game online. the PVP is completely useless leveling useless and questing well theres about 100 quests out there. and now they trying to fix a corrupt economy by havening set prices for every item in the game..... this was my first MMORPG and i will never go back to it after experiencing EVE, WoW, EQ, if you can pay for internet or a computer you can afford to cough up 15 bucks to play a way better game

Post Date: 09:19 17-06-2009
Rating: 0
Author: Bonken
Comment: Yes, Runescape is huge and boasts a fair bit of fun, their technology and skills have proved to create a very interesting MMO over the last few years. However, their leadership skills are TERRIBLE. I'm one of the oldest loyal members of Runescape Classic and I hate Jagex with all my heart.

If you want a game which can offer unlimited things to do in game for many years, Runescape is for you if you can tolerate their game play. However if you're looking for a game which has staff that actually care for their players and cater to their needs, don't bother even loading the webpage, as Jagex's blatent lack in support and ban spree's have proved them to be terrible leaders time over time. Jagex don't care about their players, they care about the image they create of their players.

Post Date: 08:08 16-06-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Acidicism
Comment: I've been playing this game for 5 years, but its mainly on and off playing. I'm currently level 113 + 7, so my experience should have some bearing on my rating.

I'd say skilling is more than 85% of what the game demands with respect to time of playing - skilling, in most cases, is exceedingly repetitive, tedious, and boring. Which therefore makes the game 85% boring.

However, once you get to the higher levels and unlock new items to wear and things to do, things aren't as boring because you no longer need to skill. Monster Hunting, Quests, and other mini-games are generally fun, or at least more fun than skilling in general. However, those get boring after a while as well.

The game just happens to be addicting, but I'm currently not actively playing the game. Runescape has pretty tight security and Jagex makes pretty rational decisions that are fair in dealing with the players. The community is inherently disgusting for the most part, but hopping on the forums and interacting with some of the more "cooler" players while playing the game is sometimes enjoyable.

Post Date: 11:25 13-06-2009
Rating: 0
Author: lolpie
Comment: Trust me, I have played this game, and I could resume it into this : 3D Play-Doh characters.

1 : This game frustrates me because of their lame graphics
2 : It's soooooooo long to get from one place to another!! >_<
3 : You can't jump... wut.
4 : The camera angle could be improved... except for your armor and hair, not much can be seen from the face.
5 : OF COURSE IT HAS A LARGE COMMUNITY ; IT'S ON MINICLIP!! ...and how old are people from miniclip? There ya go.
6 : Dying is a fsadfsa pain.

Post Date: 21:21 11-06-2009
Rating: 9
Author: Snailmaster
Comment: Fantastic game
As a long time player (4 years now) I can honestly say you won't find a better MMORPG for this price. Couple points here:

Quests: I have a quest cape :D having completed every quest. To a free player or relatively new member there may appear to be no plot line at all, not so. Each of the basic quests (quests which require lw skills and no prior quests) almost always lead into bigger quests, which can even lead into grandmaster quests like "while guthix sleeps" that effectivly tie together a large quantity of prior quests. While the rewards may be unappealing, they stack up. I say the plot lines alone, with a new teleport here and there, make the quests completely worthwhile.

Combat: Not the greatest, typical for MMORPGs. Attack speed based on weapons and damage indicated with less then appealing splats, similar to to WoW. Combat makes about one third of the game overall, and is actually pretty boring for free players. For members, however; the skill "slayer" makes training your small avatar from hiting ones and twos to hitting 20-30 quite fun. Once you get to those high levels combat is by no means over, several bosses and clan creatures challenge even the most experienced players (Tormented demons require full attention and SKILL to defeat).

Skills: One word, grinding. Skill make up another third of runescape, but requireseral times as much play time to level as opposed to combat. Skilling, though time consuming, can have very profittable rewards at higher levels. ie: woodcutting lv 60, yews provide about 10k per full load. Fishing lv 76, sharks give about 14k per full load. Overall skilling is almost neccisary to sucess, and is put together very nicely (once again, if you enjoy grinding)

Community: Bad, you won't find many companions. You may engage in a conversation at a skilling location or while fighting monsters together, but other then that people generally stick to themselves and mind their own business.

Play time: MASSIVE!!! Even playing for four years, playing healthily for a number of hours per week, I haven't "won". I think to get 99 in every skill takes about 10k hours, but you can reach exp about 4 times that. That's 40k hours for you.

Music: um.... I haven't heard what runescape music sounds like in months. You may find ONE song you like, or may be an emote sound (like a quest cape) that you enjoy. Other then that mute that junk and turn on an ipod/tv. It's actually quite painful on the ears.

That's all I have to say. I'm currently banned (fletching is not the most entertaining skill and macroing seemed inviting) My username is: Snailmaster1. Contact me if you'd like to arange some player versus monster event or need some quick help. (Combat lv 111 and total level 1691

Post Date: 09:29 25-05-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Rheyth
Comment: Runescapae. One of the most played MMORPGs on the internet. What do I have to say about a game like this? Alot.

This game is fun for about the first month you play it. After that, you will probably need to upgrade or you will hate the game. There is too little to do on Free to play worlds. There is a gratuitously small amount of quests on the free to play worlds, while the members have about 15 times the amount of quests.

The amount of skills is nice. The main issue is that it takes forever to obtain level 99 in a skill. I personally, did not have the patience.

The quests are usually lengthy and difficult, with barely any reward.

The graphics are pretty decent if you play Runescape HD. The character models suck, but the environment has some decent graphics. The sound overall sucks. Since when did goblins make beeping noises when they die? The music is somewhat decent.

The combat system is heavily weighted on the items you have. There is no skill required to fight... although you should know the combat triangle to have an advantage in battle. Certain characters are only good at melee, so you fight them with magic, as melee can kill archers, and archers kill mages.

The game has some pretty fun mini games, but again, you have to subscribe for members of course.

There are some cool items, weapons, and armor. There is also many different varieties of food

Pros:
-Giant community
-Decent mini games
-Large world
-Lots of items to customize your character
-Decent skills to master
-Graphics decent
-BGM not bad

Cons:
-Months of leveling required to become somewhat decent
-Free to play sucks after a short while
-Combat sucks
-Community usually unkind
-Sound effects make my ears bleed

Post Date: 23:08 24-05-2009
Rating: 2
Author: grimace256
Comment: ok heres mine.

the game was fun to start out when i first played, i didnt really care about leveling skills or anything. when u start doing that it becomes not as fun. i still like it a bit but they ruined the wildy, trade limits are absolutely trash, especially if u got a pure and a main and wanna give ur pure money some money... good luck with that. and also monster drops are terrible. what u get 85 slayer for abbys and maybe, just mayybe get a whip in 1 of 500 kills? yeah thats mad. i love doing that. also the training is bloody slow.

the training is soooo bad, 4 xp when u hit 1... only 200xp wen u hit a 50?? man and u gotta get 13m xp to get to lvl 99. fun

it wastes ur time. if u dont want to become addicted i highly advise u to not play.

it is EXTREMEMLY addictive. i only play sometimes cos im addicted. its like smoking ciggarettes. DO NOT PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!

Post Date: 18:08 09-05-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Farnk 20
Comment: As a player for a few years now, I will say that the game does have flaws, but it absolutely can't be beat in terms of a free browser based RPG.

GRAPHICS: Although the graphics have improved, they still need work. F2P graphics are nothing short of horrible, but P2P HD graphics are beautiful. 5/10.

GAMEPLAY: If you hate grinding, don't play this game. It's the only way to get better. The clicking to walk everywhere gets annoying, but you stop noticing after a while. Although the f2p is limited, there is a good opportunity for a great deal more gameplay with p2p. A word of warning, though: if you go p2p you'll never be able to handle going back to f2p if you cancel your membership. Overall, the best aspects of gameplay would have to be the variety of skills (many for nonmebers and many more for members) and the time it takes to become decent at them, which contributes to the game's longevity. 8/10.

COMMUNITY: As a beginning player, the community is terrible. As you level up, the community becomes more mature. Higher leveled players are almost always willing to help you, so you will hardly ever be at a loss as to what to do. No matter what level you are, you will inevitably be called a noob by someone. There are opportunities for boss fights and clans, but they aren't available unless you are a member or are high leveled. 6/10.

MUSIC: Absolutely, positively awful. Unless you like repetitive, synthesized music, turn it on mute and start playing your itunes library. 2/10.

QUESTS:This is the area where runescape shines. Tons of quests, which get more complex as you progress, revealing something of a storyline to the game. Once again, p2p members get many more than f2p. Most quests are engaging and even fun, allowing you access to new areas and even a plot(!). Best part of the game, in my opinion. 10/10.

PvP: One major weakness in the f2p version of the game is pvp activities. Limited at best, they are regulated to duels in designated areas or servers only. P2p offers many more opportunities for pvp action. 6/10.

Post Date: 08:54 07-05-2009
Rating: 7
Author: Lysha1
Comment: Runescape... where to begin :)
I've been playing this for a couple of years and i must say the graphics improved a lot (that is, if you use high quality only!). They still aren't perfect, but that's just the way it is. The sound is horrible, don't listen to it and put on your own music :P But yet! I give Runescape a 7. So there must be a reason why.

Ah well, I admit that Runescape isn't a game for those who love magnificant graphics and sounds, but in my opinion that isn't what makes a game fun to play. Runescape gives you hours and hours of fun, with the quests and getting your way into the guilds. If you become a member, there are even more quests and guilds.

If you're a free player, RS get's boring when you reach higher levels though.

I think you're right about the cheaters and scammers. Yes, there are so many! But on the other hand.. most games have that problem. There is a stronghold of security that teaches you how to handle those issues, in a fun way and with nice rewards (money and cool boots). And don't forget! There are nice people too. Just be careful with what you say to people, get a good password & protection and love everyone who doesn't try to get your items and password :) For real, I've been playing this for about 4 years now and i haven't had issues at all.

It's a pity that the wildy (in the free world) isn't a pvp-area anymore. Now you just get killed by creatures only :) I hate the pvp-worlds, cos you can't walk to a store or bank without getting attacked. As soon as you enter a pvp-world, you just know everyone is out there to get nice items and to attack everyone who's in his/her way.

A pleasant game, hours of fun, but don't expect too much.

Post Date: 08:01 05-05-2009
Rating: 8
Author: Direwolf1313
Comment: Hello everyone, Runescape is a very Fun/Simple game for me. I started about 3-4 years ago and i am now currently lev 113 not counting summoning. Most people give this game either a high or low rating because either you hate it or you like it. I think this game is fun because its a community game and you play with tonz of people, sure some people may call you noobs and stuff but why listen to them ( thats why they made the block list) Just ignore them. There are alot of skillz to work on and there are tonz of places and ways to work on them in the game, The onley time i ever get bored is when my skillz take 5m to lev.

Post Date: 02:12 02-05-2009
Rating: 5
Author: Jakeo205
Comment: All u guys out there that sat f2p is bad!!

Well der, Jagex wants u to experience wat the jist of the game is before sucking u in to becoming a member.

The sound isnt great, practically awful

Gameplay is ok but for all u guys out there who dont like wait round for long try another game

I agree with the ppl who say the community is awful, so many cheats and scammers and people trying to find ways around normal methods gameplay

I believe the graphics are stunning for a browser based mmorpg but who cares.

So wat i am saying it is just $5-10 a month. well if u cant afford that u got something wrong with u

Post Date: 10:25 19-04-2009
Rating: 1
Author: Tothegrind
Comment: Same as below i played for 4 years.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS GAME IS Garbage
I got to level 114 with about 20 Pures.
It is the most simple game ever.
There is skill needed to play this game at all, mainly why so many idiots play it.

There is however 1 good point which im pretty sure why everyone plays it is that it is a BROWSER game, no downloading required apart from game patch which takes 5 seconds.

Yeh so apart from that DONT PLAY RUNESCAPE.

Oh i just remembered the quests arnt too bad, better then WoW/Flyff/MS etc style quests where its, go collect 20 of X or kill 30 of X these actually require resolving puzzles, some would say they are too hard.

Post Date: 13:59 13-04-2009
Rating: 2
Author: war312
Comment: Ive played this game for 4 years and i have no clue why. This game is not worth your time if your a begginer, or an experienced. I am currently level 124, and i can find aboslutely nothing funa bout this game.

Community 110. It SUCKS. everyone calls u a noob when u dont know anything, and 100% lame.

Music 010 not even going to comment on this. its just terrible

Graphics 1010!!! about the only thing this game has is graphics. when u put it in HD it is just WOW! it desrtoys any game ive ever played

Quests- there are like 152 quests, all of which take hours to complete with NO good rewards. soem u might be able to ahve the abil it to know equip a weapon, well, us till gotta go spend hours makeing money to buy it. and i havent found one fun quest to do, and ive done 100152.

Training-WTF it sucks. *click on mob* *waits for whip to strikeE* woohoo i hit a 0!...oh dangit. NOTHING BUT GRINDING. Sure, they offer you mini-games to train, but are compeltely boring and nothing but players calling each other noobs if the other team wins. or nooby clans vs clans.

Bosses-100% sucks. they give u 1 of each boss per world..for like what, 140k playuers at a time? when i go to GWD i cant find anything open ever-always ends in triing to crash, then getting crashed, and wasteing your time. And, u go to make money, PFFFFT!!!!!! its so rare, i killed bandos over 220 times and all I got was a rune 2h! wow, 50k.

Money Makeing-What? money makeing? there is none in RS. *oh...i cut magic logs for 3 years...* Really? you sat at your computer chopping wood....for money...to go do nothing with? You dont get money from killing monsters eather, i go to kill dragons, and woopty do, i kille d8k irons and steels..and got BONES?! omg yeah, i can....bury them. the only way to make money is if u are a luky noob who gerts a 11million chance to get an item and do.

Armour- Wow, ok. so there is bronze-barrows. ALL ARMOUR IS IDENTICAL. woohoo, i just got 40 DEFENCE! time to go get some rune armour and look like EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FREAKIN GAME. sure, u can spend ALL OF YOUR MONEY on some veracs, or dragon, or even the new VEASTAS which cost u 20m and it dies in 1 hour. worth your time huh?

Death-omfg? ive gotta say this game has the WORST!!! death system ive ever played. ive lost so many millions. around 30-40millions just on deaths. You always wanna carry ur best items with u...but lets say u die. u get to keep THREE!!! out of how many u have...and you dont even pick the ones, and sometimes, its 100% bullcrap. For example - you keep your rune pick (23k) over y our party hat (75-400m) ...wtf? i lost around 3 furys because of my barrows gloves. and about 3 v flails as well because i used dbaxes. Every other game i ahve EVER played, u loose EXP or u have to walk back to your body and your armour degrades a little bit.

Skills-310. Ive honestly gotta say runescape has one thing no other game has...the variety of sills. thares about 23! u can do whatever you want!...IF YOU HAVE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF GP. For example....they came out with the new skill, HUNTER. u can make around 45million off of it in one month. (all the way to max level!) then they came out with construction and summoning. Constructiont akes well over 100M and summoning takes 120m! WTF? so not only wll it take me years to level it to max...i have to pay BILLIONS to level my skills too?! wow..this sucks.

Weapons and attacking - BORING! ive played games i love just because of the amazing attacks. when u attack something on runescape...its a slash or a hack. thats it. SOMETIMES you can use a special on a special weapon..and u get a max of 4, or on most weapons, ONE. and it takes about 10 minutes to cool down...WTF? so all you get to do is..look at ur player swing a weapon..NEVER ACTUAllY HITTING the monster... and it dieing. Wow, soundsl ike FUN!

Tradeing- not gonna rate. it sucks so bad, cant trade or get help from anyone. and u get ripped off by p rice minipulation.

Pking - it use to be OK...OK. Before when you killed someone....u got all of that players items, if he was skulled. NOW with the update, if you kill him..you get NOTHING. ive lost about 2 million pking...overall, i got rockshell legs back, a whole 40k. pking is the same as mosnter drops..killing and killing and 11milliong will u get a drop. for sure NO profit. pking is suppsoe to be fun, but no, its nothing but people randomly comeing up to you, specialing, then teleporting. most of the time YOU DIE. and loose your STUFF. ITs a waste of time and money!

Chat - ive ogtta say its a 710. you can actualy chat while you grind so much easier then any other game - why? because you click..you dont gotta worry about hitting enter or anything to type in th chat box...

Move ment 110 - IT SUCKS. all you do..is CLICK..CLICK..CLICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no jumping, nothing...its really boring. only reason why it got a 1 is because its very easy.

Best thing about RuneScape- its browser based. you dont have to do any downloading crap or anything, exspecially when thers an update. you just go, not wait 1-24 hours for a download.

Does this game take skill? no it does not. the on ly thign tit akes is for people to be able to be bored 100% of the time AND clicking. the only time u get exited iw when you buy a new item..then realize, you now have no money to do anything. THIS GAME REALLY REALLY SUCKS. i vant believe i played it the last 4 years, reaching elvel 124138.

Post Date: 17:33 09-04-2009
Rating: 1
Author: Twaronex
Comment: Horrible game:
Graphics:3, since they changed them(a little)
Game Play:0, another click to move?
I could go on and on with this, for me it's a 1.

Post Date: 16:05 09-04-2009
Rating: 9
Author: wyvrin rider
Comment: hey i think its a alright game dont hate it becuase of the new updates i dont like them either but ive been playing sense i was 9 and ive been to like it
(14 now) peope have quit cause of the new pking or trade ststem. but its alright they have a good reason


its a fun game theres plenty of things to do i play alot i enjoy it. theres sklling questing combat training and money making thers armor wepons mage stuff range stuff and over 5000 items in the game. theres great clan monsters for clans to go sgenst and there is even clan wars. that is usually where i am at.


and i didet give it a 10 cuase of a few flaws but its a reall really good game its very fun when u got nothing else to do. theres low detail for low deatail.. and thers high detail for amazing graphics.



dont hate it cause ur just f2p and ur sick of it play p2p its alot better


its a good game idk y so many people hate it.
idk y.



BTW my username is wvrin rider (youtbe:) wyvrinrider pm me or leave me a message on youtube if u want to talk to me

thanks,
wyvrin rider

Post Date: 08:12 21-03-2009
Rating: 10
Author: Strategien
Comment: RuneScape is a fun game. It is simple enough to enjoy your time playing yet complicated enough to hold your interest.

RuneScape has a large player population with many worlds to play so crowding is not an issue yet the game will continue for many years to come.

One character has can train in all skills, so multiple accounts are not necessary.

RuneScape is a safe game for the younger people to play. There is an excellent language filter system.

RuneScape has a fantastic economy going with an excellent trading system that promotes fair play.

I have been playing RuneScape for four years and I highly recommend the game.

Post Date: 21:29 13-03-2009
Rating: 8
Author: Lucarren
Comment: Seriously I have to say people who give RS a 0-4rating either haven"t played much or just dont have the ability to spend hrs on end on a grinding based game. I have played RS since shortly after the release of RS2(Modern RS for those who don"t know), and still play it almost everyday. I am currently 19...20 in a coupel mo...and no I am not an antisocial geek who only plays games. I am an assistant coach of track at my old HS and was a collegiate track runner before a career ending injury. For those who will claim I can never get a girl...wrong again...my last 3 girls have been smoking hot. Anyway...back to my point...

I will admit that Runescape gets old in F2P fairly quickly after about level 65-70 as at that time you will have finished every quest and can kill every mob in the f2p portions of the game. Skilling also becomes quite slow at these levels. The game is radically different once you subscribe. There are tons of new quests including one that requires every other quest to be completed. That quest also requires super high skills and is even ranked grandmaster by Jagex themselves. Several new skills become available upon registration as well that provide hundreds of hours of more content in those alone. All in all, Runescape is probably the most time consuming game on the market to finish 100% with all quests and special armors requiring roughly 10k hrs from level 1-138, 99s in all skills, and every minigame armors and special items unlocked. I do not recommend Runescape to those looking for a basic hack and slash game with one story line...and to spadez...you obviously never subscribed, and if you did weren"t a quester because thats where all the story is...im currently 247/277quest points and can personally say there is a ton of story line to the game. Also to those saying no party system...Yall have obviously never thought outside the box...when 2 or more people go to the same area together in runescape that is called a party and to the guy that said no raids, boss killings exc...theres the god wars dungeon, corporeal beast, and King Black Dragon that are fun to do in groups...and FYI the Clan system in RS is a very basic form of guilds that is still in development.

Now for a completely different issue...All those people complaining about the new trade system...I"m not happy about it either, however at 247quest points I have roughly a 55k trade margin. For those who don"t know the reason the trade limit was instituted was because of RWT(Real World Trading). This became a huge issue in about 2006 as credit card fraud was causing profit loss for jagex due to them having to refund countless membership plans. Most of the RWTing sites giving gold/items/ pwr lvling became scammers that stored the card numbers then used them to subscribe their bots to earn that gold or those items. Jagex suffered thousands of dollars of revenue due to teh refunds, and as the new CEO recently said in a post Runescape would"t be around if not for the removal of PVP from the wilderness and the institution of the trade limit. The new systems to bring PVP are still very much in development though tehre is safe PVP in many of the minigames and certain PVP worlds that are still being tweaked. Personally I give Runescape an 8 because yes it is still the best P2P game out there for the money, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. What about 90% of the people of the world and those who bash RS don"t realize is it is essentially a game in a permanent Beta status as it is always being improved and its staff is always looking to the players themselves to help make it better.

BTW my RS Username is Fox2131...Look me up if you ever wanna party or just need help with something in game...I know a great deal about Runescape and all its ingame content(training areas, methods etc, as well as most quests and treasure trail clues.)

Post Date: 06:20 13-03-2009
Rating: 0
Author: evilcheetoh69
Comment: People still play this? Out of all the free MMORPG"s I never understood how this became so popular! It sucks in every possible way a game can suck. Worst graphics ever, worst gameplay ever, worst PvP ever (especially now)! When free MMO"s like Runes of Magic and Atlantica Online exist why do people insist on supporting absolute garbage. It all comes down to this, if your older than 12 years old and still play this game, you need your head examined. no offense =)

Post Date: 13:47 08-03-2009
Rating: 1
Author: Spadez88
Comment: Runescape the 1st MMO i ever played... the facts are is when i was 12 i loved this game...i mean i worshiped it 1st time i ever played was the 2D version...i played for about 2 years...even got to low 100s with a few 99s..this was on the 3D version. i recently came back due to my friend saying he still plays it. i dont know why but he loves the game...mabey its becase he has no social skills and nethier dos any one else who plays this game. i started for a week agian and the most social conversation was with a goldspamer..nice guy. makes a killing he says...besides the point though. this game lacks what most MMO gamers need. a strong back story,more combat options..and of course a party system

Post Date: 18:17 04-03-2009
Rating: 1
Author: runescapestinks
Comment: ok
this game sucks.
i know sum1 who is like 60 years old and is the max lvl. i think its like 138 or sumthing but still.this game is really addicting. this isnt A really bad game...it had potential. they kinda tottally ruined it with the trade stuff. i used to give tons of free stuff to new people(before my account got banned lol) but with the new trade rules u cant even help out new players by giving them stuff to get them on their way. this game is one of those games where u lose everything and then work really hard and get addicted for like 2 months. then it gets boring until u fall again. i was one of the most hardcore mmoers ever. i would actually have no life. until i got one.
lol i would spend all my free time on runescape, maplestory and perfect world
all my friends played runescpae so i played it lots too.
this games community sucks 0/10
combat 0/10
trade before 7/10 now 0/10
addictingness 10/10
overall this game used to be good and had a chance to be one of the best and most addicting mmo's ever but the new stuff ruined it. NEVER PLAY THIS GAME!
overall 1/10
lol my name is runescape_sucks.com tee hee!!!

Post Date: 18:32 01-03-2009
Rating: 0
Author: sk8er3001
Comment: OK SO the new trading caps and stuff like that is a little overly ridiculous and things disappear when u drop them so if u make a new character u cannot transfer anything... STUPID how the hell am i supposed to have fun with the good old fashion drop parties and stuff like that. new additions to runescape have completely obliterated the fun in it.

Post Date: 23:09 28-02-2009
Rating: 10
Author: superdfc2
Comment: I have to say the Akyrii is right with his second last comment =P but the game was amazing when I was younger (rating is based on when i still played)

Post Date: 17:05 28-02-2009
Rating: 8
Author: xxphatknightxx
Comment: runescape is a pretty cool game. i have played for about a year and im still discovering new places and monsters + i bought wow and i still seem to still play runescape, not as much though ;p

Post Date: 01:51 23-02-2009
Rating: 0
Author: Akyrii
Comment: All things considered, this is likely the worst "MMO" ever created.

1) There are no combat skills. That's right. None. You get spells (which are all basically the same and you have to farm mana) and buffs (also basically the same, just upgrades of the same buffs), but absolutely no combat skills. There is also no AoE. Everything you kill has to be one at a time.

2) There is no party system whatsoever. Forget raids. Forget boss killings. Guilds. Nothing. It is completely solitary. As if is wasn't enough that it would take years to max your stats, you have to do it alone.

3) There is no PvP system. Sure, you can kill other players in a designated area, but there's no rank system or anything like that. No bases, factions, anything of the sort. Again, completely solitary PvP. No team coordination or anything like that.

4) Zero events whatsoever. Unless you get banned, there is basically no interaction at all between administration and player. There isn't even an official forum to discuss builds (if they could be called builds) or other things.

5) Worst community in gaming history, MMO or not. Every single person who plays this game is between 8-12 or a socially inadequate adult. Basic psychology teaches us that all kids are sociopaths until their minds finish developing. Basically, you're playing with a community with no concept of what a community is.

6) No customization. In other games, you can augment or imbue your gear, or there are epic or legend variations. None here. All gear is identical.

Seriously, all this game consists of is walking 100 miles to get from one place to another, clicking on a mob and waiting until it dies and than clicking on another, and standing around calling each other noobs.

This game deserves 0 points out of 10. Anyone who gives it a higher rating than that will look back a few years from now and wonder wtf they were thinking.

Post Date: 16:50 17-02-2009
Rating: 10
Author: ffxfan67
Comment: Much funner than WoW... and cheaper.

This game is definitely under-rated and people always cry about the graphics. Unlike the basic repetitive plot WoW and the quests, Runescape actually allows players to be more of whatever they want rather than have their own self set for them.

There are millions of things to do through RS and you have the opportunity to risk everything you have or lose everything. You can be extremely rich or train one of the many skills offered.

Lots of quests, mini-games, players and overall very addicting.

I have played both WoW and RS and RS is a lot funner.

Don't bother buying the $50 WoW game and then $15 a month. Just get a year of RS membership and thank me later.

I started in the 5th grade and after 5 years, its still loads of fun.

Post Date: 18:48 13-02-2009
Rating: 2
Author: kebralt
Comment: ablsoutely boring. unless your a member, you have like 10 quests.
it may be addicting for a while but once you get full rune. you have nothing else to buy. unless you want things like party hats that do nothing. runescape is a very limited world for free players. for all you rare item hunters, think about this. So you get the millions of coins you need for that party hat youve always wanted. you go and buy it from someone. and what are you left with? 0 coins. and a worthless item that gives you nothing. Runescape may be a little bit better for members. Since there are constantly new members quests added and theres lots of armor and items you can get.even so it WILL get boring.

so heres my rating

Members: 6/10
Free Players: 2/10

This game isnt worth it.

Post Date: 16:15 12-02-2009
Rating: 8
Author: yippiyiyoyo
Comment: I am here to re-review runescape and hopefully be fairer.Runescape is a fun and addicting game.There are tons of items to collect, a lot monsters to kill, and a lot of stuff to do.Runescapes graphics arent that bad but not that good. their graphics are better than some games but worse than others.though the sound effects are just *bleck* most of the time.the gameplay isnt that bad though i kinda have to give the combat system a thumbs down.however,if you use magic or ranged it seems more enjoyable.and they finally fixed up the filter system some more!the world is pretty big.though the only other mmos i've played are cb and toontown so what do i know.the list of monsters you can face just goes on and on.there are a lot of monsters to face whether it be a tiny rat to a giant dragon.the community is alright but there are a lot people who call you "noob" for no reason. though in that crowd somewhere there is a person who looks past your level in the game and will want to be your friend.and there is a lot of nice people and a lot of mean people.overall i think this is a fun and addictive game that should at least be givin a shot.

overall this game gets an 8/10

Post Date: 15:56 29-01-2009
Rating: 4
Author: impureevil
Comment: Graphics: 5/10
I've seen alot of comments here, mainly saying that the graphics are good for a browser based game. Browser based game or not, the graphics are still very poor and cannot compete with other MMORPG's. And yes, these are even after the new graphics update.

Sounds: 3/10
If the graphics don't make you sick, then the sounds will. There is absolutely no excuse for how terrible the sound effects in this game are.

Gameplay: 6/10
The gameplay in this game is unique, fun, addicting and yet very linear at the same time. It mainly revolves around getting all (or your favourite) skills to 99.
Example: You want to train mining? Click on the rock and wait. Fishing? Click on the fishing spot and wait. Woodcutting? Click on the tree and wait. Firemaking? Wait, firemaking is a skill!?
That is pretty much how you train all your skills.
See a pattern forming?

Combat system: 3/10
This is by far the least though-out combat system i have ever seen. The combat system involves clicking on an opponent once and waiting for your character to kill it. After clicking on it, you have to control over what the character will hit or do. It is all dependant on your stats. All you can pretty much do is eat or run.
Example: In the duel arena, i was in a fight with someone for approximately 6 minutes. During that time I went and got something to eat, had a drink, fed my dog and had a chat on the phone. XD.
If you attack a monster from behind a obstacle, it will get stuck behind it and not move. Terrible. Defence is probably the mose imbalanced combat stat. (Just for the record, your defence level in no way whatsoever reduces the amount of damage you will receive.)

Community: 1/10
No online gaming community is perfect, and there will probably never be one that will get a 10/10.
Runescape has a terrible community in general. Every second person will try to steal your items (be it armour trimming, luring, countless other ways), try to steal your passwords by telling you to go on fake sites and boys will make female characters and will ask you to be their husband so that they can get free items from you.
The creators of the game barely care about the wants of their players, this was evident in the removal of staking, the wilderness and the introduction of the 3k trade limit.
If you get reported for something you didnt do and try to appeal it, jagex will send you the same automated response no matter what you say.
The player mods are corrupt and morally bankrupt. They will report anyone and everyone for simply anything. If you get incorrectly reported by a mod, you cant appeal your case. There have been cases where this has happened. Low level players walk around begging for money from everyone and high level players have little to no respect to anyone but themselves. The quests are very nice, but are targeted mainly at the middle level player; low levels will find them too hard and high levels too easy.

Overall, there are many better games out there.
4/10

Post Date: 22:40 27-01-2009
Rating: 7
Author: barrage4u
Comment: Hi there. I am level 123 in the game,so I know much about it,and feel like I should write a PROPER review,not one that takes sides.

First of all,runescape is very good for a first mmorpg. you can get used to the basics of grinding,pvp,making money and learning about the economy.
The community is rather immature though,as runescape is the first mmorpg for many people.

It has changed dramaticaly over the years,due to RWT (people who sell in game money for real money). When I started,the pvp system was one of the better ones out there (my oppinion) due to getting the loot of your opposition if you killed them. this has now changed,due to the main source of PVP (the wilderness) has been changed into PVP worlds,where the loot is random,and there are now alot of restrictions,making the game rather annoying at times.

This game CAN be a grindfest if you want it to be,due to there being many skills to chose from, ranging from magic to prayer,to cooking and fletching. To show off your achievements,you get a cool cape if you get the max level! Some skills cost money (such as construction,where you make your own house),and others will make you money (such as hunter), although training both types of skills does take ages. Moneymaking can be done through skills,or though combat (by fighting bosses or getting lucky drops).

The member part of the game is very much worth $8 aud a month if you enjoy the game,but the free part of the game is massive. I was member for about 1 1/2 years,and I think it was very much worth it. (yet again,a matter of oppinion)

Overall,I say runescape is a rather unique game compared to others,especialy because of the skill and combat systems,because you can switch between melee,range and mage,and you are not resticted to one. *cough,WoW* and you can do more than 2 proffesions at a time.

Quick ratings:

Music - 7
Community - 4
Gameplay - 8
PvP - 7
overall - 7

Post Date: 10:59 27-01-2009
Rating: 3
Author: FreezingHazard
Comment: The game is fine at first, and as a kid I loved it, but as I grew I hated.

Post Date: 11:20 25-01-2009
Rating: 6
Author: lolz1267
Comment: its a pretty good game with lots of stuff to do and quests to complete and its free. however the community mainly sucks. its overrun with hackers, pedophiles and annoying people who follow you and ask you for money, with the exception of the odd nice person who will help you out and such. being a member is good with lots of extra skills and quests to do that will kepp you entertained for months or mabe even years. overall a reasonable game that gives a good first impression

Post Date: 12:45 24-01-2009
Rating: 6
Author: tjdes
Comment: its an ok game i geuss but after you play it for 2 years it gets pretty boring i only made it 2 lvl 61 and it was pretty boring the funnest thing was being a member 4 2 months other than that it was garbage after those 2 yaers but thats just my opinion some of you might like it (still) but it got pretty boring after 2 years i get on it every once in a while but i"de just play arcanist and that is why i rate this game a 6 out of 10

Post Date: 15:49 13-01-2009
Rating: 8
Author: Longthorn
Comment: Take The game from several Persepctives:

1. The Younger, Not as Serious Player;

Post Date: 10:26 11-01-2009
Rating: 8
Author: sergio owns1
Comment: This game is fantastic I been playing over 5 years but it gets tiresome to keep playing there is a lot of grinding and the community is more less friendly...with some exceptions of course
U should try this game a shot
add me my username is sergio owns1 i dont play that much now but i log in sometimes

Post Date: 02:05 11-01-2009
Rating: 3
Author: badfish420ish
Comment: I played runescape on and off for years and here are the facts.
First off the economy is totally screwed. It's based off discontinued holiday items like Party Hats that look like crowns, santa hats and halloween masks to name the big ones. The free version is garbage and the five bucks a month for a membership is totally worth it, until you get your skills high. The experience curve for getting skills past 60, 70, and 80 are ridiculous. Simply, it requires way too much grinding of a skill to get them high. The chat is horrid and I mean like absolutely horrible. So, you'll have to rely on third party programs like Swift Switch to play effectively. The game mechanics are very user friendly but the game itself is soooo unbalanced it'll make you crazy. At first, it seems awesome but as you get further and further into it you'll realize it's garbage. The parent company JaGex has the WORST customer service I've ever seen out of all the mmorpgs I've played, and I've played dang near them all, all the way back to EverQuest 1 and Ultima Online. You can spend 8 months grinding a skill and still be like, wow I'm no where near the level I want to be. The later quests are nearly impossible without a guide. Honestly I loved this game and I got pretty far, I was like total level 1480 and quit a little after the construction skill came out. Between the horrid customer service and dodgy trade system I had to quit. This game is great for awhile but in the long run is a huge waste of time and effort that will leave you bitter and upset unless you played ages ago and have a bank full of discontinued items. Give it a shot, you might love it, but you'll grow to hate it. 2 out 10 from me. The retired, Ganthrax.

Post Date: 15:41 06-01-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Yabzee
Comment: The R word, as refered to in many social crowds. As this as the basing for my review i shall begin, this game is strictly for those between the ages of 8-12, this is not because the game SUX OMG NOOb...it is because the game is so frowned upon, ask yourself, do you want to be known as the social reject for the sake of one game? Moving on swiftly, in my WoW review i went into alot of detail but for the sake on yours and my sanity i will try to cut this short to a conclusion. The community in runescape sucks, when i played this in 8th grade i noticed a fashion of people befriending you and then...trying to kill you, not cool! The graphics are now, after the update pretty fair, depending on your pc specs. The gameplay is an old point n click fashion which didnt seem to ever bother me. The lifespan...as i said before 8-12...that would be 4 years then, ok maybe not, you could squeeze 2 out if you griped hard enough.
In conclusion this game is a starting mmo for the immature and young, or for the socially challenged. good day Yabzee

Post Date: 11:57 06-01-2009
Rating: 9
Author: chris704
Comment: Runescape is a great MMORPG if you not only want to go around attacking people but also if you just want to attempt to raise some of the skills Runescape has to offer. Now with the new upgrade of PvP worlds, where you can kill anyone within your combat level range anywhere in the game, Runescape has become more enjoyable.
Also its very user friendly with a tutorial at the beginning of the game where you selsct the way you want your character to look. During the tutorial you are able to go through most of the Free-To-Play skills but miss out on the Pay-To-Play skills.

Post Date: 00:39 05-01-2009
Rating: 6
Author: Yippiyiyoyo
Comment: well there is a lot to say about runescape but that doesnt mean its all good. runescape is set in a fantasy land filled with ogres, unicorns, and all time classic...the dragon. runescape is pretty good it has good gameplay on one side and really really crappy on the other there are tons of items, clothes and, enemmies, but alot of the skills are pretty boring to train. combat is a suckish version of pokemon, cooking is just a chance your food will burn or not, and smithing is just putting ores in a furnace and hitting the bar with a hammer. there is a decent amount of land to explore even though it covers like 50 miles of its still a pretty big environment. however jagex made the game unenjoyable in some areas 1.they set limits on the trade system so people couldnt be scammed although it pretty much couldnt let players trade practically anything 2. THE FILTER SYSTEM ******. they filter like everything they filter the word butt and hitler and they even filter the word phone you heard me phone and they even filter the letters z and k if you say them 3 times or over together in the same sentence. the graphics are pretty good compared to some games and to others they look like crap.jagex tried to improve the games graphics with HD mode but the graphics still looked like crap compared to most games.the game hasloads of content which is quite impressive. there are more items and enmmies in this game than you can count. overall runescape is technically fun for people who cant download anything and are looking for a last resort, but for others your better off playing the downloadable mmo's

gameplay 5/10
content 7/10
graphics 5/10

0verall 6/10

Post Date: 14:12 02-01-2009
Rating: 7
Author: 1explode1
Comment: I'm only level 23 and it's fun. I mean, for all you people who don't like it for it's fighting style, enemies, or how strict it is, your used to "Do whatever you want, kill, create, I don't really care" games or something, because this game is a role-play game with rules and limits. You can't exactly slack off here. You have to concentrate. It keeps you in because it's so addicting. I give it a 7 out of 10.

Post Date: 15:21 01-01-2009
Rating: 10
Author: Paulio
Comment: yay! i don't have to grind in this one!!!seriously, u have to in almmost every other mmo if u want to get anymore, but not runesape

Post Date: 18:36 24-12-2008
Rating: 10
Author: burninfirefox
Comment: BEST GAME EVER! I'm level 87 member.

Post Date: 20:09 23-12-2008
Rating: 10
Author: runescapepro123
Comment: this game rocks =].i play this game and i`m level 71 and I say game on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It has awesome graphics.if oyu play it my username is jakelong139 add me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!rofl!!!!!!!!!! lmfao!!!!!!!!!!aight peace out boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post Date: 16:05 23-12-2008
Rating: 7
Author: komgred
Comment: Runescape, a game that some people love and most people hate.

For a game that is completely developed in Java and is browser based, the graphics are really impressive. RS shows a high amount of detail. Compared to other games such AoC or WoW it is crap. 7/10

As for gameplay, there is a wide variety of skills to level up and unlike most MMORPG'S you are not restricted to any one class, you can be what ever you want. The downside is that leveling process is a grind fest, I can't even remeber how long it took to get to lvl 60 Woodcutting by chopping willow trees from lvl 36. The quests are very good, it is not your average kill 10 or collect 10 quests, it is a whole new type of gaming experience that players will enjoy. 8/10

The community is terrible, there are some players who will help you out but the majority act like spoilt brats. It does get better if you are a member as it has a more friendlier atmosphere. 4/10

The difficulty of the game is quite godd. New players will be able to remember what everything is used due to the very helpful tutorial island. Quests are also simple to new players. 8/10

Overall 7/10

Post Date: 11:42 20-12-2008
Rating: 1
Author: hobbitkiller
Comment: OMG 8/10 WHAT HAVE I DONE >_<

well i never thought i would say this but, runescapes quite good. it has everything you look for in an mmorpg (theroetically) a good combat system (wait what?) a great community ("HAY THTS MY SPOT!!! PISS OFF **** face)almost no grind (*clunk* *clunk* *clink* *clunk* 1 bronze ore >_> ) great music (rivels my microwave oven) and a great non repetative enviroments (yeh like deserts) i throughly enjoyed this game and am not just saying that because my m8s are making me..... hehehe? :S

Post Date: 03:14 19-12-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Keerai
Comment: If there ever was a great concept gone horribly wrong, this is it. Runescape is one of those things that, had the creators actually been paying attention to what they were doing at the time, would have ended up great. I speak mainly of the game design. It is rare to see a game which encourages non-combat level progression, and indeed a level progression which involves using each individual skill. Runescape's full and rather large world was daunting at times, but when compared to other worlds (Say, WoW or Ever Quest) it is actually rather small. The sound was bad, but what is to be expected from a Java-based game?

Overall, this game has exactly what it needs to be a great game, but sadly it is lost in the poor graphics, even poorer sound quality, and even worse community which is fueled by the fact that the game seems to have been made for 10-year-olds.

Post Date: 23:57 18-12-2008
Rating: 4
Author: szym1994
Comment: Meh. could be better.
OOooOooOOOoooo I mined an ore!!! lets go sell it!!! now lets mine another one!!! ZOMFG SWEET!!!!!! in another Few hours or so i can afford a rune Scimmy!!! :D....
4/10

Post Date: 23:38 18-12-2008
Rating: 7
Author: corvax
Comment: Only ever played the free version for a few hours but I'll judge this game as a whole. OF the MMOs I've seen, this game is about average but with a few touches of uniqueness. A lot of it's quests are said to have solid storylines, unlike the KILL-X and COLLECT-X quests that most gamers are familiar with. No download required either, it plays right in your web browser and it's graphics are alright in HD. There's also plenty of content for you to immerse yourself into. Even in F2P you can get half a dozen hours worth of playtime without the game feeling like a total grindfest. I didn't like the free version of the game, so if you're not planning on becoming a member, then I don't recommend you to play RS.

Post Date: 20:36 08-12-2008
Rating: 8
Author: clickmehere
Comment: Well to start off its one of the greatest MMO'S of our time. First of all its browser based meaning it can run on any computer made in 2001. Since its new graphical update WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING people have been coming back to runescape and now servers are always filled with players. It can be a bad thing since everything is taken. The down sides are it dosnt have a good trade or PvP system and it can be very harsh when u die.

The game helps noobs out alot and shows them were to go and what to train on as your first days in runescape. The game is impossible to beat in 11 years (09 is coming up) only 978 players out of 5 million have maxed a skill. The best player in the game known as Zezima has only maxed 3. There are 19 skills in the game to learn and its very hard to train them. there are over 100 quests to do and there is more content and land poping up.

dont say Runescape is a bad game just because its hard on you. Just take an easy alright

Post Date: 18:20 04-12-2008
Rating: 8
Author: aaddron
Comment: It stood the test of time and difference. It started something no one else has accomplished to this day and is the game that got a lot of people into MMO's. What is this game? It's called RuneScape and it's a browser MMOG.

RuneScape is a great game. It's got great graphics, well made interface, and is contently adding content.

If anything RuneScape has plenty to keep you busy with new quest releasing every month and new content almost every week you never know what you'll see next.

When you first log on to RuneScape your greeted with a pop up to create your character. It's vary well done but as of this review the options are quite limited. Your also greeted with your first quest (doubles as tutorial) and is also vary well done. You learn the ropes in a "sheltered" Lumbridge and once your done you see some animations and end up in the normal Lumbridge.

In earlier years starting off was confusing and easy to get lost but with some recent update's it's a let better and you can pretty much always figure out where you need to go in the early levels. The help also does a great job backing off as you progress through the levels in other words the game doesn't treat you like a noob when your not.

This game is limitless and takes years to "beat"(no defined way to beat the game) in fact in the 10 years RuneScape has been around no one has maxed out all the skills. The World is absolutely huge which is a good and bad thing. It's good because you have a lot to explore but it's bad especially for low levels as there isn't an easy way to get around.

The sound in this game is decent. It's all unique and well done but I can't help but think it's not done well enough. Sometimes it sounds good sometimes it's bad but for the most part it's good.

The Graphics while still new are vary well done. They did a great job working out the bug's and glitches and it's vary hard to find graphical bugs now.

RuneScape's support sucks. It used to be a great system but they changed it. Now it's almost impossible to get a hold of them about issues other than the ones they let you contact them about Ex. lost password.

Last but not least RuneScape's community. It's hit and miss to say the least. They don't have any real community base features like the clan system is pretty weak and a sad attempted to add flavor.RuneScape is aimed at younger people and that comes into with the next issue. The community can be full of mature player's someday s and full of immature player's the next. To be fair it depends on the world, high populated worlds usually have this problem more, lower one's don't. Same with the free and member worlds, Free is worst than Members but either way it can get annoying when someone is following you around begging for cash.

Overall RuneScape is a great game and I think it will only get better I give it a 8 out of 10

Post Date: 00:04 25-11-2008
Rating: 7
Author: XxIcecoldxX
Comment: Runescape is an okay game.. but ever since they removed the "wild" [also known as pvp] the game just lost its spark. After removing the wild and the will to merchant, they released "bounty hunter". Bounty hunter is pvp, but its bullshit. They recently released PvP worlds which are pretty cool... but you the game generates a drop for you after you get a kill. For example: you kill somebody in armor that is worth a lot, but you have cheap food and armor on you. You will get an average drop. But if you kill somebody that has average armor, and you have about 1-10 million coins in your inventory, you will get a good drop.

Runescape has a variety of skills and quests. There are 100's of quests to complete and a new quest is released almost every week. There are over 20+ skills which take time to max out. If you max out a skill, you will get what they call a "skill cape" which has the icon of the skill on it and you can do an emote for each skill. For example: If you get maxed out prayer your character gets wings and fly's up in the air [my best explanation, lol.] If you complete all quests, you can get a quest cape and can do the emote for that.

Runescape is an online MMORPG, so of course there will be other people playing it. The community is ALRIGHT, but if you use the free option of the game the people will annoy the hell out of you, and most high levels are snooty and act like they're too good to talk to you.

Overall, runescape is an okay game. It's free if you don't subscribe to be a member. And its amazing for a browser based game. There is plenty of things to do in runescape, nobody has mastered every aspect of the game. Although, it requires TONS of free time. It takes about 2 years to max out combat, and months to max out just one skill.

Overall Rating:7.5/10

Post Date: 08:22 23-11-2008
Rating: 7
Author: maine160
Comment: Runescape is a rather good game although the sounds are...u know 1:the graphics are bad ya i know but its great for a browser game 10/10. 2:sounds are terrible 0/10. 3:cummunty is full of liars,cheats,nerds,assholes,jerks ect with some good ppl now and then 5/10. 4:my final rating for this game is....7/10. plus if u want to meet me in runescape my name is :maine160 add me if u want.

Post Date: 21:57 21-11-2008
Rating: 8
Author: nerdboyxxx
Comment: I have played this game for nearly 2 years and have enjoyed it immensly. I feel that I should really point out that the rating I am giving it is not biased in any way, I play many other online games and I feel that they are all good, however I love runescape for what it is and what it will always be.

I am sick, though, of people here criticising it for not been the best of games for graphics and crap. all biased ratings in my opinion. Please rate it properly. I will be rating it a 8 on my own personal experiences with the game

People, if you play games like WOW and stuff and rate it to criticise it, please dont bother. There are always going to be more people playing.

Post Date: 17:06 15-11-2008
Rating: 9
Author: shizen656
Comment: Runescape: One of the few games that does not need an introduction. Much like World of Warcraft, most everyone who ones a computer has heard of this very unique MMORPG. However, much debate has raged on over the quality of the game itself, so I will try to provide the most unbiased review possible.

Through the scoring, i will give the game two scores, because when discussing Runescape, it is certanly neccecary to understand that there are two factors: The first, is taking it "For What it is", the second, "For what it is compared to other games". Runescape is a game that runs Java in an internet browser, therefore it is impossible to accuratly compare it to games such as World of Warcraft, which require a multi-CD instalation.

Runescape has undertaken 3 major stages: The first is Runescape Classic, The second is Standard Detail Runescape, and the current edition, Runescape HD
For this review I will be focusing on Runscape HD, seeing as it is the modern version. Also, i will be reviewing the MEMBERS part of the game, NOT just the free portion.

Gameplay: Gameplay is first in my review because gameplay is what is most important to any game. Runescape's gameplay features an immense departure from the "MMO" norm in many respects, for example the combat.

Combat in Runescape consists of engaging an enemy, and exchanging blows in almost a turn based fashion, although certain weapons do swing slower than others. The dammage dealt to your opponite is more akin to Guild Wars. Don't expect to be hitting thousands here, in fact, don't expect to be hitting over 40! Runescape features a very low damage count, and as a result you feel every single hit you deal or receive. Also uncommon to most MMO's is the rate at which you miss. It is impossible to go a normal fight (assuming your enemies level is within your own) without missing. In fact, there will be many fights were your screen will be flooded with a barrage of blue 0's. This only adds to the philosophy of making every hit count.

Archery in runescape also manages to stray from the norm. A player only has one weapon slot, and as a result they may only equip their bow, with no sword as back up. Forced to confront your foes without a sturdy sword at your side, you will often find yourself taking advantage of the terrible UI as you place yourself behind a 3 foot tall fence and pick away at your oppressor, who lacks the intelligence to walk around.

Magic is, as in most games, weak at first... but deadly in the higher levels. Most games use a mana bar as a means of limiting this devastating power, but once more Runescape chooses an alternative. Runes are the means by which you cast magic. At higher levels, spells require more runes, or rarer runes, and for the most powerful magic you often need an item, or staff to complete the spell.

The most intriguing part of all these gameplay styles, is that Runescape chooses to NOT limit a player to a specific class. Because of this, a player may become whatever he or she desires, and, after a quick gear swap, be something entirely different. This creates a unique type of play that encourages experimentation with all the various combat styles.
The limit to all this, is DEATH. Death in Runescape results in the dropping of all items in your inventory as well as the items equipped. Although no experience is lost, the death penalty is fairly steep, and as little as one death can set you back a long, long way.

Resource gathering is also present, and features a way outside of combat to gain money. With many many skills to choose from, there isn't much to say about Runescape's resource gathering compared to other MMO's, because it is essentially the same process of "click, click click", bring the load back, return, "click, click, click..."

Runescape offers many ways to use your expertly honed skills, one of which are Quests. Quests in Runescape are not your standard "Kill x of x because of x" or "Gather x of x for x". Well, maybe it does do these, but not directly. All of Runescape's quests are planned out in such a way that you never feel like you are doing the same thing twice, and each one features a story, be it short, or fairly lengthy, some spanning multiple quests.
Also at your choice are multiple PvP options. From PvP worlds to Castle Wars Runescape has no shortage of ways to bash your fellow players to a pulp.

For a game that runs strictly in your internet browser, that is a lot of ground to cover
(10/10)
Compared to other MMO's, its quiet a bit of content, but the pacing is rather slow, and it requires a lot of time to get past the higher levels. But the length of quests and unusual combat will appeal to many who dislike the abundance of generic MMO trends.
(8/10)

Graphics: The second most important thing to a MMORPG, like it or not, is its' graphics. On this ground we see Runescape's various settings really kick in.
On full screen, 1600x1200 resolution, RS:HD looks pretty good. It features changing shadows, nice textures and some pretty sweet watter. However, on the lower settings, the textures start to fade, the shadows become stale and the water just becomes a blue mass. My biggest complaint is that, on both settings, the view distance is truly just way too small.

It does take a decent CPU to run Runescape HD: with all the settings maxed off. For Java, this is the best of the best, top of the line material.
(10/10)

Unfortunatly, as stated before, it takes a decent CPU to make this game look good. (i have a CPU that can play WoW in medium, with little lag, but can hardly play RS:HD in the smallest screen)Because of these steep requirments, the score gets knocked some major points. Also, when placed side by side with others such as Guild Wars and LoTRO, the graphics cannot compare.
(3/10)

Sound: Sound was not always in Runescape. In fact, i remember when they first added sound in the release of RS:STD. Unfortunatly, Runescapes sound muddles down to little more than some cheap clanks, swooshes and dinks. The background music is, In My Opinion, absolutly terrible, and i often find myself muting the computer and going to Itunes

The sound for the game is not entirely polished, and needs a major update, but it is there, and needs some props for the vast array of beeps it does feature.
(5/10)

Compared to the orcistrated wonders like WoW, Runescapes sound cannot even BEGIN to compare.
(1/10)

Community: While playing Runescape you will never feel alone. That is, if you play on a populated server. Unlike modern conventions, Runescape does not force you to stand specific to the server you create your charicter on, which allows you to move freely from server to server, wether you want a more populated one for PvP, or a less populated one so you can mine all the coal by yourself, there are always full servers and servers with less than 100 people on them.

Unfortunatly, the majority of Runescape's community are immature, and very cocky. Don't expect much help from other players, once i witnessed a poisoned player crying for an antidote (i did not have one) wile others did nothing. Sitting there wile the poor person's health was sapped entirely until he finally died, the eager players flooded his body for his gear. Fantastic. HOWEVER, this does not omit the fact that, as with every MMO, there are decent people. Just expect them to be the minority.
(no rating)

Items and Economy: One of my personal favorite features of MMO's is the way they have an actual living economy. Runescape is no different. Runescape boasts the equivalent of an Auction House (known as the "Grand Exchange" in game) were players may put items up for trade. Unfortunatly, to prevent scamming, Jagex has put some fairly strict limits on how much you are allowed to set the price for: being a certain number above or below what Jagex feels the base price of the item should be. However, this does not mean that all items are set in stone: inflation and deflation are very present, and much trading goes on outside the "Grand Exchange".

As for the items, well, let's just say you won't ever find yourself wondering what piece of armor you need next. The game features items outside the generic metals (which consist of, in order or quality: Bronze, Iron, Steel, Mithril, Adamant, Rune and Dragon) but obtaining them generally requires a quest, or massive sums of money. Each set of armor does prove to be far superior to the previous piece, but Runescape does not feature the abondance of items that other MMO's do. This may appeal to some, as the thousands of different weapons and armors offered in other MMO's may be confusing, but for others they will find that it offers very little variety and get bored quickly.
(no rating)

The World: The world of Runescape (known as Gielinor) is, for lack of a better word, relatively small. It takes less than an hour to get from one end of the world to the other, without using forms of transportation. Although Gielinor may be small, it is far from empty as buildings, watchtowers, castles and much much more populate its' geography.

As far as variety goes, Gielinor does feature some different scenery, but you will find that over 50% of it is populated by the same green and trees, with the wilderness (which takes up roughly 10%) a group of browns, greys and the occasional orange lava.

It does not take long to explore the world Runescape has to offer, and by the end of your first month you will have most of it memorized. Despite its small size, it is jam packed with things to do and places to go, despite most of them all seeming the same. For what it is, it is fantastic.
(9/10)

When compared side by side with other MMO's with a monthly fee, it does very little to stand out.
(3/10)

Conclusion: So what is left to say about Runescape? For a browser based, Java MMORPG it is, without a doubt, the best of the best. When put beside other MMO giants such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Warhammer or LoTRO, it finds itself a bit slacking in the technical department, but because of it's unique combat and wealth of things to do, it has found itself a very strong spot in the MMORPG world. For the posted score i will average the two final scores together, and round up.

For What it Is: (10/10)
Compared to others: (7/10)
Final Rounded Score: (9/10) rounded up from 8.5

Post Date: 18:18 11-11-2008
Rating: 7
Author: eXoZmM
Comment: One of the most controversial games that was probably ever made. This game is the most known and talked about game, whether it's insulting or complimenting. Before I go on with my review, I'd like to remind everyone that people play games because they like them, not because of what other people think about it. Regardless of mine or anyone elses review on this page, you should try this game before judging it.

Game Content + Gameplay - 10/10 - You will DEFINITELY not find a game with as much game content or gameplay as this game has. It takes years just to complete the game, let alone the mini-game rewards and various other activities. The game makers did a great job in creating such an extensive game. The game itself has a pretty "Noob friendly" interface, and everything is explained up-front, thus making the game boring for the higher levels.

Graphics - 6/10 - Without the recent graphics update they had, this score would probably be lower. The graphics aren't even close in comparison to games like WoW and WAR and Guildwars, but that's because it's on a Java Platform, and it's playable through the browser. If the game makers made it available through disc, this game would be amazing.

Community - 3/10 - Absolutely horrid. You come across arrogant and ignorant pre-teens wherever you go(Usually in the free-to-play worlds). And ALWAYS you come across a high level who thinks he is the best guy in the game just because he's a higher level than you. There's some good people(I've had friendships with people for over 3+ years as of now) but the bad people outnumber them(Sadly).

Difficulty - 8/10 - The only thing that is difficult about this game is that you have to sit there clicking to level up. Want to level up? Go to an area with a lot of trees, and keep clicking. Now, though it's boring, it's also a way to work up perseverance, because without perseverance, you won't do a thing in this game.

Overall - 7/10 - Many people may disagree with my ratings, but it's just my perspective. Don't listen to ratings, only use them as a guideline, try this game out for yourself(Then come back here and review it..:D). And with that note, I'll allow you to go and have some fun playing this game..:D It's a game you either love or hate!

Post Date: 00:09 08-11-2008
Rating: 7
Author: SilverArch
Comment: good MMORPG with 3D and awsome graphics

when i first played this game, i was surprised.
i got addicted to the game just after about 10minutes of playing
the community is very friendly and the game does not lag very often.
i would say that it is very very very easy to learn and most things only require a mouse to complete.
good skills and decent leveling speed

ok now on to the bad stuff =O

around 2/3 of runescape requires money
i might say it is free of charge and requires money at the same time.
to become an improved player, you have to spend money? how does that sound? bad?

Post Date: 03:42 03-11-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Impureevil
Comment: Graphics: 5/10
I've seen alot of comments here, mainly saying that the graphics are good for a browser based game. Browser based game or not, the graphics are still very poor and cannot compete with other MMORPG's. And yes, these are even after the new graphics update.

Sounds: 3/10
If the graphics don't make you sick, then the sounds will. There is absolutely no excuse for how terrible the sound effects in this game are.

Gameplay: 6/10
The gameplay in this game is unique, fun, addicting and yet very linear at the same time. It mainly revolves around getting all (or your favourite) skills to 99.
Example: You want to train mining? Click on the rock and wait. Fishing? Click on the fishing spot and wait. Woodcutting? Click on the tree and wait. Firemaking? Wait, firemaking is a skill!?
That is pretty much how you train all your skills.
See a pattern forming?

Combat system: 3/10
This is by far the least though-out combat system i have ever seen. The combat system involves clicking on an opponent once and waiting for your character to kill it. After clicking on it, you have to control over what the character will hit or do. It is all dependant on your stats. All you can pretty much do is eat or run.
Example: In the duel arena, i was in a fight with someone for approximately 6 minutes. During that time I went and got something to eat, had a drink, fed my dog and had a chat on the phone. XD.
If you attack a monster from behind a obstacle, it will get stuck behind it and not move. Terrible. Defence is probably the mose imbalanced combat stat. (Just for the record, your defence level in no way whatsoever reduces the amount of damage you will receive.)

Community: 1/10
No online gaming community is perfect, and there will probably never be one that will get a 10/10.
Runescape has a terrible community in general. Every second person will try to steal your items (be it armour trimming, luring, countless other ways), try to steal your passwords by telling you to go on fake sites and boys will make female characters and will ask you to be their husband so that they can get free items from you.
The creators of the game barely care about the wants of their players, this was evident in the removal of staking, the wilderness and the introduction of the 3k trade limit.
If you get reported for something you didnt do and try to appeal it, jagex will send you the same automated response no matter what you say.
The player mods are corrupt and morally bankrupt. They will report anyone and everyone for simply anything. If you get incorrectly reported by a mod, you cant appeal your case. There have been cases where this has happened. Low level players walk around begging for money from everyone and high level players have little to no respect to anyone but themselves. The quests are very nice, but are targeted mainly at the middle level player; low levels will find them too hard and high levels too easy.

Overall, there are many better games out there.
4/10

Post Date: 15:29 02-11-2008
Rating: 7
Author: 132591
Comment: There are a lot of extreme reviews out there, I say that it simply depends on your taste.

Firstly, while the graphics aren't that good, it's pretty freaking awesome for an in browser java applet.

There's tons of stuff to do, although most of it involves quite some grinding.

In short, the runescape world has many options and much room for creativity, but is somewhat repetitive. And the measures they have taken to eliminate bots have been reasonably extreme.

7/10 overall.

Post Date: 13:54 31-10-2008
Rating: 0
Author: mazen3462
Comment: This game is really boring i started it and i hated it right after i started by like 1hour

Post Date: 11:46 29-10-2008
Rating: 8
Author: tankmaster
Comment: my rating for runescape is a solid 8/10

graphics: 8/10.... it gets a 8 because most people dont realize for a browser game runescape has amazing graphics so for a browser game it would actually do better than what the majority think about it...

f2p gameplay 2/10.... its just clicking the animations are horrible and hardly anything to do

p2p gameplay 8/10.... for a p2p gamer this game is awesome it has tons of quests tons of mini games and more than just fighting all around

quests 10/10.... unlike some games the quests in runescape are well written its just not a bunch of randomness that makes no sense at all

music/sound effects ~/10 we all have different tastes so i really couldnt rate this =) however i can tell you that runescape has a wide selection of music and a sound effect for almost everything
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pros:
-no download at all(unless you want a shortcut to the webpage)
-a vast amount of skills to learn with nothing holding you back from learning them(except membership) meaning you can be a wizard with full rune or a mage that uses a bow ;)
-a really big amount of music selections(over 500)
-good sound effects
-decent pvp system
-tons of mini games that dont all involve fighting
-almost everything in the game you can make yourself without the border of which profession should i be(meaning you can be a tailor/miner/all the other skills at once without a maximum amount of professions like WoW has)
cons
-f2p is called the trial version ;)
-pretty much all the cons are for f2pers =P
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now that the rating is done a bunch of questions that people use to degrade this ;)

runescape is a solo game...
this is almost laughable =D runescape has many things for a group of people to do... just a few to list the fishing trawler,world pvp servers/void knights/among many others ;)

runescape members arent worth being because you get rich fast and the game becomes duller.

so? we get rich faster because we have more expensive things to buy for a f2p person saradomin armor(rune with a white trim) is something to show off while for a member we laugh at the cost of that because the higher graded stuff are mostly above 1million, we also have to work just as hard as the f2pers to get our money its not like we can buy 1000000s of mithril bars and make money off of arrows(1 mithril bar costs more than 15 arrows anyway ;)) its proven that a 91+rcer can make 1mil a hour... however thats at 91 the amount of people who have rc that high are few...

death is harsh...
quit dying =P if you know your going to go somewhere that has a chance of killing you dont wear your 'best armor' wear something that you can easily replace

p2pers get everything...
p2pers also fill jagexs wallet... the whole point of a f2p world is so you can build a character before you make them a member... which means you have a unlimited time to make the char the way you want it before you start to pay jagex

everything is for the high levels...
no everything is not just most of the stuff you hear about is =P

wtf pvp worlds? omg thats a bad ideal...
your informed before you enter a pvp world as well as there are restrictions on what you can fight and what cant fight you so its balanced

wtf the random event killed me when i went to the bathroom...
random events are made to catch botters... people who dont work for their money... if you have to go afk for a few minutes safely log out and that wont happen ;)

Post Date: 01:23 24-10-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Fantasy
Comment: hmm.. ive played many mmorpgs and this one happened to be the first. i played for 3 years and its rather addicting.
PROS:Great gameplay, fun interactive enviroment,tons of minigames and nice pvp
CONS:bots..so many bots..,They removed pk from the wild(the essence of runescape),Game is extremely terrible unless u join to be a member which means $$$$

Post Date: 18:13 22-10-2008
Rating: 6
Author: game rater
Comment: eh..i played for 5 years its pretty addictive and fun in the same time, grinding is something u choose to do but overall the game is perfect with friends and competitive with various items and bosses and all the mini games u can imagine.

and i like it cause its simple and easy but i quit it got boring after 5 years...but the makers are pretty active with excellent updates which kept me playing...
-dont play this game its not as great as u would think it just silkroad,wow and guild wars is better to play and wastetime on instead of this game.

Post Date: 16:57 20-10-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Opressor
Comment: Well they actually improved the game over the past few months, they added a full screen high definition(basically refined java) But its gotten a bit better here is a rundown.

Graphics 6/10
Have had a major turn over since a few months ago.
Sound 5/10
Not to snazy.. It's got some decent tunes.
Community 6/10
Gotten better, you can now hook up with a decent mature clan.

Overall 6/10

Post Date: 15:47 19-10-2008
Rating: 2
Author: Blargh
Comment: if i could descibe this game in one word it would be....
IHateThisGameSoMuchItMakesMyEyesBleed

community 2/10
Everyone goes around screaming NOOB! NOOB! NOOB! I say, if you play this game you are a n00b and you fail at life

Quests 3/10
Most quests are long and not worth it

Free account 1/10
you can't do shit compaired to a member

Graphics 2/10
Even if you get the high detail graphics they still make me vomit

overal 2/10
If you play this game you can't even call yourself a gamer
I will tear out my heart, light it on fire, stomp on it till the fire is out, eat it, vomit it back up then feed it to my dog before i play this game again.

Post Date: 05:17 12-10-2008
Rating: 10
Author: EngyN
Comment: I guess this is max i ve seen there are 170001 playing rs!

Post Date: 06:29 11-10-2008
Rating: 6
Author: darknshy
Comment: Game aint that bad but id never pay for it.

Post Date: 01:49 11-10-2008
Rating: 8
Author: henhenhenhen1
Comment: From what i can tell...
Serenicide, you must know that the community may be a 3/10 or even 1/10. But their is no reason for you to be mad. This game should i say, is a great game if you are a member. Even if you have finished all the member quests, you still have many extraordinary activities to do. I do not want a 12 year old or under crapping around telling me that this is the gayest game ever. NO! I want a real mature person that is not some idiot child that talks like an immature brat .=.=
ANYWAY I RATE THIS GAME A 9 FOR GAMEPLAY
A 8 FOR GRAPHICS.
Graphics got MUCH better, if you take a look at the past years of Runescape before this year, you will notice it has risen from, 5/10 - 8/10 =D Go Runescape!! Btw I am 13 years of age, but i am not spoiled. And no i quit runescape.

Post Date: 16:40 08-10-2008
Rating: 8
Author: awesomedrako
Comment: Alright, I agree with all the people who say that people who dont lik this game cuz its graphics are bad are just sad, there are plenty of good games out there that have bad graphics but are very fun to play, and now after the graphics update im rather surprised how good its graphics are for a browser game, its got a big world and not bad graphics...

BUT

i must warn you, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO PAY!!! this game is REALLY bad for free players, for free players, its an utter grindfest, even if u try to train a different skill each time, it just gets SO boring, plus, there are only lik 10 quests for free players, and about 3 minigames, and access to only about a third of the world and the members get about a 100 quests, loads of minigames, and get access to the whole world, they even get 9 more skills! i played runescape, got to combat level 40, and got bored and quit. i tried to retry runescape once, but it only took me about a minute to get bored of the game again. the member payment IS pretty cheap, its only $5 a month, though it could be better by charging a one-time fee lik guild wars, but basically, this game is just boring as a free player, but it might have potential as a member

Post Date: 16:09 08-10-2008
Rating: 10
Author: budbadbig
Comment: Just if you´re tlaking about this, play it with emotion. Im sick of hearing people saying it sucks because of the graphics...WTF??? Dudes, it´s a browser game, it doesn´t have download. give me the name of a browser ghame without download with better graphics and what I said was a lie but until then...I don´t play for the graphics...I play it for the fun...

Post Date: 18:05 07-10-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Jackal002
Comment: This is an "Okay" game. Its one of the best games you dont have to download. There is about 140,000 people on at any given time.

Graphics: 7/10
Gameplay: 5/10
Pvp: 0/10

Post Date: 07:56 04-10-2008
Rating: 10
Author: matrixkungfu
Comment: I started playing it 6 yrs ago, and I still enjoy playing it on occasion. Many people look at how poor its graphics are and cast it aside before even trying it, this is very immature in my opinion. The graphics may not be stunning, but the storyboard/gameplay and character interactions are almost perfect. About 6 months ago they did update it and take away a few very immportant pvp aspects, but hopfuly in good time it will fixed.


Stop being a noob and dissing it before trying, its the worlds biggest mmorpg at 135+ million players, with at least 100,000 on at any given time.

Graphics 5/10
Story 10/10
Pvp 8/10
Gameplay 10/10
Replay value 10/10

Post Date: 22:25 25-09-2008
Rating: 9
Author: EngyN
Comment: 1160 reviews that's 4x Wow reviews^^(its show how gr8s Runescape)
+ New Graphics = 0wnage
Its really Free u know what i mean!! Cuz most (all) of free games i have played they claim to be free but Item Mail can coast + Premium>>>> better play Wow instead
Cuz item Mail games can coast around 30 $$/month if u really like it(i swear to god)its way better playing runescape f2p ^^ cuz u got nothing to loose.
+Community >>The best place to make friends.
+Castle Wars>> realy fun place for pvp
+Bh>>Instead of farming mobs u can farm players too ^^ 10/10
+Clan Wars>>>Gr8s place to party with friends
+dds, db, specila attacks and gs>>>U know wat i mean ^^
+high alching>>easy way to make gold ^^

-Trade

Post Date: 09:21 20-09-2008
Rating: 5
Author: hazzacool
Comment: its for noobs grapics are pathetic
game plays pathetic

Post Date: 14:02 19-09-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Z3R0
Comment: Really Graphics aside it is a huge game. yes i will agree with the statment that all you do is grind, but at the same time you can quest. The quests will help you level too. Overall its not bad, good if your bored. Oh and i agree there community is horrable, its really just a bunch of begging 10 year olds and 12 year olds telling you that your a noob.

Post Date: 06:55 19-09-2008
Rating: 9
Author: auspwns
Comment: this game is great i have been playing it for some years. here are the pros and cons of the game
-----------------pros------------------------
1. the is always somthing to be done in the game from cooking to fire makeing

2.the gameplay is very good and easy

3. any one can play it is for every age groups

4. it has tones of skills quests ect

5. no downloads needed just open web page up off you go
-------------------cons-----------------------

1. some people in the game are just really a pain
they will stop at nothing to make sure you
have a bad time playing the game

2. when you get a high lvl 100plus items coast tones some takeing 3 weeks to get for a bit of armour

3.tho there maybe alot of skills some are really borrring such a farming others are pointless like firemakeing

4. the gameplay tho simple can get borring click and wait.....then click agin

5. the hole game runs round money so if you are not into the money making side of games this could put you of it

over and all the game is pretty kool with the pros weighting out the cons there is always somthing to do and there are many guide on youtube and help websites


good game if you just want to chill out after comming home from school/work

Post Date: 08:27 07-09-2008
Rating: 0
Author: serenicide
Comment: runescape... what can i say... IT SUCKS!!!!
the things that suck

the new HDs gfx suck...0/10
the monsters suck 1/10
the PvP sucks -50000000000/10
the way you are not a fixed class SUCKS!1/10
community sucks
game-play sucks
grinding grinding GRINDING!!!! sucks more than the game... u cant do anything but grind in this game



good things
when i find one in this game i will tell you!!

over all 0/10 cos its uber crappy...
dont play this game unless u wana waste a load of ur life

Post Date: 15:59 28-08-2008
Rating: 10
Author: critic101
Comment: Guys you cant shott runescape down when its doin nothing wrong. Heres a list of reasons runescape probably kicks the crap out of whatever mmo you play.

1.Unlike most mmo's out there you are not bound to any class whatsoever. Just like in life, you can be whatever yu wanna be, and do whatever you wanna do.

2. the subscription is only five frikin dollars a month, and its totally worth it. You get access to hundreds of new world weapons quests, possibilities, and an array of new skills.

3. This is one of the only game, in which the creators were actually smart enough to award players experience points by damage!!!! =)
So kill stealing, kill locking, kill whatever does not even matter , every1's getting thier fair share of xp!

4. With the release of runescpe hd, the graphics are actually tolerable, for most people.

5. Even if you still hate the graphics, they guarantee one thing: NO LAG!!!. Seriously.... I played runescape for an entire year, and I have yet to see any1 type the word "lagger". so no1 get mad over laggers, cuase there are none.

This altogether makes this game pretty frikin awesome. Any1 can have fun on runescape....literally! =D

Post Date: 16:29 27-08-2008
Rating: 4
Author: fantasytwin
Comment: Because this is in the free mmorpg category I will only judge it from a free point of view.

Graphics: 3/3, It is a 3D game with good quality backgrounds. The characters aren"t the best, but still worthy of full points.

Gameplay: 6/10, The gameplay is pretty simple, it is a point and click game. However, navigation is pretty hard to do, and it is a lengthy process that can only be shortened if you are a member, or rich.

Community: 2/10, The community is terrible. Everyone will call you a noob, even if you are a high level. There is pretty much no help whenever you need it.

Storyline: 4/10, This is also the quest category. The quests are pretty pathetic. They have you go a couple of places, but pretty much they are all disconnected with no relation to eachother. Members have the majority of the quests here, but still they don"t look like any fun on the other side.

Combat: 2/10, Combat is horrible. It is slow, you hit low numbers, and miss a ton. It can take up to 5 minutes to kill a simple cow in the beginning of the game.

Minigames: 5/10, Members have the most of this feature. Free people do have a couple minigames, such as the fist of gunthix, these minigames are fun, but do get old and boring after time.

leveling: 3/10, Leveling is pure grinding. This is a long and gruesome process. It can take you weeks of constant game play to get even 1 level. The only game that is slower in leveling is Maple Story.

Total: 25/63 = 39%
I think that this is a fun game though, even if I am giving it a poor rating. I have been playing it for over 4 years now, and it still has some interest to me. My opinion on membership is that it is a big waste of time and money. If you absolutley adore this game membership might be a good idea for you, but generally it just sucks your money dry.

Post Date: 11:46 24-08-2008
Rating: 2
Author: termntr
Comment: let"s destroy this game in every way possible?

1.RuneScape is a massive 3d multiplayer adventure-can"t argue with that.
2.with monsters to kill- yeah, like 30, and decent fights at first, then horrible, people steal ur kill, and it"s annoying.
3.quests to complete- 20something that r good, but then u have to pay the rip-off fee of $5 per month to be a member for quests, the highlight of the game.
4.treasure to win-LOL!!! there"s plenty, if ur a member!
5.You control your own character who will improve and become more powerful the more you play-ummm... i feel like this might happen in another RPG that i played. (or was it every one?)
6. b4 they added all the c**p about the Grand Exchange, and the so-called "Wild" which is not wild anymore. it sucks.- umm, that"s the only reason i gave it a 2. it goes back to a 1 without it.
7.Gameplay=9/10 As i can see so far its a awsome browser game. It takes lots of grinding and training. There are alot of quests and things to do. You need to pay nearlly 6 bucks now but its cheap and worth it.-so, what job do u have that 6 bucks a month is cheap, for a waste like this. if being a member were free, i would rate this as an 8.
8. alright, this is my last point, the dreaded learning curve. u"ll be lost, and when u ask people with experience, they will be mean to u and most likely ignore u. but don"t be angry, because when ur more experienced, u"ll understand why (i hate them!!!)

overall, try it for a while, just quit before it gets boring, because it"s great at first, but without a membership, it"s boring. PVP would save it at the higher levels, but it"s poorly done. i"m gonna give it one more try. add me (the termntr) and PM me in-game. (now i"m gonna get hate PMs).

Post Date: 08:46 24-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: enverescape
Comment: Very Very good. I've been playing sconce it first started, back the it was OK. I think its best was last year, b4 they added all the c**p about the Grand Exchange, and the so-called "Wild" which is not wild anymore. it sucks. Anyway, graphics are very nicely done, especially in HD, and really especially for a BLUj based java game. Anyway, worth taking a look at. Add me as ur friend if u want some help (Username: Connor4312).

Post Date: 01:28 23-08-2008
Rating: 7
Author: clickmehere
Comment: This game has alot of ups but there are some really terrible downsides to this game. Here is my RAtings.

Gameplay=9/10 As i can see so far its a awsome browser game. It takes lots of grinding and training. There are alot of quests and things to do. You need to pay nearlly 6 bucks now but its cheap and worth it.

Community=6/10 The player commun isnt to bad you will find alot of people that are nice but dont date them its almost like having sex your own gender.

Graphics=7/10 Ok the new graphical update theyy had recently was amazing! Its not that they are the best graphics in the world there pretty shitty but for a java program? Thats amazing.

Combat=0/10 This is the worst part of any game u an ever see. The combat is hoorrable. The only thing thats gonna look good is a archer fight. Everything else is garbage,Melee combat makes E.T. the video game look like a fucking success.

Music=0/10 The music makes my ears bleed! If you ask me go listen to favriote music or somehting and turn the blowing music off.

Sounds=1/10 The sounds make me wanna go stick my ear next to a gun when its shooting bullets.

If you ever play this game turn off the sounds and music. Everything else besides combat is awsome!

Post Date: 20:16 22-08-2008
Rating: 7
Author: coolgamer112
Comment: Ok This is what i think of the game:

Gameplay=6/10

Pretty good Gameplay but very repetive...LOTS AND LOTS of grinding...

community=4/10

Not very good but here and there some people are nice.

graphics=5/10

Pretty bad but for for A Java BASED GAME?AMAZING!

Pvp=5/10

Pvp is ok I kinda like bounty hunter and duel arena and castle wars...I would give it a 7 tho if the Pvp worlds were out....

Combat System=1/10

TERRIBLE You swing a sword and see numbers appear...Dont see the fun in that...

Sounds=0/10

hate the soungs there absouletly TERRIBLE!!!!!!

Music=5/10

Ok music not great but ok...

Game content=10/10

ALOT TO DO....

But in all I give this Game A 7.

Post Date: 06:20 20-08-2008
Rating: 10
Author: sodaisgood
Comment: ive played this game more than any other game.... for one reason, its alot less boring then other games, yes some times it gets boring but then i get back in too it. btw all you people that comment on the low effort jagex puts in to it have no clue what there talking about..... jagex makes it a browser game and if u notice there no long download... with that u cant make it a high graphic game. and 2 more things jagex makes it a browser game for one reason... so u cant hack... RUNESCAPE IS UN HACKABLE.. for all u people who try to hack it. also runescape updates more than anyother game ive seen... u call that no effort??

so anyways... very good game... im lvl 102 atm // game name: d0ubl3 t3am0 if u want to pm me =] thx

Post Date: 16:36 16-08-2008
Rating: 1
Author: chiknstu
Comment: There was a point in my life, where I enjoyed this game quite much. However I seem to have matured quite a bit (Something the Community as a whole has to accomplish on their own). ANYWAY I did quit but i liked to return but they removed everything that made RuneScape such a great game.... Sure they got rid of annoying bots... that made the economy perfect. Now when return I am sad, and disgusted. No PK (BH is crap), No Trading (Merchanting D: ). So other than losing their business I might aswell slander their name aswell. Because they ruined! this game. And the proof is when i last made my comment on here it was nice, the average total rating was about 8. Now 500~ reviews later it is brought down to a mere 5.... lame? yes.

Post Date: 10:19 15-08-2008
Rating: 0
Author: tornak
Comment: Ive played Runescape for about 3yrs. Good graphics,people are generally nice.But when they made it so you can only trade at a certain cap then it made the game suck. Having aquired a lot of skills and then to find out that overnight "to salvage the Runescape for future gamers" is a lot of crap. Its like Runescape is making us not work and then earn the big bucks from what we worked for.
I used to give this game a 10...now I give it a ZERO !!! THIS GAME SUCKS

Post Date: 22:13 13-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: kaizer
Comment: Before I was stranded in a place where I was not allowed to download any internet games, I never gave Runescape a chance and dismissed it as one of the worst disasters to the online gaming history. Before that I was also looking everywhere in the internet for a game that lets you live a second life.

However, one day I found myself somewhere where I was not allowed to download internet games. Suddenly I decided to give this game a try. I was surprised! This game had so much for me to do that I didn"t know where to start. I could fish, fight, cast spells, bake bread, travel far and wide, hunt, farm, summon, pickpocket and even make my own handicraft. Here is my rating for the game:
Graphics: 5/10 (Admittedly could be improved but the new high detail mode is cool)
Game Content: 10/10 (So much to do)
Gameplay: 7/10 (Just point and click)
Community: 4/10 (They aren"t all bad but ks-ers are very common)
Quests: 8/10 (No longer kill X of this, collect X of that, these quests are actually quests that require you to go journeying around.)
Combat System: 1/10 (Yes, the combat system really stinks.)
Music: 6/10 (A bit monotonous, but otherwise quite ok)
PvP: 7/10 (Good Pvp system- Fist of Guthix, Duel Arena, Bounty Hunter)

Now, to contradict some of the reviews below me. Graphics make a good game huh? Well, graphics DO NOT make a good game. Take the game Cabal Online for instance. It has the best graphics I"ve seen in an MMO, but unfortunately it is also the worst MMO I"ve played. Don"t be really stupid and compare a BROWSER BASED, JAVA GAME THAT IS FREE TO PLAY with a GAME THAT YOU PAY 20 BUCKS A MONTH TO PLAY! Geezes, The stupidity of these people make me look away from the screen in disgust. Look at the review by the hater named "LostSeraph" and you know what I mean.

Post Date: 07:13 11-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: The gamer
Comment: Ive been playing runescape for 3 years now and right now im pretty impressed about this game. Ive played other popular games such as silkroad, maplestory, WoW and realised that although the other 3 beat runescape in graphics all of them have some flaws. One of the unique things about runescape is that the makers earn money by membership alone. They do not sell coins for real life cash making runescape extremely fair (yes members can make faster money but they still cant do it in a few clicks).
The community is not the nicest but has few macros (due to the january updates). some cons include the fact that the graphics arnt too good and that the updates in january have done runescape good but also destroyed merchanting by 80%.

Post Date: 08:33 10-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: jjdragon60
Comment: in my 2 years of playing runescape,i am impressed by the content. there are so many skills to train, monsters to battle, quests to acheive, and things to do. they even updated ther not so good graphics, into runescape hd. since december there are quite a few bad updates, and there is no pk and a dull battle system. but over all that, membership is only 5$ and offers duble the content! overall, this is an very popular game with over 8 million accounts, and makes this like a real, active game. i would rate this game 7.7 to be exact. this is a great time killer, it gets boring, but still few games can beat its gameplay.( my runescape usernAME IS jjdragon06.)

Post Date: 16:21 09-08-2008
Rating: 3
Author: midos0355
Comment: I only give it a 3 because of the effort that jagex put in to runescape.but this game doesn't put "fun" in rpgs. training your character is boring to level up and pvp is horrible without the wild,and thers constant updating.graphics matter alot to me and runescape when your a non member has the worst graphics..
3 for the effort

Post Date: 10:52 08-08-2008
Rating: 1
Author: killervickboy
Comment: the graphics are so bad dont come out with a part 2 plz the storyline is just lvling up it lags all the time the armor sucks the game is fighting all the time you can take quests but if your not a member u cant its dum i wouldnt pay my money for that

Post Date: 15:42 06-08-2008
Rating: 3
Author: donring
Comment: This game has amazing potential but Jagex wont let it be the game it could be. Everyone ses it has crappy graphics but c'mon, its a flash game for christ sakes. The thing that makes this game a 3 is that Jagex keeps making more and more rules, doesnt pay attention to the demands of the people, and there are many people who will try and scam you in trades and its very easy to get hacked. Ive played this game off and on for the past 7 years and even though the graphics keep getting better there is too many rules and regulations that pop up just about every day just because little kids keep complaining.

Also..the chat filtering system sucks. They are making this game waaay to sheltered.
On the upside there is ALOT of skills and quests so it never is a grind fest like all of the other mmos today.

Post Date: 10:23 06-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: rsdef
Comment: Lostseraph, i have a few things to say about your review of runescape. i have played runescape since i was 10 in that 5 year period i have had the same number of accounts. 2 have been hacked and the rest i just got bored on! but never have i stopped playing. your review was not only inaccurate it was guilty of many of the things it accused the players of runescape of being, callous, unsociable and rude.
getting your character to a grand combat level of 58 in a matter of hours if not impressive. you either had 50 attack strength defence 40 magic (or none at all) 50 hp and 40 range (or none at all) or you were a pure and specialized in one of the stats mentioned above. i assume you were the first option. congratulations, on the face of it you got over half way to the top in 4 stats! however this is not true. exp wise you were barely 10% of the way to 99 (level 92 being the halfway point in exp) and you were among the worst players in runescape. there is a grind, my current account has 90 range and 70 def. 70 defence is not hard to get but i found it boring, however 90 range is much harder! if you get 90 range and spend more than a few hours on the game, make a few friends and get a few more of the very diverse set of levels i think you will find the game a little more satisfying. you are obviously a graphics purist, having said so yourself and therefore do not give much to the actual gameplay of a game.
your answer to the pets problem which you highlighted so viciously is summoning. a fun skill which involves you summoning your own large range of pets! oh dear, i think that debunks your rash assertion that runescape has a lack of pets.
i tried playing w0w and was instantly killed by a level 70 player harvesting around the graveyard area! as i couldnt turn off my PvP toggle without 5 minutes of no player - player combat he just kept on killing me. call him no life! i was trying to get to a level up for 1 hour but he just kept on killing me. i eventually gave up and went back to runescape where there are designated places for doing that.
if you get offended by someone who you dont even know calling you a "noob" you should log out and not come back. its not offensive and to all people who get offended by it.log out please! (watch skychi review on youtube).
your "review", or should i say rant was ill thought out and done, it seems, within minutes and with little experience of the game so in future please think more before you open your mouth and it will do yourself, alot of good.

Post Date: 01:40 05-08-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Soirehk
Comment: 6(Fair) It would of been a 7 if the graphics where the old one cause that's what made runescape unique was the bad graphics.
I'm rating it kinda low I guess cause even with the new graphic update it still don't change the fact that the game sucks or not. No offense but this game is no 10/10 or 9/10 first of all the gameplay has to be the weakest thing I had ever seen in all MMORPG. Jagex also keeps making the game lamer pretty soon they will probaly go bankrupt from people quiting. They already lost alot of money. To be honest the new graphics look like a kiddie show now like those clay figure cartoons like bob the builder. It also reminds me of legos as well. Also people are freaking rude in the game everywhere you go you hear the word that people with no life say is " Noob ". I was a lvl 97 till they ruined some of the Pvp. Now they made almost all the good Pvp non members so there is no reason to pay for this game anymore for me. Also I can name Super Nentindo games that were more addicting than this. Go ahead make a review complaining to me it just makes you look dumb. Talking trash on the internet gets you nowhere.

Post Date: 21:19 04-08-2008
Rating: 10
Author: wendrick
Comment: okay... this game is amazeing all you people that say blah blah blah this game is bad and bad game it that i played rs for 5 yrs and have a very very very high level account lots of money and never been hacked.... so dont give me crap abwt hackers in free2play i must admit you dont get as much as people would like but so what u dont get everything for free.... and whats $5... that nothing....im playing wow at the minitue been playing for about a year and 2 lvl 70"s... and if im honest it has wayyy better graphics than rs but not as good as rs as people do not xomunitcate as much as they do in rs and rs is a great online rpg with great poeple and as for the comment of the "noobs" its only said when the "noobs" go to higher lvls saying give me this give me that give me the outher..... NO.. we had to work for it well guess what ...."noobs" do to... and "noobs" only means new players it isnt offence.......

OVERAL RATEING 10!!!.. BEST GAME EVER...!

Post Date: 13:59 01-08-2008
Rating: 10
Author: akamaterasu
Comment: Ok 1st off this game truly is worthy of a +1,000.99 rating. It has a wide variety of clothing, weapons, skills, minigames, monsters, quests, and areas. PvP used to be excellent in the wild but bountyhunter is not so bad.... and the new HD graphics are awsome. The occasional events are also awsome. In addition, being a member makes the game 1,000 times better. Runescape will continue to improve periodicly.

Post Date: 04:51 29-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: playfro
Comment: lols i played for 4 years before becumin member and now ghraphics are 30 million times better now itas called runescape hd

Post Date: 17:47 27-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: LostSeraph
Comment: as i said the community IS horrible

and i apologize if i was biased
but that doesn't give you the right to flame....

and since when hasn't a writer/reporter haven't been biased???

there is always stereotypical people in our world
those who try to dictate other people's actions; like you....

there are also alot of whiney people who thinks the world revolves around them.....

and FYI zekker3000 i write many game reviews
for gamefaqs and gamespot under other pseudonyms
and most people actually agreed with me

also you gave 3 PROS and 7 CONS
therefore you should actually RATE RUNESCAPE a 3 instead of a 5

please make coherent statments next time

Post Date: 16:17 27-07-2008
Rating: 5
Author: zekker3000
Comment: FIRST OFF THE BAT I WANNA SAY Lostserapah your a fanboy and there for you are not allowed to review anymore sine ur only inclined 2 a few games which you only refree to instead of showing a wide array of gamming so go and to the corner.

The graphics have improved and are good for a BROWSER based MMORPG the picture above does not do justice ANYMORE

Ill Make this quick:

Pros:
Free account will allow u to access a good chunck of the game

Great graphics for the fact hat is made using JAVA so dont expect WoW, Guild Wars, Rappelz quatiliy but its still good

There are NO classes u make ur own using skills you can lvl up so u can make a Tank mage or spell warrior or just pure wizard or archer and more

Community can be nice sometimes

Cons:
$5 for a membership which unlocks the whole game for u and better weapons, armor, spells, etc the whole $5 deal isnt bad but it just doesnt seem worth it TO ME maybe to you though if u enjoy it

LOTS AND LOTS OF GRINDING personal i prefree a little grind but not much as it give you some skills can take a long long time to lvl up at higher lvls

community is very selfish mainly calling low lvls noobs and seems to be made up of 8-12 year olds with a few adults an older teens

not much inventory room for mining items u can only hold like 30 items so mining becomes a real hassale

combat has improve you hit more often but its basicly turnbased but not quite

music is not great but thy do give u a large list of songs to choose from even if its not great

sounds is very bad sounds like snapping sticks when u strike a foe and "loooops' when u miss

not a chatty community/ lots of scammers

Post Date: 15:55 27-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: LostSeraph
Comment: I pity you all.....seriously.....

this game isn't a Free to Play game
if you have to pay for memberships then its not free to play

i doubt children has good to great
socio-economic standing because they can't afford WoW or Lineage 2 or even Final Fantasy....

even though the memberships are optional this game makes it a have to for those players that want to best equipment

f2p games are more like Shaiya, Rappelz, CABAL online and Maplestory where the programers get revenue by cash shops....

(Shaiya, and Rappelz are Korean and f2p who said Korean programers charge alot just to play???
that additude is stereotype)

those are optional and THOSE cash shops aren't loaded with UBER gear... cash shops only gives items such as EXP stones Resurrection Runes etc.

now that thats out of the way....
let's begin on the rating i gave this "game"
if it can pass off as one....

Gameplay 0/10
not much to comment on...
its just another faliure rpg except its worldwide

some say its bot free or even hacker free....
no game is bot free or hacker free...

who says people can only hack when you give out their E-mail address/account name and password???

we live in the new age.....
and if i recall correctly Game Masters/administrators keep a LOG BOOK

and in that LOG BOOK ALL IN-GAME DATA is there
so that means your IP address, account name/password, date of log-ins and every other data sent from their mainframe to your computer

what does that have to do with hackers???
it means they already know EVERYTHING about your account, that means they can spike your account and the next time yu log in they'll get your password so spare me the crap about that stuff

hackers will know everything...your lvl, your character,
including where you live
(because of you IP address)

DON'T even joke around about firewalls
most firewalls and anti-viruses have the same detection code used to filter out viruses and hackers....

manipulation of such data is easy....

Community 0/10
not really that great no one around to assist other players
"riots" on the forums etc.

also, for those that contradicted themselves....
saying that the community was great but also mentioning that high lvl players calling others "noobs" community rating for this is 0/10

someone said that people love each other in RS

bullshit
it's just another phedophile behind the monitor seducing children happens very often in our world

not that great overall for community because of children trying to act mature, sexy, and cool.

QUIT DELUDING yourselves live your life in the real world

Graphics 0/10
horrible as i am a huge fan of graphics
heck when i first tried this game i thought my NVIDIA GeForce driver Crashed....now how am i going to play Rappelz....

at the time in 2001 graphics for RS would have had great reviews but later on those graphics that were good are now horrible....

time changes and will keep on changeing
just adapt to it....

Sound 0/10
not even remotly close to "real life stimulation"

Music 0/10
monotoned....turn it off......

INNOVATION 0/10
just another shit MMORPG basically the exact game play as any other rpg

SKILLS:
nothing flashy

if you're interested in skills then i suggest Shaiya, Rappelz, Lineage 2, WoW and Cabal

CLASSES:
not much variety
basically 4 classes each with their own set of skills

games such as Lineage, EQ and Rappelz have a greater variety of classes ranging from 27-36 different classes and over 100 different skills

CUSTOMIZATION:
nothing new or innovative
characters lack gender distinction, realism and feeling

nad to those who run around saying do you want to be my GF/BF GET A LIFE...

seriously that is how people get sexually assaulted

and to those who said "your hot"
trust me you have never seen "hot animations"
try looking at Shaiya/Rappelz/Lineage and compare to females from there to RS

just to say....
every person in RS look the same
i can't even tell the difference between males and females

DIFFICULTY SETTING:
horrible quick and easy GRIND fest
i lvled up to 58 in hours

not good for HARDCORE gamers such as myself

PETS:
not that realistic
pain in the ass to take care of
not much variety

i recomend Rappelz if you love PETS

Controls 0/10
no hotkeys
no wasd movement
basic mouse control that annoys me

OVERALL RATING 0/10
good for the softcore childish gamers with a lot of time on their hands....

not to mention gamers that are senile

basically at the time in 2001 it was good
but it sucks ass now

but lineage is created in 1998; older then this game and it has PWNAGE graphics and gameplay

AUTHORS NOTES:
recommended for children ages 5-10 with $5 dollars in theirpockets

if parents are looking for a ACTUAL Free to Play
game then i suggest Maplestory

and if parents permits their child to play Rated PG-13 games....
they can play Rappelz or Shaiya

Post Date: 15:49 27-07-2008
Rating: 8
Author: redoer3
Comment: I've played this game awhile and to tell you teh truth, it's probably the best browser MMORPG out there, and the pay to play option is only $5 a month, unlike some other games -*coughworldofwarcraftcough*-... Also, that pic up there is in the old graphics, most newer computers can now use a newer version of the graphics, which are amazingly good for a browser game like this. Quests are great, communities OK, and its not always grinding,lots of stuff to do, unfortunately, jagex have done some things i don't like and i doubt i could speak my mind on these forums without getting in trouble or whatever.

Post Date: 14:10 27-07-2008
Rating: 5
Author: guesswho311
Comment: ok first of all, for all you people nocking java its a very powerfull language now adays, the reason runescapes graphics are so bad is cause its a browser. Now that i got that off runescape is an average game i played for like 1 month, its not a hardcore game but its alright especially for the youngsters.

Now you all who have given them a try KNOW that the quests are one of a kind. They are fun interesting and everyone is different.

The only reason i give this game a 5 is cause it gets boring to quickly.

Post Date: 12:00 27-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Lao Shan Kun
Comment: This game is enjoyable for those who want a relaxing and low intensity game. It's simple and doesn't require lightning-quick reflexes or concentration. I like to play this in between more intense MMORPGs.

There is a lot to do in this game, even for free members. There are many skills, tons of goods to make and sell, and a lot of spells to cast. If you get bored doing one task, you can easily switch to another.

The one thing that brings me into this game is the ability to create something from nothing. You can do more than just kill monsters all the time. You can make goods and sell them. I find this satisfying.

This is only a browser and Java-based game, so commenting on its graphics is unfair. The graphical update looks impressive, but the still less-textured character models look odd against it. Also, the 2d images of the items could be a lot better. They look dull and ugly. If they want a real graphical update, they should redraw the 2d images.

The sounds are terrible. Is this the best they can do for Java? I've heard better sounds. The music is nicely composed, but its MIDI-like sound makes it annoying after a few minutes of listening.

As with all other MMORPGs, there are arrogant and juvenile players running their mouths all the time. I see the word "Noob" several times during my play sessions. Unfortunately, those who use it don't quite grasp the meaning of it. "Noob" means new player, yet most of the time people use it to describe those who have a lower combat level. A low combat level has nothing to do with how long one has been playing.

There are also many beggars who constantly ask for free stuff and gold. This is ridiculous, because money is not difficult to make. They shouldn't be playing this game if they are too lazy to train in skills which require no actual skill at all to do.

If you ignore the beggars and jerks, there are actually some friendly and intelligent people in the crowds.

I do not enjoy fighting. It's not exciting or thrilling like it should be. Fighting against monsters is no different than training another skill, except luck plays a big factor in how quickly you kill the monster. You get EXP for each hit you land on the monster, about 4 EXP times the amount of damage you land.

Magic spices up things a little bit by providing something else to watch than you poking the monster. You can use missle spells to hit enemies that can't reach you, teleport, and turn items into gold. To cast spells, you need to be carrying the required amount of runes. Runes can be bought, crafted, or dropped from monsters. Buying runes is the easiest thing to do, so being a mage is rather expensive.

If you want a simple, relaxing, and versatile game that's easy to pick up and play, I highly recommend this. If you prefer more intense, immersive, and challenging games, then look elsewhere because this game will not satisfy you.

Post Date: 21:58 26-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: fduacvke
Comment: I have played for 4 years, and I'd like to quote something someone said a little ways down... "Ive seen other rpgs that are 3d with better graphics than Runescape", there's a reason you've seen 3D games with better graphics than runescape, want to know that reason? It's because runescape is TWO DIMENSIONAL.

As for those who were looking for cheats for runescape, there are none, there are strategies for making money, but not cheats, it's a mmorpg people, do you really think they'd put cheats in the game? Most of you probably don't even know what they're there for, they're there because the makers of the game put them there to do things faster and easier for themselves and didn't take them out (most of the time, sometimes they just put them there for it to be easier for you, as long as you figure out the word or phrase, there are other reasons but imo those are the two main ones)

A good way now-a-days to make money is getting your mining to level 30, and mining pure essence, it sells for about 150-160 gp each, which is around 4000 gp per inventory

Another way is to get your woodcutting to level 60 and chopping yews, they give about 10,000 per full inventory

Fishing and cooking is a really good way to make money when you get high enough to fish and cook sharks (It's 72 fishing I believe to fish them, not sure what the cooking is, I don't feel like pulling up runescape right now...) Cooked shark sells for about 900-1000gp a piece so that's close to 30,000 you're making there.

For those who "claim" they've been hacked, do you want to know how you get hacked? It's not from someone just randomly going "oh! I think I'm going to jump on my computer and hack this person that I don't even know!" It"s from morons that go onto cheat sites for runescape and do stupid things like sending their password and player name to someone in an email so they can get "100 party hats of whatever color you want" and someone taking your things (which I believe has been quite well fixed since you can"t trade more than 3000 gp worth of items unless you have a lot of quest points) another way is when someone tells you "I know how to get your stats to 90, but I'm not going to tell you, just give me your password and I'll get on and do it for you" or how about, the people that are related to moderators that have lots of items that their moderator friends get them for free, and will be nice enough to give stuff to you, all you have to do is give your account name and password, oh, and always be sure that it is at least above level 50, no sense in giving free party hats to a level 5, let me see here, the first thing I see wrong with this is um, why would you need the password? If it's a moderator, they already have a record of all the stored passwords for your account...second, a moderator, would be fired for doing something like that, they're not allowed to, some people can pick up skyware and not realize it, and spyware doesn't come from sitting on msn or yahoo, or google my friends... I think you all have gotten enough off of this little... speach, good day, and have fun. Oh, by the way, if you don't believe '"ve been playing for 4 years, add me, my name is mr.death23, I'll show you my yoyo...

Post Date: 12:18 25-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: awesomedrako
Comment: i got to combat level 40 in this game, and i quit, cos there was nothing left for me to do cos im not a member, there was one final quest, the dragon quest to do and i just couldnt be bothered cos i was so bored of the game! i dont care about the graphics, they're fine for a browser game, but the game is just SO BORING for a free player, i tried to go on it again from time to time, but it was just boring roaming from place to place training my skills, a complete grindfest to me, this was cos i didnt have the FUN skills to train, fletching, summoning, hunting, construction, farming, thieving sound fun, but all these were only for members :(

so if you are a free player, there are two options for you, quit or become a member

Post Date: 07:07 23-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: myloric
Comment: PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW,

I have been playing runescape for a long time now and it is a very good game. Many people think it is rubbish because of its graphics. But, Graphics are not everything.

Also, the picture shown above needs to be updated. Recently Jagex reworked runescape and it is now called Runescape HD. The graphics are now a lot better. Now wow, last chaos and shadowbane have great graphics, but for a game that runs only on java, has no complex download instructions, is run via your web browser, and has a step by step tutorial so that you know how to play, is pretty good.

There is a member's area of runescape but this is completely optional. The free area is more then enough to start off runescape.

Not only that but combat is one of several skills available. Runecraft, Fletching, Summoning, Hunting, Construction (House Building), Farming, Thieving, Crafting and many more.

Give the game a try,you may even like it.

Pros.

Not just a game revolved around combat
Friendly Community who are always willing to help
Low Budget, i.e. Free
Graphics, Recently reworked.
Membership is cheap to purchase and has huge extras.
Lvling up can be fast.
No tedious download and installation times

Cons

Graphics are not as good as some MMORPGs
Can be frustrating if you are not a patient person.
Some good features are only available when you purchase membership.

But, don't take my word for it. This is just my opinion, go on give it a try!

Post Date: 16:55 22-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: daichiusagi
Comment: This game is one of the best I ever played. I have tried all the MMORPG i could get my hands on, and A LOT of them are just "play-to-kill".

Firstly, if anyone only cares about graphics, well they are fools. In a MMORPG it's not the graphics that count, but the gameplay, and the quests. Also the fun you have playing the game.

Runescape maybe has poor graphics compared to Granado Espada, Lost Chaos, WoW, Rappelz etc, but it holds advantages. It's size is only a few MB, and it loads instantly. You don't even have to download it. It also never bugs, or rarely, and when it does, its minor bugs.

Now, Runescape can be very addictive. It's also just as a second life, perfect to relax and to really have fun! The game play is also one of the bests too. I agree though, clicking for moving can get boring and annoying.

Runescape has a wonderful killing system too. In many games such as Maple Story and Flyff, you will die if you don't watch when you attack. In runescape, you can attack a monster and go prepare your coffee, you won't die. (That's if your 1 lvl higher then the monster, and even if you're lower, you will still survive.) For some ppl it may be annoying to only hit 1 to 11 damage. It didn't bother me that much, and you still lvl fast enough. In other games you need to at least be 10 lvls higher then the monsters to actually beat them without a scratch...

Runescape owns all the other games because of it's quests. The quests are interesting, they have a plot, and it's not only to kill a number of monsters or to collect a number of items. They are really fun to do, and you get cool prizes and exp.

Plus, in Runescape you must do your own food by starting a fire, killing something and get wood logs. You do everything yourself! As I said before, it's as a second life! It really keeps you busy, and theres so much things to do you don't know what to start with. There are also A LOT kickass skills to master. Summoning, hunting and slaying are one of those. The money is really easy to get too, for those who know how to do it! ;)

There's also an IMMENSE territory to explore! I am lvl 70 and yet I haven't explored everything in only one year.

Lastly, you pay only 5 dollars for A MONTH! While for games such as Wow (who really aren't worth it) are 15$ a month....

For those you are sissies and care only about graphics, pvp killing and only lvl up to be the best go play some other games which are made of those things. But for those who want to enjoy a simple but amazing game go play runescape. It may seem boring for those who played games such as Granado Espada but even I have played it and I prefer Runescape.

Everybody has his own opinion, but I think Runescape is really worth your money and time. It will get boring playing only in the free world, but at least try the member world for a month. It's so cheap. You''l change your opinion right away.

Post Date: 15:54 22-07-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Bloodredreaper
Comment: listen there is a new version of this game with better graphics and more chatroom choices such as friends,trade,and clan chatrooms

Post Date: 22:26 20-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: rich200
Comment: People seem to love it or hate it. I like it and it can be addictive.

I think the new high detail graphics are a big improvement. You can do full screen now. I can fill both monitors on my dual screen setup. Its not near as good as graphics on Farcry or Crysis, but way better than the tiny little screen shot above(at the time of writing this).

Ok, so you just point and click, that can get boring. But then there are so many skills to train, it feels like your actualy doing something different. It would be cooler to have some more complex moves. I think in time they will do it because they keep making improvements.

I think Jagex does listen to players suggestions. They made a couple unpopular decisions but the changes did have some pluses. Like yesterday I bought a dragon axe at the Grand Exchange. Before the GE, it might have taken days to find a seller.

There are to many rude jerks playing sometimes but lots of cool people to. You can block the jerks and add friends to your friends list.

There is strategy because as you level up old methods become less effective and you have to learn new ways of training.

I like that the game has an actual supply/demand economy.

O yea, you can die and lose items that took dozens of hours to earn. But that adds intensity to the game. There are also safe mini games available to play and not lose anything if you die.

I was amused yesterday when a player anounced he made his first million gold pieces. Even though I"m on 20Mil+ I said "Grats". I know some players have made 100Mil+. I remember my first million, it felt good. Thought I"d never get there.

Member 2 years now, Level 93, Yea I wasted lots of time but the point is to forget about school or work a few hours a week. Its usualy better than whats on TV.

Post Date: 20:12 19-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Scizzor189
Comment: This game is for those at home looking for a free, time wasteing game. Im not saying thats a bad thing, just the opposite. While World of Warcraft can have its fling sometimes, RuneScape is one of those games which you can come back to. The actual graphics arent that bad; but would be for those who jsut got bored from "WoW" and logged on to this virtual fantasy. I had played the week after the Modern Version was released. I found the Classics odd looking and I quit on sight... The one thing I cannot stand about this game is some drunk a-hole starting calling the New Players (3-10) Noobs... Then Nub was created and then it started when if somebody asked for money as they were about to level to rune level, (mostly in the tiems before that annoying money scale) the player walking around just says... Noobie!!! and just Ignores the person...
I find this game fun to have a Go at when you are 10-14. But those who have rich (over-achieving workers) parents who will just say yes to anything I.E.: Mom/Dad can I "YES! now go away im counting my gold".. ok i was going to ask for a car... "only? why dont you ask for something more worth it... like caviar"
The population of this medieval game is 300,000+ players online at a time, Though the rating would be 60% Boys, 30% Girls, 10% Boys who make girl chars because they want money (gp, k m).

Post Date: 17:09 19-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Trent56
Comment: LOL! Dis game rox!!!!!!11!!one!

sur u hav 2 ignor evry1 cuz their dum but dats coo. i luv 2 train wc all day cuz i get brdnests sumtimes. ppl shdnt sai runescape is bad cuz i LOL at dem. dey dont no nething cuz runesacpe iz full of smrat ppl! LOLOLOLOLOL! da game jus got an grafix update witch luks relly relly grate! also sum ppl r relly coo cuz dey talk 2 u sumtimes!! sum ppl also gets bfs and gfs an luv eachother sooooo much dat dey get married!1! of corse u cant tell jagex dey dont lik dat. mining is hard cuz other ppl try to take ur rock but if ur hi enuff lvl den u can take theyre rock!1! ROFL!!! i luv listening to da music. jagex did good wit dat. i hav a mem account an wen u hav a mem account, u can do more stuf. lik train a skill to 99 so u can get a s scape wich is relly good cuz ppl who have s capes are good. u can play castlewarz wich is a grate ctf game. its fun 2 pwn n00bs cuz dey r weak LOL! if ur team wins u get 2 tickets 2 buy colorful armor wich is coo! in mems u can poison ppl wich kills dem faster den normal. in mems u can go to gwd to fite to get sum bandos armor wich is strong sum ppl sai ppl who play runesacpe iz dum i dont think so. dis game gets a ten out of 10 cuz it rox so much. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL victory to runesacpe!

Post Date: 06:08 19-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: trent jr5
Comment: anybody who sai runescape sucks is a stupid
noob whos pisses their pants all the time it is the best game ive seen and ive seen them all it has way better graphics than world of warcraft even so all u loosers shutup and the people who like t good for u

Post Date: 02:36 19-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Andri
Comment: This game stinks!I played it for like 1 week and I noticed that this game 100% sucks!Its a big lump of garbage!A lame excuse for a game!This is why:
Graphics:LAME,POOR,AWFUL
Music:POOR
Combat:EXTREMELY UNREALISTIC!I fully hit a monster and 0 damage like WTH!Just splash of paint above monsters/characters showing a number and that's all.
PVP:Only in those friggin lame minigames.
Comunity:THE WORST OF ALL!Overrun by jerky 8 to 10 year olds looking for girlfriends/boyfriends and calling you names just because you are a new to the game.
Other stuff:
1:It has a free version that totally sucks with limited features forcing you to pay in order to have fun!
2:Everyone looks,walks,runs,fights like a RETARD and most probably is since they play this garbage!
3:Armor and weapons look the same only the color and name is different!You have to PAY to have a 1/100 chance to get different rare(such as dragon items which look a bit different)items since the free version is so lame and limited features.
4:There are no fight skills you just go to a monster and start slashing or bashing over and over again takes ages!
5:That darn screen is soooooo small I can't see a thing!And above all you have to click to do anything!
I have read most reviews and gathered almost everything so you don't have to bother reading like 1000 comments.Oh and my rating:
0 for EVERYTHING!I feel sorry too for all the thousands of pepole falling into this so called 'game' and wasting a big chunk of their lives!

Post Date: 00:54 19-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Shapno
Comment: 7 becuz the skills r amazing trading is ez'er then b4 and lot of the big monsters now (no more 4 kigns anymore)
i say could have been a 10 if they didnt screw up the unbalance trading their pvp (staking and wildy)
also a 7 cuz bor a browser game this is pretty good could be better

Post Date: 22:29 17-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Timbo59
Comment: THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!..sure SOMETIMES it gets boring, but all the people who say its hard to lvl are the people who just want to be lvl 100 instantly.




PROS:
Friendly People
Lots Of Quests
Good Grahics(NEW UPDATE)
Achivements(NEW UPDATE)
Great Bank(NEW UPDATE)
Lots and Lots of Items
Good Mini-Games
A Tutorial
Help From NPCS
Very Cheap Member-Ship(ONLY $5!)





CONS:
Combat System
PvP
People Sometimes Call You Names For Being A Low LvL

So over all i give it a 10, because its a really fun game,all time round.

Post Date: 12:38 16-07-2008
Rating: 9
Author: zamorak10
Comment: all the people who gave runescape a 0 r stupid litte noobs that dident even try to finish the tutorial. now runescape had a graphics update now it has ps2 like graphics thats pretty good for a free game.here r 10 reasons y it is one of the best games on the enthernet:

1:great graphics (for the ppl who played runescape like once last year try runescape again you will see the awsom graphics)
2:huge world

3:awsom mini games

4:great communite

5:over 150 quest

6: 26 skills

7:one of the best pvp games

8:alot of ways to make money

9:a ton of monsters and boss monsters

10:tons of wepons and armor

but there r some things on there that make runescape not that fun such as:

once you get to a higher lvl u have to beg ur parrents to have members only 5$ not alot

and alot of ppl on there r mean and make fun of u for being a low lvl.

and last u have to click to where u want to go.

but still runescape is an awsom game so that is y i give it a 9

Post Date: 18:11 15-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: dandy2006
Comment: this game is amazing - this game has tons of quests -- IT IS PRETTY MUCH REQUIRED to get membership to get the real fun since non mmembership is crap and cant do anything - great time tons of fun mini games
- theres lots of fun people to chat with - and how u wood cut and mine and sell that stuff for money is great ussaly games just make u kill stuff for cash wich i dont realy like - Great game ;P

Post Date: 13:39 15-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: E_F_G_01
Comment: Anyone who says "this game is good" has their heads up their butt about what real games are all about. I"m more embarrassed about calling it a "game" to begin with!

For graphics using Java, this game looks great... providing that you are under the age of Twelve.

Everyone looks retarded and it"s virtually impossible to look anywhere near manly. Or for girls to look minorly attractive... but seeing that this game is ment for anyone with a mental disorder or under 12, that is hardly an arguement at all.

The music is all MIDI. If you don"t know what MIDI type of music is, think of your annoying cell phone that you bought during 1996 - 2000. There is no rythem and makes the game monotone. But everyone else listens to their emo music instead of the real music (which tells the music department of Jagex that they"re doing a grade-A job).

The game has lowered its standards during the years. While other games have PvP zones and fun stuff like that, Jagex turned away saying "many other RPG are turing away from kill and looting" like a bunch of pansies. The main PvP (and only) in runescape has been eliminated. Meaning the only Player-Player interaction you get is cybering, chatting, trading, and being horribly annoying.

The game has a Free version that sucks ass. You are completely limited to what you can do and what you can fight. Along with that, since it"s free, you get a majority of dumbasses trying to do stupid things. I cannot argue with that because if the game is being played free, you literally got nothing to lose. They"d do things like beg, ask for a girlfriend or boyfriend, continuous begging, stalk, try to make the game harder for others purposely. In other words, this is a giant playground for the common pedophile.

The combat system is pathetic. The damage you inflict is all single digit numbers (1,2,3,4,5,etc.) and if you endure the game long enough, you move on the double digit numbers (10, 11). This makes the game seriously boring.

Your magic doesn"t run off a recharging source or anything. You have to do a LONG boring process to gather the items (note that I used plural for "items") needed to cast a FEW spells. And the best part of this stupid magic system is that sometimes magic spells would fail. But the magic system is not much to worry about. There are MANY low-lives out there making the tools for you, you just need to have the cash.

Along with lowering the standards, this makes the game incredibly easy to start out. If you go into the two "Stronghold" areas of the game, and successfully complete it, you"ll obtain the best type of boots and gloves in the game AND 15,000gp (which is good enough to get you some good armor). What"s wrong with that? Because of the free 15,000gp, the symbolism of having certain armor has been distorted.

This game is a waste of time. I wouldn"t recommend this game if you graduated elementry school. If you have a larger, more vulgar vocabulary, this game also isn"t for you because you"ll have a hard time trying to get your messages across the idiot-filter that"ll "bleep" out words like "as", and "poof", and many other simple words.

This game isn"t any better as a member.... Really.

This game no rating from me. And by no rating, I mean a complete Zero.

Post Date: 15:51 14-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Mars180
Comment: Ugh I can't believe this game is here it's like it's haunting me i played it and it sucked i had a lvl 76 and some great items then one day i went into the wild and got pwned by a lvl 100 and lost all my expensive items
-1 The graphics are the worst I've ever seen in my life
-2 You have to pay just to have fun
-And 3 the music sucks I got a headache from listening

Post Date: 19:13 11-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Supersnake117
Comment: Seriously. This game is pathetic. Even the HD update is terrible. The fanboys that say Runescape is good, IT IS NOT. Because it has a PvP system does not mean it is good. Because you can chop down trees does not mean it is good. Because it has Castle Wars does not mean it is good. IT IS HORRIBLE. EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE GAME IS TRASH. Yes, I have played runescape for 3 years, I have a level 59 who was banned because of the overpowered filtering.

Runescape Pros:

A large amount of players.

Cheap members.

Some good quests.

Runescape Cons:

Bad community, ranges from five year olds that can"t use a keyboard correctly to 50 year old pedophiles.

Terrible PvP.

Graphics are still epic fail.

All you do is click.

Beggars.

Hackers.

Overpowered filtering.

Bad animations.

Pathetic skills.

Overall: 0/10.

Compare WoW to Runescape. Runescape looks like garbage, while WoW is a human picking it up and throwing it in the trash, then spraying some nice Vanilla scented Glade air freshener around it.

Post Date: 08:40 11-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Anon01
Comment: This game is best described as generic. Everything from graphics to the community is generic.

F2P doesn"t have much to offer. In fact, your best option is to pick a universal name out and start as a female character. Why? Because dumbasses worldwide would think your character is "hot" and would provide free items if you type "lol" or "teehee" a lot. If you wanted to become a pedophile, this is your place to shine.

As a member, the game steadily rolls downhill with the bonus of visiting the Runescape forums. Starting at the forums, everyone is an idiot. There are either complainers who want to literally start "riots" for everything or brown nose wannabe moderators who think they"ll have a chance if they type in proper english and insert a smiley after every paragraph. :)

Seriously, that is annoying.

Gameplay, when you become a member, is not much different and people certainly do NOT change. You still get the beggers and the bums. There is no player interaction other then chatting or the occational 9 cheap minigames Runescape has to offer.

You"d be surprised that even Members, players that PAY Jagex, try to riot saying stuff like they have a say in the game. If you play the game, I"ll let you in on a little secret...

You have no say. It isn"t a democracy. Shut up and don"t waste your time.

And you meet a lot of boring assholes in-game. People who enjoy clicking on trees, constantly, to chop them down. People who click on water and watch for about five minutes to catch a few fish (no fancy animation either). But the worst comes to people who love to train "Firemaking", you know... making a campfire.... over.. and over again.

You"ll literally see lines of campfire from people training this retarded skills. I see it this way: You already lit one, be happy with that.

And it"s all for a dumbass cape that proves you wasted your time. You get nothing special for maxing out a skill. No new abilities and the cape isn"t free.

The game is fun for a while... and gets boring fast. You"ll often ask yourself "what should I do now?"

This game is retarded beyond all means. If you like bullshit drama, join Runescape and become a member. You"ll have fun arguing against empty personalities, freaks who know a little too much about the game, and crybabies who cry about everything you have to say, especially if you have an opinion.

0/10

Post Date: 01:55 10-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Samsta
Comment: And another thing RS has a truley crap community theres people shouting "PLEASE BE MY BOYFRIEND SEXY"
(so they can be bought something) and theres people in townsqaure shouting "WE HATE JAGEX" "BRING BACK WILDY" "SPAM, SPAM AND SPAM" "@@@@@@@@@@" oh and sure theres tonnes of quests.. for those who pay! if you do not your stuck with like 5 boring quests. And the system were you talk to NPCs is pitiful.... and its easy to be hacked i had 3 guys over lvl 60 (when i liked rs) and they were all hacked by ingame friends. Real friendly huh?

Post Date: 01:04 10-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Kefka Palazzo
Comment: Why is this game so universally hated? It's better than many people think though I do agree it has a few flaws.

First, The PVP and staking were taken out of the game and replaced with lesser features such as "Revenants" and Bounty hunter, which both suck.
However, this also clamps down on luring and scamming, so it's a *small* plus.

Second, Mods are far and few. I have seen few mods in the 2 years I have played this game.

Third, Resources are a tire to gather. I will admit that mining, fishing and woodcutting need updates BAD. You just click and watch. The only good thing to happen to these skills is less bots are here now to take the trees, rocks etc. from you. (Bots are virtually nonexistant now!)

Fourth, Combat is lackluster til you get to the high levels. At very high levels it gain alot of strategy.

The good:

F2p is far more open and large now. Heck, it always trumphed other games. Ever played a korean MMO? They charge insane rates for inane games! Anyone saying F2p is less than P2P is right....Duh! Paying more = more stuff in almost every business equation.

Everything is good when you pay.

Post Date: 21:23 09-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Xenosaiyan
Comment: Incredible game, I really love it and it's the best MMORPG in the world for a few reasons: Ultimate PvP in castle wars, very classical, amazing I loved it so much. Graphics are simple, no lag, no bugs, very beautiful. There's an endless amount of quests to benefit from. Unlimited crafting: (easy to get into) smithing, mining, wood cuttins, get into this game it's F2P.

Post Date: 17:03 09-07-2008
Rating: 8
Author: terror923
Comment: ok alot of people bash this game as well as alot of people are only f2p players on a standing

f2p= only good until your f2p quests are done
p2p= realy fun most people say that the click to do all is really crap on the f2p servers however as a member you have alot more things to do with your click ;)

as far as other things death = a pain but get over it ;)if your afraid to die then simply equip low cost armor when you are unsure if your going to be safe or not

the pop out and kill you mobs (random events) are also a pain but i understand why runescape added them its to cut down the number of botters and the players that do kill them sometimes receives good rewards

pvp is unbalanced because of pures? get over that too =) pures are easy to kill just get a high leveled prayer and theyll never kill you ;o they wont counter prayer because pures only go after one combat type

not enough money? have you tried reading guides :p most target new players and with the new grand exchange theres no excuse for being poor or getting scammed unless you trade item for item =).. even without any side professions its still possible to make good money infact ive made about 200k on a test char by only selling cow hides... by the time i reached combat lvl 20 =P 200k buys full rune and i did it without help from another char? why cant you lazy people =)

scammers all over? i can understand this one but you really have to be an idiot to fall for their pranks especially since theyve been doing most of it for years now

boring because you can solo the whole game? another reason why your wrong =) although some people can solo it thats just the f2p worlds most of the stronger monsters take a group or more to kill on the p2p servers and some minigames require teamwork

p2p players get all the features? well why should you your not paying runescape are you? as far as not having a credit card to pay the game people have written guides on getting runescape without a credit card in fact its all over youtube ;)(i would recommend associatedcontent for writers, and buxto for people who are really good about getting referals)

as far as this game getting old have you thought of sleeping in the past 24 hours? maybe a break from the game for about a week up to a year might help =P also if its that bad why play it most people i know say its bad but the fact is most people go from this game to another game that other game gets old and guess what? THERE BACK PLAYING RUNESCAPE !!

as far as nothing to do but grind? have you thought about watching tv while cutting a tree or mining for awhile... also note that if you have friends there are some f2p minigames you can do (clan wars) for people with no friends (bounty hunter) (fist of guthix) (party room) and a few more

so before you complain about how bad this game is next time think about a few things?
are you a f2p member or a p2p member
is your friends list empty?
are you only grinding and not doing minigames(f2p people have some mini games too!! such as fist of guthix, bounty hunter, clan wars, party room)
when was the last time you took a nap =P
was your character messed up (i know mine is slightly ;p)

Post Date: 14:06 09-07-2008
Rating: 4
Author: halfdragon
Comment: Ahh runecape..

This game, some say it is the worst thing ever, some say its one of the best. I (Used) to have a combat level 80 guy, i was a member, this game truly was FUN. The quests, I wish other Mmorpg's could have quests like RS (That arent at level 20 million), they were fun, they were long, and they were rewarding. But then i found the problem, which was that it was so repetative, you mine ore by clicking on it, waiting for it to respawn, then click again, same with fishing, woodcutting, firemaking, and all of the other gathering proffesions, the ones where you actually make stuff, are the same thing, you click on what you want to make, how many u want to make, then you wait. The combat, is...just...boring, you have 4 types of attacks they each raise you skill differently. PvP was recently removed from the wilderness, and put into ONLY some stupid "Bounty hunter" minigame.
However, they are yet to fix the worst part of runescape.......



WHEN YOU GET KILLED! Ok, this is an MMOrpg, you bound to die, but the penaltyies in RS are really bad, you lose ALL of you items except 3, and these are the "Most valuable" items, this means that it is valued by how much they sell at the general store. THAT SUCKS. All of the rare holiday items sell for millions of RS gold, but sell to the general store for 1 money!! And any items that stack are taken as well, do you know what that means?? YOU LOSE ALL OF YOU MONEY YOU HAVE ON YOU!!!!! This game is great if you just want to play something for a little. But dont pay for it. Speaking of which, (Speaking as a former member) very,very,VERY little of the map and content is availible for non-members. Oh, and there is the fact that nearly HALF the skills are members only, and HALF the stuff you can make with the non-members skills is MEMBERS ONLY!

Thank you, i hope this review helps

Post Date: 10:59 09-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: muhaimenr
Comment: um well...

there are 1106 reviews on this game, so no need to add anything right? Man, this game is conterviersial, so i prepare to face many flames and hate mail for this review...

Sorry all you lovers, but runescape SUCKS. Why?

Ahem... in case you are wondering i played for more than week.. I came back to it after the graphics were "updated" and all it did was make the game look the same, they just changed how the website and opening login screen looked, nothing else. Btw, im not a graphix fan, im okay with bad garphics(think Zelda.) But Runescape, i mean, i cant even see wether im hitting that tree or or the air! Come on! I ve seen other rpgs that are 3d with better graphics than Runescape. But im not here to rant about the graphics.

I tried this game, i really did. I REALLY treid to look past the graphics, i really did. I just coudnt. The gameplay is horrendous. 1 dmg? wth??

The combat is something like splashing paint upon one another, absoulutely no animations involved other than ur character taking a step forward, and having a little splash of paint pop up on the other monster, and repeat scene x200000000.....

I treid people, i really did, i just got sick of it and relized that i had just wasted a week of my life on this worthless excuse for an mmorpg.

Post Date: 03:40 08-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: chris8975897
Comment: look every one look under me and put a yes instead of a no bye looking at what he writ he dident make it past tutorial yet moron

YOU CAN KILL OTHER PLAYERS IN THE WILDERNESS ZONE
YOU CAN HELP YOUR FRIENDS
YOU CAN TRAIN WITH YOUR FRIEND IN A MULTYCOMBAT ZONE
YOU CAN TRADE WITH YOUR MONEY OR ITEMS
GOOD ADMINS
GOOD MODS
GOOD PROGRAMMERS
GOOD GAMOPLAY
GOOD QUEST
story line??? This is an MMO(RPG) With the RPG Standing for ROLE PLAYING GAME
Alrite comunity
you control a character that you customized you your likings and you cant git a child looking acount if you could i would do that for fun
ITS FUN

OMG seriously everyone how can you rate this game when you probley never made it past tutorial. ive played for three years and heres my rating

The goods: this game has a massive selection of music which not manny mmorpgs have as much as this game has. if you become a member you can travl around the entire map also there are meany quest that you can see. ((good community))

The Bads: ok yeah the grafics are not good but who
cares. Bad battle system. Watch out for scammers
ummm thats all i can think of

ps. unless you made it past tutorial and played for at least a week then shut up and sit down

Post Date: 23:19 07-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: stevelol
Comment: Worst game ever!
You can"t kill other players.
You can"t help your friends.
You can"t train with your friends.
You can"t trade money or items.
Bad admins.
Bad mods.
Bad programmers.
Bad gameoplay.
Bad quests.
Bad storyline
Very bad community.
You control a character that looks like a 6 year old boy.
No fun at all.

Post Date: 05:02 07-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Samsta
Comment: Ha! the so called high detail udate made runescape look worse!

Post Date: 04:17 06-07-2008
Rating: 2
Author: Samsta
Comment: hmmm i dont like it. The weapons and armor are very unrealistic they have like 5 types of weapons that look the same but with different name and colour -.- same with the armor. And i hate the rune system.

Post Date: 11:47 04-07-2008
Rating: 9
Author: PrinceTrase
Comment: Why are people hating on Runescape. It's the best, NONDOWNLOADING game that I have ever played. I mean come on, when you go overboard with the graphics, you lose the gameplay effect. Runescape is flashy enough, and they changed their look. This game is awesome!

Post Date: 11:58 03-07-2008
Rating: 9
Author: cardboardbox
Comment: Haha, you guys are rating this game cuz mostly of it"s graphics.. who the hell cares about that crap. I really don"t give a damn about the graphics, and to be honest, I think the new graphics are even worse and i quit cuz of that. Anyways, I played this game for about 3 years, and it was really fun. Level 115 combat. For a lot of you f2p players, become a member for a month or so and experience the awesomeness of being a member. You get so much more in members than being free-to-play.

Post Date: 12:15 02-07-2008
Rating: 8
Author: waabaakii
Comment: Guys stop dissing runescapes graphics!! 24 hours ago runescape is now called runescape high detail the graphics are awesome!!!!!(for a game you do not need a cd or any installation whatsoever) Just check it out people for a browser game the graphics own!!!!

Post Date: 12:33 01-07-2008
Rating: 3
Author: awesomedrako
Comment: i dont care about the graphics of a game, but i dont lik this game because its SO BORING! i admit i was a free player (maybe it will be a bit better if i paid?), anyway this game is full of the grind that plagues many games that could have been good, but the grind isnt a good grind lik maplestory grind which is actually a fun grind, but a bad grind which gets REALLY boring!

the music is also bad

the graphics are bad, which i dont care about, though i wish the game screen could be bigger, its tiny compared to other game screens

the gameplay is good, but boring

the combat system is unique, especially with the runes, but i dont lik it, ESPECIALLY THEM STOOPID RUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all in all, i give it a 3

Post Date: 02:01 01-07-2008
Rating: 0
Author: bisurge
Comment: This game sucks. It's okay if you can't download anything, but even free non-online MMORPGs are more fun than this.

Post Date: 22:57 28-06-2008
Rating: 2
Author: clickmehere
Comment: Ok his game isnt that bad. Here are my ratings

Gameplay-3
Graphics-5 (new update)
Community-4
Combat-1

Recomended only too players who like boring games

Post Date: 17:51 28-06-2008
Rating: 1
Author: metalalch
Comment: kinda fun until u find games that are way better. the community is horrid and is run by 8 year olds the graphics r horrible even for browser based attack system is horrible and the "free version" is so limited u basically have to get members to even enjoy it a little bit not to mention they no have pk which makes the game suckish and pointless combat wise in free world. overall id say
graphics: 2
gameplay: 3
questing: 0
community:1
go find a different game and i feel sorry for the people trapped in this absolute load of trash called runescape which u r basically forced to no life in to get anywhere.

Post Date: 02:46 28-06-2008
Rating: 2
Author: souljaboy
Comment: Ok, concerning Residence of Evil and Dill1015. Residence said that wow is for nerdy jerks. Don’t be jealous that they can afford it.
Dill1015, you said that there isn’t such a bad community, I have never seen the word “noob” used so often. People literally come up to you and call you a noob. I suppose it is a browser based game but the graphics are total trash. The supposed “actual conversation” is just writing that goes on and on, not actual talking. The cutscenes also look bad.
One of then worst parts of this “game” is th fighting. The little character literally just stands there stiffly moving his/her arm. I can understand a little 7-10 yr old playing but seriously, the game sucks. Overall:

* community: 2 (5 if you’re a member)

* graphics: 1

*value: 10 (its free, but there are many other free mmorpg’s that you can download that have decent graphics)

* Difficulty: 1 (don’t even have to think when doing quests)

* sound: 0, (trash as)

Post Date: 21:55 26-06-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Residence of Evil
Comment: Ok this is just my opinion. "wow" is for super nerds who have nothing to do other than be...... well, nerdy. Runescape on the other hand is a game for the regular average people in the world, and my experience with the people in "wow" was way different than the way they are on runescape.

world of warcraft= a bunch of nerdy jerks
runescape= decent community and an all around better game to play.

Post Date: 21:16 26-06-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Furi
Comment: Its really really fun...until you die. I lost over 100k worth of stuff and it got uber boring trying to get my stuff back. So its an awesome game untill you die

Post Date: 14:50 26-06-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Dill1015
Comment: What can I say about Runescape that hasn't been said? Hmmmmmm, it is a good game with very good gameplay, but mediocre graphics. Well I can go into this, it is very very very awesome!!!!!!!!!! The world is huge(well if ur a member, but its worth 5 bucks a month) plenty of things to do, and truly magnificant quests. I'll be honest with you the quests in RS can't be beat, hands down. They have full cutscenes and actual conversations and are diverse. In one quest you could be helping alchemists finish their mysterious tower, in another u could be helping gnomes in their war against an army of evil people. The graphics will be improved in July, and I've seen some screens, well they look awesome!

Post Date: 14:23 26-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: sofiaglade
Comment: I love Runescape, everything about it just seems to fit together to make a great game that makes me feel good to play it. :)

Post Date: 15:50 24-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: jippo8778
Comment: In my opinion Runescape is a briliant game/ I'm not a geek who plays 24/7 or anything, I just enjoy the game and play it when ever I have time not doing other important things. I reccomend this game to anybody any age, the picture above is about 1 year old and within the next 3 weeks it is not going to look anything like that so if you think it looks bad trust me soon it won't look anything like that. I rate this game 10/10.

Post Date: 02:22 24-06-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Fibi
Comment: Well its not bad but its not perfect..it would be better if it had client or something .The people are so ugly loool =D I cant play when i see how my char looks like

Post Date: 05:59 22-06-2008
Rating: 7
Author: jonkujo1
Comment: Runescape is a game worth to play, in the beginning it is hard to lvl up but once ur a higher lvl there are more monsters to choose from to train with.The thing ppl hate is the way to get money it takes forever if u dont have a good skill.The new graphics system should bring this 7 to an 8.5 considering when runescape first was played by me it was the worst graphics ever but now they have made good changes.The new graphic sytem makes it look more shaded and good textures.TRy it out it is fun. Friends,up to 99 lvls per skill, highscores,etc.. the bad part is they treat free to play players, well like a f2p and p2p geteverything that they need.its like 5$ a month

Post Date: 02:58 18-06-2008
Rating: 3
Author: kaage1
Comment: lol i love how everyone says "runescape is better than WoW", kinda like stappeldork, well let me tell you, hmm, can you own a mount? no, can you fly? hell no, can you meet anyone on there who DOESNT use 1337 speak? yet again, no, so how is this dumb game BETTER than WoW, oh and secondly cany you use an auction house and not have the possibility to be scammed? no, does runescape have a mailbox? no, does runescape have over 2000 quests? no. so, how is it better? oh and last thing, does it have other races? no (i only brought that up because i hate being human on mmorpgs, i like elves : D) wait, although this is a question i literally need answered, does it have a story? cause i don't know. oh the one thing that really bugs me is running, i run, then my energy runs out(atleast that's realistic) but i think it takes too long for energy to build back up, also on the mass update they better add new attack motions, i didn't see a difference in stab and slash : /,oh uhm, back to my point. the game is targetted for younger people yes, it's cheap so the parents wont get pissed off yet he can play a DECENT game, not gonna come close to saying it's better than WoW or EQ2 i wish they had attack skills, instead of "swing, 0 dmg, swing, he hit me for 12 dmg, i swing murder him with 10 dmg cause that's all he had left after he pwned a different idiot. oh, yeah, my review.

Graphics 1/10(for now)
gameplay 7/10(lots to do)
content (depends how far you get before you flame the game entirely)
music -10/10
community 1/10(out of 1000 idiots, i found 10 friends, beware the towns! seller's haven) well that's it.

Post Date: 20:15 17-06-2008
Rating: 7
Author: stappelman
Comment: ok for all you stupid people who say that runescape is just a bounch of 8 year olds.. well.... WOW.. your saying this and your not spelling half the words you type right!
ok so here is me review.

Cons-3
(1)you have to be lvl 65+ to actually enjoy the game

(2)the music is bad(you can turn it off!)

(3)skills are time consuming

PROS-6
(1)a very good community

(2)great iteams

(3)amazing gameplay(bad graphics (which there fixing)but still good)

(4)the skills have GREAT rewards no matter what you say

(4)its f2p or pay a tiny cost of $5 to play p2p

(5)its rated #3 on all MMORPGs

(6)it has over 1 million players(so its definetly not as bad as you say)

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for every one who says its boring, i would bet that you havent played for more than 1 hour. if you think its boring the you level up fast, unlike wow its actualy a decent game, so it takes PATIENCE which NO wow player has. you cant talk to people with words,but you can definetly talk to people with text.

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the picture above.....well......lets say this its OLD that is from when runescape 2 first came out. the whole screen set up is differnt it has icon at the top of the screen to let you know when things like your energy,prayer points, summoning points, or health points are down. which in my opinion is an amazing feature to have. and to all wow players, would you rather spend like $100-$200 dollars a year to play a game? when you can pay $60 a year to play runescape with membership. wow you have to buy it, then pay MONTHLY fees to keep an account, OR you can play runescape free with NO monthly fees unless your a member in which case its $5 a month not $15 a month.



so over all-7.5/10
graphics-1/2

community-2/2

music-.5/2

quests-2/2

weapons and armour-2/2

Post Date: 21:51 13-06-2008
Rating: 9
Author: unreal1298
Comment: ok so this is my review. runescape is an OVERALL fun game, slightly addictive to some but does get boring. Here's some points all of the WoW fans brought up that i think are pretty ridiculous.

"The graphix suk balls ZOMG u go blind if u look at them for a millesecond"

This is the main one. Honestly i just don't get it. First of all, GRAPHICS DO NOT MAKE A GOOD GAME!!!! Call of Duty 4 has excellent graphics! the overall gameplay is horrible! Whereas, the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has suckish graphics. It is one of the top-rated video games of all time. Besides the point, Runescape's graphics aren't even that bad. yes, they aren't up to date with your precious WoW graphics, but they aren't even that bad. Doesn't matter anyway, theyre fixing them in two months.

"all this game is is clicking thats all you do it is so boring i dont want to play a game that is just clicking"

It's a free game! On a browser! USING JAVA!! Seriously people, what do you expect? The game isn't going to be so hi tech that every button on the keyboard has a function. It may be clicking, but there are still loads of things to do.

"Lik the whole frikin game is just 8year olds and 10 year olds they are so stupid an annoying who wants to play a game that is just kids"

Two things: First of all, the only places where 8 and 10 year olds ever stay are in varrock and lumbridge. if thats the only place you've been, that means you didn't fully play the game enough to truly know it, and therefor shouldn't review it. Second of all, if you played AT ALL, you would know there is a button at the bottom that lets you choose whos chatting you want visible. Not only that, but just because kids play a game doesn't mean the game is bad.

"there are too many scammers i just lost my best person because of them now runescape is gay"

There may be lots of scammers, but dont blame runescape itself for them. Besides, all mmorpg games have scammers. We all have to learn to live with them.

"Jagex is lazy and greedy."

Jagex kept the graphics and gameplay low so they could still have it a free web browser. Also, they charge 5 dollars every month for players to be members, which is one of the cheapest prices on the web.

"you have to be a member to have fun"

This is a complete opinion. There are many fun things to do on Runescape without playing as a member. Even if there are a few ridiculous limits, they kept the members price cheap. 5 bucks a month is more than affordable for many middle-class families.

"Runescape has no storyline"

There is plenty of storyline in the game and even more in the quests. People just take a first glance at the game and think, "How could this possibly have a storyline?" People who actually play know the storyline of many parts of runescape such as Varrock, Falador, Lumbridge, and much more.

"This game is trash nobody likes it it should stop polluting the web and people should stop wasting ther lives"

If it was trash and if nobody liked it, it wouldn't be number 3 on the top ten f2p list. stop being a hater.

"it takes 20 minutes of choppin down a tree to gain one level its too hard"

Good games actually require patience, which no WoW player has.

"its too easy to hack people they are hacked all the time"

People don't know this. Someone without a firewall or without anti-virus software will get hacked. (btw, runescape is always advising players to scan their computer)

"all people do is fight its all about lousy combat and it suks"

Don't even get me started on this. Play runescape for more than a month, then write a real review. please.

"The music sux youll go deaf"

The music isn't even that bad. I think its pretty good, even though there are some gay tunes.

Well, those are a few main points most people bring up about runescape. Most are either wrong or just opinions.

I'm not a fan of runescape, but I still play every now and then. It does get boring if you play it too much, the walking system isn't too great, and the community isnt good, at all, but runescape is a very fun game even when you buy the most expensive free-player armor.

I give Runescape a 9/10.

Post Date: 16:34 13-06-2008
Rating: 4
Author: uhTTiLa
Comment: Ok as you read this keep in mind A) I haven"t played this game in forever but while I did I played it pretty actively B) During the period between when I quit RS and now I played starcraft... A WHOLE lot of starcraft... so I"m coming from a pretty competetive point a view.
ok....
PRESENTATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Graphics-0/0... dont care "bout graphics
Audio-0/0... thats right... I don"t give a damn about audio either :/
GAMEPLAY
~~~~~~~~
Community-10/10... ok the RS community is pretty rock solid, there are friendly members and you can make friends pretty easily, however there are those occasional jerks who pop up in almost every game. :/
Gameplay-5/20... seriously there is NOTHING actually "fun" about the combat of Runescape which is one of the most critical features in an MMORPG. However there is something fun in the community, its interactions, and just getting rich. Something is just satisfying from playing out a life in another world.
Competition-5/20... with the wilderness gone MOST of the competetiveness in RS is gone. However things like tournaments and other forms of PVP still exist all is not lost... just most :/

20/50 total :/

Post Date: 14:39 12-06-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Slyrr
Comment: this game is poor how so many people lose their life to this piece of trash is beyond me, do not try this thing

Post Date: 20:53 11-06-2008
Rating: 7
Author: mmoftw
Comment: OK, I"m getting extremely aggravated looking at all the ratings. Over half of these 10 year old whiners haven"t even played runescape enough to even talk about it. They play it for 30 minutes, realize how much they are bad at life then quit and look for places to bash about it. Like so, then they go saying, "OMG WoW is so much better LoL!"
when said no-life has never even played WoW.

Runescape is well worth a try. In my opinion its very fun and interesting. Try it out for yourself its a pretty good game. Of course there are better games out there, but this isn"t bad at all, its fun, long-lasting if you stick with it and overall pretty cool.

**Still, Ive reviewed this a couple of times, ACTUALLY giving it a review then just saying some stupid bull about "g0 pl4yy WoW R0fl!"

Also to the no-life dolt who said Runescape is for poor people with bad internet connections. That is the most idiotic statement i have heard in a while. Seriously you must be retarded. I"m not poor nor do i have a bad internet connection so dont say bull like that. Moron go to hell. And of course his post has to do with "WoW"

Post Date: 11:17 10-06-2008
Rating: 5
Author: stuza
Comment: runescape this game is very two sided there is no down load or costs of any kind and its a fantisty style fighting game well that would be all you need to know write, wrong there is a very long boring tutorial and the graphics are the worst out of any game i have seen so be careful ou might dislike it

Post Date: 21:31 08-06-2008
Rating: 9
Author: WarlordLogan
Comment: *First comment to all other comments*
*skip if you"d like*
Well some of you WoW nipple suckers are really pissing me off. You can"t compare a browser game that costs practically nothing to a game that costs over 10-15$ a month. Thats DEFINETLY NOT a free MMORPG.

Alright, so, everyone who loves WoW and says Runescape is pathetic, is in a way, well, wrong. On WoW it takes a bit of time to max level, before you even get there the game is pretty gay, I know because I"ve tried. On Runescape, it is basically the same way, you gotta" get to a high level to actually enjoy most of the game play. Ofcourse it"s going to suck if you"re level 80, because in any of the PvP games, you"re going to get your ass kicked. I"ll admit, the games graphics are bad, but On one of the posts someone said there "isn"t enough to do" Well, at the moment there are currently over 140 quests to do that don"t just involve HUNTING for creatures, there are OVER 20 skills in the game, all which are time consuming but usually worth it. The gameplay gets repetitive, well that"s if you"re a nonmember or a poor member that can"t use any weapon with a special attack. The graphics are being updated and it WILL STILL BE A BROWSER BASED GAME*** Every game has its low points and high points, but I"m currently level 110 on runescape, ad enjoying every second.

AND LASTLY

I cannot empazise this enough

YOU ABSOLUTLEY CANNOT

Put the browser based FREE mmorpg

up to

A no-matter-what monthly pay subscription of around 12$ that costs around 30$ to buy, then taking it home for a 2-6 hour download, and 2-3 hour installment.

WoW is NOT a free MMORPG.

Post Date: 02:02 08-06-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Ryanrocks277
Comment: Well This was My First MMO
I LOVED It Until I Got Into WoW

Graphics:sucks balls

Skills:pretty Cool

clothing/armor/weapons:arent to good,theres like only 5 armor sets and same with the weapons

over all its a GREAT game for begginner Gamers

Post Date: 06:46 03-06-2008
Rating: 2
Author: Ginko
Comment: Having played this game for quite a while, before realising it totally sucked. Well i guess ill start off with the good aspects for a fair chance.

PROS
-Well has lots of intresting stuff to go and investigate
-No download
-Classes are interchangeable (meaning you can be a bowman one day and a Mage the other) However there is no set class
- Good MMORPG for people to get used to the concepts
- Equipments are somewhat intresting

CONS
-Graphics. Suck. Ass. Majorly.
- Quests are very limited for non suscribers
(and seriously who would pay for something like this?)
- The game constantly bars you from doing anything even remotely fun unless your a member and worse the NPCs even ridicule you for not being a member O_o
- Music is worse than the graphics
- Gameplay is boring and repetitive even if your a mage because your always set to one skill, i cant remember if you can change it in the middle of a battle, but still who would do that?
-Much of the game relies on Hoarding items to trade, but your bank only lets you hold so many items (again unless your a member)
- Community Geeze, 70% of the community are 8 year old level 80s hoping to use their characters to land them internet girlfriends. (which are usually 8 year old people playing as girls to get free money and stuff)

All in all, Play it if you want, bu its not worth paying to be a member. There are better games out there (Yes including WoW with a class set and at least a set of skills, some of which require more than pressing a key. All of which this game lacks)

Community isnt that great because aside from the noobs and the afore-mentioned 8 year old losers, Many people are very mean and are griefers in what way they can, IE making fun of your equips or just plain heckling whch gets annoying. Although there are some nice people its hard to find one.

P.S. Lol and gra t1 Youve obviously never played WoW and if you did youd know that if you walk out of a town that the chances of having a level 70 player of your opposite faction standing there having killed all the guards, is close to none, and the only reason he even couldve attacked you is because like an idiot you went and attacked him first, and turned on your flags.

Post Date: 17:40 02-06-2008
Rating: 1
Author: moonstomper
Comment: If you love grinding and repetitive actions, this game won't dissapoint!
PROS: good mmorpg to start out with.
CONS: this game is dominated by nine year olds looking for girlfriends.
graphics are totally rad and state of the art
combat and skill using are repetitive and extremely boring.
music is tone deaf jingles
this game is a joke!

Post Date: 10:48 02-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: gra t1
Comment: The real reason all you people hate it so much is because you cant get away with hacking the game like you can on wow (hint its lower case for all you idiots) runescape yes the graphics are not that good but i would rather play a game with bad graphics than a game where you walk out of the first town and get killed by a lvl 70.
If anyone wants to complaine i"ll be out in the wild, waiting

RS FTW
wow FTL

Post Date: 01:37 02-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Rhama
Comment: ok Ive played this for several years and i think its a great game mainly because of the wide range of skills and quests and many people are right when they say killing 10 monsters for ___ is boring.... its EXTREMELY repetetive... so if you think quests on RS are boring... youre on hallucigens or something.... anyway im glad the graphics are improving... and WoW players... before you say this game is horrible at least try and play this game... pay a measly $5 dollars compared to $15 for a monthly membership and actually try the game, level up and do some quests (I did 31 of the 32 free membership quests at level 7) and have you ever thought that maybe a lot of those so called little kids are actually people trying to degrade runescape? (personally ive never seen anyone talk that badly... you people must not have even gotten past lumbridge...) i mean hey if theyre so little then how the crap do they know texting like that? i mean comon how many little kids know all the nooby texting crap? they can barely spell as it is =/ anyway just give the game a try by paying the $5 or just play for a while on F2P

Post Date: 12:38 31-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Godzilla184
Comment: i've been playing this game for a long time and reading the comments i can only say a few things :
- Call a game wich has 21 skills
- Call a game at wich u can get skill capes when u got your goal -> lv 99 on a skill
- it's a flash ffs the graphics maybe aren't that good but it's the gameplay that important
- the new graphics rocks =D

Post Date: 10:57 31-05-2008
Rating: 3
Author: kaage1
Comment: ok, first, i bet even with the updated *bearable* graphics they'll still suck (nice attempt though, i'll give it that) also i tried to make a living just mining and forging, but everyone stole the mining spots, i could barely get enough to make 10 longswords some days, alot of people though, interesting in the city when people call eachother noobs and don't actually fight.

Post Date: 10:14 31-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: melomen
Comment: first of all rs is updating the graphics finally and now you can run it 1280*728 and the second thing of a good mmorpg is the gameplay the quests are so innovative combat system good and it has 35 skills not related to combat
+ runescape is the 3rd most played mmorpg after wow in 1st place and habbo hotel at 2nd place with 8 mil free players and 2 mil members so stop judjing games by graphics rs could own most of other dumb games with quests like go kill 10 monsters and come back so stupid and i played for 3 years and im enjoying without being member
im now lvl 91 / 126 and still not bored of it

Post Date: 17:40 30-05-2008
Rating: 4
Author: opresser
Comment: As a experienced player in many games including this one, I can say I played this when I was younger, so I told myself I could not review this game on that experience.

I played this game for a total of 75 minutes again and will base my review of that.

Pros:
A large player base
A large amount of skills
Many quests
Many features

Cons:
A large percentage of the player base is massing children that talk in 1337 speak. For all you newbies out there thats talking like this:

I pwn u bztch lol!1111!! U get o3wned by meh swrd.

Con two would be that the graphics are terrible and have been since the games origional launch 7 years ago. Even for java games like Wurm online crush it.

Con three, The way of making money is repetative and takes a long time to really get decent money for your gear.

Essentialy you will be running flax and making it into strings for 60 levels and then try and land a good marketing job.


So here is your layout.

Community 33.6587%
Graphics 48.6895%
Content 68.69769%
Innovation 23.565%
Customer Service 45.56589%
Sound 71.5685%

Overall 47.65865% - Not reccomended.

Post Date: 17:50 28-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: kaage1
Comment: i agree with jeboy, the graphis stink, what"s with 0 dmg btw? you swing and *direct hit* 0 dmg, WTH! i"d do atleast 5, considering it looked like i hit his head!

Post Date: 09:14 28-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Jeboyzdragz
Comment: There is two BIG problems with runescape

1)IT HAS THE CAPPEST GRAHPICS EVER AND THE NEW UPDATE WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ON IT.

2)THE COMBAT IS SO CRAPPPPP. THE JUY DOSN'T EVEN TORCH THE MONSTER ONLY HITING IT LIKE MAGIC AND ALSO IT APPEARS LIKE 0 AND 1 WHICN WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE PAST

EVEN MAPLESTORY, CABAL,WOW AND TIBIA ARE WAY BETTER THEN THIS...

Post Date: 07:41 24-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: godknight
Comment: to all flamers:

'omg the graphics is so bad':Jagex will be evolutionising runescape's graphics in a couple of months. it may still not be as good as wow's but it will be very decent.

'f2p gets too little content!'
very few MMORPGs are free, so you should feel lucky that runescape is one of them. the membership fee is also merely $5 per month. the overall gameplay is very impressive and you'd almost never have nothing to do.

so yeh...runescape is quite a good game, not every game is about graphics(they are going to make it good now anyway lol), and runescape's gameplay is truely excellent. and if runescape wasn't a good game, it wouldn't have 1 million+ subscriptions(one of the highest) would it?

Post Date: 17:36 22-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: muhaimenr
Comment: If i could i would give it a negative review. You either love it or hate it. I also gotta agree with the people saying dont compare with WoW. WoW is a p2p game and is super-expensive with millionares that are making and updating the game. Runescape is a bunch of poor people with super low-budget pc"s and internet connections.

But other than that.. well.. i just dont get this game. What is so good about it? I played for an enitre hour(or tried to) trying to figure out how the hell im supposed to freaking get a skill or advance job. Life skills? gimme a break its complete crap. Hell, I an barely see my own face, let alone the axe.

But Jagex says they are gonna improve the graphix(I hope) and i might(might) give it a try. But until than, it gets a massive zeeeeeeeeeeerooooooo

from me.

Post Date: 12:31 18-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Nightbreaker
Comment: Dont even try it. Waste of my time and if anyone plays this flash game ur a noob big time.Epic fail at life

Post Date: 22:08 17-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Draccomacer
Comment: i wasted so much of my time playing this game. i will say this WAS a good game, the latest updates are horrible. im lvl 92 and i make all my money off of merchanting, and i did have a pure for duel arena. off of those two combined i pulled in around 50 mil a month? but when they killed both of those two things at the same time, i had nothing. and due to the ridiculous price drops, i lost over 50 mil on the decline in rares and other assorted items. jagex wll NEVRR fix these problems, but i do agree with most of the statements made, this game ISNT worth playing, and jagex is making a huge mistake.

Post Date: 14:11 17-05-2008
Rating: 2
Author: waabaakii
Comment: negatives(15)
-bad graphics
-only 1 way of attacking .(you hit the same way all the time even with different styles)
-horrible customer support
-updates are 9/10 times member only
-only bout 10 free quests
-takes forever to lvl
-not much amour and weps for free players
-constant hints to get membership
-hard to make a lot of moneyannoying 8 year old community.
-bad graphics..(again)
-over enforced rules
-you lose everythig (but 3 things) if you die
-cursor is the only control...
-horrible handling when it comes to moving around
-bad graphics....(once again)
positives(5 lmao)(members ofcourse)
-jagex has promised lovely graphics for members and free which will be here in about 2 months.(go on runescape site to see new and improved graphics)
-Actually fun and interesting at times.
-Practically the game can't be completed lol it lasts forever.which means lots to do.
-instant chatting so that you can keep in touch with real life friends.
-cool music(well some are)

Post Date: 08:08 17-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: zzX MMORPG Xzz
Comment: Omg, one of the ugliest game i have ever played, I feel sorry for the ones that is acctually playing this.

Post Date: 04:33 16-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: r4ngewarlord
Comment: runescapes a good egnought game sure p2p is way better then f2p but alot of other games are p2p with no f2p

Post Date: 03:47 14-05-2008
Rating: 8
Author: tota l pker
Comment: i see most of you saying wow is crap? compared to runescape... i have played both you cant realy compare them because there 2 totaly diffrent games 1 has v good graphics and 1 has shit but that realy dont matter. if someone wants to know what the best game is well u can find out how many ppls play each 1 of them wow = well over 10mill players now rune hmmm put it this way so so so much less i dont think even 1 mill lol now way near but i sill like runescape just as much as wow but rune scape has beeen changed to much / no wild for pvp that suck they have bounty hunter now / pvp on wow u can do arena /4 diffrent battle grounds / or u can just attack your ememys e.g if you horde u attack ally u can fight them were ever u find them :) or just attack ally controled towns and places

Post Date: 15:29 13-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Axeforhire66
Comment: This game is actually really fun! If you look past the graphics you will find a good game1 The skills like mining, smithing, cooking, etc are all excellent; I think the skills like that are better in RuneScape than in world of Warcraft! The battle animations aren't very good, but it's the quality of the game that counts! The depth is good and the PvP is decent. I reccomend that everyone tries this game because there is no downloads and there is a free version.

Post Date: 21:10 12-05-2008
Rating: 1
Author: Kaizer
Comment: A game not meant for humans to play. Only good if your computer is obsolete or you hate good graphics.

Post Date: 20:59 08-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: penguinleader1993
Comment: im gunna have to give this a 10 mainly because of the quests and skills

the graphics in this game are horrible... but if your go to the runescape website you will notice that jagex has just anounced huge graphic update changing the entire game so you wont be able to say that much longer

plus there is an update every week ane usually one quest a month a new skill about every year and only $5 a month this game is great

Post Date: 15:59 07-05-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Whit3_Sox24
Comment: Alright.. first off I want to say..

Forget WoW..

There.. got that out of my system.

People need to stop comparing games like this which are for.. let me say..

Bad Pc"s, Low Budget.

Again..

Bad Pc"s, Low Budget

Once More Now..

Bad Pc"s, Low Budget.

Get it now?

But, since you people love to compare these two games so much, I"ll give you a real review seeing as I have played both. I"ve played Runescape longer, but my friend has 2 maxed out characters on WoW and he will be helping me with the details on WoW (aka, the skidmark of MMO"s).

Lets begin.

WoW over Runescape:
- Better Graphics.
- Better PvP
- Better Community (not in my opinion though, only my friends opinion. In my opinion, WoW is made up of a bunch of self-centered, egomaniacs that believe there Lvl 70 shitface can stop anything in its path.)
- ..

Thats all I"ve got..

Runescape over WoW
- Quests that don"t require you to kill ___ and bring him this much of ___.
- Many, many, many, many more skills.
- You can be anything you want without creating a new character.
- Great minigames.
- No fee for f2p and only $5 for p2p.

Meh, im bored of acting like some gayass runescape fanboy (which im not.)

Just got tired of all these WoW fanboy pricks giving bad reviews on a great game just because its a close contender for the title of best MMO.

Which neither of them are.. Guild Wars is easily better then these 2 combined.

I got off-topic..

Lmao.. well anyway, WoW sucks, Runescape doesnt.

And thats the bottom line bcuz I said so =)

Oh, and mogster, I bet any amount of money that your WoW-fanboy self has any clue what half of those words mean.

Post Date: 13:05 06-05-2008
Rating: 5
Author: freedumbphiter
Comment: I played RuneScape for four or five years, and for the most part enjoyed it. There are some very good and very bad things about it.

Skills- There are a lot of skills. This means that one pretty much always can find something they enjoy doing. Unfortunately, leveling pretty much every skill is extremely repetitive and time consuming. Woodcutting involves clicking on trees for hours on end. Smithing involves running between a bank and an anvil. Also, since the level cap was set at 99 from the beginning, a lot of skills are now useless as the game has expanded and they have not had room to do so.

Community- Probably the worst community I have seen in any online game. Every character has the same set of skills, so people depend on each other very little. The game is almost like a regular RPG, but you have to compete with people to get the materials you need to level. For that reason, people are extremely competitive and not very friendly. Also, the game can be accessed quickly and cheaply from anywhere, so a lot of younger people play it.

Quests- The quests in this game are extremely innovative. I wish more quests on WOW were like Runescape quests. They have complex and entertaining storylines and are in general a blast. My only criticism is that the experience and other rewards from them usually do not merit their completion. Also, they are somewhat limit. Given, it took me a few months as a high level player to finish them all, but that's nothing compared to the thousands of quests other MMO's have to offer.

PvP- The little PvP that is still around stinks. There is no strategy or skilled required. It basically comes down to who has the higher level/more people/better stuff. As I said, there is no class system in RS, so every character uses the exact same strategy.

PvE- very few bosses and even the high level ones aren't very hard. Grinding is boring and repetitive seeing as everyone who isn't training magic essentially only has one type of attack.

Customer Support- Horrible. Jagex has their own agenda and they'll be damned if someone like their customers are going to ruin it for them. They are on a giant ego trip and refuse to take good ideas from players. They completely reshaped the game a few months ago causing me to leave for WOW. Companies like Blizzard generally change to be what the customers ask for, Jagex rarely takes an idea straight from one of their players.

Overview- If you haven't really gotten into MMO's yet but think you might be interested in them, give Runescape a go. There is a lot to be done, and there is some genuinely fun content. Also, if you travel a lot and want a game that can be accessed from anywhere, RS may be for you. Either way, spring the 5 dollars a month for members because it is definitely worth it. Just don't get stuck into the mindset that RS is the end all for MMO's. I think most people that bash WOW, EQ2, LOTRO etc and claim that RS is where it's at are just too egotistical to admit that all the time they put into RS was for a game that falls far short of it's competition. Play it, enjoy it, but if you find yourself playing 10+ hours a week, consider playing another MMO that will give you back more for your time.

Post Date: 20:16 05-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Ju1926
Comment: I am 16 and I play Runescape and It can sometimes get boring yes but it gives u a challenge around every turn and money is really that hard to make you just have to know what to do and read all of the instructions and training reall isnt that hard and also a big con is that younger kids play it yes but u can allways trick them because their so feeble and it really fun on members its also verry addictive but worth the $5 bucks a month it aslo has increaed my typing abilities 10-fold and to conclude this with a side-note.....WOW SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post Date: 17:01 05-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: mogster
Comment: This game is a complete waste of time. It's audience consists mainly of fetid little children who have an atrocious grasp of English and etiquette. What's more you can't mute their inane squeals of "lol" - you have to suffer in a lake of vacuous, adolescent chat-sewage.

Gameplay consists of mindless, repetive single mouse-click tasks which simply aren't any fun at all and Runescape's attempt at implementing quests is nothing short of embarrassing.

If you were looking for MMORPG Hell - this would be it.

Post Date: 22:49 04-05-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Luskie
Comment: Loved or hated Runescape is one of those..

I enjoy the game alot because it can have good teamwork I dont get bored.

Pros:
Good teamwork
Decent gameplay
Plenty of stuff to do
Dosent get boring easy
Quick to start and have some fun
Cheap to play - only $5 a month for members.

Cons:
Players - To many young kids. The ones that like to tak l1ak th1z.
Making money - Very hard to start and near impossible for Non-members.
Training is very repitive.

Conclusion:
Runescape is a great game in the long run just stick through making the money and you'll enjoy.

Recomend: Get members Free to play gets very boring very quick spend the $5 and get members. :)

Post Date: 12:45 04-05-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Ryan71092
Comment: Yea runescape is updating and workin on updates every day they updated npcs looks towns looks and our looks... runescape has way more to do than wow.. who cares about its better graphics itll catchup in graphics soon 1 day and it will be even better

Post Date: 08:00 01-05-2008
Rating: 6
Author: kiraXD
Comment: Meh, no1 plays runescape for it's graphics so only retards would compare WOW with this...

Post Date: 05:33 30-04-2008
Rating: 0
Author: xcloudfirex
Comment: honestly

who still plays this game?

what are you running? your grandma's pc with windows 95 on it? wait, windows 95 will blow this game away. maybe you're still using MS-DOS. -_-

i'm too embarrassed to say i ever tried this game, so no comment.

just look at the graphics. it says it all...acceptable EONS ago. but now you have so many good MMO's, and some decent free ones, why are you still playing this?

do yourself a favor. get off this crapscape.

Post Date: 20:26 28-04-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Ryan71092
Comment: The world of runescape isnt actually as bad as the people here make it out.. so it takes time to actually train and mae money and if u played longer ur richer thats how its suppose to be u just know the game and can make money. I can bet that half of the people who have said its hard to make money havent played for over a month. Once the game is learned and u spend time training money comes very easily. And yes i have played WOW and i played it for 2 days maybe 3 and i just stopped. i seen about 5 people maybe in the world i was in and also all you did was attack things and skin them requiring nothing and no skill to do it. The leveling in RS i think was made very well so it takes a month to get a skill to max out at 99... once you aheive the skill you can buy a cape that shows ur acheivement and u make a load of cash depending on the skill. I agree the graphics could be better on Runescape much better to the technology today and yes runescape did lose many many many players when pking was taken away , i dont play as much because of pking now but when i do get on now i have more enthusiasm to play because im not on as much as when i was player killing. I beileve this is a very well made game and if you are annoyed by the "10" year olds that play this game they made the ignore system for a reason use it and turn ur chat on freinds .. problem solved. Give runescape a try take time to play u wont level up max skills in a year u wont get bored if u mix it up a little and have freinds to talk to while u do ur thing.

Post Date: 15:41 28-04-2008
Rating: 0
Author: FloorPanel
Comment: Wow... The suprising thing is some people consider this a mmorpg. I consider it a MMO Fail.


Pros-
There never will be any :)
Cons-
Disgusting Graphics
Retarded Community of 2 year olds
Button Mash heaven
Whats so fun about clicking the mouse over & over again excpecting a different result?
No pvping
HORRENDUS upgrades.
HORRENDUS minigames.

& im not being a WoW fanboy or anything(I did use to play it) But ATLEAST wow had like different attacks and different controls for everything.. And what game moves characters with clicks? LMAO they must be suber poor. Weres WASD?I dunno jagex couldnt afford it.Also.. 2 million players used to play it thgen after 1 upgrade where the pvping was removed 1.9 million people stopped. It shows 1.9 million impatient 9 year olds who cant afford WoW or GW.I hope they remove the website i cant stand the fact that its polluting the web..

Post Date: 15:41 27-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Rob321
Comment: Runescape can be a fun game at times but can also be incredibly boring. There are a lot of vicious players who are convinced that every player is a nerd except for them. However, there are many different things to do and infinite skills to master so you'll never have nothing to do in this game.

Graphics- 4/10
People- 3/10
Combat- 4/10
Quests- 8/10
Things to do 8/10

OVERALL- 5.2

Post Date: 11:29 24-04-2008
Rating: 6
Author: m4tth3w
Comment: LMAO

Im sorry but I was just reading these reviews and
then I read Amaretto5's review. He said RuneScape quests suck and that WoW quests are brilliant with a storyline and you could write a book off of it? I almost pissed my pants laughing when I heard that.

Oh yeah.. Blizzard when all-out and in-depth when creating WoW quests. Yeah it takes a real genius to come up with "Kill 10 Tree Stumps and bring me back 5 pieces of bark". Yeah, that takes a rea; genius, I could really picture a book with the name "Slay the Stump".

Dude, know what your talking about before you say it. As for RS, its fun but boring at the same time. I give it a 6/10.

Post Date: 17:58 22-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: lingojac
Comment: If the MMORPG genre is similar to the world of narcotics (which it is to many players), Runescape is the gateway drug. That being said...

It's pretty much a love/hate thing. You may love the simplicity and the many skills you can level. You may hate the terribly immature player community (where every single player is convinced that he/she is the only non-loser in a game full of losers). You'll pretty much have to play it yourself to determine if it's your thing, assuming the graphics don't make your body impulsively click the 'Close' button when you start playing.

Post Date: 17:45 19-04-2008
Rating: 6
Author: atomiceraser
Comment: Runescape is an all right game. Many players lose their interest during the first few weeks because of the endless cons.

PROS
-Incredible soundtrack
-Endless things to do
-Pretty good background graphics
-Random events to get rare items
-You can be any class of fighting you want. You don't have to be JUST a warrior.

CONS
-Horrible player graphics
-Mean people
-Impossible to make money
-Hackers are everywhere
-Nothing to equip
-Boring

Post Date: 11:19 19-04-2008
Rating: 7
Author: CarnagexSpiderman
Comment: Runescape is a good game especially when you're member. But some people hate this game because maybe they just jealous and doesn't have enough money to become a member.

Post Date: 13:21 14-04-2008
Rating: 3
Author: Amarretto5
Comment: Rating: 3
Pros:
A lot to do.
Lots of skills to keep you occupied.
Cons:
HORRIBLE Graphics
HORRIBLE Gameplay
HORRIBLE Systems (Trading system is screwed.)
HORRIBLE PvP (Thank Jagex for that.)
INCREDIBLY Reptitive (Mmhm. I don't find standing in front of a tree, pond, mine all day very fun. Do that for about 3-4 months then don't even think about CONSIDERING starting combat without spending a good year on that.
HORRIBLE Community - Thank you for confirming that Codyishax. What makes up the population of Runescape? Oh right, 10 year olds without credit cards, who constantly spend their time calling you "n00b" for no apparent reason. The only reason you don't like it as much as ANY OTHER GAME, is because you CAN'T play the other games because your mommy won't let you? So you force yourself into believing this is better? Awwwhh, poor baybeh?
Comment: @saurav_lifestyle - What in the HELL are you talking about? Graphics mean a lot of things, especially when it mirrors what a 14 year old could do just starting graphic design... And usually when the company puts that much work into their graphics, guess what? Not going to be the greteast game. The gameplay's only "absorbing" because it forces you to be because you must in order to progress in that game. There's no such thing as casual gameplay, nope, the only thing you can do is sit on your ass for 8 hours straight cutting, mining, or fishing? Or perhaps any of the other horribly put together skills?
You call that story good? I say it's alright, but when you go and insult WoW, for no reason... You could write BOOKS off of WoW's story. They have raids, quests, so much text devoted towards describing the story. They even have other GAMES (Warcraft.) That describe the story! Fighting, fighting, and more fighting? That is -ANY- MMORPG. At least WoW gives you something to be interested about while you level up, like the brilliant quests, etc, etc. And at least fighting makes up their game, (Although they have professions.) What's Runescape? Oh right, click something once, wait, (But don't wait too long or you'll get disconnected.) and run to the bank for 8 hours a day? And it's not like it's horrible combat, horrible animations are the greatest eye-candy either. How exciting can this dumb webrowser be? What, walk into a room, with no hopes of dying, (God help you if you do, pay up a good 10mil for the equipment you worked so hard for.) swatting at a horrible excuse for an endgame boss? Get used to it, because that's basically all you'll be doing. Anyways, if you don't enjoy fighting, fighting, and fighting, don't play MMORPGS.

Post Date: 19:55 13-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Codyishax
Comment: I honestly can"t see what people see in this game..
Bad Graphics,
Bad Community,
And the goblins keep killing me, and these idiots keep taking my stuff =[

Post Date: 13:40 13-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: BlackCookie
Comment: ok to all you runescape lovers go play Mabinogi
it is just as openended as runescape and has alot more skills that you can master and i mean life skill anywhere from fishing to blacksmithing
so check this out cause it alot better than runescape also one more thing IT HAS BETTER GRAPHICS so please check it out im came to it out of runescape and loved it

Post Date: 07:19 12-04-2008
Rating: 9
Author: saurav_lifestyle
Comment: Hey guys whatever you say.....RS is a fantastic game...and who the hell cares for graphics...i nevr evn notice it, the gameplay is so absorbing...no other RPG has storyline even CLOSE to RS(no, not evn WOW hahahaha.....WOW is a joke for those who like nuthin oder thn fighting,fighting nd more fighting...)

Post Date: 15:12 11-04-2008
Rating: 0
Author: Marz777
Comment: Pros-
No download

Cons-
-bad graphics
-lots of hackers
-updates are 99/100 times member only
-only like 10 free quests
-long lvling process
-only like 7 types of weapons and armour for free players
-constant hints to get membership
-hard to make a lot of money, easy to spend a lot of money
-annoying community
-over enforced rules
-you lose everythig (but 3 things) if you die
-did i mention bad graphics?
-HUGE waist of time!!

Post Date: 22:07 06-04-2008
Rating: 7
Author: FJGamer
Comment: The game was great back in 2002, but it has changed considerably since then... however, I still like it as long as I have new content to play with. Unfortunately, the new stuff costs you $5 each month, and it's hard to cancel your subscription, so you can't pay every other month or anything like that. If you ever stop paying, your banked items become useless, and your 'members' items can't be used at all. Also, you can't meet up with your friends unless they want to give up 'members' version as well. Very frustrating. Still, I like the game, because the free version is stress-free and the entire game is browser-based. Any computer that can run java can run RuneScape. Oh and my RS name is fjgamer. I made a bunch of Flash-powered RS movies, which are all very popular amongst oldbies and newcomers.

Post Date: 10:16 06-04-2008
Rating: 3
Author: bandin
Comment: Apparently the id*ots at jagex and on runescape itself made runescape sucky. A game for cheap*sses who can't afford WoW.

Post Date: 17:57 01-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: ThundaKatt
Comment: I loved this game at the beginning. Now it just sucks. The graphics really stink and if you play long enough, the whole thing will bore you to tears.

Post Date: 12:12 31-03-2008
Rating: 3
Author: nervaeda
Comment: I hated that you can't play this game normally without paying.

Also, graphics are TERRIBLE!!!

By the way, it was funny how my character walked: you click on a target, character walks to all sides but not to one you need and finally stops in necessary spot when ruins all energy:)

Post Date: 00:58 29-03-2008
Rating: 10
Author: kirbyfreek33
Comment: Ok, now here is what I think is the most widely argued about game I have ever seen. I am a paying member, and have found Runescape to be definitely one of the most fun things to do EVER. Instead of just saying what's good about Runescape, I'll actually point out things that a lot of people are talking about saying it's bad(terrible grammar ftw?)(Note: the "quotes" are exaggerations of what I've seen some people say, just added to make it a little more interesting):

"OMG Runescape has terrible graphics and my eyes are hurting from the un-WoW-ness of it!"

Like many people have said, Runescape is not known for its graphics. Well, it's known for its graphics, just known for them being bad. The graphics don't make the game, as will be explained later.

"HEY! They've ruined the entire game by taking out PvP! Half of the people in the game are quitting because of this, Jagex is stupid!"

If I had a nickel for every time I read a comment like this, I'd be richer than Bill Gates right now. #1, Runescape is not all about PvP. #2, Runescape technically still has "PvP", just in my opinion not a very good kind of it. Although, I really don't care anyway, I've never really liked PKing. #3, Many MMOs aren't only about PvP! Especially in Runescape, have you noticed the different things to do? There are so many things that can be done I can play on random urges of what to do, and not do the same thing twice within a month!

"Hey! Why can't I make multiple characters! I want to make a pj00nz0rz Night Elf Druid with 20 bajillion Intelligence, and still have 19 other characters I can all level up to level 70 within a week!"

This covers many areas, and I will address all of them. First, why can't we create different characters? In Runescape you don't NEED different characters. Every person has equal access to all skills(with the exception of if they pay or not of course), and isn't restricted to whatever their "class" has. This means that if you want to be a mage, you can be a mage, but it doesn't mean you can't change your mind and becine a warrior/ranger hybrid as well as an extreme treechoppy woodcutting skiller.
Second, why can't you make a character with 20 bajillion Intelligence? Because instead of having one set kind of level that just constantly levels up, Runescape has a ton of skills that are leveled up separately, which can keep the game much simpler, but still allowing you to choose how your character should grow.
Finally, why can't you just have your character level up to the max within a week? Runescape's many skills require much more time and patience to get to the coveted combat level of 126(138 if you're a member). There are many different skills to train, so you can still level up a lot and not have to fight! Not everyone is obsessed with fighting monsters all day, I find that doing something that I usually find boring, like woodcutting or fishing, is perfect to do while I'm doing some other small task around the computer or on it, because I can kill the grinding time with ease.

Now, one last quote that I see a lot as well:
"Runescape is for noobs and little kids."

Yes, I know, Runescape has been adding things to safeguard younger kids, but that's because they realize that younger kids play the game. This can still be enjoyed by teenagers and adults as well, with its simplicity and ease of access. That doesn't mean it's so simple you can skip every single tutorial, but it doesn't mean you have to take in 40 different attributes with separate classes and their own separate extra skills hidden under 15 different menus along with other items and suddenly realize you have to start from the beginning because you accidentally put 1 point into strength instead of fire magic or something.

In conclusion, Runescape is a relatively simple game, that can be played from nearly every internet-connected computer on the planet. Runescape has a huge variety of things to do, not being stuck doing "quests" when it's really just doing the same thing you do in the game. Runescape has quests that actually have good storylines (shock!). You do different things for different people and different reasons, and they all reward you in different ways. The skills have a huge variety of things to do themselves, and only about a quarter of the skills involve combat.
So yeah, the graphics are bad, but when you have so many more things to do, do you think you'll be thinking about that the entire time?

Content > Graphics by far. To put in fake 1337sp33k (which I love making fun of), 73h pj00nz0rz c0n73n7 wi11 pwn 7h053 n0085 wh0 n008 480u7 t3h gr4ph1c5 l4wl.

(translation: The awesome content will destroy those people who only think about the graphics lol)

Post Date: 01:13 25-03-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Mrlostman
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º NOTE: º
ºPeople that rate this game low are usuall º
ºstupid 13 year old that when don't see WoW type º
ºof graphics freak out or are just stupid and º
ºthis game confuses them. Content > Graphics º
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This game is simply Amazing! (Yes, with a capital A)

First of all, this game is browser based, meaning NO DOWNLOAD! You can go on any computer in the world that has internet and play this game in under 5 minutes. It's amazing and you don't have to wait for 5 hour download and all that space it takes up. You can even play this game in your school and it takes like a minute to load.

►It is Updates EVERY week with new content. Whether it's a new quest, a new dungeon or a new city

Definitely the worst thing about this game is graphics. True, compared to the latest MMORPG's or WoW that graphics suck donkey dick but however people need to realize that graphics aren’t everything! The game play is much much more valuable in a game the prettiness! And graphics aren’t that bad either, it's 3D, you have complete 360 view of your character and surrounding and frankly the textures aren’t that bad at all.

►There are around 3700 unique items in the game,
with 801 (!!!) monster varying from level 1 spiders to lvl 702 TzTok-Jad. Over 1200 NPC’s and over 150 quests to complete.

However this game is HHUUGGEE. It’s very hard to understand at first but there are literally a thousand things you can do! Most MMORPGS only have like 10 things: killing, PvP, crafting and more killing…
Even if you play hundreds of hours of this game you won’t experience everything it has to offer and I don’t just mean killing or going into a new dungeon I mean something like exploring or doing quests.

There are currently 150 quests. And not just your “Kill X amount of zombies and report back to me”, RuneScape doesn’t have that. Detailed quests which usually take hours to complete with puzzles, thinking, teamwork and killing. If you’re interested in storyline, this game offers so much of it, it’s scary!

There are around 20 skills some classic ones like Combat, Ranged or fishing but some incredibly detailed and diverse ones like Farming, Hunting or even Construction where you get to built your own house with over 300 things you can put in it, have a dungeon or just a place to show off your dragon trophies to your friends. I would say the grind is medium in RuneScape, but as you advance levels it gets easier to reach the desired level 99 (the cap of this game). Some skills like cooking might takes only a few weeks to master but some such as Slayer might takes as long as an year. But you will have lots of fun along the way.

Around 1/2 of the map is free, it’s pretty limited but still fairly entertaining. It will take years to truly master the free version but members game has MUCH more to offer. The community InGame isn’t all that good on F2P (free part of the game) but is MUCH better in members (P2P).

The subscription for the members (premium) part of the game is only $5 bucks a month which is nothing compared to how much you will experience. One movie ticket is 2 months of RuneScape Membership so think about it. I recommend you go on Tip.it for guides on how to play and visit the forums for great community and great help.

You can be anything or anybody you want in this game from fierce lvl 138 Warrior to a quite farmer, growing Orange trees for money 

ÛRuneScape is a great game despite it’s not so good graphics it has TONS to offer with countless hours of fun gameplay. It has over 9 million players, it’s THE choice of many so I suggest you try it, what can you loose but a few hours?


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Post Date: 10:27 23-03-2008
Rating: 10
Author: godknight
Comment: it seems that all the people that's giving low rating are:

the ones thinks graphics is all there is to a game.

the stubborn pures who quit because of the recent updates.

or the ones who can't be bothered to work at all in game and miserably fails.

runescape is actually good if you actually bothered to get beyond lvl 30. f2p may be limited but membership is pretty cheap. it still has one of the most rewarding pvp systems and you can explore, do quests or whatever pretty easily in p2p.

Post Date: 17:16 22-03-2008
Rating: 3
Author: askogsberg
Comment: I guess this is an okay game for being entirely free. But the graphics are dreadful and all the armor looks almost the same. I started playing this game and it only lasted a week because I got bored. I would say that WoW is the best MMORPG game of all time.

Post Date: 16:07 19-03-2008
Rating: 4
Author: blooder
Comment: an ok game but it gets annoying clicking to do everything even walk and unless your a mage fighting is lame.

Post Date: 13:40 17-03-2008
Rating: 5
Author: inline007
Comment: this game is absolutely amazing

a lot of people gave up on it after the changes
andd a lot of people complain about membership

almighty jagex understand both of these issues and has made up for the crappy updates to trading and to pking

if you have a problem with the new pking look up
"chinese gold farmer" on youtube, that is why

as for the membership prices, jagex has all but given it to you for free

you can call from you home phone for membership or text or anything

im running out of time wqas gonna give a fuller reveiw ill leave a better one later i am master at this game btw but i got banned because they are jerks

Post Date: 13:14 16-03-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Matt712
Comment: Runescape was a pretty fun and addictive game..but unless u want to spend $5 a month to become a member then theres no point in playing after a while and thesae updates are making it worse.Here are some good & bad things of RS.

Pros: Decent community
Great, challenging quests
Updates about every week
Can be free
Cons: Limited PvP as of late last year
Not much to do in free version
Limited trading
Free version gets almost no land to explore
No updates for free version
Forums are only for P2P people
Graphics arent too good
As you can see unless you pay theres nothing left of the game for people with free accounts and the updates and changes to the game revolve around those who pay for the most part plus Jagex thinks itll make free version better by adding a few small dungeons and adding some small "improvements". Also instead of improving the look of the characters they improve the look of the monsters and things like your inventory,friends list looks. Its good if you play for a little bit not a game for people who want to play for most of the day .

Post Date: 08:29 16-03-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Master Yoshi
Comment: Runescape is revoulutionary or what ever for showing that MMORPGs can go to browser...it's like Chuck Norris doing a round house kick.

Pros:

The game is easy to play.

You can get dates you nerds.

Powerful attacks unlike anything before.

Great community.

Can't die because of players in wildy

Cons:

Can't kill in wildy.

Almost every thing is members.

Ahh I give it a 9!

Post Date: 16:34 15-03-2008
Rating: 0
Author: andrewdizzle
Comment: Runescape used to be the best free mmorpg around. I started playing runescape when i was young, so people of any age can enjoy this game.
Runescape has several aspects for non-members, but it fails in comparison to that of members. Members get much more bank space and quests and even more skills and items.
Anyway, i wouldnt recomend playing runescape after the recent updates. There is now no Player Killing (PKing), where u used to be able to fight other players in the wilderness. Also you can only trade up to 3000 coins difference (which is next to nothing for experienced players) to the "standard" price of an item. So...now runescape is pretty pointless! you can make lots of money by working on skills, but you have nothing to use it for except to show off how nerdy you are.
To sum things up, i would recomend you STAY AWAY FROM RUNESCAPE! I think about half the players quit once the (in my opinion) game ruining updates happened.
Several people agree with me when i say, "RUNESCAPE IS GARBAGE NOW!"

Post Date: 03:48 15-03-2008
Rating: 3
Author: Dakkaza
Comment: Omg!! The grafics are the worst thats ever been!!
even games from the 80's beat the grafics.
But the game is still a little fun the play.
I give this game a 4
6- For the grafics.

Post Date: 19:28 14-03-2008
Rating: 2
Author: akiflyer
Comment: How can i say this....Runescape = UBER FAIL!!

Grafics are beyond Horriable, everyone has the same story I was a kid i was in school it was the only game i could play, Or Im a internet noob i thought this was the only MMORPG on this world... game play sucks...you cant run for more than 5 mins before you run out of stamina, fighting sucks too, dont bother being a mage, cux you need Runes. so you cast the spell once. and you need more runes...X_X this is the Ultimate noob game. Eternal Lands is better than this! and its 9 MB!

Post Date: 10:24 14-03-2008
Rating: 1
Author: Heavy Mc Guy
Comment: This game have become garbage. It used to be sick hard to lvl up... So it is now. Let´s see:
-Wildy
-Free trade
Makes this game dull. U can´t make REAL cash (unless u trade forever). This game have become anti-person game. Jagex expect u to only lvl and pick items.

But, since so many players around and it don´t lag, i give it 1.

Post Date: 19:52 13-03-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Aaddron
Comment: This game is great and addictive to a point its a type of game that you might play alot for a week then not play at all the next its a game thats easy to jump into because of the free limted version that is played on the web so you dont have to download it
so you can either love it or hate it its really up to you dont listen to people and just try it and if you dont like it then dont play it