(Thoughts based on late-game Runescape 2 to early-game Runescape HD.)
I've only played it for about 3 years in middle school but it always felt like a much bigger influence on my life. I would play with my school friends from morning to dusk, finishing quests and fucking around. I would watch the Michinima videos for it, too. I thought it was the coolest game at the time until I moved on to high school. With OSRS bringing back the nostalgia, I was able to retrieve my old account in 2017 but I knew I wasn't going to play it again since I have to start from scratch. This game is best left in the past for me unfortunately, but I do remember it fondly for getting me into gaming. I at least got the official vinyl soundtrack 'cause these are some good ass MIDI jams! The soundtrack for this thing will never not be iconic.
I've only played it for about 3 years in middle school but it always felt like a much bigger influence on my life. I would play with my school friends from morning to dusk, finishing quests and fucking around. I would watch the Michinima videos for it, too. I thought it was the coolest game at the time until I moved on to high school. With OSRS bringing back the nostalgia, I was able to retrieve my old account in 2017 but I knew I wasn't going to play it again since I have to start from scratch. This game is best left in the past for me unfortunately, but I do remember it fondly for getting me into gaming. I at least got the official vinyl soundtrack 'cause these are some good ass MIDI jams! The soundtrack for this thing will never not be iconic.
The last time I signed into my decade-old account since RS3 was a thing just to check it out, some kid had some dragon armor and some effect that made his character literally float, and he was persistently asking if I wanted to join his clan while mispelling a few words, that really summed it up for me.
A game with many ups and downs, but overall still one of the best MMOs when it comes to respecting the players goals. While RS3 has become infested with microtransactions, there is a simple fix: Ironman Mode.
Ironman on Runescape 3 is the definitive way to play Runescape, and it my opinion is better than Old School Runescape. The amount of content you are able to get combined with the way the game respects your goals and time combined into a wonderful combination where you can easily sink 3000 hours into the game and still come back for more.
(Maxed RS3 HCIM with 3b+ Exp)
Ironman on Runescape 3 is the definitive way to play Runescape, and it my opinion is better than Old School Runescape. The amount of content you are able to get combined with the way the game respects your goals and time combined into a wonderful combination where you can easily sink 3000 hours into the game and still come back for more.
(Maxed RS3 HCIM with 3b+ Exp)
"How do I wear goblin mail?"
RuneScape is like THE one game I would love to experience for the first time again. The only reason I'm giving it just 1 star is because this is gamified crack-cocaine for me and I have quit the game and relapsed into it so many god damn times ever since I started playing it in 2006 it's not even funny anymore. As far as I'm concerned, I will most likely check it out again sometime, so I can see what they've added since I left. I do have to say, although it's grindy as hell, the quests in RuneScape are some of the best and most well-designed in any game I have ever played.
RuneScape is like THE one game I would love to experience for the first time again. The only reason I'm giving it just 1 star is because this is gamified crack-cocaine for me and I have quit the game and relapsed into it so many god damn times ever since I started playing it in 2006 it's not even funny anymore. As far as I'm concerned, I will most likely check it out again sometime, so I can see what they've added since I left. I do have to say, although it's grindy as hell, the quests in RuneScape are some of the best and most well-designed in any game I have ever played.
I used to pretend to be dumb and give people my password and let them steal my account. i would then wait 3 months or so sometimes to use the recovery system to get it back and by then they would be using my account as an extra storage. So id come back to my account with more money and items than i started with :) (I was 11 btw)
I 'twas addicted... played all day and all night...
Then, a friend accidentally threw out the ax... playing on my account (an expensive item in the game... in game coins)... Was furious... Then I thought "I was wasting my time!!" Like... swinging a tree with an ax using my character allllll day and all night? Huh?
Then... I threw out the game (figure of speech)... And I never, ever played it again...
At least, to look at the bright side... It taught me how to trade!! Did much much better than school ever did... ;)
Then, a friend accidentally threw out the ax... playing on my account (an expensive item in the game... in game coins)... Was furious... Then I thought "I was wasting my time!!" Like... swinging a tree with an ax using my character allllll day and all night? Huh?
Then... I threw out the game (figure of speech)... And I never, ever played it again...
At least, to look at the bright side... It taught me how to trade!! Did much much better than school ever did... ;)