The original music is amazing. Runs on any hunk of junk, which now includes any smartphone (with a surprisingly good touch interface) and doesn't use much of your data plan because it was designed to work on dial-up.

The economy is absolutely wild. Back in the day, some clan illegally cornered the market on ranarr weed, which meant prayer potions were prohibitively expensive for a noob like me, so it was really hard to beat Money Madness and unlock dragon scimitars. There are probably more bizarre get-rich-quick schemes in Runescape than in real life, and more of them at least kind of work.

The quests are very hit-or-miss. Some are hilarious and a delight to play. Some are slogs with stupid fiddly mechanics that everyone has to do to unlock essential gameplay.

I can not possibly rate this game. I'm too close. It's terribly grindy and doesn't respect your time at all. It's relaxing and has really engaging long-term strategy for your character. It's terrible. Maybe I should pick it up again.