Why do People think Runescape is horrible?

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#1 bigboss1203
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From what ive seen, most people who make fun of Runescape have only played it for like a month and then quit, i thought it was pretty boring and stupid at first but once i became a member and started trying out new skills and quest, i became addicted (not in the bad way) and love it now. So what do you think of Runescape? Do you thnk its fun, stupid, or just mediocre?

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#2 Astaroth2k
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All MMORPG's are horrible. But from what i have read it's because of the grinding...it doesn't try and hide the grinding aspect as well as other mmorpg's so people are put off quickly. Unlike other mmorpg's that steal a good chunk of your money before you realise this. I really don't pay much attention to mmorpg's though so im probably wrong.

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#3 michael_brennan
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-Repetitive Gameplay

-From what I played of it (Good solid couple months with friends) the game seemed to lack depth

-Poor Graphics, thats a given

-Not worth my money monthly

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#4 bigboss1203
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All MMORPG's are horrible. But from what i have read it's because of the grinding...it doesn't try and hide the grinding aspect as well as other mmorpg's so people are put off quickly. Unlike other mmorpg's that steal a good chunk of your money before you realise this. I really don't pay much attention to mmorpg's though so im probably wrong.

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eh RS can get repetitive, but if you try out other skills and quest, like i said, its a pretty good game
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#5 chessmaster1989
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Speaking as someone who played it for 4-5 years, the main problem is that the skills just aren't that fun. Most of them require monotonous grinding to level. The combat isn't great, but the PVP was fun while there was the wilderness to fight in. Then, they removed that, nerfed trading, and the game slowly fell apart. The only reason I kept playing for a while longer is because of friends on there. It's actually not a bad game considered it's a brower-based MMO, but there are so many much better games out there... and, hey, if you enjoy it, play it, and to hell what other people think.
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#6 chessmaster1989
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-Poor Graphics, thats a given

michael_brennan

It's a brower-based game, what do you expect. :P

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#7 bigboss1203
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[QUOTE="michael_brennan"]

-Poor Graphics, thats a given

chessmaster1989

It's a brower-based game, what do you expect. :P

exactly!
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#8 Arach666
Member since 2009 • 23285 Posts
Because it is?
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#9 dg8794
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Because it bores them to teers?

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#10 aura_enchanted
Member since 2006 • 7942 Posts

poor game overall. i cant think of a single thing good about runescape at all

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#11 johnny27
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because they have money to spend buy a better pc and play better games.
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#12 JigglyWiggly_
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[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="michael_brennan"]

-Poor Graphics, thats a given

bigboss1203

It's a brower-based game, what do you expect. :P

exactly!

Actually, that's because it's based on java, nothing to do with it being browser based. Yay for slow jvms.
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#13 monkeymoose5000
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Besides the fact that I have hated every MMORPG I've tried, the game is bland and uninteresting. Plus the community, it's a bunch of 10 year olds. The worst part is the ones who tried to be funny, I can't remember any since I played it a while ago, but the jokes they told were amazingly horrible.

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#14 DJ_Lae
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Too much grinding, horrible graphics, and (the biggest reason) an awful and disgustingly immature community.
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#15 kozzy1234
Member since 2005 • 35966 Posts

Its just a horrible game in my honest opinion. Am I a hater? No, I downloaded the game and have given it a try 3 times, each time I hated it more.

Terrible community maybe the worst ever, horrid graphics, bad gameplay and just not fun at all.

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#16 Xeros606
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The community is horrible, worse even than Xbox Live.
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#17 deactivated-64b76bd048860
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I've played for a long time but not anymore. Yes, membership is fun with the amount of quests and updates it gets, but with five dollars, I want to pay for Xbox LIVE or save up for something else. The skills are all repetitive, there's immense amounts of grinding, the combat is pretty bad, and the community is absolutely horrid. Its up to a million times worse than Xbox LIVE, trust me I've seen some of the worst from both.
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#18 MrLions
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you cant chat anymore....:|
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#19 Vesica_Prime
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The community is horrible and many questlines are left unfinished.

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#20 CrazyKilljoy117
Member since 2006 • 1073 Posts
It's so horrible, it even says tells you to avoid it in the title! RunEscape!
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#21 JakeGohyeah
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well i play on and off, but most people think its terrible because compared to console games its just a huge step (or more) down on graphics, although there is alot of skills and things to do it is very repetitive once your in the high skill lvls and lvling takes forevor once your in 80+.
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#22 Aslyum_Beast
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It was utter crap. thats why.

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#23 zomglolcats
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Slow and boring. Worst grind ever.
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#24 dudebot5
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its because the people that cant become a member finish all the quests and skills and get boed of walking around. But members get all quests,skills and land but that is not a reason to say it sucks. P.S. im a member.
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#25 halo2_4_pc
Member since 2005 • 1561 Posts

Mostly because it's pretty crappy. Why play Runescape when you can play WoW or Aion? And as far as being free goes, I'd much rather play WoW on a private server then play Runescape.

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#26 McJugga
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It thinks it is better than me.
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#27 Penguin_dragon
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I too said, "Hey this game isn't so bad" about 3 years ago. I too was a member enjoying a fairly good time with a couple of friends. However, I quickly realized that it is one of the most shallow and repetitive games ever created. The diversity brought upon by "skills" is nothing considering when you get to high levels it is just outright grinding. I remember having to buy all the materials needed to level up, then spending the next 4-6 hours crafting them to get the experience. About half way through I was bored to tears and I just stopped and said to myself, "Wait. How is this fun?" The truth was it wasn't. Immediately I dropped everything I had, spammed my password out loud and just quit. It was the best decision I ever made. The only thing that kept me playing for so long was my friends, the game itself was piss poor in every aspect. The difference between RuneScape and other MMOs like WoW is that the other MMOs: - Are grindy yes, but most introduce a party system or guilds that make leveling much faster, and funner, with friends. - The game doesn't get boring when you reach your level cap. In fact, that's when the real fun should begin. - Expansions and revisions are done frequently, and they usually add entire maps. - There is actual diversity between classes
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#28 dudebot5
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[QUOTE="Penguin_dragon"]I too said, "Hey this game isn't so bad" about 3 years ago. I too was a member enjoying a fairly good time with a couple of friends. However, I quickly realized that it is one of the most shallow and repetitive games ever created. The diversity brought upon by "skills" is nothing considering when you get to high levels it is just outright grinding. I remember having to buy all the materials needed to level up, then spending the next 4-6 hours crafting them to get the experience. About half way through I was bored to tears and I just stopped and said to myself, "Wait. How is this fun?" The truth was it wasn't. Immediately I dropped everything I had, spammed my password out loud and just quit. It was the best decision I ever made. The only thing that kept me playing for so long was my friends, the game itself was piss poor in every aspect. The difference between RuneScape and other MMOs like WoW is that the other MMOs: - Are grindy yes, but most introduce a party system or guilds that make leveling much faster, and funner, with friends. - The game doesn't get boring when you reach your level cap. In fact, that's when the real fun should begin. - Expansions and revisions are done frequently, and they usually add entire maps. - There is actual diversity between classes

i agree with you about 3 hours a skill increasing i thought why wast valuble life time on this. the skills are repetive
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#29 hotshotv1000
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This game is fun and all, even though the graphics are bad the game is still good. you can mine and smelt and make weapons, help people on quests and do them, go to events like the Christmas event and you don't get bored of it. If you hate the Graphics then turn the graphics to the fullest and if it is still bad then i dont know why you guys play it. Ive been playing this game for 2 or so years and i am still not bored of this game.

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#30 Lostedge
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Several reasons why Runescape is horrible game. First of all the skills are repetive. I mean firemaking? You have to burn several million logs to get to level 99 and what good is that going to do? The game is abused a lot (cheaters) also the community is horrible with all the 5-12 years old people with their l33t speak.
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#31 Kh1ndjal
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firstly graphics. i know, i know, gameplay is king, blah blah blah, im only human, and i don't like looking at polygons bigger soda cans, with textures as good looking as... actually i don't remember seeing any. story - is there one? is there anything that compels you to play? like bioshock for example, the story was so good i had to finish it. league of legends, tf2, even wow, the gameplay or some other aspect just sucks you in, and after some time you actually feel satisfied, as though you had a good time. whats there in runescape? price - it's free for non-members. but time is money and in that regard, runescape is a lot less value for money than any mmo i've ever played.
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#32 uas-2001
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Repetitive gameplay, you don't do much. You watch a tiny figure hack at a tree and occasionally you will have to get those logs to a bank then watch it go back to the tree and start hacking or same with mininng or cooking or wutever.
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#33 Xunibagel
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graphics.....

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#34 Gaming-Planet
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-Bad community

-Repetitive skills that are left unfinished

-Bad Customer Service

-Lazy Mods

-inflation

-No free trade or old wildy

-bad updates that aren't planned out well

-outdated graphics (some stuff are good but most of members is unfinished)

I've played since 05 so I've seen a lot that's been going on.

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#35 JangoWuzHere
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I played runescape when I was a kid. I tried to go back because it was actually pretty interesting, but the newer updates KILLED the game for me. It feels like an MMO for children now if you ask me. Their is no sense of danger or risk to the game it seems.

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#36 Pvt_r3d
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All MMORPG's are horrible. But from what i have read it's because of the grinding...it doesn't try and hide the grinding aspect as well as other mmorpg's so people are put off quickly. Unlike other mmorpg's that steal a good chunk of your money before you realise this. I really don't pay much attention to mmorpg's though so im probably wrong.

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You grind for pretty much everything in this game. You also have to grind to get money.
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#37 zomglolcats
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[QUOTE="bigboss1203"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

It's a brower-based game, what do you expect. :P

JigglyWiggly_

exactly!

Actually, that's because it's based on java, nothing to do with it being browser based. Yay for slow jvms.

Yeah. Free Realms is a browser based MMO and has infinitely better graphics.