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Runescape |
| Date: |
28.02.08 (137 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Fun, Lots to do, Addicting - Replay value
Disadvantages: Graphics, Sound
Runescape is a great online adventure game that can be played at the official site runescape.com. It can also be played through other sites such as miniclip.com, but be careful where you enter your account details! It is quite a large adventure game and you have the ability to become a member and have access to many more options and things to do. This game is set in olden times with weapons such as bows/arrows, swords and fictional magic.
The game consists of the following main things:
Combat
Skills
Quests
There are three types of combat: Melee, Range and Magic. Melee consists of three skills: strength, attack and defence. Defence can fall under a category alone however as it is useful for every combat method. Melee is trained with close up weapons such as swords, daggers and weapons resembling hammers and much more! You can use melee to kill most computer enemies in the game and it is very popular.
Range involves using some kind of bow and arrow. You need a bow and arrows that you can wield by having a high enough skill level in range. Range is done from a distance, which can prove useful for some enemies that are too dangerous to be up close with! Range can either be set to accurate, long range or rapid, which are rather self explanatory. The rapid fire is my favourite as it is quite quick and still hits well. As well as bows, you can also wield crossbows, short bows, longbows and all kinds of other range weapons including a cannon if you are a member, which gives range experience points.
Magic is perhaps the preferred combat option by most players. It involves magic attacks that can be cast using specific 'runes' for different attacks and magic casts. As well as full on attacks, magic can be used for many more things such as converting items into gold, holding enemies in position and most commonly teleporting across the large map. Magic is the most expensive as the runes needed can cost a lot of money, and once they are used they are gone forever and you must buy new ones.
The game is made up of a large map. There are many different areas from dark to light. There are forests, deserts, jungles, coastal parts, rivers and even a wilderness. Throughout this giant adventure game, there are many people to speak to and you will be playing with other players around the world as it is all online! Therefore, you can do item trades with other players and also fight them in specific areas such as the Duel Arena or somewhere in the wilderness.
You gain items in the first place as loot from dead monsters. Different monsters drop different things ranging from armour to coins (money - gold pieces AKA GP) and weapons. The monster's loot will depend upon their level. Your character has a level too, and everyone starts at level 3. This is your combat level, and it will rise as your combat skills rise, which are attack, strength, defence, range and magic.
There are many other things to do in the game such as increasing the levels of your skills. Every skill can reach a level of 99, at which point you can retrieve an 'achievement cape' to wear that shows you are level 99 in that skill. Each of these capes will perform a different action in the emotions part. Other emotions include things such as nodding, dancing, jigging and bending over to perform raspberries on others. Skills include things such as woodcutting, fishing, cooking, runecrafting and more. Member skills are included when you pay to be a member, which are skills such as farming, herblore, slayer, construction and many more. Construction allows you to build your own house and gain experience and level up by building room and furniture.
Beside skills, Quests are a large part of the game. There are many Quests in the quest menu, and if you are a member there are over ten times more quests than the non-member quests. When I say member, I mean actually paying to play rather than a free account. Quests all have a storyline and sometimes cut scenes too, which aren't of great quality but are good for such a game. Quests range from rescuing people to defeating people and you earn quest points and rewards for completing them. However you may need certain skill requirements to do quests, so skills are important for this!
The game is very fun and offers loads to do. The graphics are in 3D but are of poor quality. You see your character in a 3rd person view and cannot see the sky as the camera is always above the character. There is sound in the game, which consists of songs that can be turned on or off as well as simple sound effects for fighting, surroundings and skills.
Being a member costs around £5 a month if you pay by phone or text. If you subscribe with a credit card, it works out cheaper at £3 something a month. Members have access to over three times the amount of area to roam as well as many more skills, weapons, items and things to do and places to go. Being a member is quite fun as there is loads to do and it brings much fun to the game! For £5 a month, it isn't bad compared to something like £10 a month for World of Warcraft, which is a similar kind of game.
Overall, it is a pretty good game. It is updated constantly and the site also has forums, highscores, a knowledge base and many more features on it. The game itself is pretty fun with loads to do and being a member opens many more options. The graphics aren't great, but considering it is an internet Java game, they are quite good. The sound is simple but has improved over time. Due to a recent update a few months ago, I quit this game as did many others as they totally ruined it by restricting a lot of things to do with fighting other players and trading. This was because of 'sweat houses' in places such as China, where people would play all day long just to get gold in the game that would be sold over the internet. They were paid low wages and worked in terrible conditions. This is against the rules of the game to be trading real world money for game items. Therefore the game has been totally changed and it kind of sucks now as you are restricted to trade for a lot of money and fight players with more freedom.
Thanks for reading,
- Recon -
Summary: This is a large adventure game with loads of skills to raise, quests to complete & more!
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