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[kai3345]

Just for contrast, the game used to look like this years ago:

Oh man, you're bringin' me back YOU'RE BRINGING ME BACK

 

[Red UFO]

Man that quest where you make the cake for the chef in Lumbridge is gonna look sweeeet.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Graphics do look pretty good, but I thought Runescape wasn't a browser game anymore?

I tried getting into it again last month, I had to download the game and couldn't play it from the Browser if I recall?

 

[Tuck]

Looks pretty damn good to me. Especially compared to Runescape 1. Hell, even Runescape 2.

Spent a lot of time with Runescape way back when.

 

[Dec]

Graphics do look pretty good, but I thought Runescape wasn't a browser game anymore?

I tried getting into it again last month, I had to download the game and couldn't play it from the Browser if I recall?

Nah it's totally still a browser game. When html5 comes out they wont even offer a client anymore. Right now there is a client but it just runs in it's own browser with java packaged in with it. But you don't have to use the client.

 

[picklecannon]

This might bring me back into it for a little bit. For whatever reason I always seem to get pulled back into runescape for a few months at a time.

 

[Dizzy]

Looks amazing.

I played Runescape late 05 - early 06 before I got tired of the carrot-on-a-string gameplay. You spend all that time grinding to level up but theres no end purpose to it. It will just keep going on forever.

Went back for a little bit when they had Runescape HD just to have a look at it.

I agree though that it had some pretty good quests when compared to the other MMORPGs I've played. All those games had me do was kill 10 of x animal over and over again.



Runescape was full of kids though. I mean we we all kids when we played it, but now I feel way too old to be playing it.

 

[wildfire]

Runescape 2 didn't even come out until 2004.

The peak of Runescape exposure was definitely 2001-2002. It seemed like everyone I knew played the thing.

Considering that Runescape gained slightly over 1 million subscribers ($5 a month) around 2007 (I think it was that year) you are very mistaken.

I'm very impressed with the graphical update. I hope the introduced some new mechanics as well. I loved the game when agility was introduced.

 

[Yawnier]

So this is expected to go live in "northern summer" What does that even mean? August or September?

 

[PowderedToast]

oh my christ remember this fucking game!!!!!

back in year 7 going to mate kevs house

runescape all day baby

 

[Dec]

Considering that Runescape gained slightly over 1 million subscribers ($5 a month) around 2007 (I think it was that year) you are very mistaken.

I'm very impressed with the graphical update. I hope the introduced some new mechanics as well. I loved the game when agility was introduced.

Bout 700k subscribers now, there were 1.6 million before the combat update. Doesn't include people playing for free.

Since agility there are at least 6 more skills in the game, and another two coming soon. Every month there is a good sized content patch without fail, for the past decade.