RuneScape was my favorite game of all time when I was a kid. I’d play it for at least 8 hours a day every day, and never get bored. Now, RuneScape is RuneScape 3, terribly infested gambling microtransaction mess that looks like a really bad early access game, or Oldschool RuneScape, which is really fun, but is infested with bots. It’s honestly so bad. I tried to play it and it feels so… good, but also low effort. The worst part, however, is the corporate greed. Jagex, the company that developes Runescape, has been sold numerous times. This time, it’s owned by some Venture Capital or investment firm, the kind that kills games off to gain their IP and then sell them for huge amounts of money (CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments). The first thing they’ve done is raise the subscription of Runescape to nearly $15, which is truly nuts. This game used to be like $8 a month previously, some are still paying that much…

It’s sad to see corporate greed kill such a great game. Idk what to even play now…

  • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know about nowadays, but back in 2007 when I got bored with Runescape I switched to Guild Wars. Great MMO. Kind of dead playerwise now, but the servers are still up and it is soloable.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        Guild wars 2 is a very good game, but very different than guild wars 1.

        They both avoid the endless gear and level grind, but gw2 is generally easier and less tactical. You can solo most of it. Builds are a little more limited, but it’s also harder to make a useless character.

        They addressed the most common problems with early mmos: other players are never a bad thing. there’s no kill stealing. If you’re doing some event to fight off demons that have invaded the town, and other people show up, the game silently scales up a to accommodate more players, and everyone gets credit. it’s great.

        I really like it. I don’t play it every day, but I go back to it all the time.

      • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        I’ve tried getting into GW2, but just couldn’t really get into it.

        Doesn’t help that I fell of contact with all of my old guild mates who were supposed to be switching over.

    • MîmEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Did the Legendary Defender of Ascalon during Corona.
      I should do some other titles with that character too…

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Recovered my account a couple years ago with support and providing my og serials. Can’t believe it worked but it punched me in the face nostalgia-wise when I got into it.

        • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          I still remember hanging out in a few of them around this time of year when stuff was decked out Halloween themed. Never did beat the expansions. Crazy how little detail the game seems to have by today’s standards 🤣