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flickenmaste
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Quote: "The next MMO I might start playing is pox nora. I loved tactics, so this looks decent."


Its a stategy game, and it decent i played it fro a while..pretty fun



Quote: "You have no argument, it seems. Second best? Who defines best? Who even mentioned best? When did I say Guild Wars was the second best? What the heck are you talking about?? I said RS was the second most popular, excluding Guild Wars as I'm not sure to define it as an MMO. It's really more of a mix between a single player rpg, morpg, and mmorpg. If you do include it though, RS is the third most popular. And this is assuming more than 1 million of those 5 million buyers are still active, though I assume that's the case...
That said, Guild Wars is an awesome game and I might be getting it soon. But really, you sound extremely weak dropping your argument and pretending you're right on something no one was arguing about."


I never said it was the second best i just hardly doubt RS is the second best, its just more of the known ones, alot of indie MMOs from asia are very popular

Quote: "From crispygamer.com-Back when NCSoft and ArenaNet first released their joint MMO effort, Guild Wars, no one had any idea whether or not the game would catch on. Sure, there was no monthly charge to play the game, but it was also an odd take on the whole MMO experience. Instead of having large perpetual worlds that included regular encounters with other players, Guild Wars subscribers would meet up in central hub towns, join together into small groups, and hit the road in a series of instance-based encounters. Now, nearly three years and three expansions later, it's safe to say that the formula has managed to go the distance. In a press release sent out this morning, NCSoft and AreaNet have announced that the Guild Wars series has officially sold more than 5 million units throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

"Guild Wars is a proven success and has set a new standard for online RPG games with its unique business model and superior playability," said NCsoft CEO Taek Jin Kim. "ArenaNet is dedicated to creating games that expand the market and provide great new content to our loyal player base. This success has built a great foundation from which the next generation of Guild Wars games will grow."

"Reaching the five million mark is extremely gratifying for us at ArenaNet because it shows the hard work and dedication we put into our games has resonated with the fans," said Mike O'Brien, co-founder of ArenaNet. "We are committed to supporting all of our Guild Wars players, and at the same time, we're extremely excited to work on the game's evolution. Certainly the future of Guild Wars is as bright as its past and present."

Next up for the companies is the upcoming release of the next chapter in the Guild Wars series, a true sequel to the current crop of games. Guild Wars 2 is currently heavy into development and alpha testing, with no official release date in sight. "


Guild wars takes a diffrent tactic than most popular MMOs today...im not saying its the best im just saying its good in my taste

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Guild wars is a nice game, but after a day or 3 you get to level 20 and finish the story quests.(Note, the 3 days are 3x24 Hours of playing, not just 3 days) it gets boring from there on, I finished every single part of Guild Wars. It looks like fun, but it gets boring after a while, since you can't level up anymore or anything else. You become dependand on your choice of which armor and which stats. Besides, in PvP, some classes are very unbalanced... Elemetalists can one hit kill someone with a firestorm. And a warrior has to hit 20 times to kill someone.
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Yeah, I'd like to get into an MMORPG, but they are all bad right now. If they did lineage 2 right then it could have been awesome. I never played guild wars, it looked good, no montly costs! (if it's free it's for me) but I've heard it wasn't very good.

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Posted: 13th May 2008 15:14 Edited at: 13th May 2008 15:15
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Quote: "in PvP, some classes are very unbalanced... Elemetalists can one hit kill someone with a firestorm. And a warrior has to hit 20 times to kill someone."


Eh? sorry but that's completely untrue. If you die in PvP from firestorm then you suck . Only thing firestorm is good for in PvP is forcing your opponents to move. I would argue that Guild Wars is actually quite possibly one of the most balanced PvP RPGs out there.

Quote: "after a day or 3 you get to level 20"

The lack of level grind is the main reason I like it. level 1-20 is just an extended tutorial, the game proper starts at level 20. The reason I didn't like WoW is it takes ages to get to level 60 where the game actually gets mildly fun. This is why it's important to have games like this that take different approaches. Just because one person enjoys leveling doesn't mean everyone else does.

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Similar with other MMORPGs (where it only gets fun mildly after the levels grow), like Tale of Pirates/Pirate King, the levels tend to be the same sort of thing in terms of what you do - it still takes ages to sail, you walk around kill mindless things, and doing the same sort of trade, over and over again. Level 40 is where it is at, you can enter new world, PvP, find different kinds of better treasure in different places, you can sail superior ships that are faster...but the road between level 30-40 is a long one and quite boring, after accomplishing the same things you've already had.


At least with Runescape, you're capable of doing different things, exploring bigger places (if you're a member) and the quests can entail new things and different types of things. There aren't 3 types of quests, (collecting, killing, finding) a lot of them come with a story to follow and can be more engaging and the towns are more 'local' with things that make the town special. I mean one town in the free world is well suited for miners, another for craftsman and so on.

I know a lot of people say Runescape is crap, but it does have a lot going for it, most people that call it crap are either; annoyed with some of the idiots you may find, the graphics and how 'stiff' the game is to interact with. Put those aside and you find yourself a well featured game.

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Quote: "I never said it was the second best i just hardly doubt RS is the second best, its just more of the known ones, alot of indie MMOs from asia are very popular"

no, RS is the second most popular excluding guild wars, per membership subscription. That's a fact, not an opinion, and you seem to have a whole lot of trouble understanding that. I'm talking about numbers, not peoples opinions. The Asian model is hard to gauge by, as most of the people playing don't buy the pay for items, or buy so few that there is not enough profit to match the subscription model. The only way to compare them to RS is if you include the free players in RS, which means it still vastly outnumbers them. This also eliminates other free MMos, as I'm almost certain RS is the most popular free MMO. I'm unsure how popular Maple Story is, but I believe RS is more popular. I mean, how more accessible can you get than a browser based game? The requirements for playing RS are so low nearly any computer in use can handle it.

Quote: "Guild wars takes a diffrent tactic than most popular MMOs today...im not saying its the best im just saying its good in my taste"

I honestly could care less what anyone thinks the best is in this case. Again, you really need to learn the difference between opinion and fact. Anyone could say anything is the best, and no matter what it's an opinion. I could rather count the amount of people playing a certain game though, and tell you which is the most popular, because of the number of people playing. RS could be considered the most popular if you counted free accounts I believe, but if you only count memberships, it's second next to WOW, or third if you count Guild Wars.

And so you know, I've read the entire Guild Wars website, many reviews, and have seen a number of friends play it. I'm even following information about Guild Wars 2. You really can't tell me much factual information about it that I don't know. I'll also be trying a trial that came with a friends copy fairly soon.

Quote: "At least with Runescape, you're capable of doing different things, exploring bigger places (if you're a member) and the quests can entail new things and different types of things. There aren't 3 types of quests, (collecting, killing, finding) a lot of them come with a story to follow and can be more engaging and the towns are more 'local' with things that make the town special. I mean one town in the free world is well suited for miners, another for craftsman and so on."

You've nailed exactly why I like RS. I basically became a member the day I completed all of the quests in free player.

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Runescape does have good quests. WOW on the other hand has the worst quest of any rpg I've ever seen. Repetitive beyond reasoning, really.

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Quote: "Elemetalists can one hit kill someone with a firestorm. And a warrior has to hit 20 times to kill someone. "


um...i know warriors that can chop u up in like 3 hits

and firestorm aint that good, if u die from that ur not to good

Quote: "I honestly could care less what anyone thinks the best is in this case. Again, you really need to learn the difference between opinion and fact. Anyone could say anything is the best, and no matter what it's an opinion. I could rather count the amount of people playing a certain game though, and tell you which is the most popular, because of the number of people playing. RS could be considered the most popular if you counted free accounts I believe, but if you only count memberships, it's second next to WOW, or third if you count Guild Wars.

And so you know, I've read the entire Guild Wars website, many reviews, and have seen a number of friends play it. I'm even following information about Guild Wars 2. You really can't tell me much factual information about it that I don't know. I'll also be trying a trial that came with a friends copy fairly soon."


ok...WoW is first cause of players..but basically WoW sucks IMO

and RS and guild wars are prolly tied

Quote: "Runescape does have good quests. WOW on the other hand has the worst quest of any rpg I've ever seen. Repetitive beyond reasoning, really."


yeah thats one thing i enjoyed, WoW quests are basically go kill 20 of these and oyu get munie..hurray!!

RS quests actually have a point

it liek lvl 65 in RS i did like one of the hardest quests in the game for my level, if i was the level you where supposed to do it at i could have finished it fast but it took me 5 hours to beat it

so i agree with u that RS has decent quests

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Quote: "ok...WoW is first cause of players..but basically WoW sucks IMO

and RS and guild wars are prolly tied"


Wow, I'm not sure you can read. Here, let me help you.

Quote: "no, RS is the second most popular excluding guild wars, per membership subscription."


Tied? For what?? RS has more players if you count free players, even if you exclude banned accounts and multiple accounts. That's a fact, get used to it. Guild Wars has more people who have "bought" the game. Get it? 'Cause I've been saying it for a while.

In case you really are not getting it, popular in the way I use it here is based off number of active subscribing/paid for users. What you seem to be thinking is that I'm referring to some imaginary scale that's my opinion, even though I have stated many times otherwise.

Anyways, RS released some more news on the new update:
Quote: "In High Detail mode, you will find that buildings with roofs are much easier to enter. You can now click on the roof of a building and your player will walk inside - assuming the door is open, of course! "


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lol

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Quote: "um...i know warriors that can chop u up in like 3 hits

and firestorm aint that good, if u die from that ur not to good"


it was an example, the game is like WoW, repetitive and boring. and quite unbalanced back when I played it. I bought it, played it. kicked it away. I bought all expansions HOPING they would be better.

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And yes, the runescape quests are alot better, they give you XP for things it is related to, and they also have more variety in them.

The Economy is also quite flexible, and the towns are great. Like Port Sarim, great for fishers coming from Karamja, but terrible for miners. And the Al-Kharid is quite good for miners.
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Quote: "it was an example, the game is like WoW, repetitive and boring. and quite unbalanced back when I played it. I bought it, played it. kicked it away. I bought all expansions HOPING they would be better."


yeah wow is unbalanced cause its items based...GW is skill based

Quote: "And yes, the runescape quests are alot better, they give you XP for things it is related to, and they also have more variety in them.

The Economy is also quite flexible, and the towns are great. Like Port Sarim, great for fishers coming from Karamja, but terrible for miners. And the Al-Kharid is quite good for miners. "


very true!

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Meh... I think that Runescape gets points for having a free-to-play component, but the community of obnoxious 10 year olds really ruins in addition to the graphics, even the updated ones. Other games, like Guild Wars are better, at least in my opinion.

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It's too bad Runescape is like the worst MMO ever. I played it for a few weeks and every day I played I hated it more and more. The animations are pathetic, the fighting is stupid. The pvp is stupid. Everything about that game I just hated. It was way to childish. I felt ashamed of myself that I played it because I found out my second cousin who is 6 was playing the game along with all of his friends.

I played WOW for about a year and a half but I got bored of it when I hit 70. Being level 70 was far more repetitive than the quests themselves. I'm playing LOTRO now which is awesome.

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i wanna play it but i dont feel like paying 15 bucks a month for a game

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I doubt thats humanly possible.

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Quote: "I played WOW for about a year and a half but I got bored of it when I hit 70. Being level 70 was far more repetitive than the quests themselves. I'm playing LOTRO now which is awesome."

You mean the one that's almost exactly like a Middle Earth version of WOW? I tried it, not saying you should stop playing or something, I'm just saying it's so similar to WOW that I felt I was playing the same game in Middle Earth. I HATE that control and HUD setup, and feel ashamed that MMO's can't seem to get down what many single player RPG's do so well. I trust that most people must enjoy it, otherwise Blizzard wouldn't have done it. But that is just such a huge turn off for me.

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I suggest trying FFXI its just really diffrent from other mmos.. It does need lot of patience and teamwork tough. There is only few solo jobs.

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Guys, do you realize how pathetic it is to get offended by each other arguing over which video game is more popular?

That being said, I agree with Bizar Guy. And as for lotr, I've been playing it the last 3 months, I'm lvl 50* champion and the game is garbage. Sorry, had to say it.

*(Edited for typo. You can believe me or not i could care less. Give me your username I'd be glad to contact you in game.)
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Quote: "That being said, I agree with Bizar Guy. And as for lotr, I've been playing it the last 3 months, I'm lvl 60 champion and the game is garbage. Sorry, had to say it."


Level 50 is the max when I played it. I bought it at release, it was fun for a month. The first 4 books are nice, but then it turns into a WoW clone...
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Are you referring to me and the argument w/ flickenmaste? If you find that pathetic, then you probably shouldn't take sides.

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meh, edited

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Wow, The Crazy, I think you may have missed the tone of conversation, as it has seemed to me, this is just a friendly discussion about different MMORPGs. But not to worry, tone isn't always the easiest thing to pickup online.

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I did play runescape. Got addicted to it. Lasted for around 6 months. Then I just stopped playing it. Then I cancelled my membership.
I now hate Runescape 'cause its SO addicting. But these new updates may make me come back to it. I just hope I won't get addicted to it!


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Sepp, yes, but I think the same goes for bizar. I don't think he realized I was trying to defend him, not attack both of them. I reckon he's just a lil' touchy.

I still want you to email me if you want though Bguy, no need to make the thread go down.

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The only thing wrong with runescape is that everything is point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click, point and click...

If it had more interesting ways of doing things, it would be good. The new grand exchange thing is really great. You can buy whatever you want in a few seconds instead of standing in a bank trying to get yourself heard!

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Quote: "That being said, I agree with Bizar Guy. And as for lotr, I've been playing it the last 3 months, I'm lvl 60 champion and the game is garbage. Sorry, had to say it."

Funny, the cap is 50.

I agree though it is very similar to WoW. That just so happens to be the reason I like it so much. I love WoW aside from its repetitiveness.
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Guys, do you realize how pathetic it is to get offended by each other arguing over which video game is more popular?"

No I don't. Please describe to me how it's pathetic.

Quote: "i wanna play it but i dont feel like paying 15 bucks a month for a game"

Than it's perfect for you. It's only 10 a month lol.

Quote: "I doubt thats humanly possible."

I wouldn't have quit if that wasn't true. Let me describe to you 1 week as level 70.
~NOTE~ Dailies are the same quest every day they never change.
Day 1. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 2. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 3. Boring Karazhan run. Do 20 Dailies.
Day 4. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 5. Last half of boring Karazhan run. Do 20 Dailies.
Day 6. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 7. Best day. Arena time. Lasts an hour. Then do 20 dailies.

So as you can see. DAILIES DAILIES DAILIES DAILIES

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email me I'd be glad to tell ya

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So in conclusion, all MMORPGs are boring at the end of the day and only serve to keep you hooked while weaning your money away, this is done by giving you a digital carrot usually in the form of levels or hard to get items(or both?), which in the case of levels, this carrot always gets shifted forward indicating you have to waste even more life getting to the next level than you did for the current one.

Unless I'm mistaken, Runescape is a very good example of this; I just played it a while ago to see what it's like, clearly I didn't spend all week playing it so didn't get to see all aspects of it, but one look at the character skills sheet and how each successive level for a stat takes longer to do, it's easy to see how one could waste ages levelling some of them up. While I didn't try any quests, I don't really see how fun they could possibly be with such 'annoying' controls(Is there any more than go from A to B, take this item to C and kill D and whatever?), I personally can't stand point and click movement but I can understand why it's used from a server perspective, plus it's easier to initially pick up. However, things such as opening doors was a pointless annoyance, and clicking smaller items isn't always that easy, especially when moving.

So personally I wouldn't call it fun at all, just another game where you spend all day pointlessly increasing some value on a server to show of your e-penis against other users to see who has the least life. Sure it may have a lot of subscribers, but subscribers(or money) doesn't make a good game.

I'm sure Bizar Guy will strongly disagree with this post, as he is clearly quite addicted to it , but I'll stick to games that require skill, in the form of reaction times, strategy etc, not stats.

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Then we can look at the creator's side of things (after all, this is a game creators forum) and see that obviously, those ridiculous tasks make them heaping sums of money, for things that don't cost an arm and a leg to host

I think MMOs are great. From a user's view, I hate paying subscriptions. If you pay for the game, why pay to play it, is my attitude. Also, paying for something that you can't physically hold, fondle etc, isn't worth the money. I like to manually hold my money possessions (however, Gas is an exception to this rule xD )
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Quote: "Guys, do you realize how pathetic it is to get offended by each other arguing over which video game is more popular?"


Whenever theres an argument between users, theres always the "wise" third party that either says "you're both wrong" or "you're both right." Your opinion is non-existent, but at least thanks for filling that role.

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Quote: "That being said, I agree with Bizar Guy. And as for lotr, I've been playing it the last 3 months, I'm lvl 60 champion and the game is garbage. Sorry, had to say it."
Funny, the cap is 50.

I agree though it is very similar to WoW. That just so happens to be the reason I like it so much. I love WoW aside from its repetitiveness.
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Guys, do you realize how pathetic it is to get offended by each other arguing over which video game is more popular?"
No I don't. Please describe to me how it's pathetic.

Quote: "i wanna play it but i dont feel like paying 15 bucks a month for a game"
Than it's perfect for you. It's only 10 a month lol.

Quote: "I doubt thats humanly possible."
I wouldn't have quit if that wasn't true. Let me describe to you 1 week as level 70.
~NOTE~ Dailies are the same quest every day they never change.
Day 1. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 2. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 3. Boring Karazhan run. Do 20 Dailies.
Day 4. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 5. Last half of boring Karazhan run. Do 20 Dailies.
Day 6. Do 20 dailies, sit and talk to guild rest of the day.
Day 7. Best day. Arena time. Lasts an hour. Then do 20 dailies.

So as you can see. DAILIES DAILIES DAILIES DAILIES"


The quests in general are really repetitive like that. Kill 15 of these, gather 20 of this, kill this thing, repeat X 9999

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No no, I did realize you were defending me. I didn't like the way you phrased it at all though. I have no idea what you edited out, but it seems like it was a lot for that one line I posted. After all, I kept all of my emotions out of that post, mentioning just that you had created an oxymoron (you had, I would have posted the same thing even if it had nothing to do with me). I'm not sure where the touchy part comes in, unless you're referring to that, which I'd rather not get into unless you feel some need.

Anyways, please don't read into my posts on such an emotional level (including this one, I'm quite calm right now), and stop trying to put people down with words like pathetic.


Quote: "I'm sure Bizar Guy will strongly disagree with this post, as he is clearly quite addicted to it , but I'll stick to games that require skill, in the form of reaction times, strategy etc, not stats."

Clearly. I'm probably one of the most lax active RS player. To say I've level 70 after 6 years is to say I've spent as much time in 6 years playing RS as the average RS player does in 6 months, from what I can tell. I do like the game, though I agree with you on most points about MMOs, which is why I've never been able to enjoy any of them BUT RS (I could tell you why, but I'm getting tired). I'm also not a fan of stat games, surprisingly. You'll find with all the games I make, that everything I do it based on having fun, or archiving some other state in which the player is engaged in what's happening. And that's how I like my games.

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Quote: "Clearly. Seriously, I'm probably the most lax active RS player. To say I've level 70 after 6 years is to say I've spent as much time in 6 years playing RS as the average RS player does in 6 months, from what I can tell. My opinion of most MMO's is pretty similar to yours, RS being the exception. I don't love RS, but I enjoy it as a pastime every so often. What I really like about it is that I've gotten to watch it develop for the past 6 years. It's like an ongoing wip project I test and keep tabs on, and each time I play I get to see something new. And that's why I'm posting about as big an update as upgrading the graphics for the entire world, and adding a full screen mode."


lvl 70 after 6 years??? i got to lvl 70 in 2 years and 1 year with out even playing

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Then you can imagine how little I've played in those 6 years. It's not like I've been roaming around the world doing nothing, I just don't play that often.

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Most comericall MMO's has huge server farms. They need money to keep that up. Also this prevents warez because you can warez the game but you still have to pay it even you crack the serial somehow.

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New update,

http://www.runescape.com/img/news/image_of_the_future_large2.jpg

If you can't see, go to http://www.runescape.com/ and click on An Image of the Not-Too-Distant Future.

And the quote,
Quote: "Drum-roll, please... You will have access to all of these updates within a couple of months! There really isn't much time to wait. If you can't wait for more details on the update, a new Development Diary is coming later this month."


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...Still looks bad. Oh well, it still looks good for going in a browser. They should just make it a program that runs fullscreen, much better.

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Looks better, need some AA, maybe some heat on the arms and face of the player's texture, overall 2/10.
Rofl.

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I dont really like games like this, thats the only reason I dont like it...

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Only thing left now, is to finally update the player graphics... since those still look pretty bad.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. Though the game still looks like crap in general, the players look pathetic.

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Very specific of you.

Quote: "Only thing left now, is to finally update the player graphics... since those still look pretty bad. "

Word, though they have been doing that a bit, with things like the additions to the character editor. I completely redid my character when that happened, and he's pretty stylish now. I completely agree that's one of the next steps after this...

I'm going to argue though if you're still complaining this much about the graphics after this sort of update (not any one person in specific, just people in general), that you are expecting far too much from a single update. I mean this is an update to the entire RS world, they've added a full screen, and as can be seen in this new pic, greatly increased the draw distance. This is a huge achievement in RS and it's pretty obvious this is not the end of a set of updates, but a continuation. The full screen and high detail mode will almost certainly become the main focus of graphical updates, and the visuals will continue to improve. And as with the mention of the simplifying entering buildings, this is also an improvement to basic gameplay functions, making the gameplay more enjoyable overall. And finally, let's wait until we see what it looks like in action, rather than just a still like this.

Anywho, here's the pics of the new update, for all to see who do not wish to be inconvinienced. I personally curious to see the HUD for high detail.

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They should give an option for a download client with better graphics.

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That could be a suggestion for the future with those guys, though I can imagine it would take a lot of time, effort and staff.

"Experience never provides its judgments with true or strict universality; but only (through induction) with assumed and comparative universality." - Immanuel Kant
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older version the best lol

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Yes, they have added to it. However they still are the same old style. Most NPC's have been updated too by now. I understand it will take a while to update the player graphics, And I see why they might not do it inmediantly, But I sure hope they will do so in the future.

The newer version looks like it has SLIGHTLY updated character graphics. Though the envirement looks alot better then the characters.
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Why is it that every MMO has to be fantasy-based? There are half a dozen MMOs that I can think of that involve wizards, warriors, magic, spells, etc., and that has to be *the* most boring genre I can think of.

As far as I know there's only one sci-fi MMO, and the rest are fantasy. Too bad, really. I just can't get into the fantasy genre, and I have tried. It's sad not being able to enjoy RPGs


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But Jagex, the company who makes it are java based. This is what Jagex Means
JA-Java
G-Gaming
EX-Experts


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As far as I know there's only one sci-fi MMO, and the rest are fantasy. Too bad, really. I just can't get into the fantasy genre, and I have tried. It's sad not being able to enjoy RPGs"


Because they appeal to the masses, and probably also because Tolkien was very popular amongst geeks for stealing and adapting mythology.

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