Runescape

[psymann]

If I've recommended Runescape to anyone, please allow me to un-recommend it.

It used to be a good game (boring in places, but good).

Now it's changed ownership and the new owners have thrown away much of the good principles of the old game-makers. As a result, they have devalued the game through a series of updates to give away free in-game experience very easily, done too little to prevent bot/macro players using illegal software to get ahead and sell in-game benefits for real money, and, by far worst of all this last month, after years of saying that people shouldn't be able to get ahead in the game by being rich in real life, have now offered in-game free stuff in large quantities to anyone who is willing to pay extra.

A once good game has turned into a money-grabbing game where rich players can get ahead, as can those who are willing to illegally buy benefits from third parties.

So if you were considering playing Runescape, I would now suggest you consider other options where once I'd have encouraged you to try it.

[NostalgicMelody7]

Yeah, I tried runescape a few months ago and it was just... meh.

[Joshuamonkey]

That was dissapointing to me too, but it doesn't really effect me personally, and that's something that people did before anyway, just illegally. Runescape is very different, but a games a game. And now they let the players vote on the changes they have.
Anyway I searched for this thread because I thought this list was funny: http://www.similarsitesearch.com/alternatives-to/human-age.com
It lists Cantr II, Perfect World, and Runescape on the same list..although they're very very different. I used to play Perfect World, by the way, and it's actually a decent game, and free. In terms of graphics and the fact that you can fly..better than Runescape. I don't play Runescape for the graphics though.