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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....

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I miss the heyday of both RuneScape and Guild Wars 1. Those were fantastic times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I still occasionally fire it up and just walk around some of the hub cities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week 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 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Man, spent so many hours in it. Recently installed it again and it still runs perfectly fine too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You just reminded me, I should see if I can get City of Heroes Homecoming running on my computer.