Runescape? What’s that? Isn’t that the game where you mine for fish and burn logs for no reason and it looks like some toddler made it using Microsoft Paint?

Well……..yes in a way, that’s one of the versions of the game which is still alive and kicking but the other version (which I will be focusing on) looks a little like this:

In the interest of objectivity (as this is what this blog is all about) full disclosure here is that this is one of the most recent additions to the game and as such will look slightly better than some of the older parts that have been around for over a decade:

However this is still a far cry away from what you’re most likely to remember runescape as which would be this, the current 2007 snapshot:

Or maybe even this is you’re as old as me (very bloody old):

So Runescape, or the most current version which I will be referring to RS3 from here onwards, has come a long way since it’s humble beginnings. Truthfully I believe it’s quite consistent to what it originally released as: a grindy rpg with puzzle and adventure based questing (not bring me 10 rat kidneys with no canonical continuity) in an open world.

So what can I compare RS3 with these days from the other competitors in the MMO market? Honestly: not much. The combat rework that happened in 2012 brought it in line with your typical MMO fighting style of abilities targeting a specific entity instead of the old “point n’ click” style that it started out with, however the core of the game remains unique and true to it’s inception concept which I highly respect the decision makers over at Jagex (RS3’s creators) for doing.

So is this worth your time? Why not just play WoW if this game just updated it’s core combat mechanics to emulate it? I’ll be writing a series of posts on the ups and downs of this game and I’ll let you judge yourself whether you want to dive in.