Devoid of Fun

Game: Runescape

Not only is this game a waste of time, but it's an eye sore and the community is terrible as well. Try talking to anyone without being called a stupid "noob", regardless of you status or level in-game. Don't even get me started on the forums. "h3y guyz w4nn4 2 buy mi ful r00n armour for onli 190k plz?" You may think people who you've met and talked with in Runescape are your friends, but quit for two or more weeks and no one will even remember your name. Although it is a mediocre game, it can become addiciting, because of the whole RPG aspect of it. The problem is- there's no way to really finish or complete Runescape. There's always some pointless and most likely boring task to finish, be it walking from place to place and talking to NPCs, or just spending countless hours training skills. And to be able to unlock a new feature, there is a chain of events and tasks which must be met and/or completed. Example: in order to buy and weild barrows gloves, a player must complete one of the hardest quests in the game, "Recipe for Disaster". But before they can even attempt to do RfD, they must first complete a series of other mindless quests and tasks. The quests that are required for RfD also require other quests to be completed. And some of THOSE quests require other quests to be completed before being allowed to be started. Some quests require high level skills, or sometimes money or items,all of which take much time to acquire. The combination of all of these things makes a player wonder if it's really worth spending hours and hours to slightly improve their game. Different stages of Runescape addicition: 1- Starting off in the game and 2- Getting into mid to high levels of the game; starting to feel a false sense of accomplishment. Considering membership. 3- Continuing to level up, considered a high level player. A paying member by this time. 4- Starting to realize that Runescape is not a fun game, but not willing to give up countless hours invested into their game account. 5- Finally quitting, and possibly selling their account to other obsessed antisocial preteens who have nothing better to do. The same applies to nearly all MMORPGs. Don't forget autoers! You know, people who write up a macro script to play for them. In most free servers, there are many areas where you'd be hard pressed to find a real person, although there are dozens of autoers there. Many idiotic Runescape players claim that only people who aren't proficient RS players think it's a horrendous game. Nothing could be further from the truth. Believe me; I played for over a year before quitting, gaining moderately high stats and having a ranking in the top 20%. I'm not bragging, though. I'm actually ashamed to have wasted so much time on a game like this. There is actually no skill involved in playing Runescape, too. Even someone with down syndrome could have a high level account if they devoted many hours a day to it. Overall, Runescape is a pathetic game and should be avoided. There are many more free online games that are much more fun, such as TBA.