I’m not sure it’s really the same kind of thing. I’d argue anyone who is genuinely interested in an MMO would like a different game better. RuneScape has more in common with an AOL chatroom or text based game than a moden MMO even by the standards for an MMO way back when.
Other games wish they were WOW and WOW is a bad game imo.
A lot of them are. You’re not wrong. There are a few gems, but I feel like technical limitations made a lot of early ones pure grindfests. Never my favorite genre. I did like Ragnarok Online back in the day. Total grindfests. Lol.
Other MMOs wish they could have been RuneScape
I’m not sure it’s really the same kind of thing. I’d argue anyone who is genuinely interested in an MMO would like a different game better. RuneScape has more in common with an AOL chatroom or text based game than a moden MMO even by the standards for an MMO way back when.
Other games wish they were WOW and WOW is a bad game imo.
Some people still have strong possitive feelings for AIM.
Runescape outlived WoW and all the rest because people preferred it.
In 2009 RuneScape had ~200,000 daily players. WoW had ~5.5 million.
Current estimates are RuneScape at ~150,000 and I’m being generous. WoW is at ~1.1 million.
I don’t like WoW either, but it’s the king for a reason.
That reason is they paid addiction specialists to tune drop rates and combat to make children addicted to their product.
OSRS hit almost a mil concurrent last leagues iirc, so it isn’t like it’s a small irrelevant game.
RS3 is pretty dead though
I genuinenely did not know that WoW was still running, tbh.
Legend says it has to be cast into Mount SexualAssault from which it came.
MMORPGs are shit grind fests change my mind. The reward is basically what survival games feel like.
A lot of them are. You’re not wrong. There are a few gems, but I feel like technical limitations made a lot of early ones pure grindfests. Never my favorite genre. I did like Ragnarok Online back in the day. Total grindfests. Lol.
It was joyful and the players made it amazing as well. You weren’t alone was the best part in some games.