RuneScape
RuneScape is a game that is played on the Internet. Multiple people play RuneScape all at the same time, which makes it a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (or MMORPG). It began in 2001, and is owned by Jagex Ltd. It is set in a fantasy land.
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[change] History
The game first started in 2001 as Runescape (now referred to as RuneScape Classic), but the code and graphics engine was rewritten in 2004 to form Runescape 2, the game that is playable today. The game is designed to allow players all over the world to connect and play together in real-time. There may be over 100,000 people playing the game at any one time, and even more at peak times such as weekends.[source?] And even after the bot nuke day, there are still so many bots. They can count as over 1/3 of all players playing at once.
[change] Development
The game was originally made by Andrew Gower. He created a game named "DeviousMUD" in 1998. DeviousMud used two dimensional graphics. It was only briefly released to the public before being taken down. RuneScape is entirely made of three dimensional graphics.
Jagex was formed soon after. It stands for Java Gaming Experts. Andrew Gower is head of development. It was renamed to Just About the Game Experience.
[change] Gameplay
The RuneScape world has many different areas and places where players can explore and do activities such as quests or training a skill. RuneScape skills are abilities that players can train to be able to do special things. Smithing is an example of a skill that can allow a player to create metal items.[1]
[change] Cost
RuneScape is an online game. Like most free online games, the free version is very basic, and there is an option to become a paying member and buy more features. RuneScape is played on 172 servers. Each server can have up to 2,000 people playing on it at a time.
As an optional service one can become a Member. Members get a larger area to play in, use of 9 extra skills, 6 times the space in the game's bank, and access to member only weapons, tools, armor and quests. There are over one million (1,000,000) members in Runescape.[2]
[change] Weapons, Armor, and Shields
Like most MMORPGs, RuneScape has weapons, armor and shields. Weapons, armor and shields can be made out of many things. Common materials for items include bronze, iron, steel, black, mithril, adamantite, rune, granite, and dragon. Some of these materials can be obtained by mining rocks that contain ore. Players can then create items from the ore by smelting the ore using the smith skill into bars and then use the bar and smith it also using the smithing skill. There are also other armors that can not be made but must be gotten through methods such as trade or quests. Some members only weapons have special abilities to help the player, such as the abyssal whip and the dragon scimitar.
[change] Skills
RuneScape has skills to train, including 16 free to play skills and 9 members skills. Players can train their skills by doing different actions. Skills are usually trained by collecting a resource, like logs, and doing something with them such as burning them. All of the skills can be leveled up to a max of 99 and one up to a max of 120, then a max of 200,000,000 exp. The Current Skills as of the 13th November 2011: Attack, Strength, Defence, Range, Prayer, Magic, Runecrafting, Construction, Dungeoneering, Constitution, Agility, Herblore, Thieving, Crafting, Fletching, Slayer, Hunter, Mining, Smithing, Fishing, Cooking, Firemaking, Woodcutting, Farming, Summoning.
[change] Player Killing
RuneScape has a Player Killing part in the game. Player killing takes place in the Wilderness, a vast region north of all major cities. Player killing also takes place in some mini-games but it is different from main player killing because in mini-games, there are different rules that control player killing. Player killing was limited to only minigames on December 10, 2007. However, Wilderness player killing was reinstated on February 1, 2011.
[change] References
- ↑ "RuneScape Knowledge Base’s Beginners' Guide". http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2312.
- ↑ "RuneScape reaches one million members!". Jagex. 2006-05-04. http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=789. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
