what is runescape?

Question

yeah i know it is an online game and i always hear it from others but could you give me the complete info? i'm not from the USA and i'm from the Philippines BTW and runescape here is UNKNOWN. i'm just curious 'bout it. actually the popular games here are DotA, Ragnarok and Ran so no one knows here what runescape is.

Answer 1

What is RuneScape?

RuneScape is a massively multiplayer on-line role-playing game (MMORPG), it is also the name of a virtual world with monsters to kill, quests to complete and treasure to win. RuneScape is more than just a game: it is an evolving world of remarkable depth and flexibility. Players control a character and train them to improve and become more powerful, or simply to become more skilled. A player may even decide not to improve at all, and simply trade goods in one of RuneScape's many markets. What a player does in RuneScape is entirely their decision: nothing is predetermined.

RuneScape allows its players to decide what is important to them. Many players enjoy fighting in the heat of close combat, hunting out ever more powerful beasts. Others prefer to destroy their enemies from a distance with magic or missile weapons. But the game is not limited to combat: you might prefer to make the weapons of war, rather then wield them, and labour over a furnace and an anvil, or whittle arrows from wood -- all civilisations need their craftsmen, after all. Other players enjoy simply wandering across RuneScape meeting other players and characters, looking at the scenery, or completing quests.

The game is hugely popular and has a vast number of players you can meet, trade with and play alongside if you choose. RuneScape has a strong community who like to work together on quests and minigames. Like everything else in RuneScape, you can choose to interact with people as much or as little as you like by setting up a list of your friends and shutting out the noise of public conversation.

The skills that you can develop in RuneScape are as varied as the life you might lead: from the combat skills of Strength and Magic, the domestic Cooking and Woodcutting skills, right through to Crafting, Fletching and Runecrafting, and many more. Many players choose to specialise in one skill, and it is not uncommon to find them cluster together in the very best places for practising their chosen skill.

Quests and minigames within RuneScape promote problem solving skills and teamwork as well as rewarding dedication. There are many problems to overcome and puzzles to unravel, testing your knowledge and perseverance. The longest of these quests might take you several days of brain-straining, while the simplest can be completed in an hour or less. The quests are also scattered quite liberally across the world, so that wherever you are you can be sure that there is at least one quest somewhere close by.


Quests can be one of the most rewarding things you do in RuneScape, as they encourage you to travel and to meet new characters, to use skills you might otherwise neglect, and, of course, all quests come with a literal reward as well. There are over one hundred quests in RuneScape, and that number is constantly growing. You may be required to do something as simple as bake a cake, or something as complex as resolving diplomatic relations between warring states.

RuneScape is constantly expanding and improving. In addition to the free version, we have a Members version that players can subscribe to so they can enjoy new quests, minigames, areas and skills that we add to the game on a regular basis. The size of RuneScape, combined with the constant stream of updates, means any player will have hours of enjoyment and challenge as they battle their way through the game.

Where To Play RuneScape
RuneScape is at www.runescape.com.

Cost to Play RuneScape
You can play RuneScape for free. RuneScape does however have a premium package for $5 a month (at the time of this writing) that offers a bunch of extras that helps you progress in the game.

Drawbacks About RuneScape

Chatting and RuneScape
The chatting feature in RuneScape can be turned off but most players use it. Chatting is fun but remember to council your child about the dangers including not sharing personal information and never meeting people in person that they met online.

Scammers and RuneScape
Scammers are in the RuneScape game. While trading, they can change the amount or the item quickly and trick you into paying more for an item than it is worth. You can easily report people for scamming.

Passwords and RuneScape
Apparently there are some people that try to get your password to "steal" items in your account. Be sure to protect your password.

Foul Language and RuneScape
RuneScape has a filter that blocks foul language but many people have gone around it by using alternative spellings.

Violence and RuneScape
Part of the game is battling with weapons. RuneScape also involves magic. This game is not rated.

Good Things About RuneScape

RuneScape gives the opportunity to learn skills such as archery, crafting, smithing, and mining.

RuneScape help children to learn how to manage money (saving and spending) plus engrains the fact that the more skills you have, the more money you make.

The RuneScape game is not limited and you can virtually play forever and not "beat it".

Answer 2

Its a popular online game. It consists of worlds for members and nonmembers. It is free but if you want more features you can pay 5 dollars a month. You can interact with other people and make friends. The first thing you must do is train. Then later on you can train in combat skills, fishing skills, cooking etc. That is the main idea of runescape.

Answer 3

Hiya! I play DotA too, nice game. Jus like Warcraft. (IM FROM MALAYSIA, BUT RUNESCAPE HERE IS QUITE, WELL, KNOWN HERE) I play RuneScape and it is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role PLaying Game in 3D, and it is based on medieval times, with a twist of Desert tribes and barbarians. One can accomplish quests easily once they know where to go and wat to get.

But better, go play Maple Story for South East Asia. I play it (MapleSEA) and its nice even tho its 2D. Best game evar other than Dota and Granado Espada.

Go to http://www.maplesea.com/

If u wan play, contact me, i'll be sure to help u out be it RuneScape or MapleSEA

Answer 4

Runescape is tha bestest game in the entire universe!!!! jk well its an awesome game!!!PLAY IT PLAY IT PLAY IT!!! =D

Answer 5

one of those online role playing games. the concept of the game has been used thousands of times before and it isn't very fun.

and the 'fighting' only has about 4 frames, similar to mortal kombat but even worse

Answer 6

it's not that graet of a game, i got an account and wasted a day of my life, if you want to know some other sites that i would reccomend, email me

Answer 7

an online game with violence, i'd say almost like lord of the rings but you play it by creating an account

Answer 8

Try to post your question at http://forum.gamesquare.ca .The site is all about games its pretty new maybe someone there can help you. Its free to join. Hope this help :)