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.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Other MMOs wish they could have been RuneScape
Rancor_Tangerine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
Etterra@discuss.online 4 hours ago
RuneScape wishes it was Ultima Online.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Some people still have strong possitive feelings for AIM.
Rancor_Tangerine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
MMORPGs are shit grind fests change my mind. The reward is basically what survival games feel like.
Rancor_Tangerine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.