Flashback Special: MMO's and You- What you Need To Know About 2 Big Titles

So, I’m not much of an MMO guy, at least, I wasn’t when I had written my Animal Crossing blog last week. But, I was needed more material, so I though and thought. And thought. So, I went out, and looked for some new games, and almost bought a N64, but because of a lack of money, and one car crash, it didn’t end up happening.  So, on Saturday, I was talking to my friend and lo and behold, he was playing Runescape. That old game.  So I thought, well, maybe this could be fun. Bad idea, it brought me back in, not soon after, I came back to the other game that was the epitome of my childhood, but that’s for Friday. For now, I’m going to talk about Runescape, its history for me, and what it can do for you.

RS is the best free MMORPG ever. Seriously. Just about out of anything ever made.  It allows you to make a cute little character and train them in a medieval  setting. For there, it’s up to you for making money, training your combat, or completing quests. But, when you find life to be a bit too boring, you can throw $5.95* (per month) and do everything you could literally imagine. I have been playing Runescape for about 7 years now, on and off, and I have had my account hacked 3 times, been a member 4 times, and have committed genocide on trees by selling them for profit. I still enjoy every moment of it.

Let’s get into the finer things of RS: Money. Currently resting in my bank is 500k, full rune, and various other tools that I have acquired over time, like a snow globe that spawns infinite snowballs and a chicken suit.  Runescape, although not always serious, has many features that I have always loved. One is pest control, where you kill interestly themed monsters to fitting music, the point of which is to protect your shaman, who is keeping you in the fight. You win by destroying all of the portals that are letting the pests in.

So, believe me, Runescape is a fun game, and is one of the major parts of my own childhood. I put many, many hours into this game, but coming up, I’m going to talk about the most influential game to me of all time, and I’ll give you a few hints, it’s an MMO, and it’s not WoW.