Old School RuneScape is an alternate version of the venerable free-to-play MMORPG recreating the experience of playing circa 2007, something at least 1 million players want in their lives. Unlike RuneScape, World of Warcraft doesn’t offer official legacy versions of the MMO. The reason I say that is because any massively multiplayer game that has pretty much ever existed and has ever done any expansions has always gotten the nostalgia of, “Oh God, wouldn’t it be great if we could have classic servers!” and more than anything else that generally proves to be nostalgia.
In most cases – in almost all cases – the way it ends up playing out is that the game wasn’t as good back then as people remember it being and then when those servers become available, they go play there for a little bit and quickly remember that it wasn’t quite as good as what they remembered in their minds and they don’t play there anymore and you set up all these servers and you dedicated all this hardware to it and it really doesn’t get much use. Jagex Games Studio, creators of the fantasy MMORPG RuneScape, have confirmed today a wealth of new content launching throughout 2016 to celebrate the game’s 15th anniversary.
Andrew and Paul Gower — the founders of RuneScape back in 2001 — are returning as guest designers for a “Gower Quest” due for release in spring 2016. A new game client technology that will take RuneScape’s visuals to a new level of fidelity will also be introduced, together with four quests that conclude the epic rs gold for sale God Wars storyline that started in 2013. A new skill – Invention — will be introduced to the game, allowing players to personalize weapons and armor, and make them more technically advanced. Instead, players take to hosting their own game servers that allow players to return to the game they might have originally played with, before its various expansions launched.
More “RuneScape” content will be released over the next 12 months. Announcements about the 15th anniversary celebrations are expected to come in the following weeks and months. Follow #RuneScapeAt15 to get the most up-to-date information about the RuneScape Anniversary festivities. Suggested Links Allegiances then allow players to get reputation to unlock new content. To obtain new weapons and armour, you will be called upon to beat local criminal gangs, protect the city from the pervasive lizard man threat, and smuggle contraband onto the city’s streets.
What’s more, you can play the mini-game of farming, mug the city’s inhabitants, and uncover the secrets of the necromancy spell book. Blizzard Entertainment’s terms of use, however, don’t condone these private servers, resulting in cease-and-desist orders forcing player-run communities like Nostalrius to close. Playing he retro version doesn’t mean you miss out on enw experiences, though. As of today, player can begin exploring the first region of the continent of Zeah, a new landmass not found in the modern version of the game.
The continent will be unveiled piece by piece over the next three months as part of the 15th anniversary celebrations of the original RuneScape. Today’s content drop features the city of Great runescape gold Kourend, and has players choosing from one of five factions battling for control of the city. Earn reputation through your allegiances to access new content, obtain weapons and armour, battle local criminal gangs, fight off lizard men, and smuggle contraband.