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 rs 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. rs has a
strong community who like to work together on quests and
minigames. Like everything else in runescape, you can choose to
intereact 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.
Runescape's
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.
Runescape
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.
If you are the parent of a player, please also read the Parents'
Guide at runescape official site |