htotheh
28-05-2006, 00:51
I don't know, I used to be a big fan of runescape until a few months ago did i realize, runescape is the most stupid game ever. Unlike other games, Action, where you get to burn fat on your fingers; RPG, where your eye balls run around with your character; Strategy, where you play until your brain bleeds; Sports, where you know which player needs to go where; Shooter, where your right wrist just can't keep up; Runescape is perhaps the most pointless game featuring the most pointless features...
Runescape:
Combat: Unlike action games, you need to press 20 buttons like 3 seconds, all you have to do to attack someone on runescape is click on them. I mean, that's it, it's not like the more you click the harder you hit... it's not like the faster you click the faster you hit... it's like, even if you don't click, you'll automatically fight back. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Range/Archery: Unlike shooter games, you don't have to aim, and the more or less, fast or slower you click doesn't do a thing, you just click, and stand there and wait. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Magic: Basically the same concept as range, you just click, and watch. Basically it's something for someone with lazy fingers and hands. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Prayer: After clicking on "Attack Black Knight" and just waiting there for about a minute, you get his bones, and you click on the bones, which buries them... You don't even need to dig a hole... There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Fishing: click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, go to bank to get a new lobster cage because the old one was eaten by a shark, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish wait, bank. Unlike fishing games, you don't aim at where you want throw your fishing rod. And you don't need know when there's a fish on hook or anything. Just click on the fish, wait, and bank. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Cooking: There are no cooking games out there, so I can't compare... It's not like you can control how big of a fire you make, how high of a pan you heat, its just.... There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Woodcutting: There are no woodcutting games, so I can't compare it with anything... but here's how it works. Click on tree, wait, click on another tree, wait, click on another tree, wait, bank. Repeat 10 to the 24th times to get about 20,000 gp. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Firemaking: you don't have to worry about forrest fires, or burning yourself, or running out of matches, or anything else. Just click on the match box with infinite matches, and click on logs. I mean, that's it. You don't even get to strike the match. And by the way, wood don't just light up that easily, people usually put thin branches and papers. It will take a long time to get 3 oak logs that are fatter than your body to light up. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Runecrafting: This is perhaps the skill that you need to travel a lot for. Basically, you just walk, click, use pouches, click, teleport back, bank, and do the cycle over and over again. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Mining: Click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click wait... 28 times. Bank. Click, wait, click wait, 28 times, bank. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Smithing: There are no smithing games, so I can't compare, but the concepts are same as others. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Fletching: After you spent about 2987 hours clicking on pixel trees, and waiting for them to grow back in about 5 seconds, you get a knife, and click on knife, click on wood, click on "Make 50" bows... when your logs run out, bank. and do it again, and again, and again. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Theiving: Ok this category can be compared with other games. There are thief games out there such as Thief: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Dark Project, etc, where you actually need to think the way a thief would think: sneak up, don't walk on metal stuff, don't jump, don't fall, don't make other's scream, extinguish torches, crack locks, etc. In runescape, to thieve, or steal something, you just click on the guy, and choose the option "Pickpocket ____" There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Agility: I'm not even going into this. I'm sure there are games like the skill agility in runescape, where you need to control your character, maybe some sort of olympics sports game or whatever. But in runescape, you go it, you just click. You can't control if you character falls off of a balance beam or not, all you have to do is pray, and believe... in pixels. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Herblore: there are monsters you kill, well, you click on once, that drop what are called herbs... and you just click on herb, then on a vial with water, and other ingredients, it's done. You don't get to mix the potion, or heat it or anything... it just magically mixes itself. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Farming: ok, if runescape farms were real, the world would be such a better place. There's no season, you can harvest stuff in winter and in summer. If your plants get disease, you just pour stuff on it. In reality, you can plant a bush in Romeo's backyard, but you can't in the game. There are no farming patches... You don't get to know how deep the holes should be dug, how much water should be put, etc. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Slayer: basically runescape programmers had to keep the pay to play members interested and therefore came up with a new skill - slayer. Basically, you just kill stuff, and sometimes you have to wear different protections or different weapons... it's as pointless as combat in runescape. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Merchant: this is perhaps the category that requires the most social skill and patience. Basically, you buy low sell high. When you buy stuff, try be act like a freaking slave and beg, when you sell stuff, act like a slave and beg.
and when...
Monsters hit you: you can't block or dodge by responding quickly.
Food are on the verge of being burnt: you can't just take it off the fire.
You are about to fall off of a log: you can't grab on to it with your hands.
You fall into a pond: you can't swim.
and more stuff but i don't feel like typing a paper on this.
Runescape:
Combat: Unlike action games, you need to press 20 buttons like 3 seconds, all you have to do to attack someone on runescape is click on them. I mean, that's it, it's not like the more you click the harder you hit... it's not like the faster you click the faster you hit... it's like, even if you don't click, you'll automatically fight back. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Range/Archery: Unlike shooter games, you don't have to aim, and the more or less, fast or slower you click doesn't do a thing, you just click, and stand there and wait. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Magic: Basically the same concept as range, you just click, and watch. Basically it's something for someone with lazy fingers and hands. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Prayer: After clicking on "Attack Black Knight" and just waiting there for about a minute, you get his bones, and you click on the bones, which buries them... You don't even need to dig a hole... There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Fishing: click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, go to bank to get a new lobster cage because the old one was eaten by a shark, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish, wait, bank, click on fish wait, bank. Unlike fishing games, you don't aim at where you want throw your fishing rod. And you don't need know when there's a fish on hook or anything. Just click on the fish, wait, and bank. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Cooking: There are no cooking games out there, so I can't compare... It's not like you can control how big of a fire you make, how high of a pan you heat, its just.... There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Woodcutting: There are no woodcutting games, so I can't compare it with anything... but here's how it works. Click on tree, wait, click on another tree, wait, click on another tree, wait, bank. Repeat 10 to the 24th times to get about 20,000 gp. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Firemaking: you don't have to worry about forrest fires, or burning yourself, or running out of matches, or anything else. Just click on the match box with infinite matches, and click on logs. I mean, that's it. You don't even get to strike the match. And by the way, wood don't just light up that easily, people usually put thin branches and papers. It will take a long time to get 3 oak logs that are fatter than your body to light up. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Runecrafting: This is perhaps the skill that you need to travel a lot for. Basically, you just walk, click, use pouches, click, teleport back, bank, and do the cycle over and over again. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Mining: Click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click, wait, click wait... 28 times. Bank. Click, wait, click wait, 28 times, bank. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Smithing: There are no smithing games, so I can't compare, but the concepts are same as others. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Fletching: After you spent about 2987 hours clicking on pixel trees, and waiting for them to grow back in about 5 seconds, you get a knife, and click on knife, click on wood, click on "Make 50" bows... when your logs run out, bank. and do it again, and again, and again. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Theiving: Ok this category can be compared with other games. There are thief games out there such as Thief: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Dark Project, etc, where you actually need to think the way a thief would think: sneak up, don't walk on metal stuff, don't jump, don't fall, don't make other's scream, extinguish torches, crack locks, etc. In runescape, to thieve, or steal something, you just click on the guy, and choose the option "Pickpocket ____" There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Agility: I'm not even going into this. I'm sure there are games like the skill agility in runescape, where you need to control your character, maybe some sort of olympics sports game or whatever. But in runescape, you go it, you just click. You can't control if you character falls off of a balance beam or not, all you have to do is pray, and believe... in pixels. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Herblore: there are monsters you kill, well, you click on once, that drop what are called herbs... and you just click on herb, then on a vial with water, and other ingredients, it's done. You don't get to mix the potion, or heat it or anything... it just magically mixes itself. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Farming: ok, if runescape farms were real, the world would be such a better place. There's no season, you can harvest stuff in winter and in summer. If your plants get disease, you just pour stuff on it. In reality, you can plant a bush in Romeo's backyard, but you can't in the game. There are no farming patches... You don't get to know how deep the holes should be dug, how much water should be put, etc. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Slayer: basically runescape programmers had to keep the pay to play members interested and therefore came up with a new skill - slayer. Basically, you just kill stuff, and sometimes you have to wear different protections or different weapons... it's as pointless as combat in runescape. There's no technique or skilll whatsoever involved in that... except for time and patience.
Merchant: this is perhaps the category that requires the most social skill and patience. Basically, you buy low sell high. When you buy stuff, try be act like a freaking slave and beg, when you sell stuff, act like a slave and beg.
and when...
Monsters hit you: you can't block or dodge by responding quickly.
Food are on the verge of being burnt: you can't just take it off the fire.
You are about to fall off of a log: you can't grab on to it with your hands.
You fall into a pond: you can't swim.
and more stuff but i don't feel like typing a paper on this.