Runescape Versus WoW

[unlucky97]

WoW

 

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15/month + $50 game

 

must be installed, med/high end computer

 

lvl cap at 60, done in a month

 

great graphics

 

great gameplay

 

instants, raids, pvp, guilds, clans

 

 

 

Runescape

 

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5/month or 0/month

 

can be played anywhere, anytime w/o install, low end computer

 

lvl cap at 99, first to complete took 5 years

 

low end graphics

 

great gameplay

 

weekly update

 

minigames, wildies

 

dynamic, player-driven economy

 

 

 

Anyone want to append to that list?

 

YOu have to consider your ment to have more than one maxed out account unlike rs there are difference types of characters. I have played WoW and rs. I play rs more because it is easyer and dont have to pay a lot of attention but wow is an extremely fun game

[Shaunri33]

Oh yes, i forgot to add something:

 

There are also different races and classes you can choose from in WoW. You could be Human, Gnome, Night Elf, Dwarven, Orc, Undead, Troll, or Tauren. They are also coming out with two new races with the new expansion pack. Each race has a different look to it, and different strengths in classes. I personally enjoy playing on my Undead Rogue, and being able to eat dead bodies (yes quite gross, but it heals my health faster :P). But I also like playing on a Gnome on my other server that I play on, jumping around like your a midget does have its enjoyment.

 

 

 

Don't get me started on the dances in Runescape compared to WoW, theres like 2 different dance emotes on RS? Then theres a unique dance for each class (one for female, one for male) making that 16 different dances, soon to be 18 ^.^

[Shaunri33]

WOW is pretty good in some ways, but in general its pretty crappy. All the classes are always unbalanced, which screws up the whole point of the game: combat, on top of that, getting to lvl 60 (max in wow) dosent take very hard, and eventually it gets boring fast, espechially since its so unbalanced, and theres nothing else to do. The game is just about cool graphics and flashy lights.

 

 

 

There are two reasons why its so popular.

 

 

 

1. It had loads on initial advertising, on battle net for example.

 

 

 

2. People get attracted by pretty lights and graphics, thats also why runescape is not as popular as it would be with better graphics.

 

 

 

I don't see how the classes are unbalanced, yes some classes are better again'st others, but if you are good enough you can kill any class with any class. Hunters are supposed to be very good agains't rogues, yet I have yet to die to a hunter, and I kill them all the time.

 

 

 

I hate people who base why people play WoW because of the graphics, when I first started WoW I was impressed by the graphics. But now I could care less.

[Shaunri33]

oh god......not another one, right... I think that runescape is better purely because it is dead cheap, wow 5 bucks a month for an amazing game? no software to install, no nothing, and they even let you play for free.....no that is a well planned out game. BUT yer sure WoW as better graphics, and more stuff, but fer what? 15 bucks a month? and you have to buy the software in the first place? WoW certainly is a better game, but the the other aspects is where Runescape rules. But hey, what about Guild Wars? No theres a good idea, free online play...but that's another post.....

 

 

 

~ Blurite44

 

 

 

P.S. I'm sorry this is a big block of writing....i yap on way too mcuh when it come to RPGs.....wow i could have written another whole paragraphabout this....well funny story actually......

 

 

 

Ive played Guild Wars, I thought it was great at the time but it isn't. The max level is attainable in a day, PvP blows because you have to go to an arena to PvP, theres no dungeons or really any good bosses in it :\

[honeo]

i agree with shadow

 

im sure wow is better, more fun, and less addictive

 

 

 

but i would rather be ranked high in one game than ranked mediocre in 2 games

 

 

 

Ive heard WOW is one of the most addicting games ever.

 

 

 

I like runescape better because its 5 bucks a month, rather than 15. And ill need to drop alot of money on a better video card to play it.

 

 

 

WoW is the most addicting game ever.

 

 

 

Personally I have never played it. But people that have used the 10 Day Free Trial have been addicted instantly. I have known people that have gone from top players in Counter Strike to WoW users in just 5 days.

 

 

 

Lets compare.

 

Runescape:

 

-Graphics (5/10)(because they use JAVA)

 

-Gameplay Experience (8/10)

 

-Difficulty (9/10)

 

-Enjoyment (8/10)

 

-Update Intervals (10/10)

 

-Amount of Players (9/10)

 

 

 

World of Warcraft

 

-Graphics (8/10)

 

Gameplay Experience (8/10)

 

Diffictuly (6/10)

 

Enjoyment (8/10)

 

Update Intervals (6/10)

 

Amount of Player (8/10)

 

 

 

So Runescape and WoW are pretty much the same. In my POV.

[Nadril]

Do we honestly have to have a topic like this every few weeks? It's realy starting to get stupid.

 

 

 

 

 

Btw, i'm not going to even touch this subject, considering many people don't quite like my Anti-WoW-ness :x

[deloriagod]

Do we honestly have to have a topic like this every few weeks? It's realy starting to get stupid.

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe we should just disable the search feature.. :-k :-$

[Giordano]

WoW doesn't seem pleasing to me. I'm not the rich as you people, so I can't afford 15 dollars a month. I can play RS in any computer with Internet (hotels, laptops, family's house...)

 

 

 

RuneScape FTW :D

[Guest XplsvBam]

We are talking apples and oranges here.

 

 

 

WoW- developed by a team.

 

Runescape- developed by a couple of siblings.

 

 

 

Sure they are both online rpg, but you seriously can't compare the 2.

[XG_5000]

A few incorrect things in your runescape part....

 

 

 

lvl cap at 99, first to complete took 5 years-126 cap

 

low end graphics-Depends on what you call "low end" I guess,

 

Great Gameplay-Once again, Opinion, I think it's great, but a WoW player wouldn't...

 

But other than that, you are correct....

 

 

 

he means 99 cap in every skill dude.....but combat is 126 so yeah ur both right

[Tigra00]

People just sound stupid comparing the games. They're not comparable. At all. Yo sound dumb saying "Lets see...RuneScape is $60 per year and WoW is $180...Obviously RuneScape is better!" because WoW also gives you more content in the last year than RuneScape has given in all of its 5 years, period. Comparing graphics...Also stupid...

 

 

 

Just end it. WoW is the most successful MMO going right now, and RuneScape is a joke among MMO players. RuneScape is a cool little game until you realize you just wasted 2 years of your life getting nowhere at all. It just takes TOO MUCH TIME to do anything. Trust me...Level 124 here, I know it.

[BlueLancer]

 

Yeah the lvl cap is a 60, but no way in hell you are going to get to 60 in a month.... cuz it will take 24 houres a day in 24 days, non stop to get it then and I can say that no one can do that

 

 

 

 

When I first started out WoW shortly after it was released, with some gameplay tips from my gaming friends I got to level 60 in 20 days on a human warrior which is far less than a month. I was on a vacation so I did play more than usual but not 24 hours a day.

 

 

 

Anyway, that being said I have spent far more time on runescape and I must say WoW is definitely a better, more sophisticated and fun game. The two don't just compare, though RS gets a big plus for being so easily accessible.

 

 

 

If you haven't played other MMORPG's, give it a try. You'll see RS is actually quite unprofessionally made, and in my opinion starting out in RS2 as a new character is less fun than RS classic when it came out. But the most important thing is to have fun 8-)

 

 

 

P.S. I haven't played WoW for ages now. It has become an item-grind contest at the high levels and there are ridiculous 'clan pyramids' for obtaining good tier 2 items. If you want to have fun, go play Guild Wars. WoW at the high levels is not fun if you want to be the best; it is fun only if you want to hang out with your friends and slay a few bosses with them etc.

 

 

 

In the end, even Nadril will notice the vainness of excessive online gaming... :P

[BenBru]

People just sound stupid comparing the games. They're not comparable. At all. Yo sound dumb saying "Lets see...RuneScape is $60 per year and WoW is $180...Obviously RuneScape is better!" because WoW also gives you more content in the last year than RuneScape has given in all of its 5 years, period. Comparing graphics...Also stupid...

 

 

 

Just end it. WoW is the most successful MMO going right now, and RuneScape is a joke among MMO players. RuneScape is a cool little game until you realize you just wasted 2 years of your life getting nowhere at all. It just takes TOO MUCH TIME to do anything. Trust me...Level 124 here, I know it.

 

 

 

Or 5 years of your life before you realized you wasted it.. :cry:

[x76]

I played WoW and I was sick of it after 3 levels. I get sick of combat quite easily and if anybody says its combat system is better than RuneScape's they're wrong, because they both have their flaws. One WoW combat flaw is you don't even have to face a target to attack it. Its just like every other MMORPG created before it. All they did was have their own graphics, change feature names etc. While RuneScape's ideas are sometimes original and its always expanding. A game I played called "Risk Your Life" allowed you to make your weapons stronger like Jewelcrafting is going to do in WoW. Honestly, in my opinion all MMORPGs are the same just different graphics and names. I think RuneScape is original and a nice change and so you know I'm not biased because I don't like RuneScape all that much anymore, but it was the only MMORPG I could play for more than 20 minutes without getting bored.

[BlueLancer]

combat.

 

 

 

That's one of the details that kept me pissed off immensely when I played WoW. You can look to the right and hit a monster on your left side (the sprite literally hits air and the monster loses some of his health), which takes a lot away from the combat atmosphere. It's coded so that it doesn't matter where you face but how close you are to the enemy.

 

 

 

One good thing is that if you start casting a spell but the other player runs behind you, he can actually dodge it because the spell wont hit.

 

 

 

Armor and weapon IMO are excellently animated and drawn though, just the kind of stuff any online game needs. Especially the best items and grand-marshal/high warlord level equipment & weapons look awesome (though chances are slim that an average WoW player will ever gain enough honor points to access rank 14 items)

[Minishcap92]

It is kinda strange how people judge games even if they don't know anything about them. In some kind of interview thing they asked which is better, Runescape or WoW. Runescape won, but I'm almost sure that 75% of the people who voted for RS, haven't really even seen what kind of game is WoW. And I vote WoW (Dropped all stuff in RS today and quit)

[Tigra00]

I love WoW's combat system. It's the only game I've ever played that actually FEELS "fast-paced". I played several classes, and this was especially true on my warrior. Charge in, smackdown, intercept, smackdown some more...It was really quite fun. Rogue's are probably the most fast paced, but to me the warrior always felt the best. Didn't have to sit there and stun, you just pwned faces. :P

 

 

 

RuneScape's combat system can mostly be described as "snore". I afk trained most of my combat levels (I was AT my computer, I just was doing homework while playing, get off my [wagon] about some "rule" that wasn't even written back then, nubs!) and wouldn't even have to look at my screen for a long period of time...Before fatigue and randoms, I could have let my character sit all day long. That isn't a game, it's boring. I owe my high-leveled-ness 100% to the fact that RS is boring and simplistic. If it were a challenge to fight (like in WoW), I would still be like level 80.

 

 

 

I've also played GW and it's combat system was junk. I couldn't even move whilst attacking or my attack would shut off. I can't see how that makes PvP even possible, but people tell me I'm "wrong" about this notion, even though I, to this day, cannot move my character without his attack turning off. Not to mention the collision detection is moronic and the world is "boxed in" so you can't jump off ledges for short-cuts or even walk up to some areas that look like they should be able to be walked on. Heck, there isn't even a jump button period. I got to like level 12 and said enough of that...I haven't touched the game since. To date, I consider it my biggest waste of money on a game ever. It got rave reviews and to me, was a totally unplayable, half-baked game. The graphics were pretty, though. :lol:

 

 

 

:EDIT: How long ago did you guys play WoW? :lol: I've ALWAYS had to face a target while fighting it. If I was a caster and turned away, the spell cancelled, if I was melee, it would say "You're facing the wrong way." :?

[VOV]

Haven't played WoW, don't plan on it either. I've spent enough time playing RS, I don't need another addicting MMORPG stealing my life away.

 

 

 

I'm not interested in spending weeks getting to level 60 only to spend 6 hours a day for several months raiding with a guild to get the best equipment. If I were to fall into that kind of habit I would probably flunk all my courses :notalk:

[Nadril]

 

Yeah the lvl cap is a 60, but no way in hell you are going to get to 60 in a month.... cuz it will take 24 houres a day in 24 days, non stop to get it then and I can say that no one can do that

 

 

 

 

When I first started out WoW shortly after it was released, with some gameplay tips from my gaming friends I got to level 60 in 20 days on a human warrior which is far less than a month. I was on a vacation so I did play more than usual but not 24 hours a day.

 

 

 

Anyway, that being said I have spent far more time on runescape and I must say WoW is definitely a better, more sophisticated and fun game. The two don't just compare, though RS gets a big plus for being so easily accessible.

 

 

 

If you haven't played other MMORPG's, give it a try. You'll see RS is actually quite unprofessionally made, and in my opinion starting out in RS2 as a new character is less fun than RS classic when it came out. But the most important thing is to have fun 8-)

 

 

 

P.S. I haven't played WoW for ages now. It has become an item-grind contest at the high levels and there are ridiculous 'clan pyramids' for obtaining good tier 2 items. If you want to have fun, go play Guild Wars. WoW at the high levels is not fun if you want to be the best; it is fun only if you want to hang out with your friends and slay a few bosses with them etc.

 

 

 

In the end, even Nadril will notice the vainness of excessive online gaming... :P

 

 

 

Oh I'm a huge MMO addict lol, from Lineage II to Guild Wars to Anarchy Online. :lol: I just am not personaly fond of WoW.

 

 

 

But BlueLancer is right, so listen to him. That's why I said I won't start on my whole WoW rant, because i know i'm a WoW "hateboy" (I can't help it though, LOL).

 

 

 

 

 

My only suggestion is look out there and check out other things just than WoW. That what makes me angry realy, most people moving into the MMO world see WoW and hop right to it, without even looking at all the other choices. :wink:

[Globez]

WoW is the superior game, period.

 

 

 

Some people may prefer rs, but WoW will always be superior.

[Evadek]

WoW is technically a better game for the following reasons:

 

 

 

It's made by a much larger company,

 

It's updates add much more content than Runescape,

 

It's graphics are much better yet it's compatible with a large variety of systems (this one is actually crucial to any games' success),

 

It has the advantage of having a large community,

 

The interface is very customisable and can be made to suit any dork, geek or playa,

 

The musical score is a lot better,

 

It has a huge amount of depth,

 

Compared to runescape, there isn't any grind,

 

It has a huge emphasis on playing with other players which is ultimately why you play a multiplayer game, runescape rarely does this.

 

 

 

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There are probably millions of reasons why World of Warcraft is better, i've pointed out the main ones.

 

Compared to World of Warcraft, Runescape is complete crap, the main criticism of Runescape is that it's not actually fun to play, it's core gameplay feature is grinding, the only fun to be had is when you put vast amounts of time grinding away at the game.

 

 

 

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However, runescape does have a few things that make it popular:

 

 

 

It has a free version (not a free trial, you can actually play runescape for free, this makes it's available to anyone),

 

Though the game is based on grinding, the reward usually is worth it (unfortunately, most rewards ultimately end up in more grinding),

 

It's economy is vastly superior to the economy World of Warcraft tries to have,

 

Because you can play on any server, playing with friends is easy, you can change realm on World of Warcraft but it's quite expensive and changing realms till you find a decent realm on WoW happens quite often when you make a new character.

 

Runescape's premium version is cheaper than WoW (ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã5 as opposed to ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã9 a month).

 

 

 

I've played both games quite a while and personally, WoW is much more fun, nothing beats joining a guild and taking part in 40man dungeon raids, nothing beats the feeling of getting an item with a 1/50 chance to drop in a 3 hour dungeon. Sure Everquest has 72 man (i think) raids in dungeons, but everquest is lame and has too much grind.

 

Runescape was fun when I played it with my friends, but after wasting much of my life grinding, i realised that I should be having fun with my monthly payment to jagex, so i swiftly cancelled and looked for a new game.

 

 

 

I wouldn't mind criticise, a way to further my point.

[SirHartlar]

Never played (or even seen screenshots) of WoW. I like Rs as it still appeals to me, so I am not about to pay over double the money for another MMORPG that will slow up my PC more than it already is.

[Bubsa]

The thing is Nad, you're entitled to that opinion because you've actually played the game. It's the people who generalise without ever laying foot (in either game) that should keep shtum.

[BlueTear]

The thing is Nad, you're entitled to that opinion because you've actually played the game.

 

 

 

Most MMORPG's today are so large and complex that playing a full two week trial isn't going to let you do more than scratch the surface, if even that.

[Nadril]

The thing is Nad, you're entitled to that opinion because you've actually played the game.

 

 

 

Most MMORPG's today are so large and complex that playing a full two week trial isn't going to let you do more than scratch the surface, if even that.

 

 

 

Yes, I realize that. That's why I said in an earlier post that I know i'm a WoW "hateboy", I probaly bring it down more than I should. But I just don't like the concept of it, and I've just come to realize that I should stop opening my mouth. Most MMO's I have given longer than the time I tried WoW (just a trial for it), but the idea in it's self just doesn't amuse me.

 

 

 

:wink: