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Etterra, do games w 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events

I mean RuneScape sucks anyway, so…

finitebanjo,

Other MMOs wish they could have been RuneScape

Rancor_Tangerine,

I’m not sure it’s really the same kind of thing. I’d argue anyone who is genuinely interested in an MMO would like a different game better. RuneScape has more in common with an AOL chatroom or text based game than a moden MMO even by the standards for an MMO way back when.

Other games wish they were WOW and WOW is a bad game imo.

DeathsEmbrace,

MMORPGs are shit grind fests change my mind. The reward is basically what survival games feel like.

Rancor_Tangerine,

A lot of them are. You’re not wrong. There are a few gems, but I feel like technical limitations made a lot of early ones pure grindfests. Never my favorite genre. I did like Ragnarok Online back in the day. Total grindfests. Lol.

DeathsEmbrace,

It was joyful and the players made it amazing as well. You weren’t alone was the best part in some games.

Rancor_Tangerine,

The War of Emperium concept is easily one of my top 5 greatest game features. Probably #1 or #2. Such a blowout cool idea especially for it’s time.

finitebanjo,

Some people still have strong possitive feelings for AIM.

Runescape outlived WoW.

Rancor_Tangerine,

In 2009 RuneScape had ~200,000 daily players. WoW had ~5.5 million.

Current estimates are RuneScape at ~150,000 and I’m being generous. WoW is at ~1.1 million.

I don’t like WoW either, but it’s the king for a reason.

That reason is they paid addiction specialists to tune drop rates and combat to make children addicted to their product.

finitebanjo,

I genuinenely did not know that WoW was still running, tbh.

Rancor_Tangerine,

Legend says it has to be cast into Mount SexualAssault from which it came.

RisingSwell,

OSRS hit almost a mil concurrent last leagues iirc, so it isn’t like it’s a small irrelevant game.

RS3 is pretty dead though

Rancor_Tangerine,

Agreed. It’s one of the greats.

Trying to say it outlived WoW or in some way beat it is wrong through.

RisingSwell,

Wow would have to actually be dead first I suppose

Etterra,

RuneScape wishes it was Ultima Online.

wabafee, do games w RuneScape studio Jagex confirms layoffs 'to reduce complexity, increase agility, and ensure we are fully focused on the areas that matter most'
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In other words they are being squeezed by their parent company for more profit or to make it look more profitable than what it currently is. I guess they must be planning to sell the company.

truxnell, do games w A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies

It’s been wild watching the tech grow since Atari 2600!

DeathsEmbrace, do games w Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'

The PC build is trash

fluffykittycat, do games w Just months after reportedly cancelling two live service games in development, Sony announces a new PlayStation studio with a live service game in development

I still read “live service” the way it’s pronounced on the jimqusition

quack,

LiVe SeRvIcE

ColdWater, do games w On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down
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Every games is free if you know where to look

BromSwolligans, do games w On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

I mean. Yeah. When Goldeneye came out for the N64 it was like $90 and that was in nintiesbux. We got real used to standardized pricing when discs came around but it’s true that you can’t have it both ways. Now, there’s a reasonable argument to be had over whether Mario Kart World and GTA6 are both gonna be worth >$80. I bought Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey for whatever they retailed for. Was that $70? I can’t remember. But I had more fun and put more hours that year into Hollow Knight, which cost me $15 and kept dumping free DLC for like a year or so afterward. The price was great. The DLC was free. But it also didn’t cost like $2bln or whatever dumbass cost they’re saying GTA6 cost to make.

I didn’t ask them to make it that stupid big and expensive. But some fans did. They’re in that Smash Bros situation where they aren’t allowed not to top the previous entry in terms of scope. So it is what it is.

Should all games be $80-90? Of course not. Should games that cost a billion or more to develop and promise hundreds or thousands of hours of gameplay cost $80-90? I think it’s embarrassing and immature to suggest otherwise. Even if you just go back to 2006 and the $60 standard, and adjust that for inflation, you end up at $95. So this isn’t really an argument any serious person should be having when we talk about whether the most expensive game ever made should cost functionally less than its Xbox 360 forerunner.

daggermoon, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

Haven’t played since they removed Linux support. Will never play again.

SoftestSapphic, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like
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This is why we need copyright laws

In a sensible world we would not allow our society to steal the work of artists and then throw away the artist.

eestileib, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

I was gonna get snooty about being an indie game buyer, then I remembered that I bought a Larian game developed in partnership with Hasbro, so my snootiness will have to wait for another day.

Ibuthyr,

Hasbro is a requirement for the D&D license, no?

Larian at least went against the grain of the AAAAA Industry and delivered something truly wonderful.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Sure, but they’re still a AAA studio since BG3 is a AAA game. AAA studios can absolutely create wonderful games.

ocean, do gaming w After 25 hours of the Dune: Awakening beta, I'm sold on it as a survival game but still a bit iffy on the MMO parts

I don’t buy the written or video reviews sadly, the game looks awful :(

GammaGames,

How so? Looks like the general survival base building that’s been popular since Rust or Ark

ocean,

The general movement and flight mechanics look weak, it also just feels soulless. I’d have to watch again to give you a better answer but that was my cut reaction sense they allowed creators to make videos of it

Un4tural, do games w Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it

It’s very c&c, only done few missions but definitely good first impressions. Feels like what cnc 4 should’ve been and not that moba hybrid abomination.

HawlSera, do games w Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it

Never heard of it

dependencyinjection,

I’m extremely thankful for this information.

Don_alForno, do games w Tempest Rising review (PC Gamer: 85/100)

I’m going to take a look at that.

HighFructoseLowStand, do games w 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

“May” nothing, I don’t.

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