RuneScape: A Great Free Multiplayer Online Game With Nothing To Download

Recently, between the new job with the insane hours (7 am - 4:30 pm, not to mention the 1.5 hour bus ride) and trying to keep up with all of the sites I post to online, I haven't had much time for online gaming. This is a serious problem because a few weeks ago I'd become seriously addicted to what should be one of the most boring RPGs ever created: RuneScape. I've been having some serious withdrawal issues lately. runescape gold

In RuneScape, the player walks around a rather large world map, talking to NPCs and other players, looking for quests to complete. Most of the quests are of the tired, boring fetch quest variety, ranging from getting together the ingredients for a cake, to trying to barter for a piece of wood (which is one of the longest and dumbest quests in this or any other videogame, ever). Why is this game actually FUN rather than tedious? I wish I knew. Maybe there is just something inherently OCD in everyone's personality that makes collecting crap an enjoyable experience. In this game, you can kill chickens for food, bones (which you bury in order to get your prayer points up, more on that later), and feathers (for crafting jewelry out of); milk cows for... milk; and create armor, weapons and accessories. You can also cast spells (which require runes) to attack enemies (or animals or townsfolk) or use prayers (which require prayer points that are replenishable by praying in a church) to boost your stats, save items if you die, and other beneficial things.

It's quite easy to get into RuneScape, and totally free to start with. (There is a members version of the game which features twice as many quests and some extras like gardening.) Starting off, the game sends you through a tutorial where NPCs will instruct you on how to fight, build a fire, cook food and the like, as well as giving you some rudimentary items (two weapons, a tinderbox, a net for catching fish). Then you are released into the wild and told to go fend for yourself. At first it can be a bit daunting, but as long as you don't try to tackle things that are above your level it isn't too difficult. The problem I had at first was that I attempted to do all the quests that everyone gave me right away. Unfortunately, straying too far from that first town is a recipe for disaster. The monsters around the perimeter of the town are fairly easy to kill and won't attack you if you don't attack them. This is not true in other parts of the map where marauders and thieves are more than happy to relieve you of your gold and your life if you aren't fast enough to run from them or strong enough to do away with them. Spending time fighting rats, chickens and rams will build up experience and skills to make advancing in the game a lot easier. Just remember that if you die, you lose most of your items. Doing repetitive tasks repetitively will increase your skill in that particular task, such as building fires, chopping down trees or cooking. Again, it sounds boring but it's actually enjoyable.runescape gold

Of course the best thing about RuneScape is that it's free and playable without needing to download or install anything (usually, as it requires Flash). But if you are a very busy person, then please don't think about playing this game. It will suck your time away in a hurry.