Runescape is a classic, that’s undeniable, but we really need to keep into account that its a very old game that does not justify its current membership price. Even then, the amount of things you can do as a free to play are rather amazing, so if you are still interested in giving it a try you should do so, it truly deserves some love, the love that Jagex definitely does not give the game anymore. It is the duty of the community to preserve the integrity of the game, and if anybody knows how to archive all material related to it, then that should be done to preserve its legacy.
Runescape is expensive now
It always kinda was for the things you often got out of it, there’s way better games out there that don’t even require a subscription, so if you are searching for them you can just search the free tag on Steam or in other platforms like Itch.io. Trying to find cool stuff to play can be rather tough nowadays but provided you keep trying you might end up finding something neat like Tales of Maj’Eyal, which might be down your alley if you want something medieval and complex.
However, its very hard to replace Runescape with all the years of reputation they actually put into making such an amazing world with interesting quests that oftentimes no MMORPG is able to provide. Back in the day Runescape was the king and for a reason, there was a ton of Korean MMOs that used pre-existing franchises and had almost 0 effort put into them, they were merely storefronts to sell microtransactions. Runescape on the other hand did its best to avoid this, but as we can see the company has morally degraded overtime, becoming what they once swore to destroy.
