RuneScape

The game has this new wheel added that has flashy lights and such, and they encourage you to buy more spins without having to reenter your credit card information. This could lead a parent who has signed their child up for a paid membership to go into debt before they realize it. It looks like promoting gambling to me, yes I understand all sorts of moral things in the game, but this one charges real money and has a limit of spending $200 per day. They say it is not gambling because you win a prize everytime. Others argue that the items have no real value outside of the game. If you don't want your child begging you for more spins or have unsuspecting charges on your credit card, I would no recommend this site for anyone under 21 or for anyone with habitual tendencies.

Jagex (runescape) changed since Febr. 1th. The filter was removed and I can see cybering/more than bad language in game. Changing the wildy gave luring, scamming, pj-ing and is allowed by Jagex. Jagex even made a t-shirt: I pk-ed ur mom. It turned from a safe into a bad game. If you like dishonesty, lack of ethics, competing against 1000's of botters you might like this game. It is absolutely not suitable for 16 yr and younger and not fun to play for the adults who seek for fair play.

its quite a boring site. nobody would want to play it.

RuneScape both RuneScape 3, the long standing flagship game that's been around for over 20 years, and Old School RuneScape, the legacy version that was brought back due to player demand, share the same issues. These games are MMORPGs, Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Games, this means you and your children will be having interactions with people all over the world. That's a beautiful thing but it comes with great risks. Sexual roleplay in public chats, political arguments, and rampant swearing just to name a few. Most of these things can be "removed" by turning you or your child's chat settings to [Friends] or [Off] but certain ones cannot. Jagex the parent company, like many other companies in this day and age have taken a strong stance on the side of Queer Theory policies. This means the game has been drastically changed to include gay and lesbian relationships, transgender ideology, and the idea that these things need to be up front and center in order to "protect" the LGBTQIA- (or whatever the acronym is when you read this) community. This means you and your child/children will be put through events and quests where the "gender identity" or "sexual orientation" of game characters is a key trait or in some cases the only character trait. It also means that you can and will have your account taken away from you and your money not refunded if you disagree with any of these ideologies. Another major content issue is specific to one of the games, RuneScape 3. That issue is the ever present gambling "micro" transactions. If you link your card to your child's/children's account/s your kid/s will be regularly bombarded with advertisements to spend money on loot boxes or limited time events. The price points they will offer your kid/s will range from roughly 5 USD to 120 USD (or more sometimes) and there is no meaningful checks to prevent your kids from spending money. Jagex also has a no refunds policy on these transactions. RuneScape was a staple of my early adult years and I have played it since 2001 but I can not recommend it for kids. Not after having my own. On the bright side, it's against Jagex's Terms of Service to play the game if you are under the age that your local games rating agency recommends. For Europe this is 16. For North America this is 13. I'm not sure about other places but do check if you decide even after my earnings you wish to allow your kid/s to play.

Runescape is a waste of time. It's really fun and engaging at first, but that wares off around level 40 (of any of the skills). The graphics are bad, the gameplay isn't engaging, and if you try to use 3rd party software to cut out the REALLY boring parts of the game, you will get banned without warning. Play better games, let your kids play better games.

I'll split this up in two parts: parent advice and child advice. first parent advice. In this game, you have two ways to play, Freely and members. As a parent, you're probably thinking you don't want it to cost too much for your child to play a simple, yet satisfying game, yet that's the very thing that turns out to be a crisis with this game. there aren't enough things you can play for free, in fact it's at least a 1:15 ratio for available things in free/members. This scheme entices your kids to want to spend more, and the more you pay the more wild it gets. the average member can spend well over 500 dollars before the year ends on this game, and you won't see any of that happening until it's too late. your kids are also highly prone to bullying on this game, and your kids may turn their stress against you. believe me, I've experienced first-hand what that's like on a day-to-day basis. adding to that, a day-to-day basis can interfere with your childs education, and also put a huge amount of stress on your whole family. now, i'm not saying that it's guaranteed to happen to your family, but the chances of such things happening are very green, because i've told myself over and over it wouldn't happen to me- yet it did. Now the second part... kids, grownups and the like. Don't waste your hard earned effort on this game if you truly wish to see the end. Jagex has made it clear that they do not wish to support you with your experience, so if you're there to be creative don't bother. just max your stats and quit, that's all your outlook on there will be. they make millions off their players, yet when you need them most they cut you off like a thorn in their side. Trust me, if you want a peaceful, relaxing game with no emotional and stressful drawbacks, this game is not for you. Runescape has evolved numerous times since 1999, and it's about time they retired, because all they are doing to you is making it harder to enjoy the game. you may not see it immediately when you start, as the beginners seem to be swarmed together, and not always will you get support from others, because they all try to survive on that game as though it was their life. if that doesn't scare you away, then by all means go ahead and play it. the only reason i gave this game 2 stars was because I did have good memories of this game, if only for a short while. I'm a 14 year veteran of Runescape, and though i haven't officially quit as of yet, I am making it my goal to escape this game.

The rating of 4 is a bit to generous. This game has many issues and could have things reworked. They need some kind of afk remote so people dont have to waste countless hours training skills. Along with that many of the players tend to be poor in real life but not in the game, stupid and ignorant.

Too many scammers. If you want to play the game, play only with the people you know and don't socialize. I've only gotten scammed whenever I socialized.

It sounds a lot like WoW, so why shouldnt it be reviewed like it?

Dreadful, awful, life wasting, and just plain boring. Thats all I really have to say.