Mar 25, 2009

As promised, a Runes of Magic review

Eurogamer has hated a lot of games that the American gaming press has treated kindly, which (for me, anyway) enhances its credibility. Daniel Etherington gave RoM a 6 out of 10:
But Runes of Magic is by and large a robust, enjoyable game. As a free-to-play title, it's impressive. Although Western gamers will still have their reservations about amorphous RMT versus those nice straightforward subs, Runes of Magic is something of a landmark: it won't dislodge the subscription-based model in the West by any stretch of the imagination, but it does demonstrate that free-to-play doesn't necessarily mean rudimentary, shallow, cheap or totally brutal in the integration of RMT. Runes of Magic is a reasonable-quality MMO that, despite its derivative aspects, offers proper graphics, proper classes and an involved, involving world.

Full review here.

1 comment:

  1. Great game for kids, especially those who don't earn their own allowance for a monthly subscription game. It could likely be something of a hit in the rest of the world. Does it have anything to do with Runescape ? That was a web based game for kids that was pretty popular amongst the younger kids.

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