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Runes of Magic

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Game Info

Publisher: Frogster Interactive

Developer: Runewaker

Genre(s): Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

Players: Thousands

ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Release Date: March 19, 2009

Summary

Runes of Magic is a fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), in which words can create, but also destroy. Here you can explore and discover a magical world full of wonders and ancient riddles. Encounter arcane and dangerous creatures and solve the mystery of a long-perished kingdom. You have access to a dual class system which gives you the freedom to combine your main and secondary class, in order to build your character the way you want conceive it. Learn professions and special skills, to forge mighty armor and weaponry or to enhance them. Accumulate unique in-Game collector's cards, which provide you with information and data of all creatures you have already encountered. Relax after a hard day of labor in your own house, which you can arrange just the way you want to. On your long journey from a helpless novice to a proud hero you will always be accompanied by magical runes and potent oracles - fragments of the divine book Taborea. Use them wisely for they might also lure you on to destruction. Master their handling and do not repeat past mistakes. Legend has it, that he, who embraces the oracle and acquires its might, will garner absolute power over the future. It is now up to you, to write the history of the world! Choose from a flexible class system with six main classes and 36 combinations. In addition you have access to a dynamic item and rune system, as well as three gathering and eight crafting professions. Obtain your own house, which you can proudly show your friends and others. Fight against powerful monsters and obtain magnificent treasures and glorious titles. Be astonished by regular updates. [Frogster Interactive]

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What The Critics Said

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Cheat Code Central

By all indications, Runes of Magic is only going to get bigger and better. Although it’s available for free, if you love the game, you should feel obligated to support the developers by visiting the Item Shop. If you’re a purist, keep in mind that you can purchase items that are purely cosmetic. Consider that your price of admission to a wonderfully enchanted world.

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Cynamite

Granted: This is not WoW, but Runes of Magic is the ideal entrance into the MMORPG world, since it’s completely free.

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GameStar

Have you been playing World of Warcraft for such a long time, that streets in Stormwind or Orgrimmar have been named after you? Why not try a free alternative? Runes of Magic is really impressive. There is no pressure to buy anything, it's easy on beginners and at the same time a complex game thanks to the rune system and dual classes.

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Pelit (Finland)

Runes of Magic blatantly copies almost everything from World of Warcraft and makes it completely free to buy and play. The dual class system works great and the crafting and item enhancing are very addictive. The world and story are very cliched and boring, however. Runes lacks the polish of subscription based MMO’s, but as a free to play game it’s nice occasional fun and doesn’t need to directly compete with big market tittles. [May 2009]

GamingXP

Runes of Magic states a great opportunity, if you like role-playing games. It’s free and really one of the best MMORPGs out there.

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Computer Games Online RO

What’s important is that Runes of Magic is an excellent starting point for players who haven’t tasted MMOs before, thanks to its free2play model. Players who will most certainly move up to pay2play titles after they’ve seen and done all there is to see and do in RoM.

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IGN

At its worst, Runes of Magic is a solid, by-the-books affair. At its best, Runes of Magic is a surprisingly deep game and is a great showcase for what a free-to-play MMO can be. Check it out; what do you have to lose?

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Vandal Online

The MMORPG market is as wide as ever, although most of the public is monopolized by Blizzard, but there are alternatives for those who get tired of World of Warcraft and want to try another worlds, or prefer to join the online RPG world without spending a cent to try and see if they like the game.

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Gamer.nl

Runes of Magic won't win a price for originality. If that's something you can look past, Runes of Magic will get you going for hours and hours. And there is no excuse for not trying because the game is completely free. Just download and play.

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VideoGamer

For me, Runes of Magic is impressive for a free MMO, perhaps even the best, but predictably it's nowhere near as good as its subscription-based rivals, WoW and Warhammer Online.

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Eurogamer

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.

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PC Zone UK

It's leagues behind the subscription-based MMOs of the world. [July 2009, p.74]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

catraven gave it a10:
I'm a hardcore WoW gamer and I have to say I'm floored by how impressive this game is. I would definitely recommend it to any MMORPG fan :)

Jared H gave it an8:
A great free Massive online player game for anyone. Though be warned if your spoiled over games like WoW, you probaly will not like it.

Pedro L gave it an8:
A simpler WoW, but at the same time, a faster, smoother, easier to learn game. It's free, has nice landscapes, it's stable, nice population growing, meaning you get ppl for partying, plenty of quests.

Daniel E gave it a9:
For a free game, this is almost exactly a clone of World of Warcraft. The gameplay feels, looks, and tastes like WoW. Even the loading screen is like WoW. Now this may be good and bad for some people. If you are looking for a free *WATERED DOWN* version of WoW, then you found the right game, if you are looking for a replacement that is greater than or equal to WoW, then keep looking. For a free game though it is the best one on the market.

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