{"id":381,"date":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/01\/runescape-vs-diablo-alone-in-the-dark\/"},"modified":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","slug":"runescape-vs-diablo-alone-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/01\/runescape-vs-diablo-alone-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"runescape vs. diablo, alone in the dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the recommendation of my cousin, I recently fired up the game “Runescape”.<\/p>\n

I didn’t care for it. <\/p>\n

For one thing – too crowded. As I logged in, people were “fountaining” into existance in the same spot. The game was also kinda clunky and hard to control – which is a little typical of a java-based platform. <\/p>\n

And it was… mundane. One of the first quests once I got off of tutorial island was to pick some wheat to grind at the mill to make flour so that the baker could bake a cake.<\/p>\n

Wait, what? Where are the orcs? Or rock trolls? Or demon zombie wizards? <\/p>\n

So, I logged off and headed back to the solo adventure of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. I’ve played countless hours with all the characters and I still enjoy the game – but why?<\/p>\n

For one thing, in the real world, if I was to bake a cake – I’d go to the store and buy some damn flour. If I’m playing a game, I want to get in there and play, not do a half-assed life simulation in the guise of a dungeron crawler.<\/p>\n

Two, other people annoy me. I hate to say it and I’m really trying to work on it, but unless the doses are small, people get on my nerves. And strangers are worse. I was only in Runescape for a few minutes when someone started following me around. They finally got my attention in the endlessly scrolling chat window and asked if I was new. I said I was and they asked if I knew about the “wild lands” – which I’m pretty sure is a player-vs-player area. I said yes, but that I was still just checking things out and get the feel of the game.<\/p>\n

They then said “wome!” and wandered off. <\/p>\n

Were they trying to lure me to the PVP area so they could kill me? Did they want me to join them in a quest? Hello? I’m at the lowest level and no good to anyone in any kind of non-baking quest.<\/p>\n

A solo game of diablo is heart pounding. Me vs. evil. I might have a minion or two backing me up, but it’s essentially one guy against the forces of darkness. No baking or farming – just big swords and chain lightning. As nature intended it.<\/p>\n

In other news… I watched “alone in the dark” last night – a movie based off of a video game. Umm… it was pretty lame. The fire fight against the monsters was kinda cool, and the song in the ending credits was good – but the rest was a mess. <\/p>\n

that’s it for now… later….<\/p>\n

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