This is the reason why we had the free membership tier remain - they didn't wish to frighten away their customers. It's true that it did work, and the game's popularity only increased. However, according to The First 20 Years explains, RuneScape didn't reach its peak without some blunders throughout the course with RS Gold.

Many of us who played it regularly in the 2000s would probably be struggling with the very first version currently referred to as RuneScape Classic. Players could attack anyone, even each other. The graphics were beyond basic. It was able to accommodate about 1200 people at a time without crashing.

The games can't fail now. Titanfall 2 isn't getting the funding it needs to improve its online gameplay on the PC. Anthem was cancelled at the midpoint of its big overhaul. Fable Legends was canned before it had even been able to launch. No, now you either must be Fortnite or go to the grave trying.

A developer's passion may be virtually insignificant to a publisher as well. Dragon Age 4 has been delayed twice due to superior interference continuously dictating the game's direction. Metal Gear players who clearly want single-player games, have received the multiplayer game Metal Gear Survive in 2018. It's not even to discuss the subsidiaries Activision Blizzard wastes on constant Call of Duty development.

Thank god Jagex started at a time in which it was free. As the player base began to stagnate in the late 2000s and the game's publisher was likely to have cut off the entire thing. It's true that Raven Software started laying people off in the midst of Warzone earned billions of dollars, which means even success could spell disaster for the players behind the game.

The successes we see are only exceptions to the rule sometimes. The stars had to align to allow Among Us to find its players long after its launch and perhaps the best previous example - and without the support of a huge publisher - was Undertale that was released in 2017.

This is the reason why RuneScape The First 20 Years isn't just essential to all fans of this game. It's also essential for anyone who cares about how the gaming development is taking. It's a reminder to us that we must support the indie community which is constantly competing for attention in an enormous marketplace.

But most of all, it's a reminder to be proud of how humble we started. The gaming industry could seem as an absolutely disgusting space often (because it often is) however, at the core of it, there are passionate developers with an expertise they'd like to impart to us.

So many of us are blessed with wonderful childhood memories running around Gielinor Not because some big corporation offered us a product however, because three brothers shared a enthusiasm, as well as parents that believed in their children. It's people like that who we have to thank for these memories. Not higher-ups on the other side of Amazon as well as Activision Blizzard.

Steamforged Games is announcing a partnership with developers Jagex for the purpose of bringing 2007 RS Accounts to tablets later in the year. The MMORPG will be getting not just one but two new tabletop versions: a board game and a tabletop role-playing game. The board game will debut on Kickstarter in the coming year, and the tabletop version will be available in stores immediately.