Jagex co-founder and ex-employee (Andrew Gower) announces new MMORPG inspired by RuneScape (store.steampowered.com)

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I mean, when I saw an ex-Jagex employee making a new MMO I thought it was going to be slightly inspired by RuneScape... But this game looks exactly like RuneScape, and the description of the gameplay also matches it perfectly - this is essentially RuneScape 3 but managed by someone else (and with a much newer engine)

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[-] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

I eventually stopped played RS3 because I was really frustrated with the slow pace of development. They would constantly announce new features only to cancel them years later because they were too hard to implement. Their excuse was always that the engine was too old.

This new game has a completely new engine. It doesn't have 20+ years of tech debt. It (hopefully) isn't held together by rubber bands and paperclips like RuneScape is.

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