Today’s game is RuneScape. I would like to make a confession with this game, and that is that I have no clue what I’m doing in it. I’ve done maybe 3 quests. I really just like walking around and listening to the music while exploring and taking in the sights. I’m basically using RuneScape as a tourist simulator.
Like today for example. I went by this museum and just checked things out. I imagine it’s tied to a quest, but if it is I couldn’t find it. I suspect maybe it’s under premium or whatever.
The whole vibe of this game also makes me want to play Myst. I have disk copy for MacOS. Like an old one on iMac G3. I’m half tempted to boot it up and play just because of this, but I think I’ll wait and just buy it on Steam. I have to imagine it’s close enough to the same experience, and besides. I have a CRT monitor that I could hook it up to if I really wanted an older experience.
Tangents about Myst aside, I also ventured into this house and killed this imp. I panicked at first because I thought maybe the Imp was with the guy or something but he seemed pretty chill. I head cannoned it as the Imp was like a pest. Or this guy is just a shitty pet owner. Either way I took the spoils from my kill with me. I think I’ll put it in the bank as a weird messed up trophy of sorts. Sorry to that poor Bank Keeper.
Anyways. To end things off I found this village full of Barbarians. Until I boot the game up again I’m going to head cannon that he’s taking a prolonged stay here. He helped bake a cake or something one time. Maybe he can help make food or something to earn his keep.
You sure it’s Myst you’re thinking of? There was some super old school 3D polygon game that came out around the same time as Myst. (Wasn’t Myst just like static pictures?)
Anyway I played original RuneScape in like 2003-ish for a few years. So much grinding.
It’s sure Myst, I actually went and tracked it down on my old iMac G3’s Hard Drive. I remember specifically the wooden library room too. You’re right about the static pictures though. Except for the remake version. I think that’s fully 3D
I was thinking RuneScape might remind one more of the early polygon graphics in Another World, or Out of this World. Actually that’s still not the game I’m thinking of but I can’t seem to find it. It was made by a French game company, that I remember, but none of those screenshots look like levels I remember.
There were some followup games to Myst that were in 3D as well, but yes the original must was static pictures and FMV clips at times