Map nothing like runescape

[Maze]

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

(A lot of you have decided to defend the devs rather than just not engage with my post, I'm simply explaining my disappointment and reason for not purchasing the game, upon seeing the title I thought it might be cool to explore the world of runescape in a different style of game but seeing how it's nothing to do with runescape I'm going to skip it, this is what most people feel, most people take one look at this and think it's a Valheim rip off and it is.)

[Pilk Drinker]

Because the game takes place on an unexplored island off the main continent. Not everything needs to be 1-to-1 with RS. If you wanted to go explore around RS then just play OSRS instead?

[Wolfy6]

Don't skip the opening cutscene.

[ECHO_x_ONE]

Originally posted by Maze:

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

Runescape stole from Valheim and tried to make something new. Terrible overall design with nothing new to offer.
Valheim even when it released has much much more content and a massive world compared to runescape.

Yes spend your money on valheim or enshrouded instead, $30 is over priced for runscaped.

[Protagonist]

Originally posted by ECHO_x_ONE:

Originally posted by Maze:

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

Runescape stole from Valheim and tried to make something new. Terrible overall design with nothing new to offer.
Valheim even when it released has much much more content and a massive world compared to runescape.

Yes spend your money on valheim or enshrouded instead, $30 is over priced for runscaped.

Valheim is also low effort. Conan Exiles, ARK and more did it first and better

[BakaGaming]

Originally posted by ECHO_x_ONE:

Originally posted by Maze:

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

Runescape stole from Valheim and tried to make something new. Terrible overall design with nothing new to offer.
Valheim even when it released has much much more content and a massive world compared to runescape.

Yes spend your money on valheim or enshrouded instead, $30 is over priced for runscaped.

Idk, my friends and I have played plenty of Valheim before.
imo they took the best from plenty of games out there and took what makes them good and expanded upon that.

e.g.: you can take ores with you on teleports (looking at you Valheim), practically everywhere on the map is something to see (looking at you voids of nothingness in LoZ:BotW), building has tons of options,...

My main gripe is the lack of RS-related assets for things that also exist in RS. Though I like the flax...

[Wolfy6]

Originally posted by ECHO_x_ONE:

Originally posted by Maze:

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

Runescape stole from Valheim and tried to make something new. Terrible overall design with nothing new to offer.
Valheim even when it released has much much more content and a massive world compared to runescape.

Yes spend your money on valheim or enshrouded instead, $30 is over priced for runscaped.

Spending half your time mining for ores is not more content

[Furybone]

Originally posted by Maze:

Originally posted by Pilk Drinker:

Because the game takes place on an unexplored island off the main continent. Not everything needs to be 1-to-1 with RS. If you wanted to go explore around RS then just play OSRS instead?

Nice job making excuses for lazy devs, the game is called runescape, go polish some devs nuts why don't you.

do you have any idea how long it would take to make the ENTIRE rs map with a reasonable scale. How big would that even be? how long would it take to walk from lumbridge to falador? how many dungeons or caves would there be? and this is just the free world, not the full map. the file size and assets for that -which to be fair exist in some capacity already- would be a well past 100gb probably 200. and dont even get me started if we talk about high res textures.

then the time to put it all together and working. and testing. and then what about sailing?

As cool as it would be to have the full runescape world to use in a survival game it isn't practical to do. at least not in a short amount of time.

I remember talking about action games set in the rs timeline to explain historic events first hand or something that played a bit like an elder scrolls game and the general dev response was basically "too much effort and cost for something very niche"

[Del-Dredd]

Blocked the tool.

[Tactical Redneck]

I would love to see the original map, even just parts of it, make their way into Dragonwilds. Maybe some day we'll see it as a feature where we can sail on a player built ship between the two map areas

[Furybone]

Originally posted by Maze:

Originally posted by Furybone:

do you have any idea how long it would take to make the ENTIRE rs map with a reasonable scale. How big would that even be? how long would it take to walk from lumbridge to falador? how many dungeons or caves would there be? and this is just the free world, not the full map. the file size and assets for that -which to be fair exist in some capacity already- would be a well past 100gb probably 200. and dont even get me started if we talk about high res textures.

then the time to put it all together and working. and testing. and then what about sailing?

As cool as it would be to have the full runescape world to use in a survival game it isn't practical to do. at least not in a short amount of time.

I remember talking about action games set in the rs timeline to explain historic events first hand or something that played a bit like an elder scrolls game and the general dev response was basically "too much effort and cost for something very niche"

Any person who sees a survival game with the name Runescape is going to assume it would take place in a map that's atleast similar to the one we've known for decades, if they can't deliver that then they shouldn't make the game to begin with. People like you have got to stop making excuses for devs, you pay for and eat garbage with a smile.

any person with a functional brain would read the product description before paying money for it. it tells you where it is set. you do not speak for "most people" only for yourself or maybe the bad side of the osrs community.

[GioGimic]

Originally posted by Furybone:

Originally posted by Maze:

Any person who sees a survival game with the name Runescape is going to assume it would take place in a map that's atleast similar to the one we've known for decades, if they can't deliver that then they shouldn't make the game to begin with. People like you have got to stop making excuses for devs, you pay for and eat garbage with a smile.

any person with a functional brain would read the product description before paying money for it. it tells you where it is set. you do not speak for "most people" only for yourself or maybe the bad side of the osrs community.

pretty sure you just mean the osrs community
they like classic not quality.

[Dogy905]

How would a survival crafting game make any sense if you could just go to town and already have everything built? From a design point of view, it wouldn't make any sense at all.

[KorenoGamer]

Originally posted by ECHO_x_ONE:

Originally posted by Maze:

Why didn't they just take runescapes map and make it on a larger scale, why doesn't our character spawn in lumbridge, I would have bought this game instantly if I could instantly recognize the map and seek out areas and things I know from runescape but seeing as that's not the case I'd just buy Valheim instead.

Runescape stole from Valheim and tried to make something new. Terrible overall design with nothing new to offer.
Valheim even when it released has much much more content and a massive world compared to runescape.

Yes spend your money on valheim or enshrouded instead, $30 is over priced for runscaped.

Valheim stole from other games whats your GD point? No game made in the last 20 years is original. Give up.

[Legion]

This just in according to OP: Expanding the lore and giving us new locations is lazy.

Meanwhile, OP is too lazy to explore a new land and can only play if he already knows the map.

[turfish]

so its because the game takes place in a different continent