Fragland:
What many readers will immediately notice is the Runes of Magic has quite a lot resembling a popular P2P MMORPG... World of Warcraft. This is of course not a bad thing as WoW is the most succesful MMO ever and then it's hard not to "borrow" certain elements. The same quality as P2P MMOs, Runes of Magic will never achieve, but amongst F2P games it's got a head start. The background story is that some god wasn't really happy with how things in Taborea were going and he spread so-called runestones all over the world. Not only the different races that occupied this world wanted to get their hands on these rocks thanks to their magical properties, also opponents of the god wouldn't mind having them. The perfect story to crush heads over some shiny stones!
Gameforge wants to maintain a level playing field for users and mitigate any P2W elements that may disrupt the integrity of Runes of Magic.
A lot has happened in gaming, especially free-to-play gaming, over the last decade. Nobody could predict just how prevalent it’s become, and how some of the biggest games on the planet – League of Legends, Fortnite: Battle Royale, World of Tanks, and more – are all free-to-play.
Gameforge — the leading publisher of popular free-to-play multiplayer online games including Guardians of Ember, SoulWorker, Aion, and Metin2 — celebrates the 10th anniversary of renowned developer Runewaker’s popular free-to-play MMORPG, Runes of Magic on March 19.
