Posted on: April 16, 2018
Wiper2049
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Forgotten classic
I remember that when Rune came out and I've got my hands on the game, I was incredibly hyped. This is a game that defined an era of 3rd person action games along with American McGee's Alice and Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 for me. While game aged graphically and texturework is sketchy in places, Unreal engine was put to a good use here and levels are impressive. There is for sure much of Tomb Raider influence regarding platforming, however it is way more forgiving than in original TR games and most importantly - Ragnar, game protagonist, is much easier to control than Lara, as gmae embraces mouse look and WSAD movement. What matters most, though, is combat. It has not aged a bit, trust me. In early levels you'll be fighting your way through hordes of critters and undead which are, honestly, not much fun to fight. But later on, when human (and other) opponents appear, combat often feels like proto-Dark Souls with multiple weapons and shields. Story-wise it is typical drama of betrayal, vengeance and conflict between divine powers and after playing Rune you can find yourself wondering if creators of God of War games series took influence from the title when they released first GoW whole 5 years after Rune. Overall, this is great game full of ideas which were revolutionary at the time of release and we often take them for granted nowadays. I have two warnings for you, though - don't play Rune Classic, play Rune Gold included as extra instead - game is longer and while it lacks few enemy types from Classic, it's simply better. Get updated OpenGL driver for Rune if you want to run it on modern PC, it's almost mandatory and will let you play in 1080p and beyond. And don't quit because initial levels are kind of boring - game gets way better after you'll exit underworld.
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