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ettadunham · 2 months ago

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person who only ever played elden ring: 'wow this is just like elden ring'.

okay, for context: rune 2000 does not in fact play as a souls game. but it does have some level design ideas that are still carried over to this day in games such as those. but i got ahead of myself.

rune is a good old action adventure game set in the vikings era, seemingly before vikings were cool and hip in our contemporary pop culture. at least that's what i assume based on how differently names and words like hel and jarl are pronounced here. you play as ragnar, whose first day as a warrior went to absolute shit, when another clan leader killed all his buddies, including his father. so now he's being guided by odin himself as he fights his way out of hel's domain and even confronts loki themselves, who's doing the absolute best and most voice acting in the game btw.

oh yeah, and you get your health back by eating lizards. or other food, but my favorite part is where you pick up a skull from the ground, chug it at a lizard that's just chilling on the wall above, and eat it once it falls down. 10/10 mechanic.

gameplay-wise this was a rather interesting experience even beside the flawless lizard diet. i was pleasantly surprised by the combat in this game and how good it felt. it wasn't perfect, and there were some frustrations i had, but overall, the responsiveness, the animations and the variety was pretty satisfying. there's a number of weapons you can use, all with differing properties and special attacks, but also... this game has jump attacks! they figured out jump attacks in a 3d world setting in 2000! incredible work!

apart from combat there is also some platforming, and you just generally need to navigate a world that is interesting and mostly well-designed, but also rather confusing. i definitely got that walkthrough out multiple times, because i didn't notice a breakable wall or thought that i already explored a room that just looked similar. still, i enjoyed a lot of the exploration regardless. there's even a section with the classic upside down trick! neat! just like elden ring! 😂

this is also a game from before we decided that you get your healthbar back after dying. basically, if you die in rune, you only go back to your previous save state, and if you had a tiny healthbar at that point... well, tough luck! i definitely softlocked myself multiple times... is what i would say if i didn't manage to eventually do a no-hit run on those sections in the end! or just load a previous save file. both are valid options.

saving regularly is also just a good idea overall. there's a chapter at the end that basically breaks the game... unless you mute the sound there! god, i love video games and how they are all basically held together by duct tape and dark magic.

anyway, long story short, spoiler alert, etc, this game ends with you crossing the rainbow bridge, a fitting reward to end your journey. (unless you wish to continue playing pvp online, which... idk if those servers still exist? lmk i guess.)

good times all around!

ps: bonus fact, the developer of this game is also responsible for the infamous the quiet man from a couple of years back. truly, they have the range.

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itschoahyuna · 1 month ago

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