| The most important thing which separates the game | | | | hold its foothold in the world of MMORPG games as |
| from other similar multiplayer online games is that the | | | | strongly as it is now. Runescape was the first game |
| game was built on the sheer success as a free online | | | | which offered players a paying account as well as a |
| game first and also to this day the game offers | | | | free account of their own where the largest |
| players free Runescape accounts without any initial | | | | proportion of online games is played. If the players |
| payment involved for playing. These free accounts | | | | are willing they are allowed to have a paying account |
| for players is where Jagex built the fan following | | | | of a paltry $5 a month fee which makes them |
| which it enjoys today and many believe that it will | | | | entitled to all the benefits of being a member. |