Once upon the time there was Runescape, but now it is forever lost in sands of time.
But unfortunately a few years ago I went back to the game and played with my character which surprisingly was still there, but the feeling of enjoyment had gone. Being one of the original players of runescape when it first started in 2002, I believe it made a massive transformation. I was never a huge fan of changing graphics and HD compatibility as it slowed gaming right down, with continuous loading screens, but there were bigger issues.
The whole game was changed; new worlds introduced which divided game play, resulting in the idea of wildness which provided so much fun in "pk" being completely destroyed. Now the game was scattered with mindless mini-games which I must point out were usually abandoned (for the most played free game online) apart from the first few weeks of introduction.
Similarly the market system was changed, albeit I enjoyed the addition of the stock market system, as it was innovative the absolute destruction of player trading (with a silly limit for trading) made it no longer fun.
Game creators further tried to make the game seem bigger and more appealing by adding new skills, which really did not add anything new as for example "slayer" skill was simply pointless as it added a restriction on an enemy you could kill but it was just like any other. So by constantly adding more skills it just created restrictions for the overall game as many quests had requirements of the new skill which no one really wanted to raise.
I feel like the classic runescape has took a negative turn, it became more streamline, more childish (along with its community) and no longer immersive. The game of my childhood has fainted, similarly to my all time favourite online game.. Anarchy Online, albeit that's a whole another story...