Rune
Product Description
This third-person action/adventure game is steeped in Norse mythology. Players take upon yourself the role of Ragnar the Viking, mightiest warrior of a bygone age. In an age when might makes right, it is Ragnar who doles out justice on the blade of his massive battle-axe. Players explore gorgeous settings both above and not more than the mountains of the far north as Ragnar fights his way owing to several stunning and unique kingdoms to an ultimate confrontation with the Sark Amen, the dark warrior-masters of the netherworld.
Rune is a third-person perspective game of intense action and adventure steeped in a blend of Norse mythology and high fantasy. Players have to use their brains as well as their massive brawn to survive as they explore the fully 3D game world fighting off fantastic creatures from both Norse legend and the fertile minds of the Human Head staff with their array of swords, axes and magical devices.
The game all ears on equal parts melee combat and exploration, with levels ranging from a Viking town to the caverns of the Dwarves to a city in the mountains. Players have access to a array of melee weapons based both in fact and fantasy as Ragnar delves deeper into the realms of myth and further from his ancient reality.
Rune included a full release-player game as well as several specially designed multiplayer levels that allow players to cooperate or compete as Ragnar or another Viking warrior. The multiplayer game also included special handicap and team modes to widen the multiplayer experience.
System Supplies: (MAC only)
- MAC OS 8.1
- PCI PowerMac (including IMac 2nd generation machine)
- Hardware Accelerated 3D video card (at the bottom of OpenGL) – 6MB or better
- RAM: 64MB
- CD-ROM; 4x
- Disk Space: 400MB
- Supports Internet Connection (TCP/IP – 28.8Kbp)
Amazon.com Review
Combine the Unreal Tournament 3-D engine with hard-nosed Viking melee combat and what do you get? You get Rune, an epic third-person action game from Human Head Studios. You take on the role of Ragnar, a young warrior spared from death by Odin but who must fight his own way up from the underworld to defend his village and exact revenge upon the dark Vikings who killed his member of the clergy.
Set in grim, exceptionally well-designed environments ranging from ancient crypts full of undead warriors to a immense mechanical Dwarven city, Rune mixes typical first-person shooter gameplay with the rigors of close-quarter melee combat. Instead of the shotguns and rocket launchers you’ve mastered in other sports meeting, you will find yourself armed only with an array of swords, hammers, and axes in Rune. Combat with these weapons is very different–and very challenging, particularly in the game’s latter levels and against multiple opponents.
The graphics in Rune are brilliant, with an exceptional attention to detail on just about every level. The lighting is very well done and so are the sound effects used throughout the game. The music is suitably heroic, though it plays too infrequently and loops too quickly. By and large, the game does a marvelous job of setting the mood for head-smashing Viking combat. There are even some nifty gameplay twists that keep you in the proper frame of mind. When you’re wounded, for example, you can drink mead, scarf down a leg of mutton, or grab and eat a lizard off any nearby wall to gain some shape back. And when Ragnar is done drinking his mead, he smashes the cup on the floor. He deals with crates, barrels, and many doors in his path the same way.
While the release-player game is outstanding–and features one of the flat-out coolest game-won reward sequences ever–the multiplayer action is where you can really test your sword-fighting skills. Although the game includes 43 release-player levels and only seven multiplayer maps, Rune has proven to be quite well loved online, with up to 16 players going at it in wild melee combat.
The only disappointment in Rune may be the fact that it does not offer any computer-controlled bots for solo deathmatch play. Even without the bots, Rune is easily one of the year’s top sports meeting in any genre and an intense epic that no action fan should be without. –Michael Ryan
Pros:
- Intense melee action using the Unreal Tournament engine
- Epic tale line set in the land of Vikings and Nordic mythology
- Brilliant level design, with impressive attention to detail
- Splendid graphics, sound, and music
Cons:
- An occasional AI flaw will halt action on some levels
- No bots for multiplayer mode
Amazon.com Product Description
Rune is a game of epic melee and exploration. You will explore vast regions from the cavernous underworld, home to unspeakable horrors that stalk the darkness, to the mountains of the Dark Vikings and into the forests that guard the entrance to the realms of the Dwarves and beyond. The game will focus on melee combat, with players using swords, axes, knives, and clubs in their quest to solve the secret of the Dark Vikings, who have begun a savage campaign to wipe out their Viking brethren.
As a third-person action game, players will see the equipment and weapons that Ragnar carries as he explores the gorgeous scenery of Nordic legend. As Ragnar, you will be able to take the weapons of those you vanquish, increasing your inventory as you near your goal. You will have to reflect carefully, but, as you will only be able to take what you can carry, and discretion may sometimes be the better part of valor when you are facing the horrific abominations that populate the underworld. You will even be able to use makeshift weapons, such as a torch, rock, or bone.
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I was looking for a violent action game with vikings and etc; RUNE IS NOT THAT GAME.
Rune is an adventure game where you walk around these poorly lit virtual log cabins while wax figurines mumble gibberish at you.
Rating: 1 / 5
If you got owing to the entire game of Myst without checking a cheat book or site, then you might like the challenge of Rune too. I found the game to be more of a frustrating mystery than a challenging adventure game. You don’t in fact get to incorporate any approach skills until you go owing to a number of “how in the heck do I get out of here?” puzzles. It’s certainly NOT what I expected. My husband and I both got so frustrated with it that we bunged playing. My advice for those who want a real adventure/approach game? Better try Age of Empires or StarCraft instead.
Rating: 1 / 5
I got this game and started playing and did not instantly like it – place it away and then months later, after I had let Max Payne become a memory I played it again. I played it three times in all – once at each level. That is unusual for me. I play a game once, rarely twice and I go on. Not this game. I sold my copy a few months ago and I can STILL hear the small grunts and growls of the goblins in my head, the clank of the sword. I loved all the terrible guys, the small puzzles, the timed runs even the nasty vegetation. This game has so many levels, so many different small worlds… I confess I miss it horribly and want to play again. And again. I wish I had never played it so I could play it for the first time. I wish they would make an advanced version for the Mac so I could keep playing it! So, I am buying for the second time. This is a winning game in my book. Better than any other I have played.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m so mad. should have written it in the description. I do not know what version of mac i need for it now.
Rating: 1 / 5
I am SO glad they made this for the Mac. It is an brilliant game all-around with splendid graphics, gameplay, sounds, characters…I could go on and on! If you don’t mind a bit of violence this game is for you. Brilliant for people who like Quake and Myth (not Myst). The multi-player sports meeting are the best part!
Rating: 5 / 5