LGR - Rune - PC Game Review 

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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the movement and animations? They look better and smoother than many modern games do.

I looked for this game for decades... Looked in the magazine back in the day when i was almost teen, played it in gaming center somewhere 2002-2004, my mother threw magazine in trash and forgot the name of it. From that day i was looking for the name of the game to buy for myself after i got computer, all i could remember was bulky guy with a blue shirt. Now i can rest in peace.

This game is the second best lizard-eating simulator I have ever played in my life.

You have a voice made of gold. A pleasure to listen too.

"You're a badass named Ragnar!" Ohhh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red, who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead...

Something about these 90's games really takes me back, they have this feeling that you'll never find in modern games, games like Unreal, Hexens; so good.

My father wanted this for Christmas one year. My mom bought him "Dune" instead. Curse those rhyming names!

This guy gets SOOO much praise, and he deserves all of it. He could probably spend as much time reading these comments as we spend watching his videos.

Wow, 2568 likes and only 16 downvotes (0.6%)! That's an amazing ratio for almost 100k views. Just proves that even if someone is not into your reviews, there's hardly any reason to actually dislike them. Keep up the great work!! - a long time subscriber who still rewatches your old videos from time to time

Just so you guys know, Rune Classic on GOG includes Rune Gold as a bonus.

Oh yes. This game was brilliant. I played through the whole thing in multiplayer over a LAN with a friend. There was one point where I got both my arms cut off but was still alive. I just ran around helpless until I was killed. Hilarious.

The multiplayer was so fun in this. There was a surprising amount of skill involved once you play against good players, and dual rooms where quite common because of it

Love that your "area" looks and feels like a game store circa 1998 (I worked for Electronics Boutique 1997-2001, so I get very nostalgic about it)

it is an absolute crime this game never got a sequel

Had this game on PS2 and absolutely loved it! Despite the noted clunkiness and glitches the epic story still engrossed me. From Hell to the snowy mountaintops it was amazing. Also had some fun times playing multiplayer with my brothers. Funny thing is I think my Grandma bought me this game, which makes it even better.

I love the nonchalant way you talk about so many things. Your commentary is just gold.

This game was one of my very first multilayer experiences, I subsequently spent many of my younger years playing online and joining guilds and making friendships that have withstood the test of time. An amazing game, full of amazing people.

I love the late 90's-early 00's in gaming.

I saw this video and I was encouraged to play rune, I thank you because I discovered a new favorite video game

Being a 10 year old kid when Rune was on store shelves, I mostly chose PC games for my mom to buy me by the box art. A viking with a horned helmet and axe, with another weapon visibly sheathed on his back, it was the perfect game for me. And I poured hundreds of hours into the multiplayer even with our at the time 56k connection. I still became pretty good with 150-200 ping against players with around 20-50. When we first got a new computer and broadband cable internet in 2002, it was a night and day difference.

I, too, revisited this game not too long ago. To my complete surprise the game has aged really well and it feels as visceral as I remember it. The level design does feel like a slap in the face at times, I have to admit, but otherwise it's still very much worth it.

I loved Rune back in the day, and played it relentlessly until completion.

Dude, your voice and slight wit are both enough reasons to keep watching your videos. Keep up the good work.

The fighting mechanics remind me of the Jedi Knight series.... Could you take a look at those games in the near future? :)

16 MB Voodoo3 2000 - sounds like a joke now.. but back then you would sell your kidney just to get one of these :] ..

Thank you! I was about asking you reviewing this, as I was also enjoying it a lot! So finally I could also see it through your eyes, and luckily our taste doesn't differ ;-)

(long comment warning) I admit I'm someone who's still rather new to PC gaming, having only started to get serious about PC gaming in 2012, and I admit my PC's not custom or very high end, I just upgraded the PC my dad bought for me during college (my old PC that run on Windows XP started to die on me a few years back so my dad got me a new PC that runs Windows 7 mainly for school purposes, but because it had a decent 3.5GHz CPU already in it I just upgraded the GPU to a GTX 660 and the power supply to 600 watts, so I can get pretty good settings out of most games [I'm gonna go fully custom for my next PC]), so that said I did miss out on A LOT of quality PC games, especially ones from the days when not too many PC games were getting console ports. This channel is really helping me get a good idea on what classic PC games to check out in order to experience the kind of stuff the hardcore PC gaming crowd were big on back in the day, and after videos like this I've either bought a few of the game reviewed (like Blood 1, I'm skipping the sequel), put them on my Steam or GOG wishlists (like Rune), or played and beaten a few and gained new favorite games or franchises (like Thief, with Thief II: The Metal Age being my favorite). As someone who was raised on consoles, classic PC gaming (and even some aspects of modern PC gaming due to there being more quality PC ports in recent years, that as of now the only current gen console I own is Wii U for all the first party Nintendo releases) is such an interesting territory for me to explore, and I am loving it. Don't know why I didn't before, but you've got yourself a new subscriber!

Rune's such a classic. The animation was unreal back in 2000. So many great memories.

So, if you finally reviewed Rune... Blade of Darkness must to follow next. How about it? I would love to see you cover it in the future, LGR.

Another fantastic review. I remember getting Rune and Severance: Blade of Darkness bundled together in an old PC magazine back in 2003. Man, the hours I spent with these two masterpieces...

It's awesome to see that a developer like Human Head has been around so long and is not only still making awesome stuff, but supporting their previous projects as well.

one of my favourite games of all time this and the first unreal

This game was kinda obscure and hard to get IMO. Even the pirate shop dudes (back when the internet was not a thing for many of us plebs in Balkans yet) were puzzled when I one day came there to ask them if they had Rune game. They told me to come back an hour later (usually they'd say several hours or even a day later) so I bought the magazine I saw it in with me. When I got there they told they didn't know what this Rune game was so I showed it to them and they were surprised but determined to get into their games library so they told me to come back tomorrow and they got it. :)

Such a relief to find out you appreciate Rune and Prey. Not everyone does. Both games were rxcellent and Rune is one of my favorites.

I like this kind of videos of you the most. I also grew up at that time and love all these old games like crazy!

Ah this was one of my favourite games back in the day, was so much fun

I loved Rune. That game was fun.

OMG I remember playing that game and it was so good at the time when it came out. Nice review!

I loved modding this game. I still work with UE1 to this day :)

You know, you could probably be doing this and make a living off it for the rest of your life. Just keep polishing your craft, I'd like to see you become some gaming-guru, specializing in knowledge on gaming history and perspecives etc some day

Your videos are the highlight of my week :3

Ok. I'm totally in love with you now. You play the best out of games, and let me remember my Youth with those awesome videos. Dude really, THANKS.

The dynamic lighting is damn impressive for the time.

Neat. This was uploaded on my birthday! Thanks, Clint!

This is my favorite game of all time!

Man I miss this game so much. I remember being in Middle School and playing it online with a friend from school went by Frost, was good enough that he was accepted into the major clan back then known as iNi. To this day the melee combat they pulled off with every weapon having completely unique combat. The weapon swing was varied by your movement, heading and camera. The skill level was crazy, I could hold my own for the most part but a true pro could cut my head off the first swing everytime... Reminds me of one dude we used to run into on some servers was a fukn straight ninja he'd hide in the most random spots and instantly dome you with a thrown hammer. Man I could let the nostalgia flow for real so instead please lemme know if any of you got pretty into playing online back then.

Great review of a game I've almost forgotten. I actually have the very same demo disc with Rune in it. I'll definitely be fetching this one on Steam. Thanks. You got yourself a new sub. keep up the great work, Lazy Game Reviews. -Nar

I remember RPG servers online. This game was AMAZING.

The glorious, original Unreal Engine. I can't think of a game made with this engine that I don't like. From Unreal with it's expansions, passing through Unreal Tournament, to games such as Deus Ex. I bet someone is reinstalling Deus Ex after reading my comment. The old PC gaming era, from the 90's to the early 2000's, was simply awesome. Well, the whole gaming in that era was awesome in general. Specially when Valve entered the market with Half Life, and Blizzard still making awesome, RTS games such as Warcraft and Starcraft. And with videoconsoles like the original Playstation, SNES, Saturn/Dreamcast, and the Nintendo 64. I'm really glad to be born in the 90's, but I really wish to live again in that era, having enough money to pay for everything. That era when videogames used to look like videogames, not like movies. How do I tell all those AAA companies, that I don't want to buy interactive movies? Aside from not buying them, of course. I want my 90's experience back!

in the middle of this video, i purchased this Pearl on GOG. Thanks to you, LGR. Me too love so much those kind of games and the early 2000's era of videogames, very magical period for games. In the other hand, i don't understand why GOG don't sell Severance -Blade of Darkness anymore. Pity.

I remember picking this gem up along with Giants: Citizen Kabuto for my PS2 waay way back! To this day, I have never managed to matched that random purchase with anything since then.

Rune was epic in MP. And the combat complexity of its time. If someone had a shield you needed to attack from the left. Today its nothing but back then it was awesome!

Omg...I need this game! This is Norse awesomeness!

Thank you for guiding me to the viking game I have always wanted, but never knew it existed.

This review is the reason I have this game now. Saw it pop up for three dollars on the winter sale and I knew I had to have it. Takes a moment to get use to the game as a whole, but man, once you do it's so much damn fun. Thank you for your video! Would've missed this game entirely if not for you and your channel.

You should review; Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Wow! I used to play this game back in the days. My favorite multiplayer map was 1v1arena. You guys remember that map? Do people still play this game in multiplayer? I lost the cd over 10 years ago. If people still play I want to get back into it. Is Rune gold the best version? Dang this game brings back a lot of memories....thanks for the review.

One of my favourites from the beginning of that decade. Played a heck of alot of Arena under the name "Melee" and even worked on a CTF-Jailbreak mod.

As someone who used to work in a box-making plant... I can testify that thing was a pain in the ass to make. I'm glad somebody appreciates all that bad-ass embossing and matte-finish layering!

I remember playing this game upon release when I was about 6 years of age. It was such an amazing experience. I still remember swimming then killing crabs. Edit: That game was packaged so epicly.

This was during a simpler time for video games, when not every other game was a generic FPS.

I did not know of this game prior the annoucement of the one currently in development. You made me want to play it! Thank you so much for the video, love your work as always.

I'm pretty sure I watch just about everything you post. You are so funny and honest.

This game reminded me of Drakan: Order of the Flame.

Great presentation and a great video. You earned yourself a new subscriber.

I remember playing this game on my emachine PC. It was slow to start but once you got going it was a lot of fun. Might have to check it out on steam. Thanks lazy for the nostalgia trip.

11:23 Hey. HEY! They're called iguana-on-a-stick.

Totally forgot about this one. It was a cool game from what I recall =)

Really fun video buddy

Played this with my dad when I was a kid in the early 2000’s... thanks for reviewing this one

I am a very big fan of your videos and these awesome reviews .... I request you to please increase the number of reviews per week . I would also request you to cover games from handheld platforms , also please dedicate some episodes to retro fighting games as I have never seen you review a fighting game before .

The Multiplayer of this is pure awesomeness! If you can find someone to play with, give it a shot!

Severance: Blade of Darkness still was the Dark Souls of the time... those were the days...

I played the hell out of this game back then. The Dwarven Work Sword was my jam. It was fantastic at LAN parties too. I miss those days.

Holy crap.. Creature Shock in the back! The nostalgia is strong with this channel

the graphics in this game actually look pretty good, although, it was from that amazing period in gaming when devs had access to powerful hardware and still remembered that color existed. (not that there aren't games with colors anymore, it just seems regulated to indie games. and Grow Home.)

R.I.P. Human Head Studios.

Multiplayer was godlike and challenging. Arena with duel, deathmatch and CTF! And of course with dismemberment. A classic multiplayer game still alive now...

4:36 What epic dialogue. Better than modern films.

Great review! I used to play this all the time,your right the PS2 was crap compared to the pc game,I wonder if multiplayer still works for this because I loved all the weird maps people made in there,always some great stuff to keep your mind going for hrs trying to find hidden clues.

ooo I used to love multiplayer rune. Throwing weapons was so damn fun, that was my favorite part, one hitting some guy with a greatsword from across the map rofl.

I loved this game so much. Can't tell you how many times I replayed this.

Man, we're lucky to have you exhuming old-school and obscure games, that most most of us didn't ear about. Considering the qualities you enjoyed in Rune, i realy recommend the souls series, as they use the same features en enhance them tenfold. Keep rockin' !

Any mention of Hexen gets my approval.

Wow, I haven´t seen this game for ages now, the first time I saw it I couldnt help but think it was like some sort of crazy and more violent "Tomb Raider". Still looks god for a retro game though.

Rune / Enclave / Drakan: Order of the Flame / Severance: Blade of Darkness / Gothic / Morrowind / Arx Fatalis So much memories...

I can't believe my father gave the game to my cousin, way back then... The game case and CD sleeve are super awesome... It makes me want to to order a copy from the internet.

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I love this game. Never play the single mode (well, if you count get into the intro and get out right after that is play, then yeah, maybe i do). The Multiplayer is just freaking AWESOME BEYOND AWESOME!!!

This has a very special place in my heart, this is the first game that I turned on no clip in.

Gods I just frikking love the sound of LGR's voice. I could listen to him all day... Maybe I will.

Well, don't thank *US* for Odin. Thank the Nords for that. :y Also, this game looks brutal and I'll definitely have to give it a go at some point.

How I long for those days...

I remember this game. I was in high school. I was pretty excited about it coming out. Who doesn't love Vikings?

Drakan Order of the Flame and Rune are still on the very top of my favorite all time games! Games of my childhood. Games that got me into 3rd person fantasy action adventure. I really miss that genre too, everything is RPG now.. I like RPG games, but I really miss the pure Action-Adventure games. RUNE AND DRAKAN FOREVER!!! RUNE PVP was like the a Souls before Souls for me, loved the sword and shield, and throwing handaxes at fleeing opponents' backs haha.

Rune! best game ever :D reminds me of two simple words... onaga coop...

Old Dark Souls

Just when i was looking for a great review of RUNE, you made it LGR! Awesome! Thank you!

played this game when i was 9-10 holy shit! never seen a review of it on youtube. Good stuff!!