Rune Classic

🗃️ Specifications

📰 Title:	Rune Classic	🕹️ / 🛠️ Type:	Game
🗃️ Genre:	Adventure & Action	🚦 Status:	10. Unavailable (no status)
🏷️ Category:	Adventure & Action ➤ Classical ➤ Misc.	🌍️ Browser version:
🔖 Tags:	Action; Adventure; Hack and Slash; High Fantasy; Mythology; Gore; Classic	📦️ Package Name:
🐣️ Approx. start:	2000-10-27	📦️ Arch package:
🐓️ Latest:	2001-10-05	📦️ RPM package:
📍️ Version:	Latest: -	📦️ Deb package:
🏛️ License type:	💰 Commercial	📦️ Flatpak package:
🏛️ License:	Commercial	📦️ AppImage package:
🏝️ Perspective:	Behind view	📦️ Snap package:
👁️ Visual:	3D	⚙️ Generic binary:
⏱️ Pacing:	Real Time	📄️ Source:
👫️ Played:	Single & Multi	📱️ PDA support:
🎖️ This record:		🕳️ Not used:
🎀️ Game design:		👫️ Contrib.:	goupildb & Louis
🎰️ ID:	12696	🐛️ Created:	2011-06-05
🐜️ Updated:	2022-07-28

📖️ Summary

[en]:	In RUNE, players assume 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 will explore beautiful settings both above and below the mountains of the far north as Ragnar fights his way through several stunning and unique kingdoms to an ultimate confrontation with the Sark Amen, the shadowy warrior-masters of the netherworld.	[fr]:	Un jeu d'action et d'aventure plongeant le joueur dans un mélange de mythologie Nordique et de High Fantasy. S'ils veulent survivre et explorer ce monde regorgeant de créature fantastiques venues en droite ligne des légendes Nordiques, les participants devront y utiliser leur cerveau comme leurs muscles massifs, armés d'épées, de haches et d'objets magiques.

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📕 Description [en]

In RUNE, players assume 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 will explore beautiful settings both above and below the mountains of the far north as Ragnar fights his way through several stunning and unique kingdoms to an ultimate confrontation with the Sark Amen, the shadowy warrior-masters of the netherworld. Players will have to use their brains as well as their massive brawn to survive this third-person perspective game 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.

🌍️ Wikipedia:

Rune is a third-person action computer game developed by Human Head Studios which was released in late 2000. The game is based on Norse mythology, showing the conflict between the gods Odin and Loki and the buildup to Ragnarok, the end of the world. Built on the Unreal Engine, the game allows players to explore a fully realized Viking world.

Upon release Rune received mixed though generally positive reviews. A standalone expansion to the game, called Rune: Halls of Valhalla, was released in 2001. It as well as its expansion was also ported to Linux by Loki Software. Ryan C. Gordon, a former Loki employee, would also later port Human Head's 2006 title Prey. A port to the PlayStation 2 was also released under the title Rune: Viking Warlord in 2001. The game was re-released digitally under the name Rune Classic.Gameplay

The game casts the player as Ragnar, a young Viking warrior. It follows a fairly generic fantasy plot based on Norse mythology. The various enemies Ragnar faces include among others man-eating fish, goblins, zombies, Norse dwarves and other Vikings. As the game goes on, as in most games of its type, better weapons are accumulated. Late in the game you find yourself wielding weapons of enormous size, even though most weapons maintain their usefulness to the end.

Weapons in Rune are divided into three categories: swords, axes, and maces/hammers. Each of the three classes have five weapons, ordered below in increasing size. Each weapon has a unique "Rune Power" that can be activated for a short period of time when the player has gathered sufficient energy from runes. Shields may be equipped along with the first three weapons of each class. Weapons of tier 4 and 5 are twohanded, and may not be used along with shields. Besides these standard weapons, other items such as torches and severed limbs may also be equipped to be used as weapons. While high-tier weapons tend to be preferable in singleplayer games, all tiers are considered somewhat equal for multiplayer situations due to balancing factors such as speed. Despite this fact, the three most widely used weapons in Rune multiplayer are the Dwarven Battleaxe, the Dwarven Battlehammer and the Dwarven Worksword - two tier 5 weapons and one tier 4.

Although rather linear, Ragnar does not need to kill everything in sight (common in games of the time) to travel from one level to the next. In some levels, players have found alternative ways of getting through to the next level. However, particular scripted pawns must be activated (killed, moved or tripped) in key zones to initiate certain actions to continue and move the story along.

📕 Description [fr]

Un jeu d'action et d'aventure sur fond de mythologie Nordique et de High Fantasy, par le studio Human Head Studios (porté sous Linux par le studio Loki Software).
Il utilise le moteur Unreal Engine (dans le Bottin).

Rune est un jeu d'action et d'aventure en vision subjective plongeant le joueur dans un mélange de mythologie Nordique et de High Fantasy.
S'ils veulent survivre et explorer ce monde regorgeant de créature fantastiques venues en droite ligne des légendes Nordiques, les participants devront y utiliser leur cerveau comme leurs muscles massifs, armés d'épées, de haches et d'objets magiques.

Dans RUNE, les joueurs jouent le rôle de Ragnar le Viking, le plus puissant guerrier d'un âge révolu. A une époque où la force fait le bien, c'est Ragnar qui fait justice sur la lame de son énorme hache de guerre. Les joueurs exploreront de magnifiques décors au-dessus et en dessous des montagnes du Grand Nord, tandis que Ragnar se fraye un chemin à travers plusieurs royaumes uniques et étonnants jusqu'à une confrontation ultime avec les Sark Amen, les sombres maîtres guerriers du monde souterrain. Les joueurs devront utiliser leur cerveau ainsi que leurs énormes muscles pour survivre à ce jeu de perspective à la troisième personne. Ils exploreront le monde du jeu entièrement en 3D en combattant des créatures fantastiques de la légende nordique et l'esprit fertile du personnel de Human Head avec leur arsenal d'épées, de haches et de dispositifs magiques.

🌍️ Wikipedia:

Rune est un jeu vidéo d'action dans un univers viking, développé par Human Head Studios puis édité par Gathering of Developers. Sorti en 2000 qui fonctionne sous Linux, Mac OS, PlayStation 2 et Windows, il a connu une extension Rune: Halls of Valhalla sortie en 2001.

Scénario

Après la trahison de son bras droit Conrack, le capitaine d'un drakkar voit tout son équipage sombrer et périr. Son fils Ragnar, interprété par le joueur, sombre et meurt lui aussi. Pourtant, Odin lui apparaît et le fait revivre pour accomplir une mission : contrecarrer les plans de Loki, qui souhaite déchaîner Ragnarok depuis son lieu d'exil. Ragnar devra manier plusieurs armes : gourdin, épée et hache (une quinzaine d'armes différentes en tout) selon les ennemis qu'il affrontera pour parvenir à accomplir la mission que lui confie Odin.

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