History YMMV / Rune

* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFS}} bigger than your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you either lack maneuverability or didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself [[ThisIsGonnaSuck boned]]. On the plus side, Sarks can be killed through conventional means unlike Zombies.

* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFS}} bigger]] than [[DropTheHammer your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you either lack maneuverability or didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself [[ThisIsGonnaSuck boned]].

* SlowPacedBeginning: After the prologue[=/=]tutorial, the first hour or so of the game consists of platforming through a rather dreary cavern while fighting various GoddamnBats. You don't start getting proper sword vs sword fights until you get to Hel, and don't fight enemy vikings until almost halfway through the game.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The engine changes made in ''Rune Classic'' has driven some players to hunt down the older versions of the game. Despite featuring enemies from the [=PlayStation=] 2 version, and the cut and removed levels are negligible as a mod can restore them to their original forms, ''Rune Classic'' forces players to use an outdated [=Direct3D=] renderer and does not support third-party ones such as the [=DirectX=] 10 and [=OpenGL=] renderers. The [=Direct3D=] renderer used by ''Rune Classic'' lacks many of the advanced features the other renderers offers such as anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, and does not function properly on modern Windows operating systems. GOG.com adopters can download ''Rune Gold'' with the purchase of ''Rune Classic'', but Steam users don't get this luxury.

* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFS}} bigger]] [[AnAxeToGrind than]] [[DropTheHammer your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you either lack maneuverability or didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself [[ThisIsGonnaSuck boned]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Rune'' is very similar to ''[[VideoGame/{{Heretic}} Heretic II]]'' in terms of gameplay, but with more of an emphasis on melee combat. Justified, since Human Head Studios is made up of much of the original team that worked on ''Heretic'' and ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' for Raven Software.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The engine changes made in ''Rune Classic'' has driven some players to hunt down the older versions of the game. Despite featuring enemies from the [=PlayStation=] 2 version, and the cut and removed levels are negligible as a mod can restore them to their original forms, ''Rune Classic'' forces players to use an outdated [=Direct3D=] renderer and does not support third-party ones such as the [=DirectX=] 10 and [=OpenGL=] renderers. The [=Direct3D=] renderer used by ''Rune Classic'' lacks many of the advanced features the other renderers offers such as anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, and does not function properly on certain Windows operating systems. GOG.com adopters can download ''Rune Gold'' with the purchase of ''Rune Classic'', but Steam users don't get this luxury.

* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFS}} bigger]] [[AnAxeToGrind than]] [[DropTheHammer your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself [[ThisIsGonnaSuck boned]].

* CompleteMonster: [[TinTyrant Conrack]] is a traitor to the Vikings, murdering 40 of them with only the hero [[PlayerCharacter Ragnar]] surviving. Allying with [[JerkassGods Loki]], Conrack conducts raids that send countless dead innocents to the realm of Hel to become slaves in Loki's legions so the God of Mischief may escape an bring about [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]] to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]. Turning on his own second, Sigurd, for his conscience and having him killed, Conrack later attempts to wipe out Ragnar's home village as punishment for his interference.

* CompleteMonster: [[TinTyrant Conrack]] is a traitor to the Vikings, murdering 40 of them with only the hero [[PlayerCharacter Ragnar]] surviving. Allying with [[JerkassGods Loki]], Conrack conducts raids that send countless dead innocents to the realm of Hel to become slaves in Loki's legions so the God of Mischief may escape an bring about [[{{Gotterdammerung Ragnarok}}]] to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]. Turning on his own second, Sigurd, for his conscience and having him killed, Conrack later attempts to wipe out Ragnar's home village as punishment for his interference.

* CompleteMonster: [[TinTyrant Conrack]] is a traitor to the Vikings, murdering 40 of them with only the hero [[PlayerCharacter Ragnar]] surviving. Allying with [[JerkassGods Loki]], Conrack conducts raids that send countless dead innocents to the realm of Hel to become slaves in Loki's legions so the God of Mischief may escape an bring about [[{{Gotterdammerung Ragnarok}} to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]. Turning on his own second, Sigurd, for his conscience and having him killed, Conrack later attempts to wipe out Ragnar's home village as punishment for his interference.

* CompleteMonster: [[TinTyrant Conrack]] is a traitor to the Vikings, murdering 40 of them with only the hero [[PlayerCharacter Ragnar]] surviving. Allying with [[JerkassGods Loki], Conrack conducts raids that send countless dead innocents to the realm of Hel to become slaves in Loki's legions so the God of Mischief may escape an bring about [[{{Gotterdammerung Ragnarok}} to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]. Turning on his own second, Sigurd, for his conscience and having him killed, Conrack later attempts to wipe out Ragnar's home village as punishment for his interference.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Rune'' is very similar to ''Heretic II'' in terms of gameplay, but with more of an emphasis on melee combat. Justified, since Human Head Studios is made up of much of the original team that worked on ''Heretic'' and ''Hexen'' for Raven Software.

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* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFS}} bigger]] [[AnAxeToGrind than]] [[DropTheHammer your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself [[ThisIsGonnaSuck boned]].

* DemonicSpiders: The [[EliteMooks Sarks]] in late stages of game, which are basically the zombies you fought back in Hel except these monsters on steroids and even more pissed off than before. They tower your character, attack in groups, [[MightyGlacier take a legendary amount of punishment]], and some of them carry weapons that are [[{{BFG}} bigger]] [[AnAxeToGrind than]] [[DropTheHammer your body]], especially on Hard where they hit even harder and take less damage from your attacks. The amount of pain they can dish out can range from brutal at best to one-hit kill at worst if they manage to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate you]]. If you didn't have your Rune Power meter charged to use your weapons' powers before fighting a group of Sarks, consider yourself boned.