{"id":1147471,"date":"2026-02-07T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WE5sqP7UNGc42HK679bWk4"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:25:12","slug":"this-runescape-looking-simulated-mmorpg-has-all-the-nostalgia-without-the-drama-because-all-the-other-players-are-npcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-runescape-looking-simulated-mmorpg-has-all-the-nostalgia-without-the-drama-because-all-the-other-players-are-npcs\/","title":{"rendered":"This RuneScape-looking &#8216;simulated MMORPG&#8217; has all the nostalgia without the drama because all the other &#8216;players&#8217; are NPCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The ideal MMO experience is one where everyone is happy to join your party and your teammates never stand up to go take a dump during a raid\u2014which is exactly the idyllic throwback MMO-like experience filled by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2382520\/Erenshor\/\"><u>Erenshor<\/u><\/a>, the &#8220;singleplayer simulated MMO&#8221; where all the other players around you are NPCs. It&#8217;s got a demo out now and a newly announced early access launch date too.<\/p>\n<p>Erenshor calls itself &#8220;a singleplayer nod to the MMORPGs of the past,&#8221; and yeah, it&#8217;s hard not to compare it to RuneScape at a glance with those low-poly characters and bright colored, cartoony world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"HhM3fDpC8dyS9YAGvgmCak\" name=\"20250313100638_1\" alt=\"Erenshor - A player talks to Alice Hewer to receive a quest in a game that looks like an MMO\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/this-runescape-looking-simulated-mmorpg-has-all-the-nostalgia-without-the-drama-because-all-the-other-players-are-npcs.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Burgee Media)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It really screams 2005 all around with the auto-attack and hotbar combat, vaguely medieval European world of every RPG of the era, and low level bandits and spiders crawling all over town. Ah yes, it&#8217;s as if I&#8217;m sitting in front of a 4:3 aspect flat screen in my high school bedroom at 1 am on a school night.<\/p>\n<p>I may not have been a RuneScape person myself, but Erenshor immediately reminds me of the thousands of hours I spent in the original Guild Wars in the same era. Fake players shout out familiar things like &#8220;WTB Godless Amarion, offering 710 gold,&#8221; and give a pleasant &#8220;Hey hey hey :D&#8221; when joining my party.<\/p>\n<p>All the text chatter isn&#8217;t run on AI in the way we&#8217;ve been hearing <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/creepy-ghastly-rancid-viewers-react-to-leaked-video-of-sonys-ai-powered-aloy\/\">so much about lately<\/a> with NPCs <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/ubisoft-insists-yet-again-that-its-uncanny-ai-generated-neo-npcs-will-make-games-more-alive-and-richer-whatever-that-means\/\">spouting generative text<\/a>, the developer clarifies. &#8220;SimPlayers do not use LLM or any other emerging AI model. They are run by a mixture of state machines and decision trees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What I couldn&#8217;t quite get a sense of in a quick 30 minutes bopping around the demo was whether this is a short-lived nostalgia gag or something entertaining on its own merit. Erenshor&#8217;s developer Burgee Media (solo developer &#8220;Brian&#8221;) makes it sound like it&#8217;s an experience you&#8217;re really meant to marinate in as your NPC pals evolve over time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"VZXmARHupsf6GWhvFCh2Pb\" name=\"20250313102049_1\" alt=\"Erenshor - A player and three simulated MMO party members fight a bandit together\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/this-runescape-looking-simulated-mmorpg-has-all-the-nostalgia-without-the-drama-because-all-the-other-players-are-npcs-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Burgee Media)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The SimPlayers all have their own personalities and motivations, and their own opinions of you and of the other players,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2382520\/Erenshor\/\">its Steam page says<\/a>. &#8220;You&#8217;ll find favorites, and together you&#8217;ll conquer the world of Erenshor one rare drop at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These players will level up alongside you (whether you&#8217;re online or not), they&#8217;ll find new items on their own and they&#8217;ll find them with your help. They&#8217;ll ask for loot drops, they&#8217;ll buy and sell loot, join and leave guilds, and even invite you to raids as they get to know you. They&#8217;ll remember you and how you treat them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I sure hope it skips over replicating my less fond memories of aughts-era MMO playing where your guild mates would get really weird about you being a teenage girl and start DMing you overly-personal things late at night. Yeah, simulated players probably are better company. Maybe getting to know my new buddy Leliril of the &#8220;Make My Dei&#8221; guild will actually be fun.<\/p>\n<p>You can give it a go yourself right now in the Erenshor demo or wait for its early access release next month on April 14.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/this-runescape-looking-simulated-mmorpg-has-all-the-nostalgia-without-the-drama-because-all-the-other-players-are-npcs\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ideal MMO experience is one where everyone is happy to join your party and your teammates never stand up to go take a dump during a raid\u2014which is exactly the idyllic throwback MMO-like experience filled by Erenshor, the &#8220;singleplayer simulated MMO&#8221; where all the other players around you are NPCs. It&#8217;s got a demo out now and a newly announced early access launch date too. 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