I hear what you're saying. The early renderman was scary for not only that it was new, but it seemed like a predator trying to chase you down. As time passed, it grew closer. It stalked you from a distance before coming to kill you.
Besides that, how do I get my hands on it again?
The point wasnt the renderman killing you, it was the fear of the unknown stalker.
He watched from afar, intentions unknown, sometimes location unknown, distance unknown.
It was fun having servers where players would stay together in a close area, basically having an
Online social as the fake apocalypse was going on around them.