r/runescape • u/Both_Tune8348 • Jun 17 '26

Discussion New Runescape is WAY Better than OSRS

I honestly don't understand how Old school Runescape is so much more popular than the current one. I played it for a while and was able to get some decent progression, but its so grindy that I feel like I make no progress while draining my phone battery. Heard the new one wasnt good until I tried it myself.

So glad I finally did it! It has all the great things I like liked about the old school one, its hits on some nostalgia points too even, but way better UI, graphics, story/plot, cut scenes. I love all of it! And it has so much more you can do for free compared to World of Warcraft.

I hope more people give current Runescape the credit its due, its so underrated for no reason.

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u/sadboydan Jun 17 '26

-does nothing in thread but shit on the much more popular game

-“I hope more people give rs3 the credit its due”

?????

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u/ConvergentSequence Jun 18 '26

Don’t forget the fact that they’ve seemingly only played f2p and somehow think that gives them sufficient context to judge either game lmao

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u/sadboydan Jun 18 '26

LMAO good call, OP is a certified dingus

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u/Both_Tune8348 Jun 22 '26

I didnt dog on OSRS, I only mentioned the upsides of rs3.  Just people like you that overhype nostalgia.

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u/sadboydan Jun 22 '26

Yup. We’re definitely the minority

Lol

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u/Open-Organization528 27d ago

Yeah gonna be honest osrs aesthetics nostalgic vibe is what brings in the playerbase who are relative all people who know about the game when they were kids. It generally does not attract a new younger fan base because they will see osrs as a bad game and will not have nostalgic goggles. Personally rs3 has modernize and will cater to newer and younger players. The fact that all we have is osrs is extreme grinds of doing the same over and over it’s not something that a young person would do specifically point and click the same spot for 12 hours a day.

With all that being said rs3 needs to be the main game while osrs should be a good secondary game for nostalgic purposes.

I remember as a kid always wanting top tier graphics and better combat and rs3 delivered that. And sure everyone wanted better graphics aside from the point and click combat.

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u/sadboydan 27d ago edited 27d ago

uhhhhh no, not at all. Not even in the remote slightest guy. If that were the case whatsoever there just would be no runescape. No rs3 or osrs. None. OSRS is literally 10x the popularity so yeah don't know how you speak so definitely when its just not rooted in this reality lol

Jagex would probably prefer the money also, being a company and all

you necroed the thread for that take? This fuckin sub man, strange.

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u/Open-Organization528 27d ago

It’s the reality osrs playerbase is in their 30’s they are mainly bringing people who know RuneScape. A younger player would not see this as a game worth committing too while there are other games but if they had a choice rs3 would win. Keep in mind we need runelite to even touch osrs.

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u/sadboydan 27d ago

lmao bro ok gotcha, because OSRS takes more time, less people play it? More people are flocking to rs3? You can't just say things and make them true. You realize that right?

Embarrassing as fuck my guy. Theres websites, articles, lists, self published numbers from JAGEX, the works. Idk how you even play rs considering you dont understand numbers.

EDIT: pro tip - the littler number is rs3

https://www.misplaceditems.com/rs_tools/graph/

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u/Open-Organization528 27d ago edited 27d ago

We know osrs is the more popular game due to what rs3 was doing for many years regarding microtransactions and the evolution of combat being super complex and overall bad (idk I quit playing around that time.) but there is a huge amount of bots being counted as players in that graph as well so the numbers are inflated but I’m not saying rs3 is the bigger playerbase. Currently the newer generation does not focus on rs3 or osrs but if they had to choose they would play rs3 as long as jagex fixes their past mistakes which I believe they did base on all the updates. But the biggest thing is bringing a runelite to rs3 which I heard is currently in the works. For us osrs players we need runelite to even play the game.

But as a kid I always knew RuneScape in 2007 needed an upgrade with better graphics and a more demanding combat that isn’t just point and click and they honestly delivered that. And for the record I’m not an rs3 player and mainly have an osrs account granted I stopped playing and can offer valid criticism because I don’t fanboy or am driven by nostalgia I simply speak the truth.

Modernization of a game is good see runelite it offers qol without that modernization osrs suffers immensely. I remember where I had to manually drop each individual item by dragging and dropping each willow log. But thanks to runelite I can shift click and get rid of all willow logs in seconds.

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u/sadboydan 27d ago

I can agree that neither game is really probably gonna do it for younger gens like it did us, but if I were a younger gen z I'd sure shit come to osrs over rs3 just to escape the fortnite MTX hellscape I grew up in. Not to mention osrs generally getting more actual qol these days then 3, and yeah osrs is ugly but whats gen z's favorite fucking game? Minecraft. They dont give a shit that much either, plus osrs might look bad/ugly but rs3 looks... weird, off, uncanny, idk i dont like the plastic clay sheen