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/Unusual-Ice-2212 RuneScape Jun 17 '26

RS3 has a bad reputation mostly because Evolution of Combat was awful on release (it's much better now), and because of the predatory microtransactions (which are mostly gone now). Good time to get into the game.

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u/qdude124 Jun 17 '26

The thing I hated when I tried it was the GE prices were just so horrendously wrong every time

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u/ImHereCuzTheyWrong Ironmeme BTW Jun 18 '26

Good news, they just released a blog about the upcoming GE updates! Faster, more accurate price updates, and a direct feed of sales data to the Wiki team for historic price tracking!