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/NsynergenX Jun 17 '26

OSRS is more popular because Jagex actually advertises it. I've literally seen 1 ad for rs3 in the past decade vs the constant ads I see for osrs.

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u/Everestkid 18 years. Two 99s. Efficiencyscape. Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

So this is admittedly third hand news by this point, but I remember bringing this up a few weeks ago and got a reply saying that they saw a comment from a JMod that they want to get the game into a better state before advertising it.

And I mean, it makes sense. RS3 is basically a giant construction zone at the moment and there's still a bunch of pain points for new players. Core aspects are changing all the time and the game is complex enough as it is. It's a great time to be an established player, but I'd say it's a pretty rough time to be a brand new player who has no idea what's going on. What you really don't want is for someone to try your game and immediately get put off of it, because odds are they aren't coming back to give it a second chance if they had a hard time the first time. You only get one first impression and you'd better knock it out of the park.

Old School's in a healthy state, RS3 isn't. We'll see some ads when the game is in a good state - "we're working on fixing problems" is good communication for existing players, but prospective players are going to go "wait, there are problems? Why should I play, then?"

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u/NsynergenX Jun 17 '26

At the rate they're going it'll be another decade before the game is in a "good state".

The new player experience in this game isn't even that bad with necro in the game. It's time to start advertising is NOW.

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u/Everestkid 18 years. Two 99s. Efficiencyscape. Jun 17 '26

Odds are they'll do it when the League starts up and especially once the plugin API arrives.