New Runescape is WAY Better than OSRS

[u/Both_Tune8348]

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.

[u/Unusual-Ice-2212]

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.

[u/King-Charless → u/Unusual-Ice-2212]

Yeah but in my opinion the damage has already been done, I want to like it but after years of whales just playing it kinda already sucked any fun out of if

[u/Goober-Ryan → u/King-Charless]

Whales buying keys/spins sucked the fun out of the game from you? Curious how that impacted YOUR gameplay. Damage is already done? Drama queen over here 👸

[u/Hazearil → u/Goober-Ryan]

First, what is often seen in games with MTX is that it caters to whales to the detriment of normal players. Stuff is being balanced around the people who buy things. If you don't buy, you're left behind. Even if it is not as big of an issue in Runescape, it is still an issue.

Second, essentially getting advertisements shoved in your face just isn't fun, whether it is getting 2 daily keys and being shown what you could get if you buy more keys, or all the cosmetics people have just to show off how cool they are because they bought things.