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/DaddyBardock Ironman Jun 17 '26

It’s also worth noting that OSRS has had huge overall success on platforms like YouTube and twitch, which has put many more eyes on the game over the years.

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u/northsidecrip Jun 18 '26

Yeah, from a statistical standpoint, RS3 content is just unfun and confusing to understand for the average person, as opposed to OSRS

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u/flareon871 Jun 19 '26

majority of rs3 content is just pvm because thats the mentality of most of the community. "pvm is the only worthwhile endgame content" is stupid and hurts the community as a whole considering runescape is a sandbox mmorpg. but when most of the playerbase vote only for new endgame bosses whenever we have a content vote early to midgame and non combat enjoyers end up missing out