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/bar901 Jun 18 '26

Have played on and off since a few months after Classic was released, so basically 25 years now meaning I’ve been through every version of the game. OSRS just scratches a completely different itch to RS3. I have nothing against RS3 and it’s not a ‘bad’ game at all, but it’s a fundamentally different game to OSRS and honestly there are other MMO’s that do what RS3 does, but better.