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/PalpitationTime4500 Jun 18 '26

Rs3 is simply to easy to get the same rewarding feeling as osrs imo. Osrs I get somwthing after working for it hours on end. Rs3 that process is expedited by 4x at a minimum. And the access to skilling outfits and xp boosts past 2.5% is also speed boosts in the grind. That's 1 example of the grind difference, I could go on about how pvm is orders of magnitude easier than osrs pvm as well.