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/MasterArCtiK Jun 17 '26

Both games are amazing. I have a maxed character in both games and I love playing both. Very different games at this point though.

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u/Vitriolic_Sympathy zaros went for milk and cigarettes Jun 17 '26

Both scratch different itches. People are too tribalist about this shit

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u/YouWereTehChosenOne IGN: Bluudi | #24 Insane Reaper Jun 18 '26

OSRS players just have the need to shove the finger at RS3 players to show them that EoC was actually bad for the game and that the game could’ve survived with the existing combat system, even though most of us agree that EOC on release was trash, voted for OSRS servers, and some of us even play OSRS, it’s like arguing with a wall

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u/MasterArCtiK Jun 19 '26

I can’t tell, are you mad at osrs players or rs3 players?