Has OSRS killed Runescape 3? 

Let's discuss. Tell me what YOU think about RS3.

The reason I switch between the two is because I am still extremely bitter of what happened in 2011-2012 with EOC. It makes me furious playing rs3 knowing I had no say back then. Which is why I play osrs occasionally, then while im playing osrs I think about the 7000 hours and my 16 year old original account and don't want to start all over again so I go back to rs3. Its a vicious cycle.

If you deleted OSRS, RS3 wouldn't get many more players. That's the only answer we need. RS3 is the reason players don't play RS3. Double XP weekends, shitty dailies/weeklies, P2W and terrible economy, no visual progression because of MTX... the list of shitty updates and "features" this game has is so long... RS3 killed RS3. The competition has nothing to do with it.

I think the only thing that is harming or “killing” RuneScape 3, is RuneScape 3 itself. The big reason that RS3 has lost many of its players over the years is due to the nature of Jagex changing the game’s identity in the pursuit of newer / greater relevancy within the genre. You said it yourself: RuneScape 3 has to compete with other MMOs. They’ve gradually overhauled and redesigned it to accommodate elements of other games in the space that have become what is deemed the “standard” or the “expectations” for a current-day MMORPG. Stuff like an ability-bar-based combat system, prevalent sources of free / bonus experience that allow one to fast-track their way to the endgame, a focus on endgame content being the “real” game, a in-game cash shop with cosmetic purchases, pay-to-win microtransactions, and now a (possibly discontinued) battle pass. RuneScape 3 strayed away from its roots - the things that made it what it was - and became something that was meant to appeal to a wider audience. But in doing so, they created the exact opposite effect of what they had originally intended: the game’s playerbase split in half and led to a _decline_ in RuneScape’s popularity. Now that the old playerbase has largely left, and isn’t planning to come back, they’re at a point that they _have_ to attract new players in order to keep the game going, which has resulted in further changes and additions that are beginning to chase away even the people who had initially stuck around. Jagex is simply digging themselves into a bigger and bigger hole over time, and it’s becoming increasingly more challenging for them to climb their way out of it. This is where Old School RuneScape has been able to thrive and grow over time. Unlike the original game, OSRS adheres very strictly to its original design philosophy and offers the players the right to dictate the direction it goes. The playerbase for Old School is primarily those who were unhappy with the changes made to what became RS3, and so the new version had continued to remain what it was before, because that’s what the people who play it want, and what they want is what they get. There’s a discussion to be made about how community polled updates may not always lead to good outcomes, but that’s another topic. The point is: Old School RuneScape is the game that the players want it to be, not the game that Jagex wishes it to be. And that’s why it is able to retain fans, why so many people come back this game over playing other MMOs. When RuneScape was first created, it was at a time before the MMO genre had a “blueprint” for developers to follow. Rather than following in the steps of what came before, RuneScape was made to be whatever the original creators came up with. It offered something that other games didn’t do or weren’t trying to be at the time, and now Old School RuneScape benefits from that fact. The game doesn’t _have_ to compete with other MMOs, because it spent years developing a core audience of fans and crafted a niche for itself within the bigger picture. Old School RuneScape doesn’t get beaten out by the competition and die off because it offers an experience that isn’t like other MMOs. If you want the experience that RuneScape - the original game that it was and is - has to offer, the only choice you have *is* RuneScape. That’s why there are so many more “RS3 Player Tries OSRS”, and vice-versa, videos, and far less videos in the realm of “OSRS Player Tries WOW” or FF14. RuneScape 3 has to compete with all other MMOs, because it wants to _be_ like all other MMOs. Old School RuneScape only has to compete with RuneScape 3, because it is the only game that provides a similar experience. That is why one has seen a huge struggle with keeping players while the other hasn’t. And to be clear, I don’t meant this to be a jab at RS3, either. I am an Old School player at heart, but I’ve played and find enjoyment in both games - I think both are excellent, and I don’t do this whole taking sides thing that a lot of other people do. This is just my observations and what I feel is the objective truth of the matter. I feel that RS3’s decline has nothing to do with the existence of OSRS, and has everything to do with how it, itself, has transformed throughout the years.

Rs3 for me. The complex combat system is extremely fun to me

As somebody who plays both with a maxed rs3 acc and pretty high osrs acc. Rs3 combat is far better but far more complex which is a reason many people dislike it so much. Miceotransaction in rs3 are bad but in reality you don't need to interact with them. I think both games are good games.

Yup. The more the two games become alike the worse it'll be for rs3, and eventually jagex since rs3 brings them tons of revenue. The more osrs becomes like rs3 the more rs3 players come to osrs. Not only do they abandon their game, but they divide the osrs community. I've been trying to say this for months but we have too many RS3 players on OSRS who deny it

I love Rs3, the only complaint i have is no add-on feature like Wow and runelite. I also play on ironman so mtx dosent bother me that much

What pulls me away from RS3 is how complex the combat system is. You have your standard kit of abilities, but then there's a lot more that you have to unlock through minigames, quests, and other stuff. Now you have to think about what skill is best to use in x situation or you need x skill to efficiently kill x boss or x slayer monsters. While OSRS isn't like that, you get whatever gear you need and you're good to go.

I spent a lot of time playing RS3 but eventually left to play OSRS due to in-game purchases (lamps&stuff), overlays and a ruined economy, both games are good it just depends what you prefer I guess :)

I the amount of time in the public eye that osrs gets over rs3 also plays a role in its popularity. There are some very popular streamers, moistkritical in particular, that will play osrs or talk about it on stream and rs3 doesnt seem to get exposure like that. How much it would even the playing field if they both had the same exposure I dont know

RS3 trumped OSRS for me, I was not really a fan of restarting my character so that pushed me away (I have a classic account). RS3 combat is far more in-depth and just a lot of fun to learn and has quite a nice skill cap to play. Bosses are a lot more fun, music for me sounds better, and i just enjoy the look of it a lot more. Invention perks allow for further customization of your character and the build you have going. The newer quest that has come out has been amazing with great stories, atmosphere, and music to go with them. As for micro-transaction it's there, I'm not going to defend it but will say for those who can't commit to the long grind it works to get them into the higher levels but you are kind of ruining the experience of leveling your character. The cosmetic stuff is fun and I personally don't mind it. Overall RS3 just feels like the better game for me.

crazy thing to me is ive played late game in both games. and i really do think rs3 is the better game, hell half of osrs best content is literally ripped from rs3 lol. i think the only thing holding back rs3 from popularity is that is has osrs tick system, like, get rid of that and let the game play smoothly and it'll succeed.

As someone who never quit RS3 to go to OSRS, I get the appeal of OSRS, but I have been progressing my guy now for 18 years, I have a strong attachment to my character and OSRS has so many features just missing or slightly different it is hard to play compared to RS3. Dont like Boosts just dont use them, not everyone is boosting their way to 99's.

Runescape 3 was, has, and always will be a joke of a game, where they brute forced your classic accounts to become crap, over crowded content, everything's about vanity. Their biggest mistake was ever thinking of upgrading to evolution of combat. Runescape was fine as it was before all these changes happened. That's why osrs is tried and true.

As someone now playing rs3 with 0 osrs experience I like it I am gonna try osrs but not till the burnout hits lmfao

I came back to osrs like 7 - 8 years ago and went to rs3 to meet old friends and stayed till around 2 - 3 monthes ago came back to osrs with low stats where in rs3 i had loads of 120s and as ive picked myself up and dealt with challenges I've realized when the divide occured it was meant to be 2 different games just with the same roots or else osrs would push to be like rs3 and i mean they are developing different story lines from what ik but even the core of the game is the same " you play how you want to " imo thats where mtx makes things a bit easier for those with busier lives and so on but i think the divide is entirely for this purpose to chose either or i got friends who hate rs3 and those who hate osrs neither are wrong imo osrs needs master capes but just me 99 being it is kinda lame but rs3 needs to learn from osrs and make more beginner open content that just gets better as you lvl and imo more legacy mainly friendly content for players who struggle with the curve and maybe start with using it instead of abilities for gradual learning experience cause in most cases you learn from players anyway ( allot ik but i say as long as you focus on your own enjoyment and dont drown with efficiency only grinds and how easily or not easily people did things your story is always different someone can get given 100m in osrs and get helped just as easy so remember its your max cape your earning no one elses and Have an amazing day yall! )

20 year veteran cape, maxed in rs3 and the answer is really simple. RS3 got way too far away from the identity that makes runescape so unique. It doesn't feel like a cohesive project anymore even with having totally viable challenges and new combat opportunities. It feels hollow.

I think the reason is the slow roll out of updates, since osrs has such low graphics its easy to push out new monsters and items but rs3 has to have alot of artists to make new areas and creatures. I took a break from playing for around a year and a half and the only thing that got released in that time was zamorak as a boss, wilderness update and some kind of construction minigame/miniquest. A new skill is coming soon so maybe that has a bit to do with it recently but it has been like this for a while, they need to have more small updates instead of everything being in huge updates once every year or two.

I'm 50/50 on the state of rs3, half of me agrees that the executives played a huge roll in ruining the game by force feeding MTX and EoC. Then the other half of me says the community just kind of dealt with it, which is why they were able to continue pushing more and more MTX into the game over time. Although Jagex will have made the final blow, the community could have all voted with their wallets and refused to accept the updates, but they didn't. The reason why OSRS is blowing rs3 out of the water is because the community will absolutely vote with their wallets if any nonsense gets added that doesn't have a place in the game.

I'm maxed 120's in RS3 with all the highend equipment, also maxed in osrs with around 1b bank, PVM in RS3 is way WAY better imb, overall i enjoy RS3, i'd say Invention and archaeology saved the game for me, if you're into hard grind with little advantages, PVP, slower paced game go to OSRS, if you want a more complex game, faster progression, better PVM (almost none existing PVP) then RS3 is the way, also what i've noticed is RS3 gets more major updates.

I dont remember seeing a single other person in Varrock the entire time you where there.

RS3 killed RS3

I actually like RS3 better. But I just have nothing to do right now that's appealing to me. I don't like high level pvm, and clues. I would've like doing clues but alt1 is very clunky. I already have Salty Title. I log in just to upkeep my Comp Cape. So now i'm just chilling in OSRS once again after 2 years of not playing. Taking everything slow. Plus i'm reducing my overall game time. Just trying to be healthy.

the answer to everything is runelite, most people I know dont care about mxt or stuff like that(no one i know buys into rs3 microtransactions, and even if they would i really couldnt care less, not like having a runescape account is sth to brag about), but the addons runelite gives are incredible, and on top of that osrs is a more chill and easy game, osrs is the by far easiest mmo which is a big plus for people that want to chill, learning rs3 combat is hard af and bosses are extremly hard to learn which is as funny as it sounds a big negative for me (aint nobody got time to learn that stuff) . In terms of skilling, qol and quests rs3 is way supperior(even tho the economy sucks), like its not even close, but runelite and the simplicity of osrs and its community makes it a desiarable game(especially for people 35+). Both games are great in their own rights and Id prob even play osrs again, but I am someone who is annoyed by bots and osrs beeing around 50% bots makes me not really want to play it again, and these are not exegerated numbers its really give or take 50% prob even on the higher side.

honestly, RS3 has WAY more interesting bosses, is more mechanicaly challenging and is way more complex in a whole when it comes to gear, pvm and pvp (even if its dead). The huge reason why i think ppl enjoy OSRS is bc it has the unique chilled back combat system what made them started to play Runescape back in the days. As of today, i would never in a million years choose OSRS over RS3, when i would play both of them for the first time and had to choose between 1 of them.

Great video! You make some compelling points

I'm planning on starting a RS3 play through soon for the quests but the EoC mechanics are a bit off-putting for a returning 2005-2009 player. I feel like the charm of its simple to learn difficult to master has been lost some what. Still going to give it a chance

I really love both games but in osrs i feel more connected to the community and getting something done like a 99 or anything big it feels so much more rewarding. You get noticed by people. RS3 is more of a solo game it feels like often for me atleast. Alot of the times area are so empty and when you meet tons of people they most likely at the G.E doing protean skilling and dont really talk. Where in osrs everywhere you go u see people and have a fun chat. Might have been unlucky in rs3 in that but overall i like both games but play osrs more often.

na runescape 3 is amazing I love it regardless of any of the trash mtx stuff

complaining about RS3 PTW? For god sake. Stop buying OSRS gold then... MTX is already there. Buy bonds -> Train your skill on OSRS. You never spend any USD on bonds? So what would you make to spend any USD in RS3 then? Plus! Everyone forgetting the fact that the real life economy is getting worse and worse every year. This is and it will pressurizing our games. However, OSRS will be the last, if we reach that point, OSRS will get MTX as well, no questions about it.

OSRS is definitely way more popular than RS3. However, I disagree that RS3 is anything close to dead. It's a massive game with not enough players to fill all of its content, so it seems pretty empty. If you manage to make your way to mid-late game (Priff, curses, seren spells) you'll find a pretty strong and welcoming community that is strongly centered around high level PVM. The ~20k-22k players that RS3 has online are pretty dedicated. The major problem for RS3, besides microtransactions, is how difficult it is for new players to get into the game. They make it way too complex. It's come a long way since the original EoC update, and has grown into its own skin. But they need to take notes from RU-vidrs like Protoxx, who have made great suggestions about how to improve the UI, and make the game more intuitive for new and returning players alike. Otherwise, you have to find out which grinds are meaningful first. Repetitive skill grinds are just not as important to the RS3 community. Some of these accounts DID get 99s when it was hard, while others never even knew what it was like to chase 99s. So the culture of skill grinding is way different. Max capes are still max capes, but 99 cb stats are usually not impressive anymore. Boss enrage pushes, finishing certain tasks (i.e. professor title at arch guild), and Completionist (trimmed) is always going to be impressive. Level 120 is always celebrated. The economy has been hit hard by inflation though, so mentally when you approach the game it might seem ridiculous that things can be that expensive. As a returning player it's arguably worse, because you might've remembered the game when 10m was a lot but now it doesn't go very far. On the bright side, most of the primary money makers scale to the inflation (and might even be responsible for it).

rs3 is better and i love osrs.

The real problem is majority of rs players are old. Majority of people playing the game grew up playing old school therefore it makes sense for them to prefer it. RS3 is suffering for 2 simple reasons: 1) Jagex can't get new gens to play the game. 2) Old gens can't learn new tricks so they stick to old school. This is like interviewing a bunch of people that grew up during the 80's and asking if they prefer 80's music or today's music. Which one do you think they'll prefer? Exactly, you are not about to see 50-60 year olds rapping or whatever kids listen to nowadays. They are going to stick to what they know and claim it is the best. So, on one side you have old gen unable to adapt thinking old school is the greatest and on the other you have the new game that simply fails to pull new gens.

Never played either one but have a comment for the algorithm 😎

It’s all about PvM and maxing Xp efficiency or just buying XP. That’s not what it used to be. It was all about the community.. what’s the point of getting a 99 if you can’t share it with friends?

RS3 suffers from bloat. There is too much low effort content, and most of the MMO features are dead content, with the exception of the grand exchange. Its biggest strength was the quests, which are incredible. OSRS missed out on the years of great quests from 2008-2012. However, they are filling out the story in OSRS by remaking quests from RS3 with a divergent storyline that is more in line with the tone of RS2. And with raids and DT2 bosses, the combat in OSRS is as interesting and engaging as RS3.

They are slowly altering the core mechanics, examples would include pathing of melee bug in ToA scabaras room and the intention to altar the prayer drain mechanics for the new prayer book.

you cant kill something thats already dead. change my mind.

I have 3 Maxed osrs accounts. most things completed such as quest cape achievement diaries ect. but have one rs3 account that i love playing on not an offical iron but play like one. and it blows me mind people dont love an appreciate rs3. osrs is okay, it was fun at first with all the nostalgia but now its not even the same game anymore. the nostolgia is gone since none of the OG items are bis or even used anymore. i play osrs only to have something afk on the side. everyone complains about rs3 and its training mechanics but osrs is just afk sim.

wagwan a comment for algorithm! But anyhow i perfer osrs but rs3 is fun, was a long time ago i played it tho, meanwhile i just started my new osrs acc 2 weeks ago and im hooked again hahaha so fun, but i was thinking about go test rs3 and see how i like it now.

RuneScape 3 was dying long before OSRS was released.

Not even close. You're so out of touch with RS3, it shows. Right now, there's not much linking OSRS and RS3. You can think of them being different games independent of each other entirely. Only thing they share in common is a history. Both have their dedicated player base and dedicated mod teams, updates, style of play etc. Maybe you should research about RS3 first before making your videos mate

Never played rs3 when it was released of today. Too many mechanics changed and everyone’s roots are in osrs

All the people comming from OSRS claiming "oh RS3 is so easy and pay to win" have clearly not spent enough time in the game to understand why proteans and dummies you get for free is literally not a big deal because RS3 has 28 (soon 29) skills compared to just 23 in OSRS. Also keep in mind there are 6 skills that naturally extend to level 120 already which means 120 is the max level of that skill, no longer is it 99. In the end you might say "oh but maxing is basicly for free and pretty gifted in RS3". Well what if i told you that nowaddays maxing in RS3 is considered basicly the "tutorial of Runescape"? Many people in RS3 actually consider maxing a mere milestone at the very beginning of their journey rather than treating it as the very endgame which it is in OSRS currently. Also if you dislike all that free daily mtx you get gifted you can just destroy it and never use it despite beeing on a main account or if you are really SO SO botehred about it then just play ironman mode. I think it is a stupid reason to play ironman because of that tho. Just treat the daily mtx as a daily login reward. Many MMOs listed in the video (GW2, WoW etc.) have daily login rewards or even monthly login rewards. Just treat them as such in RS3 aswell and don't let your weird anti MTX mindset get in the way. It really is no different than daily login rewards from other games....

I play both but people out here acting as if Jagex putting a gun to there head and forcing you to buy shit on RS3, simply not true at all.

They lost me at launch. I started playing near the beginning of rs 2 played for years before stopping, I've hoped on every now and then for holiday event but when rs3 came out I hadn't played in a while so thought I'd hope on only to find I've been reset with a random name, I thought I'd have a look on rs3 as my account had apparently been transferred, got on and thought it was lovely then I realised I had none of my stuff due to a hack a few years back and stuff nt transfering over. They through me into what seemed like a new game with my stats so I ended up going to old school and starting again been playing a fair bit lately and enjoying it, I've considered starting a new account on rs3 to give it a fair chance but I wasn't a fan of the transfer would rather have just started a fresh

We don't want fancy graphics or quality of life improvements we want the exact same game we played when we were kids 😂

What all your other MMOs you mentioned do not have (and trust me i played a few of them, like Guild Wars 2 for over 3000 hours too), which ultimately dragged me back to RS3 was the skilling and leveling. Also click to walk is something completely different and it is kind of beautiful in it's own way because nobody else has it. A major reason why i never properly got into OSRS was because i started the game back in 09 and i just love the RS2 graphics SO MUCH over the 07 graphics. Jagex refused to allow HD clients in the early stages of OSRS to "prevent botting" but to be honest they were just beeing outpgorammed by a kid in their basement vs a full on game dev team that could not manage a proper HD client themselfes whilst doing regular content updates. So that is why i just quit RS in 2012 with eoc and came back 2015 rather than jumping into OSRS. Don't get me wrong i did try OSRS but goddamn the graphics were literally burning my eyes, i could not take it. So when i came back in 2015 (after spending a ton of time in Guildwars 2) i felt refreshed and kinda ready to give RS3 and eoc another chance since i already put so much time into my lovely char. So i got to learn eoc eventually after using legacy combat for almost 1 year and figuring out it was insanely inefficient xD Then in 2016 / 17 i learnt to use revolution and finally i was fully adapted into eoc. Fast forward to 2023 and i am on my way to 5,6b total xp and my goals are comp -> trim comp and to go further beyond that. These kinds of crazy goals is something that OSRS could also never offer. To sum it up why i prefer RS3 Overall better and smoother graphics. Bigger game world and more content (because more skills and many skills go to 120) More quests and thus also quests and qol rewards. Deeper combat system, OSRS combat can only get this difficult before you cannot make it any harder besides adding more damage to enemies which means oneshotting you if you miss just 1 pray flick.... RS3 simply has higher end game goals like Trim Comp, Golden Reaper, FInal Boss and Insane Final Boss, Golden Slayer Master and many other crazy titles and log completions.

I love your idea. It be awesome to have a version of rs3 with no micro transactions and a complete overhaul to the progression system to make it more runescapey. But then keep all the cool new quests and even keep eoc because it this point, that is what makes rs3 different from osrs and eoc has had many years to be balanced and tweaked.

Whatever it is that grips me and keeps me interested in grinding in OSRS just isn't there in RS3. RS3 doesn't improve upon anything from OSRS, everything down to the UI is worse.

OSRS didn't kill RS3. RS3 killed RS3.

It would surprise me if OSRS kills RS3. Just like Cars killed the horse and buggy or how gunpowder killed the bow and arrow.

It’s not nearly what you make it out to be lol. As someone who has spent a significant amount of time on both games (comp on RS3 until latest update, max combat on OSRS), I enjoy RS3 much, much more despite some of the fair critiques you bring up.

I don’t think OSRS killed RS3, rather, RS3 killed RS3.

Gow is osrs the father of RS3? Like RS3 is way older. OSRS is created from RS3. Rs3 is the mother and father of OSRS.

Runelite saved osrs by a lot, rs3 dont let us to use 3rd party programs aside alt1, even rekeybind mouse buttons can get a ban on rs3, i think that and the inflation on economy are the biggest issues on rs3

If RS3 has any upside, then it's gameplay. Whether it's questing, the diverse skilling methods or the more engaging combat system, especially with Necromancy the new combat style being very new player friendly and worth investing in

Osrs didn't kill rs3, they're totally separate games with separate communities. Both are fully thriving

Rs3 died when they released EOC and trade limits way back in the day. EOC made me quit an account with several pre-skillcape 99’s, and I never went back to it. I went to OSRS when it released, and played for maybe a couple years on and off. Got quite a few 99’s. Quit well before they even released wintertodt and raids 1 mainly just because of the amount of time that the game consumes. I still watch OSRS videos, and even after all of the new updates and releases, I can still at least recognize and understand the game. Couldn’t say that about rs3 after EOC and the graphics changes.

Rs3 killed rs osrs brought people back

The overwhelming amount of microtransactions in RS3 made me give up. I liked the Yak Track to force me out of skill ruts, but once the cosmetics changed to effectively gambling rewards i lost any interest in RS3. I picked up OSRS about the same time as an ironman and am loving it.

Meanwhile rs3 isnt gettin drama and shady shit. Its clearly the good timeline. More seriously tho. Rs3 does just have more. More stable dev cycles. And content. Less uppity players. I always loved quests. And rs always had the best in mmos. Rs3 really stepped up on the depth of quests. Lots of QOL Features that are never a bad thing. And honestly now that you can choose to do combat as rs2 or EOC combat in rs3 is nice variation and choice for players. Something for everyone. Lastly. Nobody likes mtx. But is so ignorable and forgiving in rs3 its honestly the best use of mtx i see in games.

I think big issues with rs3 are pay to win literally everywhere. Very difficult game mechanics especially with eoc ability bars that are not explained at all about how best to use them there's literally no tutorial that explains how to do it. The interface is customisable but again no explanation on how. Even as a seasoned rs3 player (ironman only) I somehow don't always get how it works and you can't find out how to figure out what part of the interface is missing. You can lock the screen but if you minimise the screen a tiny bit it breaks all of the boxes ... The combat is reasonably good for the most part but many end game bosses are basically impossible unless you have knowledge skills friends etc you spent an hour getting to the boss to get 1 shot by a mechanic no way of learning how to get better i.e. scaling mechanics - slightly addressed by some bosses but even still for the most part if you look at say solak, BM /yaka, telos, even nex you can get pretty messed up. There's a lot of information lots of skills and knowledge requirements for "meta" whereas osrs is pretty basic grinding. There's some great features don't get me wrong osrs has some difficult content too with prayer flicking madness and weird woox walking, specific tile /pathing bosses like say raids or nightmare which I find pretty tedious and seemingly crazy hard content to naturally learn - like when the boss was created did they honestly expect someone to have to do this crazy method to just kill the boss. Essentially in rs3 only say the top 1% are good enough to to the top bosses. Not going to lie I don't even want to solo Raksha when duo is far more comfortable and same with ambi etc

i swear this osrs youtuber love to bash on rs3 and think game still in 2012. Both rs3 and osrs are completely different games. osrs has same or more problem then rs3. f2p filled with bot, service that let other player level your skill, runelite the create bot or macro pvp? did osrs player switch to rs3 pre-nex since they were bored? osrs getting carry by runelite. if jagex didnt allowed osbuddy from start the game would been dead. also rs3 still jagex main money maker, they go down osrs will have a lot more mtx not just bond...

Osrs has a lot more players due to gold farming, stakers, pvpers that pk literally to make a real life check, and "elite" pvmers. RuneScape in general is dying overall as soon as osrs gp loses it's value entirely watch how many bots and gold farmers leave the game. Might lose more than 60% of it's playerbase.

It's hilarious how you harp on the graphics of rs3 but day osrs looks gorgeous. L take

any membership of rs. gets you to play both games.. So this whole vid. is no point.

Yes left rs3 for osrs haven’t looked back

No, it hasn't. And if it we're for the whales that exist on RS3, RuneScape wouldn't be the same game it is today.

something that needs to get added to the vs list is that rs3 fkin wants extra money to show xp/h what a fkin joke (milkmedaddyjamflex)

people complaining about MTX is getting so annoying. As if its not in every MMO at this point. What are you going to do? go to lost ark where it is literally worse?

People always complain about the microtranscations in RS3 and I don't get it honestly. It is mostly pay for convenience and cosmetics. It does not affect how the game plays in any way, shape or form. RS3 combat is by far superior to anyone who actually tried to learn it and understand. That's the biggest issue with RS3, people hating without having an informed opinion, just because its popular to hate RS3.

Base game of rs3 is great, combat and skills are great :) Its just Jagex push to destroy it with mtx and double exp this and that and able to buy everything.

Rs3 is pretty fire tbh but I still play osrs

RS3 is way to much, when you think about the hours needed to play this game and the amount of content. Such a shame if RS3 dies with, well someone tell me, hours needed to at least get max/120 stats, quests done ect into trimmed comp total time needed and you earn your own GP.

simple, osrs is rewarding to play. rs3 is just another cash shop posing as RuneScape. death to mtx

Yes, rs3 is practically dead. It had so much potential, and I tried to believe it could improve, but they continued to disappoint. The combat is great, which is the only fun part about the game. The content droughts are hurting the game. Only the really hard-core rs3 players think the fort and 2 slayer monsters are satisfactory.

Also OSRS graphics are actualt chitt compared to RS3. I dont know how you can chitt on RS3 graphics but ignore the fact that OSRS has the most ugly graphics any game has now. Just be real.

I been playing for 20yrs.. through the whole process from old school to rs2 to what we now call rs3.. I maxed on both, so basically once you finish your skills, capes, and quests(which takes a long time), you have minigames, yak track, daily tasks.. old school has better pvp which is what it clinches onto , rs3 has pvm. You can do both on both rs3 and old school but thats what their communities lean towards... they both have their ups and downs, they both get updates, they both have their own fan base... I'm personally leaning towards rs3 from my experience because their is more content to say the least.. the skills are more compatible as they work together, The new skill necromancy is being released the end of this month, there's more skills and quests overall. the graphics are better, less bots, the evolution fighting is beyond more skillfully inclined versus slash,stab,and block lol, the list goes on in my opinion... but that's just me lol

I would play rs3 if people played it ima just say that I like the combat system and abilities but what brings me to a game is the population I need people to communicate with and to pvp. Rs3 is sooo dead

OSRS is nothing but bots and gamblers.

You sound Greek

is there preditory monetization? sure... if you take part in it, which you literally dont need to at all..... but people hear mtx and lose their minds every time.

If RS3 ever died, those people would probably move onto a different MMO instead of going to OSRS. The players there arn't looking for the simple combat. They are not looking for prayer ticking/flicking. They like the mechanics the bosses bring in RS3. The challenge and reward system behind bosses. Skilling is much more interactive in RS3, although some skills are still being worked still to make them more interactive. Also please don't ever compare OSRS active member numbers to RS3's because RS3 don't have giant bot farms running on every world in the same numbers that OSRS does. Last time I checked it was said somewhere around 24% or more of OSRS active members were bots. Also there is a huge myth going on about the MXT in RS3. Like we are somehow forced to buy into it. Were not and the majority of the RS3 community don't even buy keys to get the skilling xp. Most of us love the cosmetics and that is about it. Sure we have a whale or two that buys keys to get 99's super fast, but this is not the majority doing this. I see so many misconceptions about RS3 and it's always OSRS content creators making videos saying RS3 is dying. It's not dying and is in fact very healthy. Every world I go into, Priff center hub is always loaded with people skilling and talking. Sure the GE and other banks are dead, but thats because most of us hang out in Priff.

Don’t worry rs3 coming over are voting to kill osrs.

I left rs3 when eoc came out, osrs is more simpler I agree, but it's what the game was when I was growing up. When eoc dropped it felt more like WoW to me. I was comped on rs3 but now completely left to play osrs, much more fun and enjoyable for me, even tho I lost like 13-14 years of progress

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Caring about graphics is cringe

not going to watch the video but my answer is no

Rs3 could have been a massivvveeee success. Imo EoC RUINED the game. Abilities? Wtf is that shit bruv.. There should only be weapon special attacks and thats it. EoC made the game wayyy to complicated and killed pvp. Im trying to get into rs3 right now and Ive literally maxed out my combat stats in a few weeks and I still havent figured out how this dumbass revolution bar works. Im on mobile btw. Not only that, but osrs works way better on mobile. In rs3 when I do ed3 and kill a monster, even though its dead it gets in the way of me clicking the monster next to it way too often and its fuckin annoying. And I dont wanna play it on pc. I prefer gaming on mobile and osrs just does mobile a lot better. Unfortunately osrs is just too grindy for me even though its a better game. I dont feel like spending thousands upon thousands of hours of my life just to get to the fun content. So basically what Im getting at is fuck runescape and jajex in general. Theyre both shitty games.

Rs3 and osrs are different games and should be treated as such and ppl complaining about rs3 microtransactions as a reason they dont play must actually believe that there not little timmys on osrs spending 2k a week buying gold on osrs to buy max gear and stats while others grind away so i say to ppl stop being a sheep and following the herds and just enjoy each fking game for there content of which rs3 has 400times more of that as someone whos maxing on both games iv got nothing but collection log to go for in osrs... rs3 the list seems to really begin when maxed of completion things there are to do and try... Osrs need to start stop being so niche with updates and bring in op shit like the staff from Toa or they lose players too wether ppl like it or not there must be progression in power or whats the point 😂 plus osrs getting to the point they need a maxed guild and content because not everyone that maxed a main want to then go max a ironman as the solution 😂 just spread the content and more of it since osrs dev teams so LARGE AND MIGHTY Now this request shouldnt be such a issue😅

Osrs Blows.and its all bots

Ors didn't kill anything, ors players are always salty kids.

Rs3 sucks

Idk as a new player rs3 is the better option you may still have to watch guides and read wikis for both but rs3 is less overwhelming than osrs again this is new player perspective I also have 3 kids and not alot of time too grind and got boosts from Amazon prime for rs3 lmfao

Yup. The more the two games become alike the worse it'll be for rs3, and eventually jagex since rs3 brings them tons of revenue. The more osrs becomes like rs3 the more rs3 players come to osrs. Not only do they abandon their game, but they divide the osrs community. I've been trying to say this for months but we have too many RS3 players on OSRS who deny it

OSRS didn't kill RS3. RS3 killed RS3.