Will Brighter Shores Change Runescape FOREVER? 

Andrew Gower has made me addicted to one of his other games for almost 20 years now so I'm giving him the minimum respect and atleast giving this game a try and I think you should too.

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Brighter Shores definitely looks like it's designed to be more psychologically engaging than RS and OSRS from a gameplay perspective. Not too grindy and being strategically challenging, while still feeling like a classic MMORPG. It's probably very fun to play without guides, unlike OSRS where you gotta look everything up to keep up with other players. A lot of people won't try this game because they don't like certain "control freak" stuff that Andrew Gower did with Runescape like 20 years ago. But I personally want Brighter Shores to succeed, because it's being made with all the right gameplay psychology in mind, and it's being made for all the right reasons.

Its hard to get past the artstyle of it. Reminda of rs3 alittle bit.

This strange board-game aesthetic doesn't do a thing for me, and the idea of being room-to-room cuts off my favorite part of MMOs: the open world. Sounds a bit naive to think that a homebrew engine will stand up against the kinds of reverse-engineering and memory skimming that specialized macros are made of, and generic solutions are getting more sophisticated all the time. Premium-only trading also doesn't filter out the big botters that do it for a living (and on a large scale), just the curious players that don't want to risk much.

😮😮😮 dang this could be wild!

Excited to see what will come 😄

Hey Kribus, something you forgot (or maybe didn't know) is that Andrew Gower gave an interview to PC Gamer explaining what he meant by eliminating bots: '"Obviously, you're never going to completely eliminate bots," Andrew Gower told PCG in a recent interview, "so our approach has been more to make it so that they don't negatively impact the game." That means all sorts of things, of course: Gower says the studio has "designed the economy of the game so it's not gonna be broken if lots of people bot," and that "the whole way that instancing works [means] you're not gonna be standing in a chunk and there's tonnes and tonnes of bots all around you." But it also means something a bit more unorthodox: a "legitimate way" of botting the game. Gower says one of the ways Brighter Shores is trying to minimise "grindy gameplay" is with a feature that lets you "set your character to carry on doing [activities] even whilst you're logged out." That means you shouldn't have to spend "hours and hours and hours to get your level up." Instead, you can set your character to get on with the grind while you're away. "You might be doing combat while every night [your character] is doing fishing," or vice versa.' So Brighter shores will provide a way to "skip" grinds by AFKing them for less XP. And since botting does risk a big chunk of time investment going into limbo compared to a legitimate, more slower way to level up skills, most people will feel discouraged to bot.

I'm very much looking forward to Brighter Shores and have it wishlisted, here's hoping it lives up to the hype

I fucking love the intro with the slightly increasing bombed out bassboosted weird english/aussie rap. Its such a great vibe.

It would be nice to try for the fresh start aspect, seeing yourself at the top of the high scores possibly. So far the only announced release is in Q3 of this year, so July at the earliest?

You know these small instances maps reminds me of the game jagex made on funorb back in the day. It was a runescape styled turn based strategy. I kinda dig it.

You deserve way more subs than you have tbh.

a homebrew engine just means security through obscurity which is not a good best practice. I'm sure there are anti-botting measures implemented but if there is a will there will be a way.

Runescape 4 looks pretty good. I'll definitely try it

Thumbnail image looks nothing like Brighter Shores - I doubt I'll give it a shot since im not maxed on OSRS yet lol

It's not going to affect Old School RuneScape at all, because OSRS players aren't attracted to it - it will, however, affect RuneScape 3 a lot. If Brighter Shores could live up to what Gower had promised, lots of RS3 players would probably end up leaving RS3 in drove for Brighter Shores. So we would have thriving and active OSRS and Brighter Shores, with a near dead RS3.

Please tell me that ill be able to play it on my phone

I’m going to need the president of mmorpgs idyl to review this first, but I’d be willing to give it a try

Can't wait to play the game. Like that the content will be released in episodes.

Things I want to see in an MMO in 2024: - Teamwork / Co-Op play - Support roles, Tank roles, Ranged DPS, etc. - Trading not locked behind a paywall Playing an MMORPG is inherently a social thing, so I hope that Andrew Gower can find a way to make this feel more like a party game and less like a solo experience.

Cant wait to try out brighter shores

I will support anything that Andrew Gower makes. As an avid OSRS player I'm looking forward to this one.

love the agro thing like classic

I've had the game wishlisted for a few months and I'm looking forward to it, but I just wish it looked more like osrs than rs3.

I can’t wait for RuneScape 6

Is brighter shores out already?

Competition is a great thing indeed.

I'm very excited for brighter shore but I'm a little sad that there wasn't really anything mentioned in this video about runescape 4. I understand that brighter shore could push jagex to building out rs4 but that wasn't mentioned much either. Great video overall. Just a poor title choice. But it did get me to click on the notification so that worked exactly for what it was supposed to I guess.

I just hope the quest aren't as mind-numbing as they were with rs 3 with NO MORE SLIDERS

J1mmy is shaking in his boots rn

If it wasn't for the highly hypnotising, nerve stimulating shop. I'd still play the game.

wrinkle wrinkle little star made me laugh harder than it should have.

When I am hearing you talk about botting all I am thinking is .. "Oh you sweet summer child"

I just wish there were no classes... It's what I like about Runescape and Skyrim.

no bots or rmt? how can anyone believe such a claim?

Holy! That's a cool accent.

I may do the start an account and let it bot itself, but i don't see myself playing this game seriously. At least not at the start unless it's more RuneScapey

Jagex are already excited to sue them.

osrs is already mostly by and for gamers so it won't change anything for Rs players. Some will try , fewer will stay

as an average osrs casual player, i would check out brighter shores but wouldnt play on grinding it out like i have runescape all my years playing.

Andrew Gower made both games

If you can automate keyboard and actions with a script, you can create a bot. Brighter Shores will have bots guaranteed. Arrogant to claim it wont.

RIP Osrs 😂

When yah get all the METAs down etc with 100s of boss camping videos etc I’m in so maybe 5 years after launch

If you think Andrew Gower wouldn't sell this game for a lot of money you're crazy. Did he need the money when he sold out the first time? No, but he did it anyways.

Wish they have mobile

We're going from RS to BS lol

At least Brighter Shores is transparent on being pro-bot, giving the player AFK/offline leveling tools. OSRS is just straight up hypocritical being "against the rules" and doing nothing about it. Other than that, I doubt anyone will move.

it’s gonna be micro transaction heavy 100%

I just dont like the look of it myself. Looks like its being released dated. I'm not sure if its done on purpose; however it doesnt have a charm to it.

You can't run an MMO without revenue. £75m will only get you so far. You've got developers wages to pay

I wonder if selling RuneScape was Andrews biggest regret. He made bank out of it but his baby got torn to shreds :(

Bots will take care of this game in month time :)

Mhhwahh 😘

As an ironman man, sorry i dont want to trade players. Imo this looks shit, and i think itll either take rs3 players or just die or get an overhaul and be back at the drawing board.

I think this game has potential. But I kinda don't like the graphics at all, it smacks too much of rs3 and doesn't feel like it has too much character. None of the environments shown in the teasers really speak to me. It all just kinda feels like "yep thats a kitchen". Kudos to the dude for trying something so risky. But right now it's not something up my alley.

You can't really compare the 2 games. Brighter shores is just temple trecking. Osrs is open world.

idk the integrity of runescape has been good even with all the owner changes. Jagex makes stupid decisions at times but you can tell with all thier newsletters they really do care about the player base and listen to us. At least comparing to the real greedy shit bags like epic games

I can’t wait to quit osrs. Jagex running it into the ground. High hopes for the new RuneScape

Ummmm... wow is sub only and its covered in bots. Membership just means the company will profit off of bots. Also L for the click to move gameplay. Ppl play osrs for nostalgia any successor to RS needs to abandon the MUD style or youre going to alienate an entire generation of upcoming gamers. Hell i hate click to move but enjoy osrs for the memories.

If Brighter Shores is succesful it will likely game its playerbase from..Runescape. So the game is actually just bad for RS. But if the games good enough i'd quit RS for it, wait and see I guess

zogbot artstyle, horrific stuff

Didn't watch the video yet. Answer, no it won't. (But it'll be cool)

No

Seems boring game but looks better than trash eoc mtx RS3 game. OSRS is still far superior when it comes to contents like raids, inferno and colosseum. I hope Brighter Shores can compete with OSRS in terms of high level pvm content.

I'm probably not gonna give it a try because it has that ugly-ass RS3 artstyle. That was one of the big changes to Runescape's direction that I hated.

Ngl it looks like rs3 and it’s off putting.

We are not playing thisb

5th view lessgo

Awww yes RuneScape copy pasta

The only thing gayer than rs3 is rs4

No way this isn’t an Ad lmao. You speak as if there’s no negatives to the game

unsubbed, was this an ad?

nah, ill stick to osrs.

nah game looks trash