OSRS vs RS3

[God Of Cubone]

Can someone help me decide which is more worth playing? I played OSRS when it first came out for a while then stopped playing for 10 years or so. Pro's/Con's would help, or general input of what the difference is.

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Mathias:

Diposting pertama kali oleh the evil one:

It's just for old people who didn't like the changes made to make the game rs3

.. you forgot the part about the game (RS3, this one) being filled to max with MTX.

MTX tha are completely optional and do not affect the game

[JUICE]

Its hard, Im a osrs refugee checking out rs3. Those are 2 completly diffrent games now. Content wise they are both loaded in diffrent ways.

Osrs has a whole region great kourent with interesting minigames. Which rs3 doesnt have. Also the motherlode mine isnt there.

I just checked out rs3 and it feels like easier and less grind and has diffrenrt content I didnt know from osrs.

Maybe check out both and see which one you get hooked on first.

[Puppy Lover]

OSRS
- Retro experience
- No Micro Transaction
- Simple Combat
- Simple Graphic
- Simple Story
- Less Complex PvM Content
- Lots of PvP
- Every update is polled by the community
- Many Twitch streamers and Youtubers

RS3
- New experience
- Filled with Micro Transaction
- Complex Combat System
- Pretty Good Graphics
- Good New Storyline
- Engaging and Complex PvM Content
- Virtually no PvP
- Often delayed content by devs
- Not a very active stream/Youtube community

[supernet2]

OSRS

- What someone else said and then some below
- You can run your own server or play on private servers (or the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ jagex), private servers have new content added including items and quests
- No microtransactions
- Jagex isn't involved with the private servers

RS3

- Trading goofed up something called a tree of trading?
- Can't drop items for grab bag events anymore
- Tons of extra story and lore added to make up for major changes
- 3D added in
- Improved hassle bots that will get you auto banned if you don't respond in a timely fashion
- Run by Jagex

Really boils down to what do you want? Get banned if you walk away from the game for a few minutes to use the bathroom (?) because you didn't respond to a random event in time?

Do you want improved storyline and heavily microtransaction garbage injected into your experience outside of the base membership subscription?

If things like i mentioned sound good to you go with RS3, if not go to RSC private server(s) not jagex hosted, assuming you want to have a more enjoyable experience.

[AceSim]

mtx are kinda overblown imo. Whats the worst thing you can do with the mtx in RS3?

MMOs have not been able to just rely on subs as an income stream in quite some time now

[Dr. Atrocious]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Nelsons other eye:

rofl osrs is not retro ??? you sure you're not 125 ?

it a clunky chunky crappy 2000s game

They're both old and clunky. While RS3 is slightly more "modern", it's still dated by today's standards. You're acting like a wannabe zoomer while your boomer is showing. That's cringe, bro.

[Discordian]

OSRS if you want fun exploration and decent gameplay. RS3 if you like mobile games with microtransactions and P2W. I personally hate RS3, but if you're fine with modern mobile games, RS3 will be no problem for you.

Diposting pertama kali oleh the evil one:

If you're older than 50 you may like osrs
Antique retro game

Most of the playerbase is ~25, you're clearly a literal child lol.

[Discordian]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AceSim:

mtx are kinda overblown imo. Whats the worst thing you can do with the mtx in RS3?

MMOs have not been able to just rely on subs as an income stream in quite some time now

Get gold, gear, and xp. Literally like any other P2W game.

Diposting pertama kali oleh supernet2:

OSRS

- What someone else said and then some below
- You can run your own server or play on private servers (or the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ jagex), private servers have new content added including items and quests
- No microtransactions
- Jagex isn't involved with the private servers

RS3

- Trading goofed up something called a tree of trading?
- Can't drop items for grab bag events anymore
- Tons of extra story and lore added to make up for major changes
- 3D added in
- Improved hassle bots that will get you auto banned if you don't respond in a timely fashion
- Run by Jagex

Really boils down to what do you want? Get banned if you walk away from the game for a few minutes to use the bathroom (?) because you didn't respond to a random event in time?

Do you want improved storyline and heavily microtransaction garbage injected into your experience outside of the base membership subscription?

If things like i mentioned sound good to you go with RS3, if not go to RSC private server(s) not jagex hosted, assuming you want to have a more enjoyable experience.

Most of this is incorrect. OSRS is 3D. Random events aren't a factor in ♥♥♥ detection anymore.

[Aquasword480]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Tommy Wiseau:

Play OSRS it has a playerbase and they give it actual content.

The content release is virtually the same to borrow someone's list and tweak it (and their wording) for more accuracy...

First you have to establish a benchmark because both games have lots of little updates in the forms of tweaks, patches, fixes, temporary events, etc... that gets argued at being or not being content. So let's compare using actual new content, reworked content that makes a substantial change, and seasonal events since those are important to both games. (We will also discount Yaks, Traveling artisans, Dxp, Leagues, etc... since while these are large events it's all temp content that brings a few permanent things but nothing in a way that substantially acts as new content nor alters existing content enough to make it fresh)

OSRS:

January: Nothing
February: Death Rework and a new boss The Nightmare
March: Bounty Hunter was put back in after being removed (it was killed then later in the year)
April: Easter Event
May: Chamber of Xeric Improvement
June: Sins of the Father Quest and Darkmeyer City release
July: Ferox Enclave a wilderness PvP hub
August: Mahogany Homes
September: A Porcine of Interest Quest
October: Halloween Event is promised but no date
November: Nothing promised
Decemeber: Nothing promised but a christmas event

The remaining OSRS updates promised per their most recent roadmap such as soul wars and the fishing skilling boss were pushed to 2021 until further notice. OSRS has a very bright 2021 but a bleak outlook for the rest of 2020.

RS3:

January: War's Retreat the PvM hub and Winter chill-off
February: Once Upon a Slime Quest
March: Archeology Skill released
April: Shattered Worlds Rework and Easter Event
May: Nothing
June: Nothing
July: Desperate Measures Quests and Beach
August: Alchemical Hydrix Jewelry
September: Effigy Incubator D&D, Penguin D&D Rework, and Lunar Spellbook Rework
October: Orthen Dig Site on the 19th and Halloween on the 26th
November: RS3's construction contract update
December: A new high level boss and a new quest that will take the place of the christmas event

Everything they promised at the start of the pandemic shifting things around is on route to come in time so nothing else is being pushed to 2021. We are completely in the dark on what 2021 will be save for that the big release is the Elder God Wars Dungeon (GDW3) and the updates will be building up to that.

Total number of quests:
OSRS: 2
RS3: 3

Total number of bosses:
OSRS:1
RS3: 1

Total number of reworks/substantial updates that weren't 100% new:
OSRS:3
RS3:3

Total number of skilling expansions:
OSRS:1
RS3: 1 (or 4 if you count the 3 skill expansions bundled within Archeology )

Total number of new hubs:
OSRS: 1
RS3: 1

Total number of new skills:
OSRS: 0
RS3: 1

Total number of new cities:
OSRS: 1
RS3: 0

Total number of seasonal events:
OSRS: 3
RS3: 5

Winner in overall content released this year? RS3
Winner in consistency rate of content released this year? OSRS

[Str8FromDa808]

I play both RS3 and OSRS. OSRS is the better game

[Minds]

Try both to see what you like.

Ignore the weirdos bashing one or the other because its a toxic way of pushing you in a specific direction.

Whatever appeals to you more is what you should play, you don't have to be "over the age of 50" to enjoy OSRS, and you don't need to be X or Y to enjoy RS3.

[Spartykins]

rs3 is more akin to a clicker game, as most skills can be afk'd easily and it certainly got very complex combat wise

osrs has a more active grind, which for some makes training grindy skills feel like an accomplishment, rather than having another game open while watching an xp bar go up and while the combat can be somewhat complicated if you do pvp, it's not too hard to pick up for pvm, not as much as rs3 anyways

as others say, really try both and see what feels better

OSRS feels comfy to me personally because of how familiar it is and RS3 feels nice because a lot of the tedious training is eased and all of the QoL changes like the toolbelt and lodestones

[Graysonn]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Aquasword480:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Tommy Wiseau:

Play OSRS it has a playerbase and they give it actual content.

The content release is virtually the same to borrow someone's list and tweak it (and their wording) for more accuracy...

That comparison only works if you're assuming that the amount of content released is on a equal basis to the quality of the content, which is certainly not the case.

Comparing the likes of the 10 minute slime quest in February from RS3 to OSRS's death rework and a boss is incredibly silly. It's not about the 'amount' of updates per month or year, it's what it actually adds to the game as a whole. I don't think it's fair to include the rehashed events like the beach or winter weekends either.

It's debatable (at least this year) what game had a bigger wealth of content, with RS3's archaeology skill and everything that came with that or OSRS' Morytania focus with the quests/Darkmeyer but summing it up by tallying updates is a very poor way of looking at it.

[⊱ 0xNathan ⊰]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Tommy Wiseau:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Aquasword480:

The content release is virtually the same to borrow someone's list and tweak it (and their wording) for more accuracy...

First you have to establish a benchmark because both games have lots of little updates in the forms of tweaks, patches, fixes, temporary events, etc... that gets argued at being or not being content. So let's compare using actual new content, reworked content that makes a substantial change, and seasonal events since those are important to both games. (We will also discount Yaks, Traveling artisans, Dxp, Leagues, etc... since while these are large events it's all temp content that brings a few permanent things but nothing in a way that substantially acts as new content nor alters existing content enough to make it fresh)

OSRS:

January: Nothing
February: Death Rework and a new boss The Nightmare
March: Bounty Hunter was put back in after being removed (it was killed then later in the year)
April: Easter Event
May: Chamber of Xeric Improvement
June: Sins of the Father Quest and Darkmeyer City release
July: Ferox Enclave a wilderness PvP hub
August: Mahogany Homes
September: A Porcine of Interest Quest
October: Halloween Event is promised but no date
November: Nothing promised
Decemeber: Nothing promised but a christmas event

The remaining OSRS updates promised per their most recent roadmap such as soul wars and the fishing skilling boss were pushed to 2021 until further notice. OSRS has a very bright 2021 but a bleak outlook for the rest of 2020.

RS3:

January: War's Retreat the PvM hub and Winter chill-off
February: Once Upon a Slime Quest
March: Archeology Skill released
April: Shattered Worlds Rework and Easter Event
May: Nothing
June: Nothing
July: Desperate Measures Quests and Beach
August: Alchemical Hydrix Jewelry
September: Effigy Incubator D&D, Penguin D&D Rework, and Lunar Spellbook Rework
October: Orthen Dig Site on the 19th and Halloween on the 26th
November: RS3's construction contract update
December: A new high level boss and a new quest that will take the place of the christmas event

Everything they promised at the start of the pandemic shifting things around is on route to come in time so nothing else is being pushed to 2021. We are completely in the dark on what 2021 will be save for that the big release is the Elder God Wars Dungeon (GDW3) and the updates will be building up to that.

Total number of quests:
OSRS: 2
RS3: 3

Total number of bosses:
OSRS:1
RS3: 1

Total number of reworks/substantial updates that weren't 100% new:
OSRS:3
RS3:3

Total number of skilling expansions:
OSRS:1
RS3: 1 (or 4 if you count the 3 skill expansions bundled within Archeology )

Total number of new hubs:
OSRS: 1
RS3: 1

Total number of new skills:
OSRS: 0
RS3: 1

Total number of new cities:
OSRS: 1
RS3: 0

Total number of seasonal events:
OSRS: 3
RS3: 5

Winner in overall content released this year? RS3
Winner in consistency rate of content released this year? OSRS

This wall. cept everything released in rs3 becomes dead content the next day because nobody does anything outside of PVM and slaying anymore.

Have you tried playing RS3? Because that's definitely not the case.

[TUNA!]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AceSim:

Diposting pertama kali oleh the evil one:

If you're older than 50 you may like osrs
Antique retro game, but wouldn't have any meaning to you as a new player anyway
It's just for old people who didn't like the changes made to make the game rs3

Over 50 and retro lol? I'm 25 and OSRS is not retro in the slightest

Same you don't have to be an ultra boomer to want to play OSRS and it doesn't look that bad to be honest.