Runescape on Steam is a game changer

[Owl Boy]

Let me start off by saying that I do not like RS3 and would never play it seriously (aside from Dungeoneering, you can stay). However, having the assets and everything the game needs stored locally on my drive is night and day vs the RS3 client from their website.

The framerate appears to be unlocked on Steam. When playing on the official client I get 60FPS locked and it goes no higher. The Steam client is matching my Windows refresh rate, and thus looks smoother (and also takes advantage of my FreeSync VRR).

The game just feels so much smoother via Steam, and I really hope to feel the same way about OSRS (the one true Runescape) when it comes to Steam in a few months.

Is there anything else the Steam version offers that I may have missed?

[Guardian of the Blind]

the client on the website also stores the game on your drive and the framerate is definitely unlocked. I think you had a few wrong settings. there is no difference between the two clients. only the login with the connected steam account.

[Owl Boy]

Originally posted by Guardian of the Blind:

the client on the website also stores the game on your drive and the framerate is definitely unlocked. I think you had a few wrong settings. there is no difference between the two clients. only the login with the connected steam account.

Its definitely not storing it all at once. It may cache stuff and keep it for later as you go, but its 100% definitely not storing the entire game before I hit login on the official client. There is absolutely a difference.

[Guardian of the Blind]

Originally posted by -=( /\sh )=-:

Originally posted by Guardian of the Blind:

the client on the website also stores the game on your drive and the framerate is definitely unlocked. I think you had a few wrong settings. there is no difference between the two clients. only the login with the connected steam account.

Its definitely not storing it all at once. It may cache stuff and keep it for later as you go, but its 100% definitely not storing the entire game before I hit login on the official client. There is absolutely a difference.

it's not downloading all at once. but once downloaded it stays downloaded.

[Reaper415]

Originally posted by Tommy Wiseau:

But its not, its still the same endless pay2win grind that nobody plays anymore and the small playerbase only cares about endlessly grinding away at 200m xp in skills for LITERALLY no reward.

awwwww, did you get lured and pked in the wildy? Go cry somewhere else.

[supernet2]

Originally posted by Tommy Wiseau:

Originally posted by Reaper415:

awwwww, did you get lured and pked in the wildy? Go cry somewhere else.

No ive just been playing for over 5000 hours and im irritated at the way the game has been downgraded.

Basically made it more of a microtransaction garbage heap. Surprised the games still alive. Especially with major changes that broke alot of things, and took away alot of fun features. Its like trying to keep up with the cool kids but by doing so you water down the experience. Just isn't the same anymore. Lots has changed. Even PKing isn't as fun as it used to be. Death dots, etc... so much change and im not sure how much good these changes are. Like if you wanna give your friend a few million gold so they can really buy some useful gear themselves, you can't. So much safety measure because people are literal idiots and cant think for themselves. And then the fact its not even us based. Its UK based.

The client from steam still downloads just like the other but only some things are cached. You'll find in the %temp% directory where all the cached stuff is for the game under jagex i believe.

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by -=( /\sh )=-:

Is there anything else the Steam version offers that I may have missed?

Accessibility and prominence. I just logged in for the first time in 44 weeks according to Miscellania, and there's MANY more players around even on a member world.

Plus you would not believe how many people, even millenials, who don't know how to download and install a program from the internet.

[FKA]

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Originally posted by -=( /\sh )=-:

Is there anything else the Steam version offers that I may have missed?

Accessibility and prominence. I just logged in for the first time in 44 weeks according to Miscellania, and there's MANY more players around even on a member world.

Plus you would not believe how many people, even millenials, who don't know how to download and install a program from the internet.

Let's see how long that lasts.

[Snufflegrunt]

Originally posted by FKA:

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Accessibility and prominence. I just logged in for the first time in 44 weeks according to Miscellania, and there's MANY more players around even on a member world.

Plus you would not believe how many people, even millenials, who don't know how to download and install a program from the internet.

Let's see how long that lasts.

Yeah I agree, and Jagex/Runescape should've been on Steam 10 years ago. I think RS would look very different if it was.

[FKA]

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Originally posted by FKA:

Let's see how long that lasts.

Yeah I agree, and Jagex/Runescape should've been on Steam 10 years ago. I think RS would look very different if it was.

I hate how Jagex has split up the playerbase with OSRS and RS3.

Funnily enough, I'm one of those guys that doesn't like either version of the game all that much. I think I started playing back in 2007 when I was 10 years old. A friend at school showed me the game, I remember telling him how stupid and outdated the game looked. After a few days of playing and grinding at the cows in Lumbridge, I started getting into the game.

It was RSHD's release in the summer of 2008 that really got me into the game though. From 2008 until 2012, it was my go to game. I don't regret sinking thousands of hours into it, because I remember enjoying it very much. That feeling you get when you finally accomplish that goal you've been working towards for days/weeks is something I've only ever felt in Dark Souls when finally defeating a boss.

If RSHD makes a comeback, I would probably be willing to start all over again, something which I'm not prepared to do in OSRS. OSRS is too outdated and grindy for me, but RS3's progression is just too easy and too fast. In RS3 there are just too many ways too easily level up via MTX or double XP weekends. One thing I will give RS3 is that the questing and eventual end game bossing is far superior compared to the past. I don't mind EOC, but I'm willing to sacrifice it for the old combat if it meant having the soul of the older games back.

[Snufflegrunt]

I'm kind of the same. I'd also add that people have a lot more patience and a more open mind when they are 13/14/15. The graphics didn't really matter because my PC was slow anyway, yet it was deeper than any other game that I had access to at the time. That and my school friends played it, so it doubled as a sort of chat room.

I basically want RS3 minus the microtransactions, (who doesn't?) but I get that that's a big ask and won't happen. However, I can't deal with the lack of QoL in OSRS. I also think it's funny how the OSRS community treat grinding out a 99 as an achievement, in part due to the lack of QoL. It's not a challenge to binge Netflix on a second screen. I thought for over a decade that RS's biggest weakness was the grind as a barrier to the real content. Grinding is not content, and RS3 for the most part solves that.

I don't really care about it being pay to win as I don't do PVP anymore, and the only people who buy their way to the top are the people who don't know how to take advantage of economic shifts.

In my eyes, a fire cape entitles you to far more bragging rights than any skillcape does, even a max cape. That said, you'll almost always see me in a smithing cape since 99 smithing was my wet dream as a teenager.

[InfiniteGain]

Jagex recently streamed on Twitch and informed everybody they don't plan on updating the character models any time soon. To paraphrase, they said something to the effect of, "It would be entirely too much work to go through and update the models, the cosmetics the models wear, the weapons they hold, the hit boxes, the animations, etc."

I really don't mind the models, myself, but I do agree they "could" use an update at some point.

[Aquasword480]

Originally posted by InfiniteGain:

Jagex recently streamed on Twitch and informed everybody they don't plan on updating the character models any time soon. To paraphrase, they said something to the effect of, "It would be entirely too much work to go through and update the models, the cosmetics the models wear, the weapons they hold, the hit boxes, the animations, etc."

I really don't mind the models, myself, but I do agree they "could" use an update at some point.

I mean they said they they want to update it and they will, but it will take a long time because they are going to have to update....like literally everything.

[Poefred]

Originally posted by InfiniteGain:

Jagex recently streamed on Twitch and informed everybody they don't plan on updating the character models any time soon. To paraphrase, they said something to the effect of, "It would be entirely too much work to go through and update the models, the cosmetics the models wear, the weapons they hold, the hit boxes, the animations, etc."

I really don't mind the models, myself, but I do agree they "could" use an update at some point.

Tbh I like how most of RS3 looks. It's just the base character models with nothing on them that look hideous. Honestly the 2008 ones look less dated. Otherwise the game looks fine for runescape.