How's this compare to OSRS ?

[Kaathe]

Seems like this game has 10x more players on steam right now which is interesting.

Does this game revive the magic of RuneScape in a new game ? Or is it nothing like the original game from this dev ?

[ap10]

It's similar in terms of questing and skilling, but that's about it.

[Omega Haxors]

Beyond a surface level; nothing. Ironically the one playstyle OSRS excels at (mediumcore second-monitor) is the one style of play this game completely lacks.

[Shaunri]

Probably depends person to person, for me it surely compares very much to old-school runescape and UO with the playstyle, skilling grind, crafting and sense of discovery with the world building and questing.

Not so much with the combat right now, as it's structure is more like normal skilling, than organic combat (it's a bit closer to OSRS, but not even remotely close to UO).

On the other hand it's one of the most pleasant mmo starts i have every seen. In 50hrs i haven't ever seen even one bug.

[Ryulightorb]

combat wise it's close outside of prayer switching since osrs is just prayer swapping and moving around as you auto-attack least with non-bossing stuff.
Skilling wise and everything else pretty close.

so very similar imho

[XJ9]

Osrs allows multiboxing and 3rd party aps that trivializes content so this game is already better despite not being finished.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by Belt:

OSRS has meaningful progression and an abundance of content, brighter shores has none of that. Brighter shores is a grind to make up for the lack of actual content, it is completely artificial game time. You will be doing the same methods at level 20 as you will at level 480, just a different colour of node. You unlock the entire map in BS just by doing the main story which takes about a day if lucky.

Using the excuse of it being early access doesn't work well when you find out brighter shores has been a decade in the making.

I mean the only thing that makes OSRS progression meaningful is bosses and raids otherwise is pretty 1:1 Brighter shores does need meaningful progression but that will come.

Also they only really started making content for it like two years to last year.
It's been a decade in the making because of the engine it's all made in house.

So the working on it for a decade comment is kinda silly content wise it's been way less than a decade.
Andrew was working on the Graphics engine until late 2021 and it was only in a playable state in 2022 a state with no content.

[XJ9]

Originally posted by Belt:

OSRS has meaningful progression and an abundance of content, brighter shores has none of that. Brighter shores is a grind to make up for the lack of actual content, it is completely artificial game time. You will be doing the same methods at level 20 as you will at level 480, just a different colour of node. You unlock the entire map in BS just by doing the main story which takes about a day if lucky.

Using the excuse of it being early access doesn't work well when you find out brighter shores has been a decade in the making.

by 3-8 people at a time max, and they have done a wonderful job at all the small details and a solid engine. the games combat also has so much potential for pvp once specials come into play.

This game isn't "for the money", it's a passion project.

[Blessed™]

Originally posted by Kaathe:

Seems like this game has 10x more players on steam right now which is interesting.

Does this game revive the magic of RuneScape in a new game ? Or is it nothing like the original game from this dev ?

i suggest you play the first two episodes, do the spider nest quest, if you don't like it then come back in 6 months to see if the game changes. right now i wouldn't say it's worth subbing unless you want to reserve a username.

[Ryulightorb]

Originally posted by Midnight Sparkle:

Originally posted by Belt:

OSRS has meaningful progression and an abundance of content, brighter shores has none of that. Brighter shores is a grind to make up for the lack of actual content, it is completely artificial game time. You will be doing the same methods at level 20 as you will at level 480, just a different colour of node. You unlock the entire map in BS just by doing the main story which takes about a day if lucky.

Using the excuse of it being early access doesn't work well when you find out brighter shores has been a decade in the making.

by 3-8 people at a time max, and they have done a wonderful job at all the small details and a solid engine. the games combat also has so much potential for pvp once specials come into play.

This game isn't "for the money", it's a passion project.

100%

https://x.com/AndrewCGower/status/1599519719869927426 it's only been a years worth of content also and a lot of 2023 was making systems actually function and testing servers with fake players.
Internal alpha only started in June this year with ep 1 and 2 being made in march this year.

Not sure why people get the idea it's been at a playable state with content being added for more than a year lol so much of it was spent on the engine which by the way is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ technical marvel with how seemless interactions are.
The IDE setup for developing the game also is REALLY clean.

[Shaunri]

Originally posted by Ryulightorb:

Originally posted by Midnight Sparkle:

by 3-8 people at a time max, and they have done a wonderful job at all the small details and a solid engine. the games combat also has so much potential for pvp once specials come into play.

This game isn't "for the money", it's a passion project.

100%

https://x.com/AndrewCGower/status/1599519719869927426 it's only been a years worth of content also and a lot of 2023 was making systems actually function and testing servers with fake players.
Internal alpha only started in June this year with ep 1 and 2 being made in march this year.

Not sure why people get the idea it's been at a playable state with content being added for more than a year lol so much of it was spent on the engine which by the way is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ technical marvel with how seemless interactions are.
The IDE setup for developing the game also is REALLY clean.

Most people probably just hear that somewhere, and they don't care/aren't interested enough to look it up more. To be fair the game is not really for everybody. How many people actually played runescape more than 20 years ago? And especially that part of a game (lets call it an extended demo) is free, a lot of people will just hop in to check it out and realize it's really just not for them. Nothing wrong with that. Steam forums have always been very toxic, and honestly it's not that bad here :)

[Kaathe]

Originally posted by Shaunri:

Originally posted by Ryulightorb:

100%

https://x.com/AndrewCGower/status/1599519719869927426 it's only been a years worth of content also and a lot of 2023 was making systems actually function and testing servers with fake players.
Internal alpha only started in June this year with ep 1 and 2 being made in march this year.

Not sure why people get the idea it's been at a playable state with content being added for more than a year lol so much of it was spent on the engine which by the way is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ technical marvel with how seemless interactions are.
The IDE setup for developing the game also is REALLY clean.

Most people probably just hear that somewhere, and they don't care/aren't interested enough to look it up more. To be fair the game is not really for everybody. How many people actually played runescape more than 20 years ago? And especially that part of a game (lets call it an extended demo) is free, a lot of people will just hop in to check it out and realize it's really just not for them. Nothing wrong with that. Steam forums have always been very toxic, and honestly it's not that bad here :)

I played the original RuneScape via mini clip I recall

[fruit flavored ENERGY DRINK]

this game has none of the charm old runescape had, if that's what you're asking. everything is spoonfed to you and the game doesn't even try to conceal the fact that it's just a 24/7 grinding simulator. it is more akin to cookie clicker than osrs

still, it is early access and definitely has the potential to become something in the future

[Elon Musk]

Originally posted by Belt:

Using the excuse of it being early access doesn't work well when you find out brighter shores has been a decade in the making.

There is much more behind that "a decade in the making" than you think probably lol
Also above everything keep in mind there are only 6 people working on the whole came (excluding music, a few more ppl are for music) but the game itself has only 6 people working on.

It has the early access title because it is not release ready
Andrew stated in a post he isnt a fan of EA but people asked for it and he wanted to show what they achieved so far and the product so far is really nice, just not polished.

Its the same as for everyone, early access games arent for many people, ALSO a game HUGE like this is, give it much more time man, check back in a year again? See what changed, if u dont like it, give it another 2 years? Games take time after all

[Belum Cakap Besar]

I switch between the two to my liking. It probably means i spent less time on OSRS now that I'm dividing my free time in half, but what's fun for me may not be fun for others. So I'd say it depends on what you like.

Personally, I find Brighter Shores inspiring and often play it for the first half of my free time before returning to OSRS.

[chancan]

Originally posted by Omega Haxors:

Beyond a surface level; nothing. Ironically the one playstyle OSRS excels at (mediumcore second-monitor) is the one style of play this game completely lacks.

But you can do exactly that with cooking, alchemy, carpentry, detective, and the 3 smithing skills