Should You Play OSRS in 2024?

[@MSeroga]

Dragon chainbody was one of those items that if you saw someone with back in the day… you’d stop and admire that!

[@BrentGuelli-i88m]

Oh my god I can relate so hard on the monkey madness puzzle box as a child 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I asked my mom to do it and she told me I needed to figure it out and she was happy RuneScape was a “puzzle” game lolol

[@rubeuscubeus]

🤣 dude, asking my parents to do things in video games is how I figured out that my parents didn’t know everything.

[@barat824]

as a kid I fished lobsters for a week after school to earn 200k to pay the gnome to skip that sliding box puzzle

[@squiginjr]

Hell yeah 😎

[@ithetopdawg9290]

I watched some hypercam 2 video on how to do it, best 200k saved (I died at boss and lost my granite body)

[@olebrumm8]

time well spent

[@SharmaForLlama]

I played back when it was Runescape 2. Started up again a week or so ago, i've been having fun. I've done 65 quests, I did the agility pyramid to get to 65 and 1.25 mil. I've done the mage training arena to 66. I'm focusing on getting everything else to the 60 area and doing quests.

[@Pinkyyybrainn]

A great tip for free magic levelling, go to the library in arceuus. Xp scales, I did 10-75 in about 5 hours.

[@alanmoulet1362]

Gl on the barrow glove grind bro , next up is dt2 and raid and ur gucci

[@Reign.dropzz]

Where you at now? 😊

[@parallax8896]

you speak well and have a good personality was honestly shocked that you only have 184 subs brother

[@jakestewart-nh3ei]

I remember sneaking to the computer after bedtime in middle school to run essence at the nature altar to help an online buddy be the 7th person to get 99 runecrafting. I've since been back on and off for 5 years and have a lvl 126 main and a baby pure. I love all the updates they've been doing so much map and content has been added that makes sense.

[@---IIll]

Very good explaining and telling stories was fun. Im in love with OSRS since some months and addicted again after 13 years

[@lokithehero2309]

OSRS is exactly what it says it is: Old School. It's all about the grind. Newer and/or more modern based MMOs focus on giving players more power quickly since that's what everyone likes, making their characters stronger. And there's nothing wrong with that. But in doing so, you don't feel as attached to your character since you got powered up so fast. With OSRS, you feel a little bit more pride behind achieving your goals. Few things feel more satisfying than getting a drop or level you've been grinding weeks, or even months for. It's definitely not a game for everybody, but if you love the grind then you'll probably enjoy OSRS. And remember, it's not about the end- It's about the journey.

[@rubeuscubeus]

A hundred percent, I just got my first fire cape and there is nothing like overcoming a challenge. Learning the mechanics of the game, figuring out how people are doing things, seeing something that seems impossible and breaking it down to a level where it’s achievable. It’s something a lot of modern MMOs have taken out of the game, and I like those MMOs fine. I also like this one though.

[@alanmoulet1362]

​@@rubeuscubeusgo for inferno now 😂

[@austingivens3078]

We can confirm summoning broke runescape because when it polled in osrs iirc only 20% of players wanted it .

[@AmbersTurd]

I did this on my wife’s lv 3 account a few years ago. For RuneScape 3. I paid $100 and got an untrim slayer cape and 99 summon within 30-40mins. It was worth the $100 for the fun but haven’t played it since lol. I don’t know how to play rs3 anymore. I stopped playing in 2013. And have been playing osrs since 2015. ( on and off) started rs2/3 in 2004.

[@BrentynMacMillan]

Same, after questing for a bit in rs3, I realized how lost I was in the world... So I decided to give the OSRS account I made a try and never looked back. Maybe someday I'll hop over to RS3 but, I've been playing OSRS since release, on and off so, who knows when that will be.

[@codsquadum5675]

The only things that truly represent a sense of achievement in RS3 now are: certain titles (i.e. Gold titles for bosses like Telos, Arch Glacor, Zamorak, or reaper crew/insane reaper), completionist cape, anything with ironman. It's still there, just very different and often very pvm oriented

[@mitchthegoat960]

35:15 I'm fucking crying. Lmaooo This is wayyyyy too accurate. This is how you know you've played this game since 06-07. Hahahaha Great video, man. 🤙🏻

[@samstreet4904]

In regards to seeing the dragon weapon specs for the first time. The memory of seeing the whole team dragon baxe spec in pest control for the first time is burned into my core memory.

[@Xuhtig]

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

[@myotakueric]

I liked your reaction/commentary. You had substance to add and were already informed on the subject you were commentating on

[@Lessthanpropane]

I played a lot of osrs in the 2020s, got multiple stats to high 70 or 90+. I switched to classic everquest because I wanted a more group focused experience. I always felt so lonely in osrs knowing there's nothing to really group for until endgame. especially in the age of efficiency-scape!

[@rubeuscubeus]

I totally understand this. I am a solo player by nature so it’s perfect for me. This is a totally valid point though. I hope you’re enjoying EQ still!

[@Lessthanpropane]

@@rubeuscubeus thank you! I have been having an absolute blast on eq! what do you like about soloing in the mmo genre? if I may ask!

[@rubeuscubeus]

@@LessthanpropaneI really live my life in a lot of ways solo. I do have friends and I do things with them, just as I often do in MMO’s. I tend to enjoy things going at my own pace though and not having to worry about keeping up with other people or risk letting them down in some kind of way. I think that just naturally translates to an MMO. Plus MMO’s stay relevant for a long period of time unlike most solo games. Spyro doesn’t have any where near the community behind it something like RuneScape or EQ does and I like the fact that the things that I’m doing today can still have relevance years from now. I hope that makes sense.

[@Lessthanpropane]

@@rubeuscubeus it does make sense! thank you for sharing.

[@rubeuscubeus]

@@Lessthanpropane anytime, and thank you for asking.

[@sacramento60]

Expanding on the players be written into the game. There is a boat called Boaty south of Chambers of Xeric now.

[@escapingbluecollar]

I am a brand new OSRS player, Ive never played it before now. Honestly I want to experience everything but honestly PVP is the thing i dont think i will get to for a very long time. But i will say it has the best amazingly interesting quests. I have made a pact that im not gonna use wiki for help. Honestly i love it and just so happy with it. I did try runescape 3 first but didnt like it cause it just shoves IAP's down your throat...

[@BlowGlass]

Welcome! I def recommend using runelite to play with RuneScape just for some minor improvements. PvP is a strange thing in OSRS bc basically unless your maxed combat you need a specialized account build to be able to compete. I wish you the best on your journey!

[@escapingbluecollar]

@georgia1545 I just started using runelite and love it so far, makes a lot of things just a little more crisp I would say

[@MSeroga]

Rs3’s biggest problem is p2w… which can be bypassed by playing an Ironman :) some of the most fun I’ve had in RuneScape was rs3 Ironman with late game pvm which is pretty complex and so rewarding as an iron when you spend hour after hour wasting your hard earned resources to get 1 kill of a very hard boss that you’ve never killed before… and very high skill gap where you can go from 1 kill with full inv of food/pots to killing the boss 20 times in 1 hour with no food used altogether :)

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Osrs is the same with bonds… Can just buy bonds on Osrs and buy max gear/ do fastest training methods.

[@vexyn3941]

yet tell me... who are you going to win? rs3 is not competitive game...so who is the one you going to win? xD and you need to realise Jagex is company which main purpose is to make money... it wouldnt keep game running if it did not make money and atm that P2W you mentioned is only thing keeping either rs3 and osrs floating...

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Only Osrs players could be stupid enough to have strong opinions on a game they haven’t played. “Oh but I played it in 2013” Okay, is Osrs the same as it was on release? No. Would it be fair to say “the only boss to kill on Osrs is KBD?” Play the game before you make baseless statements without any understanding of how the game actually plays. I’ve maxed my Osrs account and tried out rs3 and preferred the gameplay so much more than os. I’ve since maxed my rs3 Ironman and I’m having way more fun then on os

[@vexyn3941]

excatly why i want people to try both games... im mainly rs3 player but i do like osrs too i play both and i enjoy both

[@pine5954]

you trained on pirates haha? i remember when my older brother showed me rock crabs and having to memorize and make that long walk to... seers village i think. maan im definitely gonna try playing again

[@martinverbeek8862]

Should? Bro im balls deep into maxing😂

[@vexyn3941]

both games you can buy gp literally from the Jagex itself... soo yea osrs is not without pay to win aspect either but without those game would die way faster since devs wouldnt have money to run it

[@KEKW-lc4xi]

The thing is if you want an MMO that has any integrity you have to choose ironman mode in OSRS. Otherwise you can buy bonds in both games with real money and I see noobs all the time running around with bis gear which is sad as it devalues the prestige of the the item. I've legit seen a titty streamer have a tbow that just some viewer gave her and she had to look up where ice warriors are for her level 50 something slayer task. Ironman mode is not perfect though. The drop tables on everything are arbitrarily set with player trading in mind and there are not any anti-dry safeguards in place from going extremely dry for items, items that, again, are set in place with player trading in mind. I recently completed the Hydra claw grind and sweet jesus that was a long grind. I didn't get the Hydra Claw until 3028kc. over 3 times the droprate. Did nothing but Hydra from level 95 and I ended 80k slayer xp shy of 99 Slayer. I was planning for weeks to cancel my membership if I hit 99 Slayer before getting the claw. Anyone who works 35+ hours a week doesn't stand a chance of ever catching up and completing bis gear grinds. Especially at the pace they are adding in new content.

[@Lessthanpropane]

this, this is why I can't do it anymore. I played a standard account and pet hunting made me so sad

[@KEKW-lc4xi]

​@@Lessthanpropane Pet hunting is one of the main achievements for regular accounts. However, if you're pet hunting, you might as well play an ironman account since you often get the pet after collecting all the unique items. Repeating the same boss thousands or tens of thousands of times is tedious and frustrating. For example, I got my berserker ring after 526 kills, which is about five times the drop rate. Doing the same for the Rex pet would mean around 25,000 kills, which is unbearable. I'd rather play other games or even go outside than farm for pets, especially considering those who reach near 200M skilling XP before getting their pet. Failing to implement safeguards against extremely unfavorable RNG outcomes is a significant oversight in game design. Players should have a sense of influence over their progress and results. Without these measures, even diligent effort may go unrewarded, as players can experience excessively long dry spells far beyond their initial expectations, making it feel virtually impossible to obtain the desired item or pet. No more RNG grinds for me after that Hydra grind. I'm just going to max, and if they don't rework how drop tables function in this game, I'll max and ride off into the sunset, and probably do something crazy like go outside, maybe find a girlfriend, and start a family, who knows. All I know is grinding the same boss every day all day long for 2+ months aint it. Hydra grind was worse than my dwh grind. Granted I got lucky and got the dwh around rate 6882 kc.

[@elijahfatzinger4631]

@@KEKW-lc4xi yo this comment is so unhinged and relatable lmaoooo

[@aibatttt]

hello fellow maplestory enjoyer! I sank a few thousand hours into an oldschool maplestory private server, very good times

[@millifungus4024]

unfortunately, we live in a time where you can buy runs through raids so long you have the prerequisite to join said raids. same with barbarian assault as long as you know the roll you can buy runs to get a torso.

[@Abionx]

45:00 actually with shooting stars there is a afk method for mining now, not super fast but still decent enough afk mining

[@breezypossum5035]

YES! RS3 is exactly how i would imagine amazon making a mmo, it always gave me wizard 101 vibes. lol

[@TrojanJoe1]

Amazons already done that and Rs3 is ten times the game new world is 😂

[@livezezian6900]

random w101 shade. that game is tight

[@OnTheDownBeat]

There's so much unwarranted snobby remarks about rs3 from someone who's not played much of the game at all to be making. OSRS players are so quick to shit on RS3 because their childhood game added mechanics 15 years ago. RS3 is so much more than a "wow knockoff" or "every other MMO" I play both games and enjoy both games, It's so tiring to hear the same talking points people have had about RS3 for literal years without actually experiencing the game.

[@rubeuscubeus]

You’re right, I’ll play rs3 at some point and I’ll be more informed. You do have to understand though that people can’t just synthesize new ideas out of thin air. I am who I am and think what I think in the moment. I’m sorry if that made you angry, but that’s just how it was in that moment, those are my thoughts about it.

[@OnTheDownBeat]

@@rubeuscubeus no hate, brother. It’s just a lot of these claims of the game not being good come from outdated/ill informed places (not you specifically, just a lot of what I hear from the osrs community) RS3 has some of the best late game content in any mmo I’ve played and is super rewarding when learning new boss mechanics and completing logs etc. the combat is deep and fun once you learn it. And the idea that “the grind” is the only thing that makes runescape, RuneScape is so played out and lame. 100% they are two very different games at the end of their paths, but they both have very strong things worth playing for if you give them the chance. 🤘🏻

[@ithetopdawg9290]

I quit when EoC came out because I tried so hard to get 85 slayer to sell whips, 1.8m went to 65k

[@Tnscla]

i started almost 2 weeks ago and i say you 100% should, also iron man. i played rs3 a long time ago (9 years ago) and its not even close to OSRS but im using guides lol, i cant stand being completely ineficient.

[@ducksquidbat8315]

It’s a crazy thought that 9 years is a long enough time for a game with weekly updates to change…

[@Tnscla]

@@ducksquidbat8315 it was bad 10 years ago lol

[@alanmoulet1362]

Now everybody use guide , and play one runelite too make the game easier

[@BONACCI92]

Subbed. Good vibes

[@Poke_n_Smot]

i trained for hours at tzar fight caves never making it to the end never knowing about the fire cape when i was a kid

[@Tyscrat]

suprised to see anarchy online on a jimmy list. That game was my life for 10+ yrs

[@Bambledamble]

The days varrock east would be packed with f2p pkers and clans

[@KaniskaSan]

You look like Cohh Carnage and sound like Owen Wilson.. I'm fascinated by you.

[@CornbreadPhD]

7:50 - I'm sure some people do play those rando gacha games but they're almost certainly 90%+ funded by random whales who are looking for a temporary game that isn't genshin or star rail or whatever. Some of these rando gacha games end up actually being quite popular (I remember thinking this originally about epic seven).

[@CornbreadPhD]

also preach. love the content

[@dex_xth4349]

can we just agree on two things #1. people cant use there brain anymore and are so use to just being guided to the answers #2. f2p needs corrupted dragon armor

[@JUSTmeESTFG]

I hate the questing, im maxed 0 idea on quest line(well a base level but no idea re lore) just play the game for fun and mates.

[@901gaminganime5]

My god I love RuneScape but in my oda voice. You doing hella tricjs on it. The glaze is crazy

[@josephotts9351]

Great video man ❤️ wish you’d make more osrs content 😉 Just discovered you

[@shouma1234]

Looking it up, 320,000,000 RS accounts have been made, so that’s probably where they’re pulling “hundreds of millions of players” from

[@rubeuscubeus]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. 300million made by settled and his nightmare mode 🤣

[@Sauve919]

You’ll get to TOB! Sins boss was kinda hard, but you’ll get it soon!

[@AndrewBoisdore-pk5ce]

It was a knock off wow. We all agree. Wow an osrs were the tip of apex mmo gaming.

[@ChronicArthritis]

I use the keys in rs3 but I haven’t spent a dime on the game besides membership.

[@uimsavagej]

good video keep it up

[@Joshua_Gomez15]

The answer is yes.

[@jordanmann420]

Guild wars isn’t a mmo 😂 that statement alone makes sure people can’t take you serious

[@Poke_n_Smot]

with pvp arena imbue takes 15 min use you combat on slayer!!!!

[@Osrszombie]

92 is harth way and its 10hp not 1

[@hugohojda4654]

99:2=92 ;) not 91

[@MatthewCalvert-x2w]

Why make a 1 hour video when you couldve just said no

[@rasmusturkka480]

Why comment so many words when you could've just written "shit vid"

[@SolarixOnYT]

Guild wars isn't an MMO?????????? Huh????

[@edward3800]

hm ive never played it

[@divulgedspirit]

U seem like a cool dude

[@meylinlibertaskeef3346]

no you shouldnt, community is onesided on everything, "updates" take too long via the horrible polling system, at this current point there is zero reason for you to not play a offline version of the game, think about that in particular

[@GotNoKarma]

Short answer is no. It's too much of a grind fest. Most MMOs give you the starting experience with a beeline to endgame content. I started RS in 2004 at the library computer. The world isn't as vast as it should be and locations tend to blend together. Combat is my favorite as you can focus any combat style. You have a large world but all feels linear. It would be great if you can play different races. Having to spend thousands of hours to access late game content is the main issue.

[@OmniDan26]

Osrs boomer cries about people liking rs3 the video

[@guusgeluk3693]

Bad time to start. Jagex is ruining the game again. I just quit today.

[@asbjrn8108]

Really? How come? I don’t play OSRS anymore so am not really clued up on what Jagex are doing

[@BrentynMacMillan]

​@@asbjrn8108 they're trolling

[@POG..]

eh they just did a rebalance though essentially we are directly in the middle of OSRS's EoC

[@EndlessFootball]

This is not the case at all. The rebalancing is mostly minor stat changes on old items. Nothing is changing about how combat actually works

[@rechtebanana]

you don't know what EoC means if you think number tweaking is EoC

[@POG..]

@@rechtebanana this is just the beginning, ive played this game longer than anyone I know in game and IRL. I would much rather have a Vanilla 07, or even RSC. What we have today is our current staffed Jagex Mod's Private Server. Sailing the next skill, such a meme.

[@rechtebanana]

@@POG.. idk it's been going strong for 11 years I think we still have a long while before this game "dies"