Well.. for most people that quote applies.

For some reason, steam doesn't format this review properly so click on the blue thumbs up next to my name to read it with better formatting.

Just to clarify, there are TWO VERSIONS OF RUNESCAPE PRESENT:

Old School Runescape (OSRS), where Jagex basically found an old copy of Runescape 2 back from 2007, and they chose to continue making updates onwards from that clone before the controversial updates that are currently present in Runescape 3.

Runescape (AKA Runescape 3) is the more modernized version of Runescape that I am reviewing here. Basically the one with better graphics. If you played RS2 many years ago, or maybe even RS1 (RS classic), your character will be transferred here, like mine was


+There is ALOT of content in this game. So much to the point to where when I first started, it felt extremely overwhelming to get started with at first. From having 28 skills to level from, all the way to having 227 quests (at the time of writing this review), each varying in how long they could be and having very interesting lore. Personally, I enjoy the quests in RS3 compared to some other MMO's because there is more to them then simply, "Kill 5 cows," or, "Pick up 5 flowers." There is enough content and variety here to keep you entertained for hours on end. There's a reason to do these quests too, since they may unlock new powerful abilities, or gain new items to equip.

+The newer bosses (ones that have been added after 2012 ish I'd say) are very interesting. There are 119 bosses total in this game, and the reason for killing them could be for money, collecting a specific item if you are an ironman, or going after pets (which are basically companion collectibles).

+The lore. All the lore present within this game is excellent, although everybody might not care about it. The vast amount of lore you can find within this game is fantastic, some being much better then others. Not interested in the lore? No problem, just hold spacebar through every quest and skip every cutscene and you'll be fine. Whether or not you know the lore to the game is insignificant as to how you will play and level your stats.

+When you chase after a goal, no matter how long or how short it is, it feels satisfying just to eventually hit it. Going after a goal like unlocking the invention skill which requires level 80 in 3 skills is something that may take a while, but it isn't just for nothing. It unlocks powerful perks that will assist greatly in bossing or skilling. Even getting level 99 in a stat on it's own is satisfying and you are able to buy an accomplishment cape that has a special perk (such as reviving you once every hour should you die).

+You can pay for membership by using something known as "bonds," which are similar to WoW tokens where you can redeem them in order to get 14 days of membership per bond. These can be bought off the Grand Exchange for roughly 30 million gold pieces (GP) at the time of this review. Not only that, but members translates from OSRS/RS3 as well, as long as you have members on the same account when switching between both games.



-+One of the most controversial updates to ever happen in Runescape, known as, "The Evolution of Combat (EoC)." To summarize, EoC was basically a combat update where the game's combat changed from clicking once and your character would fight, to eventually having ability bars, revamped the entire combat triangle, etc. One might think, "Why would it be bad? Doesn't that make the combat more innovating?" Well.. sort of. You see, the problem with EoC was that upon release, it was horribly unbalanced. Some ability's totally overshadowed others, and it had ALOT of bugs. It also made many weapons that were once very useful irrelevant, like dragon daggers and dragon claws. Not to say it was a complete failure though. Later on it became better as more bugs related to it was fixed, but it was too late by then because most of the playerbase had stopped playing the game. Personally, I feel indifferent towards this but it is difficult as to whether or not I should truly label this as a positive/negative about RS3 so I will leave it here.

-+The grind to get to certain content. While not as long and tedious as OSRS, just to be able to do some sort of efficient bossing, let alone skill decently takes a significant amount of time to get going. I'm almost 300 hours in at the time of this review and I still am working towards things like combo overloads. I would not have some of the progress I had today if I did not swap gold from OSRS to RS3, which shows how significant the grind is. Some may like it, some won't. It's all personal opinion, but in the end I can say for sure that RS3's grinds in general are definitely quicker than OSRS'.



-Microtransactions (MTX). Compared to OSRS, there are a f**kton of MTX's in this game compared to it. There's literally a minigame in RS3 known as, "Treasure Hunter," where you can open chests and have a chance of getting exp or 200 million cash. This is why it is much easier and faster to max in RS3 compared to OSRS. Combined with DXP events, being able to literally buy EXP for basically every skill in the game is something that puts off many players, myself included. Some people may say, "oh just ignore it," or, "it doesn't affect you," or even, "just login every day! You get 2 free! or do quests! You get 2 every quest completion, so it balances out!" Yeah.. no. It doesn't matter if they give it to me for free or even if I ignored it, I still get reminded every day that I have treasure hunter keys available to be used.

-The tick rate in this game. In this game, a tick is the way both Runescape 3 and OSRS process your own character's actions. It is f**king horrific. Being at 0.6 seconds every tick. Think of it as playing at 600 ping, plus the latency from whatever country you are connecting from to that server. All server sided actions are determined by this tick system, which is extremely annoying when doing things like bossing. You want to move to a specific location? No problem, just click on a tile and wait 0.6s for your clicks to register! As frustrating as this is, Jagex has acknowledged this and are planning to turn the tick rate to 0.1s instead of 0.6s which.. Well that was like last year or the year before that so that's probably gonna be a while.

-The UI in the game they give you by default is f**king horrible. They desperately need to change it or revamp the default version somehow. Despite having the ability to customize the UI to your heart's content, I shouldn't have to spend an hour or two in game just to readjust the UI so it is to my liking. Of course, some may say to switch to legacy mode or the legacy UI which changes your entire HUD so it is similar to that of RS2, but you will not be as strong as if you were to use EoC instead.

-Account security is a joke, across both OSRS and RS3. Even with 2FA, you can still have your account taken from you just from basic social engineering. Recently, a popular streamer known as Woox (some may say the best OSRS player) had one of his OSRS accounts taken from someone just because somebody asked Jagex for his account information. Absolutely horrible and this needs to be addressed.


Personally, I prefer OSRS over RS3 because of nostalgia and I enjoy the PvM content there more. Despite being more simple, it still manages to find innovating ways to encounter the bosses with the simpler combat system. Even though I believe OSRS > RS3, that doesn't mean RS3 is necessarily a bad game. Both are good in my eyes, and which one you like better is up for you to decide.