@Maximilian a bond only gives you memby for 14 days. But yea, loads of the content is locked behind the membership. That is only a problem though if you can't see yourself ever paying the €6-€10 monthly in the future, for a game you love. The free-to-play version of the game will undoubtedly give you enough content so that you can see if you like the game or not, so there's no risk involved (other than time I guess).
OSRS Wiki has ruined gaming for me. I expect this level of documentation for every game out there and it just doesn't exist. We take for granted this amazing community built resource
I started Kingdom of Drakkar, its the first mmorpg so its kinda obvious but there is literally no info anywhere, osrs made my expectations too high aswell.
We used to buy game guides for games like the Zelda games offered on N64. They were detailed as fuck. It was like buying a fat magazine and it being full of tips, tricks, guides, photos,... a step by step way to finish the game in it's entirety. Was epic.
To non-players, it may look like you have oversold this.. but god damn you have done a perfect "Should You Play" and not one word is overexaggerated or oversold. Nice one!
@@fishy492 Like with a lot of good games, particularly MMO's, you choose the level of commitment you want. The game isn't going anywhere, and Old School Runescape, unlike other MMO's, doesn't punish you in any way for missing release of content. It's always just... 'there', ready to be explored, which is what makes it brilliant.
@Dave Velzen I don't fully disagree... but the UI man lol.. the UI.. plus the incessant push for members, and cash shop, etc.. and all the cosmetics, so many.... too much for me.
I love how the game basically never changes drastically, I was training ranged to wear hide and got bored of farming so I quit for a year and then came back and I didn't feel lost or confused for a single second, it was like I didn't left at all. It's cool when a game doesn't punish you for not being active. Although the bots are still a huge annoyance.
I know this is not related to topic but does osrs have some kind of pick up window ? years ago I used to play rs3 and well there were a window top-left corner that shows what loot is on the ground and you can loot all items on the ground with just one click, I'm playing OSRS right now but can't seems to find that fast looting option in the game, it's really a pain in the ass for me, just wanted to ask if there was any fast looting mechanical in OSRS or only click to loot ?
@@makuogoku2102 Nope, but you can spam click. Other options are things like the ring of wealth or bonecrusher/ash sanctifier who will pickup currency or bury bones/spread ash automaticly without touching the drops in the later game. From my recent return to rs3 experience coupled with my rs2 and osrs experience, I would say that a mass loot interface is a nice QoL in rs3 but would be redundant in osrs. The value of loot vastly differ in terms of gains, inventory space and time.
The graphics looked hilariously bad even in 2001 when I started playing. You played it because it was in a browser, could run on any potato PC with internet and was free to play, a rarity for quality games in those days. Most of the boys in my year discovered it on school computers, likely their first MMO experience ever which makes a huge impact.
@@cattysplat hilariously bad for 2001 ? I have to disagree lol but yea for the most part you're right its was my first mmo and first online experience period so I get what your saying but imo its still a pretty good game that I play till this day
Yeah for the longest time I didn't get it. I'm 43 years old and did not play it in my earlier days. Once every few years I'd run it and be like "Who can play this trash?" But then one day I played it, and started doing a few quests and learned how "things to do/accomplish" stack so nicely... and I finally understood it! I think someone just needs to be in the right mood, and the right frame of mind, to get over that initial hump. But once they do, they'll be a fan for life!
@@mercster I see that you are fascinated by this game, which of course is great! I think that enchanting the player and conveying the atmosphere of a fairy-tale world is the main task of any fantasy game developer. But in truth, this falling in love sometimes makes us blind to serious problems. Personally, I just don't see any point in doing anything in this game, because everything in it is bought and sold for real money. In the first stages, 1000 coins should be a huge amount for you. You are given quests like "buy a bucket" and even this assumes that you have no money at all and you need to earn the first 5 coins somewhere and understand how everything works. But if you are a millionaire, everything in the game becomes just nonsense. You don't need to develop skills and spend days in mines, you don't need to craft anything. You just go and buy everything in any quantity.
@@W_0_W I think it is incredibly stupid to not play a game because others are doing what you think is "cheating". Especially in Runescape, which is mostly a solo game. Yes you can work with others, join a clan, etc.. but most of the action is self-directed and solo. Who cares if someone else bought their fancy gear? If your only goal in playing a video game is to be better/look cooler than other folks, there are games for that. Runescape isn't one of them. Have a good day.
One of my favorite aspects of OSRS (and RS as well) is how interconnected everything is. What I often do is make a goal, say, "I want to do X late-ish game quest, what do I need?", and the checklist and flowchart of possible things to make my chances better is endless. Rn I'm trainning my ranged so I can use a better weapon against Tz-Tok-Jad to get a fire cape so I can be *slightly* better in a fight, and I'm training it through Slayer, bringing me to every corner of the world. Truly a one-of-a-kind game.
Easily the best "should you play" video ever, as i just got back into runescape and can't explain why i play it to my friends, i think this wraps it up without going into any complicated details
I've been looking for a "new game" for me to play, I didn't realize it would be a game older than me that I've always heard about but never played, but you've convinced me.
I have a 16 years old runescape account, I spent $80 on cyberpunk... I got my money back and its going into my first membership on old school rs now. My character is level 3 and im excited to replay the game again, fuck all the new games that came out recently, im gonna play something that was always fun
Just started my first Ironman account and feels like a new game. Mobile is great for when at work and wanna keep the gains going, always meet interesting people and have unforgettable experiences.
Awesome video. A mate of mine got me into this Mid last year, half the reason was the graphics if not most of it. I once got past that he helped me splash get my magic so I can teleport places and here I am 7 months later loving every bit of it and grinding up a storm. Never played it back in the day when it was popular so no nostalgia. But the amount of content is insane.
nah it wouldn't effect WoW at all. End game WoW isnt about quests, its about PvP, and PvM, and gearing your account. Quests would literally do nothing, unless they gave nutty rewards. I like the quests in osrs, but the fact that everyone looks up guides to do them (and did this back in 2007) is a pretty bad thing for quests as a whole.
@@jonmacdonald2193 The major difference between OSRS and WoW is that OSRS doesn't have an "end game". You can do your PvP and PvM/gearing at whatever levels you want (obviously within reason; you're not going to be doing solo CoX at level 50), you don't have to wait until you're maxed out until you start.
"The game doesn't begin at endgame. It begins the moment you start playing and then just gets better." This. Seriously this. I don't need and want to do a main quest for a story the game is not really interested in making me care with their lousy storytelling nor do it for areas I will only visit once and forget or to level myself up without purpose outside of needing to reach endgame so I can finally "play" the game. Let me play the game right from the beginning. OSRS, absolutely nailed it for the most part.
@@tieracushman7050 LMAO nice projection bro, not everyone sits with shitty posture and doesn't exercise and only sits down or is born a certain way to predispose him to spinal issues like you. RS still shitty tho
In a random area I didn't have the right equipment on and lost my fast telleports back to a bank, I asked the first random person training and they gave me a telly tab. Ez best community I've ever played on.
"You can play for 10 years and not max all your skills.. You can play for 15 and not have done every quest." Oh thank God I thought for a second there I just really sucked.
Awesome video, Josh. As an OSRS player and RS player from back in the day I cannot agree more. The community is happy to welcome anyone that wants to play. The variable commitment of this game is so nice (you can commit to playing an hour a day and make meaningful progress or 12 hours a day and make meaningful progress). RuneScape is a masterpiece in the MMO genre and I think OSRS is underplayed.
When i see the number of patreon supporters you have gained over the last year it makes me think "no body deserves it more". I hope your channel continues to grow!
Great video! Only thing I would add is I think you are going to make people underestimate how difficult combat in OSRS can actually be. At low levels it seems exactly as you mentioned but higher level bosses it becomes very difficult to learn, especially with the mechanics each boss has. OSRS is 100% an MMO worth starting in 2021. The game still continues to grow its player base, runelite is incredible (make sure your downloading it from runelite.net) and once its on Steam that will take it to another level again. The game is grindy but thats part of the fun, theres so much content and unbeatable quests. Mobile is great too.
I've been playing osrs for about a month now and I'm loving it. Bought the membership and having a nostalgia trip. It's been kind of hard for me to make friends on it though. I am mostly working on the quest list so maybe that's it
Honestly just chatting in ge or fishing (I met some people years ago i still talk too ingame at barbarian fishing in f2p) or anywhere really will get you friends. People are generally friendly :)
Started playing Osrs for the first time ever about 3-4 weeks ago. Rather obsessed at the moment. I can see how you could get burnt out grinding a single skill. So I pretty much bounce around as I get tired of stuff. Managed to get 70+ quest points so far. Just started Barbarian fishing. Have 70 strength and managed to farm Obor the Hill giant demi boss 4 times. Addicted.
FYI, Leagues IV just dropped and it's pretty much ushered in a 2nd Golden Era of Runescape. The other week, we hit 200k consecutive players online at once, which is insane and we haven't seen since actual 2007.
B-but having an NPC tell me to go talk to another NPC constitutes as an entire quest, riiiiight?> Why don't I get random rewards for talking to NPC's? Or for picking up and bringing back some items? Maaaan, there aren't even "quest markers" how am I supposed to do quests?
The quests are all boring, you are just using runehq and following guides, no one actually figured all of them out by themselves. Terrible quest design.
Have been playing runescspe since 2002-03. I love the game, we all "quit" our mmos from time to time but always have that one that we go back to. That's Runescape. Awesome review, love the Vids 🤟
Honestly SOTE isn't really that bad. The puzzles are pretty straightforward, and my main complaint is that the puzzles, far from being impossible without a guide, are closer to being kind of too easy, just a bit time consuming. I think the MEP2 light puzzle is actually far harder, and that part is the only part of any of the quests that I used a guide for, personally. I think people feel SOTE needs a guide because of the trauma of MEP2, expecting it to be even worse.
@@Clawdragoons agreed. SOTE has none of the trap and monster damage causing you to have to manage your supplies effectively that make MEP2 so horrifyingly awful. Sure, there are a few agility checks but realistically you can get by on just a few bits of food. No biggie. Also, the moon logic of some of the other quests in the game makes these puzzles look well designed and straightforward. And often answers are hidden in a way where you need to be aware of the environment you are in, lore, remembered information and a basic understanding of tools in the game. In other words, quests are often mysteries that require you to pay attention at every stage to figure out the solution. They are really fun :)
problem is it draws in more and more of your time, which gradually makes it harder to get life done. It's easy to be put into a really really really shitty situation in life over time just because of playing this game, this won't happen to everyone but i've seen it happen time and time again and it almost happened to me.
I started Runescape when I was in 5th grade. I played religiously, until I was 28. Literal YEARS of ingame playtime on my longest running character. Nevermind older characters I forgot the logins to, or got banned. Moved to FFXIV earlier this year, but RS has a very special place in my heart, and the toxic fanbase and fabulous clan members are in my heart as well, corrupting my views of every other MMO fanbase that logs out and wastes XP like a bunch of noobs. Sometimes, I really miss Castle Wars..
I played RS back in 2007, heck I played back before the Grand Exchange. Was never any good, was only like 13 at the time, but I had a lot of fun. I kept playing on and off through RS3, the last thing I did was get 85 mining (after YEARS of grinding), and then a month later they introduced the mining rework making all of that grinding pointless and now RS3 is just a dungeoneering simulator. I just started into OSRS a week or two ago and am right back to the nostalgia of being 13 again, only this time with more direction, and it was your videos talking about it that made me come back. Thanks so much, the mobile client for OSRS is great and it gives me something to do when I'm away from my computer!
Trying this game, both old school and R3 because of you. I have to say this game feels like eve online. Just in a fantasy format and no large pvp battles from what I can tell. It's chill, easy going and more decision, Tactical interaction rather than twitch game play which I love. Thanks for covering this gem of a game.
I’ve been playing for nearly 10 years on and off, I sometimes take literally a year off the game and come back later on and still enjoy mining the same 3 rocks for an hour straight to get my mining level up whilst I watch TH-cam videos on the side.
I first discovered josh strife by bumping into him training slayer on our Ironmen at waterfall dungeon fire giants. I find amazing people by playing RuneScape all the time!
If i had to choose 1 game to play for the rest of my life OSRS IS WERE IT'S AT! highly recommend best long term and most satisfying game I've ever found by far.
4-5 mins in and I think one key thing to mention (dunno if you mention it later) is the gameplay is rooted largely in the much older text based adventure videogames and stuff like DnD, this is very apparent if you turn the "Game" tab onto standard instead of filtered as almost every action you take is essentially narrated back to you as if you were playing a text based fantasy adventure, it's also why the combat is so simple and is basically just an invisible dice roll and stat check
And I think this is an important distinction because it's what separates it from a lot of other mmorpgs, it's arguably the game that modernized old rpg's, it took the old formula and said "how do we turn a text adventure into a living breathing world with visuals and audio" where as almost all other mmorpgs are thinking "how do we make an mmorpg/copy a successful one"
The degree of freedom and intractability in the game as well is what really sells it for me, sure you can't customize everything and build things etc, it's not a sandbox, but there is enough random stuff in the game and ways to interact with things that you can create your own stories, ya know, the whole roleplaying part of an mmorpg, for example I created my own quest within the game using items and interactions my friend hadn't seen before, taking them to odd places, even using spells they'd never seen before to add visual flare, and the crazy thing is even though this game is old af I wouldn't be able to come close to replicating that quest in any other mmorpg I've played because nothing has come close to this level of roleplaying freedom.
I have 210 days played on my RuneScape 3 account, that’s over 5,000 hours. I took a year off because my computer broke and now I’m back in it. This game is fantastic. Just avoid the players on Reddit, they LOVE to complain about everything and if you spend too long there you’ll find yourself following drama that you don’t even care about. Enjoy the game, take a couple suggestions, new players are welcomed with open arms because veteran players are aware of the reality that some people do leave for good and we want to keep the game afloat. Btw I have maybe 30 hours in osrs and I started playing around 2008-2009 so I never played during the “good ole days” and easily transitioned to RuneScape3 without a problem.
I feel like it all depends on the time you want to spend in the game. oldschool is great, but also a huge time sink. Rs3 has some Quality of life to increase the base xp/h of most skills. When going ironman mode in rs3 you skip out on some of the controversial additions to that version of the game. (microtransactions, bonux xp & double xp)
RS3 is the better game. It gets constant updates. If it wasn't for MTX and people not wanting to learn a new combat system it is miles ahead. OSRS hasn't gotten a good update since July of 2018..
I loved playing this game and used to hang out in some of the higher skill total worlds. It's really fun and leveling skills is usually pretty relaxing. I think it's worth playing. People shouldn't turn away because of the graphics or simple looking gameplay. Also I love toxic pvpers they remind me of every other game with pvp. I still had fun but I did have a couple problems. It felt really hard to find stuff worth doing together with friends and sometimes wasting membership time felt a little lame.
For stuff to do with friends you could ask them to do mini games. Even maxed accounts haven’t finished their diary’s (like additional challenges for rewards) meaning they need to grind a lot of barbarian assault. Soul wars is another great mini game for pvp practive well also getting points to level other skills. Pest control also works but there is different level boats. Thank you for this comment I’ll have to show my friends the games and take them there.
I accidently stumbled on runescape videos from binging other videos. I thought about it before but decoded against it because no mounts but I feel I might just get over that and join. Looks amazing
holy hell I've been watching your second channel while playing osrs. Come to find this channel and now I'm excited to see your interpretation of my favorite game.
Been playing for years... it has way too much content and very unique to this day, you can literally play this while watching movies / youtube and doing other shit, because there are certain things / skills you can level up without paying too much attention. This is one of the primary features which people do not understand how underrated it is, that I do not have to stop playing games just because I watch a movie or do other shit..
This game is still amazing the leveling up and gear depth make it so beyond any other game in its own way. Takes years to know everything in game imo and pking in the wild make it never boring you can always walk deep in the wild no matter how maxed you are and get jumped if you dont teleport quick. So yea the game finds ways to humble even the strongest and always room for improvement even in tactics in fighting the game is awesome period
being a person who's 1st mmo ever attempted being runescape and having a love for it over the years, multiple returns: here's my take on should you play OSRS in 2021: Yes! and No! This game requires alot of grinding to reach the top levels, so dont expect to play for a month and be max level it's not going to happen, not for the average player, nor for a veteran. (This is written to those who couldn't make up their mind on should I play OSRS after the video so please give the video a watch 1st before reading as the video creator has put alot of work and covers things I won't. Don't forget to like so more players can see this comment and don't forget to like to video to get it out to more people also as the video creator has made a great video discussing the game.) This game however if you don't mind the grind is great and has plenty of content and out of all MMO's I've every played OSRS has the best quest reward system of any MMO, I've ever seen or enjoyed. The quests you complete mean something, whether it's earning more quest points to unlock even more quests, or earning rewards which add a massive boost to your character, through unlocking new weapons or armor types, or general quality of life upgrades for your character. The satisfaction for reaching a milestone in a skill is very rewarding and satisfactory as it makes you feel like you've achieved something whether it's that shiny new tier of weapon or whether it's that brand new axe for helping you raise woodcutting faster and chopping better trees for your skilling needs or simply money making. This game has a lot of enjoyable content in the f2p version but you will need to be a member to experience the full game, and the amount you get access to is huge in comparison to f2p however you DO NOT NEED to pay for membership with real money, you can earn a bond in game (lasts 14 days) through in game money (gold) and there are hundreds of videos of youtubers starting on fresh lvl 3 accounts and earning a bond in less than a day through free to play means, not to mention Jagex (Runescapes creators) do a lot of free membership deals through twitch prime or amazon prime, you can play this game without spending a penny as long as your willing to grind for the bond but with membership this becomes much easier to do due to the vast array of content you have at your disposable and the multitude of new money making opportunities so you can just keep earning enough to earn a bond yourself. However if your a person who works strict hours and doesn't have much time to play games at all this game is not for you, in the early levels you level quickly sure, but when you hit that roughly 60/99 mark you will be grinding for hours for these level increases, some skills level faster than others, for example cooking and fire making is one of the easiest 99's so isn't too bad, but if you want to get something like hunter or alchemy to 99, you will need to sink a lot of time and in game money (gold) to level these quickly. That being said skills in this game do matter, every skill has a feeling of importance, better mage skill will unlock high alchemy allowing you to turn that drop you found into gold without having to go back and sell, better rune crafting will allow you to make better runes for magic casting and in higher quantities per unit of essence, some quests will require 20 magic, 30 rune crafting and will unlock better places or a new area you can level in or get access to new things, here's what some of the skill do. Attack (accuracy), Strength (high damage per hit) Defence (less chance of being hit and damage taken) Range (ranged damage and accuracy) Magic (magic damage and new spells), Agility (faster run stamina regen and access to new shortcuts around the map) Prayer (a drainable counter that can be refilled at alters that can increase your stats by a %, higher prayer level the longer you can keep active and more you get access to) Cooking (cook fish or other foods without burning which in turn allow you to eat to heal, better the fish higher level you need to prevent burning and how much that fish will heal) Fletching (Able to turn logs from woodcutting into ranged tools from arrows, to thrown weapons or bows and crossbows) Smiting (melee weapons and armors) thats just a few examples these all have their own uses and are required for quests as well as the rest of the skills but each one has a use in the world of OSRS, there isn't a single skill that's useless and pointless to raise as they unlock something new to use or access to a quest and are used in said quest to complete it. However if you wish to do an iron man playthrough as a new player I heavily advise not to do so, it requires you to have extensive in game knowledge of where to get drops, or best places to farm (you will need to use guides) .The only way to get the better pieces of gear to use you will have to grind for hours or days as some of the late game stuff has a 1/500 or in some cases 1/3000 drop chance which will mean you may kill up to 3000 of an enemy to get that drop and may get it early or may get unlucky and go over this count there have been players who have records for driest luck streak on some of these items by thousands over and the higher stronger enemies take much longer and higher skill levels to kill faster and effectively as each attack is a dice roll on the damage it can do and higher skill means higher chance for a higher roll but not guaranteed for example i could have 99 strength which means i can hit the highest number possible with each melee weapon but i could still hit a 1 because of the dice roll in the background but i do have a chance to hit that 40 or 50 that someone who's say 80 strength couldn't possibly hit without top gear with strength bonuses and potions which as an iron man due to not being able to trade players you will have to grind and farm each of these for yourself and wont have access to that higher tier gear as you will have to farm this yourself also as well as having the stats requirement to even fight the monsters for it. All in all if you have the time and don't mind grinding this game is brilliant, you can easily just stick on a show and click on trees to level woodcutting and grind passively or sit there glued to the screen and do it, it's up to you, but if you don't have the time, you will not enjoy this game or be able to get anywhere in this game, without a extremely long amount of time passing and being as in order to 99 everything ( if you choose to) you will already have a long amount of time passing until your done for example slayer which is the longest skill in the game to 99 has great advantages to level as it unlock new monsters to kill with some of the best drops in the game can take up to 400-500 hours to hit 99 and this a skill you can level alongside your combat skills such as attack, defence, strength, ranged and magic while getting them to 99 while making lots of money but still if you can only play say 3 hours a day and you may or may not want to sit there everyday you play strictly levelling slayer it will take months upon months to hit that 99 your aiming for because many players aren't going to sit there for 400-500 hours focusing on 1 skill doing nothing else in game when there are a multitude of other skills to level that you may want to do for making money or doing certain quests to unlock the best gear or locations. So all in all it will take around 1-2 years to 99 everything depending how much you want to sit there and play for and how much time your willing to spend or even longer if you only have that tiny timeframe to play a game. In regards to membership many players may wish to play for a few months and take a break but if you lose your membership you wont have access to your membership gear, you will still have it but you wont be able to use it and membership gives more bank spaces to the player to store things and if you've played for months on members you likely wont have any f2p spaces left in your bank to store your unusable membership gear so you will need to either buy membership again or buy a bond assuming you took a break with enough gold or a bond sat in your bank already to use. As even with membership gear on you will kick or punch everything and get none of the bonuses and if you can't store your membership gear and say your inventory is full you wont be able to take anything our of your bank or store it so you wont be able to use anything that is f2p usable in order to earn enough of that sweet gold to buy another bond, so you will be forced to buy membership again or have to toss away some of those membership items which can be worth a lot of money and you wont want to do because you wont be able to get it back as it will be destroyed upon tossing. These are a few tad bits and important things about the game I feel should be addressed to any new player that are important to know if your interested in OSRS, if the video didn't give you enough insight to make up your mind give this a read, should help you. Please Like this so the message is seen by more people so more people can get an understanding if the video didn't help them decide.
This is perfectly true. I'm a veteran in this game and played since 2006. I think never in my life have I played a more amazing and enjoying MMO like Runescape. This game simply won't ever die, because of how it's built: so many MMOs these days have forced daily/weekly grind that punish you for missing out a day... this game on the other hand, you can take a break a year or even more and when you come back, you just start again where you left off... it's by far one of the best games in this genre. Sure, for newer players, this game does look outdated, it looks boring, the combat looks dull.... but I really can just suggest to screw that feelings, take a deep breath and try it for yourself. You will never ever find any MMO that can give you such a unique experience. And no, just like Josh said.... YOU decide how you want to play and progress in this game, not the game decides for you. Also... trust me when I tell you... the combat does look simplistic and very easy, however if you do reach the hardest content of the game, it's probably one of the most challenging and complex things I've ever witnessed in a MMO.
For anyone whos never played any form of RS: This game will be hard to get into. You will have to look at the wiki (the best in all gaming, but still), and youtube constantly to get enough knowledge for you to figure out what you want to do. That being said, it's because you have the unfathomable level of freedom why you have to put the legwork in to study. It doesn't really play like an MMO, it's more of a charming RPG with people you can chat with, centered around accomplishing goals whether arbitrary or concrete. I still don't think there exists a video out there that *really* captivates why this game is so amazing. It's just like an unreal amount of information to tell you, but at the same time for a normal player it just feels like knowing how to ride a bike, the alphabet, tying your shoe, etc. But to try to explain all of that at once just makes it too hard to retain attention. This game's weakest point is the fact that it is incredibly hard to play this game without prior experience or in-game guides/friends. I promise you can preserve and learn how to enjoy the wiki/youtube/ your own exploring which means trying to find other players to give advice. It sounds funny, but if you get past this wall it's the best and most unique game potentially in the world. To the point it becomes a life changing decision to play RS, i.e. any free time you have will become this game.
I've been looking for a new mmorpg to scratch the old school itch. I never played Runescape in its heyday, though always heard people talk about it. I was in FFXI at the time. Now, I'm impressed by the game. Playing on mobile and loving it.
You mentioned FFXIV in one part. It's funny I had an itch to play an mmo and so I chose that one but it just didn't quite scratch the itch. So I started playing Runescape, made a group hardcore Ironman account and I am having a blast. Thank God for Runescape.
It’s because we’re in the year 2021. If you think about it it, there are 14 year olds alive today who weren’t even born in 2006. That’s why it isn’t so popular among the newer generation. And they all have phones and tiktok and consoles now
Gotta say he is totally correct when he says it's a long term game with short term things to do. Been playing since before OSRS was even the current game. Used to be worse graphics on a JavaScript website window. Still haven't maxed an account. Of course I also lost my old account info through the years and it wouldn't have mattered for OSRS anyway as it is a different server. Still waiting on sea farring
I started playing runescape in 2019. Started with rs3 then switched to OSRS. Extremely Grindy but I enjoy it. I don’t sweat but the quests are interesting and it’s just a dope ass game. The game feels extremely alive to me and I’ve made lots of friends playing.
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what was 09-10 runescape? iv'e been on many breaks of years between playing so im not 100% sure on the difference of the RS versions over the years, i am almost exclusively familiar with just how OSRS is right now.
it pretty much is 09-10 runescape with reskinned items, you have the HD client, nex items, rapier/fang which are balanced chaotics, dungeoneering is in the form of raids and gauntlet, korasi is being added soon. its 09 without the power creep
I’m glad I got a head start of two months in 2020, I’m starting off 2021 as an absolute unit. A nooby unit, but a unit. Also starting 2021 with an Ironman to play while afking:)
I tried to get back into it in in May for dmm, then again in November. Didn't last two weeks each time; I think given the current shitshow pvp is, I won't be returning.
Im always off and on with this game. Ive had my account for about 6-8 years. I made an account after finding out the 2008 version i played as a kid was back. (I quit after it became newer runescape) i was such a noob again no idea what to do, started doing things i did as a kid. Just woodcutting and fishing and selling the stuff for money. After a while of just randomly leveling skills and buying new armor sets i started taking it seriously. Researching ways to make money leveling skill requirements for late game unlocks. A few years later im doing plenty of late game things, killing bosses, really good money makers, and unlocking untradeables. I think back on the whole journey very fondly. This game is a true fantasy adventure, its super goofy and doesnt take itself too seriously but, the whole thing was a journey, a slow crawl turning my guy into a real adventurer, a hero! Man, such good memories, i dont know what im gonna do when i max my account, i guess ill think about it when i get there. Until then im still on my journey!
Every equippable item is iconic in it's own way. Almost everyone knows almost every armor piece and weapon in the game even though there are a lot. A dragon dagger has its unique special attack everyone knows, godswords are these massive blades, and black dragonhide is what pures wear. Pures mean you focus on only a single combat skill in order to stay low level but do massive damage for example, "twinks". All the other thousands of items have their own place in the skilling/questing world. Oldschool runescape has the best skilling and crafting of any game by a huge marigin. As Josh said, you can play the game by only skilling, the content is endless. Every skill goes from 1-99 and you'll find something new to craft almost every level. You feel like your character is becoming stronger, you can mine and farm gold or now, you can make strength potions etc. and all of these things matter a LOT in the game's economy. Every skill is mecessary for the harmony, so everyone is important, no matter how you want to play. Cheers!
Dude I thought this shit died a decade ago! I've been too busy having fun in FF14 stove ARR to realize it's been alive and well this whole time. After I give ESO another shot, this will absolutely be next up! Had a full rune set back in the day but lost it all from a scammer cause I was a dumb kid lol.
I think o little mention of how complicated end game pvm would be nice as its the most fun aspect of the game imo. The skill cap is so high and the challanges are endless.
actually started playing this about a month ago thanks to this video. I dont think ill be playing anything else in the coming year. Ironman just perfectly scratches that itch
Others have already mentioned this in the comments but put some sort of indicator in your description or a pinned comment about the fact that downloading the RuneLite client from runelite.com or runelite.org will get your account stolen! Only runelite.net is safe.
i would argue that the only truly interactive and fun content is reserved (with the exception of a few mid tier quests) for near end game - raids, REAL pvp, challenging bossing, drops worth slayer-ing for, etc.
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Short answer: yes. Every second you spend away from the game is a massive xp waste
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@Maximilian Idk I just finished playing tutorial
@Maximilian it's true, but if ya grind like 40+ hours you'd get a bond.
@Maximilian a bond only gives you memby for 14 days.
But yea, loads of the content is locked behind the membership. That is only a problem though if you can't see yourself ever paying the €6-€10 monthly in the future, for a game you love. The free-to-play version of the game will undoubtedly give you enough content so that you can see if you like the game or not, so there's no risk involved (other than time I guess).
I'm watching this whilst playing old school Runescape, so I'm excited to find out if I'm wasting my time or not
You are.
But it's a brilliant game.
@@JoshStrifeHayes hahaha! I absolutely thought as much!
@@JoshStrifeHayes I'd also like to take this moment to thank you, your guide is the reason I currently have a fire cape equipped
@@morrihaig8104 congratz on killing jad dude, its a nerve wracking fight!
@@JoshStrifeHayes thank you!
OSRS Wiki has ruined gaming for me. I expect this level of documentation for every game out there and it just doesn't exist. We take for granted this amazing community built resource
I couldn't have stated it better myself.
I started Kingdom of Drakkar, its the first mmorpg so its kinda obvious but there is literally no info anywhere, osrs made my expectations too high aswell.
The fact we've had it for years too, runehq, tipit, zybez etc...
Yup, whenever I play any melee game I have flash backs to using rune warhammers
We used to buy game guides for games like the Zelda games offered on N64. They were detailed as fuck. It was like buying a fat magazine and it being full of tips, tricks, guides, photos,... a step by step way to finish the game in it's entirety. Was epic.
To non-players, it may look like you have oversold this.. but god damn you have done a perfect "Should You Play" and not one word is overexaggerated or oversold. Nice one!
I'm someone who wants to play, but I'm a bit turned off by how much of a commitment the game sounds like it is
@@fishy492 Like with a lot of good games, particularly MMO's, you choose the level of commitment you want. The game isn't going anywhere, and Old School Runescape, unlike other MMO's, doesn't punish you in any way for missing release of content. It's always just... 'there', ready to be explored, which is what makes it brilliant.
@@lorefort That's a good point! I don't have too much experience with MMOs, but I think I will give RuneScape a try.
@@fishy492 Good man! Enjoy dude :)
@Dave Velzen I don't fully disagree... but the UI man lol.. the UI.. plus the incessant push for members, and cash shop, etc.. and all the cosmetics, so many.... too much for me.
I started a week ago. Got my frog hat 🐸 and a full set of black armor. Starting to travel further and further. Ppl in this game pretty cool too
Wholesome comment
Welcome to the wonderful world of Gielinor :) How is your adventure going now?
Meet me in varrock bank, I will trim that armour for you
@@MugSpiller 😭
Hope you're still playing!
I love how the game basically never changes drastically, I was training ranged to wear hide and got bored of farming so I quit for a year and then came back and I didn't feel lost or confused for a single second, it was like I didn't left at all. It's cool when a game doesn't punish you for not being active.
Although the bots are still a huge annoyance.
thats the issue with RS3, dont play for a while and come back and its a different game.
@@ElZilchoYo I logged into the new RS after 10 years and I was lost completely so I gave up.
I know this is not related to topic but does osrs have some kind of pick up window ? years ago I used to play rs3 and well there were a window top-left corner that shows what loot is on the ground and you can loot all items on the ground with just one click, I'm playing OSRS right now but can't seems to find that fast looting option in the game, it's really a pain in the ass for me, just wanted to ask if there was any fast looting mechanical in OSRS or only click to loot ?
@@makuogoku2102 Nope, but you can spam click. Other options are things like the ring of wealth or bonecrusher/ash sanctifier who will pickup currency or bury bones/spread ash automaticly without touching the drops in the later game.
From my recent return to rs3 experience coupled with my rs2 and osrs experience, I would say that a mass loot interface is a nice QoL in rs3 but would be redundant in osrs. The value of loot vastly differ in terms of gains, inventory space and time.
@@totem95 that's a pity, guess i'm sticking to rs3 then xD
"You are not the chosen one, but you chose to be the one" Very well said and explained about the game and it's story, bosses etc!
Runescape is forever but if you didn't grow up playing it I can see why it would be hard to get into lol
The graphics looked hilariously bad even in 2001 when I started playing. You played it because it was in a browser, could run on any potato PC with internet and was free to play, a rarity for quality games in those days. Most of the boys in my year discovered it on school computers, likely their first MMO experience ever which makes a huge impact.
@@cattysplat hilariously bad for 2001 ? I have to disagree lol but yea for the most part you're right its was my first mmo and first online experience period so I get what your saying but imo its still a pretty good game that I play till this day
Yeah for the longest time I didn't get it. I'm 43 years old and did not play it in my earlier days. Once every few years I'd run it and be like "Who can play this trash?" But then one day I played it, and started doing a few quests and learned how "things to do/accomplish" stack so nicely... and I finally understood it! I think someone just needs to be in the right mood, and the right frame of mind, to get over that initial hump. But once they do, they'll be a fan for life!
@@mercster I see that you are fascinated by this game, which of course is great! I think that enchanting the player and conveying the atmosphere of a fairy-tale world is the main task of any fantasy game developer. But in truth, this falling in love sometimes makes us blind to serious problems. Personally, I just don't see any point in doing anything in this game, because everything in it is bought and sold for real money. In the first stages, 1000 coins should be a huge amount for you. You are given quests like "buy a bucket" and even this assumes that you have no money at all and you need to earn the first 5 coins somewhere and understand how everything works. But if you are a millionaire, everything in the game becomes just nonsense. You don't need to develop skills and spend days in mines, you don't need to craft anything. You just go and buy everything in any quantity.
@@W_0_W I think it is incredibly stupid to not play a game because others are doing what you think is "cheating". Especially in Runescape, which is mostly a solo game. Yes you can work with others, join a clan, etc.. but most of the action is self-directed and solo. Who cares if someone else bought their fancy gear? If your only goal in playing a video game is to be better/look cooler than other folks, there are games for that. Runescape isn't one of them. Have a good day.
No1 ever quits OSRS, we just take long brakes from it
Oh I never played it as soon. As it dropped
yup stars rs in 2001 i have stop many time in my life ... but i alway comeback !! -_- lol
I did. This game needs to come into this century. My account is 15 years old and I stopped playing a number of years ago.
@@sebaschiengarceau5470 I've stopped completely when they migrated to RS3 with evolution of combat.... but got me hooked was mobile osrs
Yup, just returned to it after a 4 years break
One of my favorite aspects of OSRS (and RS as well) is how interconnected everything is. What I often do is make a goal, say, "I want to do X late-ish game quest, what do I need?", and the checklist and flowchart of possible things to make my chances better is endless. Rn I'm trainning my ranged so I can use a better weapon against Tz-Tok-Jad to get a fire cape so I can be *slightly* better in a fight, and I'm training it through Slayer, bringing me to every corner of the world. Truly a one-of-a-kind game.
Boosting the algorithm so more people can see this and start playing 🤙🏽.
I came back after 10 years and I’m loving it just as much as I used to.
Easily the best "should you play" video ever, as i just got back into runescape and can't explain why i play it to my friends, i think this wraps it up without going into any complicated details
Yes, bring your friends in, make them join the cult of OSRS.
I've been looking for a "new game" for me to play, I didn't realize it would be a game older than me that I've always heard about but never played, but you've convinced me.
hows it been coming along?
What happened
Still play? ;p
You could never kill this game; its like an addiction. You might quit for a long time but, let's be honest; in reality you're just taking a break.
True, I quit playing the game for almost 2 years and just got back into it last night.
easy fix, ask jagex to delete your account(s) I did and worked like a charm, sure as hell can't be arsed to ever make a new one
As someone who quit from Jan 2015 to August 2018 and just came back from another 10 month break, yes I can confirm.
It's really moreish. Like crack.
Facts
I have a 16 years old runescape account, I spent $80 on cyberpunk... I got my money back and its going into my first membership on old school rs now. My character is level 3 and im excited to replay the game again, fuck all the new games that came out recently, im gonna play something that was always fun
HEAR HEAR
Hey man i'd be down to play with you i just got back too
@@MrDamburger wut if your account was made before 2010 it doesn't even work anymore.
@@mob9428 when did I say mine was older than 2010 lmao.
@@MrDamburger I'm from the future
Just started my first Ironman account and feels like a new game. Mobile is great for when at work and wanna keep the gains going, always meet interesting people and have unforgettable experiences.
Awesome video. A mate of mine got me into this Mid last year, half the reason was the graphics if not most of it. I once got past that he helped me splash get my magic so I can teleport places and here I am 7 months later loving every bit of it and grinding up a storm. Never played it back in the day when it was popular so no nostalgia. But the amount of content is insane.
Absolutely! I just started playing and I love this game, honestly if wow had the same quest model the game would be twice as popular
If you just started let me help you out, never compare to wow lol gl
nah it wouldn't effect WoW at all. End game WoW isnt about quests, its about PvP, and PvM, and gearing your account. Quests would literally do nothing, unless they gave nutty rewards.
I like the quests in osrs, but the fact that everyone looks up guides to do them (and did this back in 2007) is a pretty bad thing for quests as a whole.
@@jonmacdonald2193 Thats because you want to lol. Vast majority of quests are easly done without guides
@@jonmacdonald2193 The major difference between OSRS and WoW is that OSRS doesn't have an "end game". You can do your PvP and PvM/gearing at whatever levels you want (obviously within reason; you're not going to be doing solo CoX at level 50), you don't have to wait until you're maxed out until you start.
Lol. Until you start another account such as an alt or ironman and it's hold the space bar down.
"The game doesn't begin at endgame. It begins the moment you start playing and then just gets better."
This.
Seriously this.
I don't need and want to do a main quest for a story the game is not really interested in making me care with their lousy storytelling nor do it for areas I will only visit once and forget or to level myself up without purpose outside of needing to reach endgame so I can finally "play" the game.
Let me play the game right from the beginning.
OSRS, absolutely nailed it for the most part.
@Dave Velzen ???
I've already done the quest? All 3 for uhh... 2x already. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to tell.
Been playing RS for 15 years and I still learn something new every other time I play - crazy good game, love the community. Great video!
So you have spinal issues as well. Hell yeah same here by God I spent a large chunk of my natural lifespan on this
@@tieracushman7050 LMAO nice projection bro, not everyone sits with shitty posture and doesn't exercise and only sits down or is born a certain way to predispose him to spinal issues like you. RS still shitty tho
@@stayontrack he was telling a joke and you're just being a jerk
In a random area I didn't have the right equipment on and lost my fast telleports back to a bank, I asked the first random person training and they gave me a telly tab. Ez best community I've ever played on.
There's a lot of kind people in the world, however there is a lot of nonsense too - stay out of the ge lmao
I have been playing this for a while, got into the game like, 3 months ago?
And well its honestly really fun and relaxing
"You can play for 10 years and not max all your skills.. You can play for 15 and not have done every quest."
Oh thank God I thought for a second there I just really sucked.
Awesome video, Josh. As an OSRS player and RS player from back in the day I cannot agree more. The community is happy to welcome anyone that wants to play. The variable commitment of this game is so nice (you can commit to playing an hour a day and make meaningful progress or 12 hours a day and make meaningful progress). RuneScape is a masterpiece in the MMO genre and I think OSRS is underplayed.
When i see the number of patreon supporters you have gained over the last year it makes me think "no body deserves it more". I hope your channel continues to grow!
As a veteran OSRS player I really enjoyed this video, it was very well made. I think it would make the game look enticing to new players!
Great video! Only thing I would add is I think you are going to make people underestimate how difficult combat in OSRS can actually be. At low levels it seems exactly as you mentioned but higher level bosses it becomes very difficult to learn, especially with the mechanics each boss has.
OSRS is 100% an MMO worth starting in 2021. The game still continues to grow its player base, runelite is incredible (make sure your downloading it from runelite.net) and once its on Steam that will take it to another level again.
The game is grindy but thats part of the fun, theres so much content and unbeatable quests. Mobile is great too.
I've been playing osrs for about a month now and I'm loving it. Bought the membership and having a nostalgia trip. It's been kind of hard for me to make friends on it though. I am mostly working on the quest list so maybe that's it
Quest cape was one of my proudest accomplishments
Join " Elysian Rs " clan chat if u need a cool group of people. Blazing luck sent ya xD
Honestly just chatting in ge or fishing (I met some people years ago i still talk too ingame at barbarian fishing in f2p) or anywhere really will get you friends. People are generally friendly :)
@@Bazonkaz hahaha i love random chats with people while fishing, itt is def a great way to meet ppl
Started playing the game a week before the new year, have loved every hour spent in-game so far. So nostalgic, so timeless.
Zach Taylor - Love seeing comments like this, you still playing?
@@Nochucktester yes! playing almost every day, still deeply in love with the game
Wow you used to be my old clan leader in runescape haha. Thats cool that I stumbled upon this channel.
Started playing Osrs for the first time ever about 3-4 weeks ago. Rather obsessed at the moment. I can see how you could get burnt out grinding a single skill. So I pretty much bounce around as I get tired of stuff. Managed to get 70+ quest points so far. Just started Barbarian fishing. Have 70 strength and managed to farm Obor the Hill giant demi boss 4 times. Addicted.
Just remember 92 is halfway to 99 :P
Best of luck getting out of the addiction, you can do it
FYI, Leagues IV just dropped and it's pretty much ushered in a 2nd Golden Era of Runescape. The other week, we hit 200k consecutive players online at once, which is insane and we haven't seen since actual 2007.
Best MMORPG quests, hands-down. Runescape has spoiled me, I will never enjoy killing 5 goblins as a "quest".
Ya. Watching them argue over the color of their armor is how a goblin problem quest should go
@@totem95 It’s far more interesting and funny than killing a certain number of enemies.
B-but having an NPC tell me to go talk to another NPC constitutes as an entire quest, riiiiight?>
Why don't I get random rewards for talking to NPC's?
Or for picking up and bringing back some items?
Maaaan, there aren't even "quest markers" how am I supposed to do quests?
The quests are all boring, you are just using runehq and following guides, no one actually figured all of them out by themselves. Terrible quest design.
@@A5tr0101 They are boring because you used a guide lol
Have been playing runescspe since 2002-03. I love the game, we all "quit" our mmos from time to time but always have that one that we go back to. That's Runescape. Awesome review, love the Vids 🤟
“Try to do Song of the Elves without a guide, I dare you.”
You’ll be crying yourself to sleep after failing so many times LMFAO
i guess imma be crying myself to sleep once i grind all these 70s
@@Ayre223 70s aint even a dent, that maze youre gonna do is make you underwhelmed with what priffddinas has to offer.
I’m gonna kill a roach if I can’t cry
Honestly SOTE isn't really that bad. The puzzles are pretty straightforward, and my main complaint is that the puzzles, far from being impossible without a guide, are closer to being kind of too easy, just a bit time consuming. I think the MEP2 light puzzle is actually far harder, and that part is the only part of any of the quests that I used a guide for, personally.
I think people feel SOTE needs a guide because of the trauma of MEP2, expecting it to be even worse.
@@Clawdragoons agreed. SOTE has none of the trap and monster damage causing you to have to manage your supplies effectively that make MEP2 so horrifyingly awful. Sure, there are a few agility checks but realistically you can get by on just a few bits of food. No biggie.
Also, the moon logic of some of the other quests in the game makes these puzzles look well designed and straightforward. And often answers are hidden in a way where you need to be aware of the environment you are in, lore, remembered information and a basic understanding of tools in the game.
In other words, quests are often mysteries that require you to pay attention at every stage to figure out the solution.
They are really fun :)
Rs never a waste of time as long as your enjoying what your doing and getting life done at the same time.
What if someone enjoys smoking crack?
What if someone enjoys smoking weed?
problem is it draws in more and more of your time, which gradually makes it harder to get life done. It's easy to be put into a really really really shitty situation in life over time just because of playing this game, this won't happen to everyone but i've seen it happen time and time again and it almost happened to me.
I started Runescape when I was in 5th grade. I played religiously, until I was 28. Literal YEARS of ingame playtime on my longest running character. Nevermind older characters I forgot the logins to, or got banned.
Moved to FFXIV earlier this year, but RS has a very special place in my heart, and the toxic fanbase and fabulous clan members are in my heart as well, corrupting my views of every other MMO fanbase that logs out and wastes XP like a bunch of noobs.
Sometimes, I really miss Castle Wars..
I played RS back in 2007, heck I played back before the Grand Exchange. Was never any good, was only like 13 at the time, but I had a lot of fun. I kept playing on and off through RS3, the last thing I did was get 85 mining (after YEARS of grinding), and then a month later they introduced the mining rework making all of that grinding pointless and now RS3 is just a dungeoneering simulator.
I just started into OSRS a week or two ago and am right back to the nostalgia of being 13 again, only this time with more direction, and it was your videos talking about it that made me come back. Thanks so much, the mobile client for OSRS is great and it gives me something to do when I'm away from my computer!
This game also has so much history. Two words: Falador Massacre
That was an epic day
Recently got back into osrs, had to Google this. That's amazing they turned it into in-game lore with its own event
Trying this game, both old school and R3 because of you.
I have to say this game feels like eve online. Just in a fantasy format and no large pvp battles from what I can tell.
It's chill, easy going and more decision, Tactical interaction rather than twitch game play which I love.
Thanks for covering this gem of a game.
Every time I "quit" Runescape I watch a few videos on TH-cam and I'm back playing again. It's too good.
Everytime I "quit" heroin I watch a few videos on TH-cam and I'm back shooting up again. It's too good.
@@stayontrack Runescape is gamer heroin
Runescape is life.
The idle notifier ping at 10:23 had me checking all my tabs lol
“Sometimes toxic” pvp made me lol
Always * lol
this came out 3 years ago but it still completely holds up in my opinion, i love this game and always will.
I’ve been playing for nearly 10 years on and off, I sometimes take literally a year off the game and come back later on and still enjoy mining the same 3 rocks for an hour straight to get my mining level up whilst I watch TH-cam videos on the side.
I was contemplating getting back into the game just so I had an excuse to watch The Walking Dead on Netflix lmao
I first discovered josh strife by bumping into him training slayer on our Ironmen at waterfall dungeon fire giants. I find amazing people by playing RuneScape all the time!
If i had to choose 1 game to play for the rest of my life OSRS IS WERE IT'S AT! highly recommend best long term and most satisfying game I've ever found by far.
4-5 mins in and I think one key thing to mention (dunno if you mention it later) is the gameplay is rooted largely in the much older text based adventure videogames and stuff like DnD, this is very apparent if you turn the "Game" tab onto standard instead of filtered as almost every action you take is essentially narrated back to you as if you were playing a text based fantasy adventure, it's also why the combat is so simple and is basically just an invisible dice roll and stat check
And I think this is an important distinction because it's what separates it from a lot of other mmorpgs, it's arguably the game that modernized old rpg's, it took the old formula and said "how do we turn a text adventure into a living breathing world with visuals and audio" where as almost all other mmorpgs are thinking "how do we make an mmorpg/copy a successful one"
The degree of freedom and intractability in the game as well is what really sells it for me, sure you can't customize everything and build things etc, it's not a sandbox, but there is enough random stuff in the game and ways to interact with things that you can create your own stories, ya know, the whole roleplaying part of an mmorpg, for example I created my own quest within the game using items and interactions my friend hadn't seen before, taking them to odd places, even using spells they'd never seen before to add visual flare, and the crazy thing is even though this game is old af I wouldn't be able to come close to replicating that quest in any other mmorpg I've played because nothing has come close to this level of roleplaying freedom.
I recently started a week ago and i feel it is very enjoyable for new players
loved coming back to this game, mining in Motherload mine as we speak :D
I've been playing this game since 2006, and I still pick it up every once in while.
I have 210 days played on my RuneScape 3 account, that’s over 5,000 hours. I took a year off because my computer broke and now I’m back in it.
This game is fantastic. Just avoid the players on Reddit, they LOVE to complain about everything and if you spend too long there you’ll find yourself following drama that you don’t even care about. Enjoy the game, take a couple suggestions, new players are welcomed with open arms because veteran players are aware of the reality that some people do leave for good and we want to keep the game afloat.
Btw I have maybe 30 hours in osrs and I started playing around 2008-2009 so I never played during the “good ole days” and easily transitioned to RuneScape3 without a problem.
This couldn't of been worded better, good job mate.
Thanks dude :)
My friend is introducing me to OSRS right now. Loving every second so far. My only gripe with the game is that I didnt know it existed growing up.
It gives me so much nostalgia thats why i play it
Is going to be fun playing this on Steam. I may enjoy RS3 but feel its time to dive into classic.
I feel like it all depends on the time you want to spend in the game.
oldschool is great, but also a huge time sink.
Rs3 has some Quality of life to increase the base xp/h of most skills.
When going ironman mode in rs3 you skip out on some of the controversial additions to that version of the game. (microtransactions, bonux xp & double xp)
RS3 is the better game. It gets constant updates. If it wasn't for MTX and people not wanting to learn a new combat system it is miles ahead. OSRS hasn't gotten a good update since July of 2018..
RS3 is dead. It will never catch up to OSRS. OSRS may die if devs start changing big shit without polling it first.
@@suffer8318 didnt get a good update since july 2018 thats just straight up lying
@@Jaceftp Don't be that person. RuneScape 3 is just as good as OSRS. Why do people need to crap on the other?
I loved playing this game and used to hang out in some of the higher skill total worlds. It's really fun and leveling skills is usually pretty relaxing. I think it's worth playing. People shouldn't turn away because of the graphics or simple looking gameplay. Also I love toxic pvpers they remind me of every other game with pvp.
I still had fun but I did have a couple problems. It felt really hard to find stuff worth doing together with friends and sometimes wasting membership time felt a little lame.
For stuff to do with friends you could ask them to do mini games. Even maxed accounts haven’t finished their diary’s (like additional challenges for rewards) meaning they need to grind a lot of barbarian assault. Soul wars is another great mini game for pvp practive well also getting points to level other skills. Pest control also works but there is different level boats.
Thank you for this comment I’ll have to show my friends the games and take them there.
I accidently stumbled on runescape videos from binging other videos. I thought about it before but decoded against it because no mounts but I feel I might just get over that and join. Looks amazing
would love to see an update to this for 2025!
holy hell I've been watching your second channel while playing osrs. Come to find this channel and now I'm excited to see your interpretation of my favorite game.
Been playing for years... it has way too much content and very unique to this day, you can literally play this while watching movies / youtube and doing other shit, because there are certain things / skills you can level up without paying too much attention.
This is one of the primary features which people do not understand how underrated it is, that I do not have to stop playing games just because I watch a movie or do other shit..
Autoplay games are usually seen as pretty terrible and for good reason. Not sure what the difference is here.
This game is still amazing the leveling up and gear depth make it so beyond any other game in its own way. Takes years to know everything in game imo and pking in the wild make it never boring you can always walk deep in the wild no matter how maxed you are and get jumped if you dont teleport quick. So yea the game finds ways to humble even the strongest and always room for improvement even in tactics in fighting the game is awesome period
being a person who's 1st mmo ever attempted being runescape and having a love for it over the years, multiple returns: here's my take on should you play OSRS in 2021: Yes! and No!
This game requires alot of grinding to reach the top levels, so dont expect to play for a month and be max level it's not going to happen, not for the average player, nor for a veteran.
(This is written to those who couldn't make up their mind on should I play OSRS after the video so please give the video a watch 1st before reading as the video creator has put alot of work and covers things I won't. Don't forget to like so more players can see this comment and don't forget to like to video to get it out to more people also as the video creator has made a great video discussing the game.)
This game however if you don't mind the grind is great and has plenty of content and out of all MMO's I've every played OSRS has the best quest reward system of any MMO, I've ever seen or enjoyed. The quests you complete mean something, whether it's earning more quest points to unlock even more quests, or earning rewards which add a massive boost to your character, through unlocking new weapons or armor types, or general quality of life upgrades for your character.
The satisfaction for reaching a milestone in a skill is very rewarding and satisfactory as it makes you feel like you've achieved something whether it's that shiny new tier of weapon or whether it's that brand new axe for helping you raise woodcutting faster and chopping better trees for your skilling needs or simply money making.
This game has a lot of enjoyable content in the f2p version but you will need to be a member to experience the full game, and the amount you get access to is huge in comparison to f2p however you DO NOT NEED to pay for membership with real money, you can earn a bond in game (lasts 14 days) through in game money (gold) and there are hundreds of videos of youtubers starting on fresh lvl 3 accounts and earning a bond in less than a day through free to play means, not to mention Jagex (Runescapes creators) do a lot of free membership deals through twitch prime or amazon prime, you can play this game without spending a penny as long as your willing to grind for the bond but with membership this becomes much easier to do due to the vast array of content you have at your disposable and the multitude of new money making opportunities so you can just keep earning enough to earn a bond yourself.
However if your a person who works strict hours and doesn't have much time to play games at all this game is not for you, in the early levels you level quickly sure, but when you hit that roughly 60/99 mark you will be grinding for hours for these level increases, some skills level faster than others, for example cooking and fire making is one of the easiest 99's so isn't too bad, but if you want to get something like hunter or alchemy to 99, you will need to sink a lot of time and in game money (gold) to level these quickly.
That being said skills in this game do matter, every skill has a feeling of importance, better mage skill will unlock high alchemy allowing you to turn that drop you found into gold without having to go back and sell, better rune crafting will allow you to make better runes for magic casting and in higher quantities per unit of essence, some quests will require 20 magic, 30 rune crafting and will unlock better places or a new area you can level in or get access to new things, here's what some of the skill do.
Attack (accuracy), Strength (high damage per hit) Defence (less chance of being hit and damage taken) Range (ranged damage and accuracy) Magic (magic damage and new spells), Agility (faster run stamina regen and access to new shortcuts around the map) Prayer (a drainable counter that can be refilled at alters that can increase your stats by a %, higher prayer level the longer you can keep active and more you get access to) Cooking (cook fish or other foods without burning which in turn allow you to eat to heal, better the fish higher level you need to prevent burning and how much that fish will heal) Fletching (Able to turn logs from woodcutting into ranged tools from arrows, to thrown weapons or bows and crossbows) Smiting (melee weapons and armors) thats just a few examples these all have their own uses and are required for quests as well as the rest of the skills but each one has a use in the world of OSRS, there isn't a single skill that's useless and pointless to raise as they unlock something new to use or access to a quest and are used in said quest to complete it.
However if you wish to do an iron man playthrough as a new player I heavily advise not to do so, it requires you to have extensive in game knowledge of where to get drops, or best places to farm (you will need to use guides) .The only way to get the better pieces of gear to use you will have to grind for hours or days as some of the late game stuff has a 1/500 or in some cases 1/3000 drop chance which will mean you may kill up to 3000 of an enemy to get that drop and may get it early or may get unlucky and go over this count there have been players who have records for driest luck streak on some of these items by thousands over and the higher stronger enemies take much longer and higher skill levels to kill faster and effectively as each attack is a dice roll on the damage it can do and higher skill means higher chance for a higher roll but not guaranteed for example i could have 99 strength which means i can hit the highest number possible with each melee weapon but i could still hit a 1 because of the dice roll in the background but i do have a chance to hit that 40 or 50 that someone who's say 80 strength couldn't possibly hit without top gear with strength bonuses and potions which as an iron man due to not being able to trade players you will have to grind and farm each of these for yourself and wont have access to that higher tier gear as you will have to farm this yourself also as well as having the stats requirement to even fight the monsters for it.
All in all if you have the time and don't mind grinding this game is brilliant, you can easily just stick on a show and click on trees to level woodcutting and grind passively or sit there glued to the screen and do it, it's up to you, but if you don't have the time, you will not enjoy this game or be able to get anywhere in this game, without a extremely long amount of time passing and being as in order to 99 everything ( if you choose to) you will already have a long amount of time passing until your done for example slayer which is the longest skill in the game to 99 has great advantages to level as it unlock new monsters to kill with some of the best drops in the game can take up to 400-500 hours to hit 99 and this a skill you can level alongside your combat skills such as attack, defence, strength, ranged and magic while getting them to 99 while making lots of money but still if you can only play say 3 hours a day and you may or may not want to sit there everyday you play strictly levelling slayer it will take months upon months to hit that 99 your aiming for because many players aren't going to sit there for 400-500 hours focusing on 1 skill doing nothing else in game when there are a multitude of other skills to level that you may want to do for making money or doing certain quests to unlock the best gear or locations. So all in all it will take around 1-2 years to 99 everything depending how much you want to sit there and play for and how much time your willing to spend or even longer if you only have that tiny timeframe to play a game.
In regards to membership many players may wish to play for a few months and take a break but if you lose your membership you wont have access to your membership gear, you will still have it but you wont be able to use it and membership gives more bank spaces to the player to store things and if you've played for months on members you likely wont have any f2p spaces left in your bank to store your unusable membership gear so you will need to either buy membership again or buy a bond assuming you took a break with enough gold or a bond sat in your bank already to use. As even with membership gear on you will kick or punch everything and get none of the bonuses and if you can't store your membership gear and say your inventory is full you wont be able to take anything our of your bank or store it so you wont be able to use anything that is f2p usable in order to earn enough of that sweet gold to buy another bond, so you will be forced to buy membership again or have to toss away some of those membership items which can be worth a lot of money and you wont want to do because you wont be able to get it back as it will be destroyed upon tossing.
These are a few tad bits and important things about the game I feel should be addressed to any new player that are important to know if your interested in OSRS, if the video didn't give you enough insight to make up your mind give this a read, should help you. Please Like this so the message is seen by more people so more people can get an understanding if the video didn't help them decide.
Holy fuck this is the longest comment I've ever seen
@@t.o.g.knubandz yet helpful i had to go into detail theres alot to consider when it comes to osrs that people should know if they consider playing
@@MODGAMINYT it was not gonna lie I read every word
@@t.o.g.knubandz glad it was of help to you, thank you for giving it a read :)
This is perfectly true.
I'm a veteran in this game and played since 2006. I think never in my life have I played a more amazing and enjoying MMO like Runescape. This game simply won't ever die, because of how it's built: so many MMOs these days have forced daily/weekly grind that punish you for missing out a day... this game on the other hand, you can take a break a year or even more and when you come back, you just start again where you left off... it's by far one of the best games in this genre.
Sure, for newer players, this game does look outdated, it looks boring, the combat looks dull.... but I really can just suggest to screw that feelings, take a deep breath and try it for yourself. You will never ever find any MMO that can give you such a unique experience.
And no, just like Josh said.... YOU decide how you want to play and progress in this game, not the game decides for you.
Also... trust me when I tell you... the combat does look simplistic and very easy, however if you do reach the hardest content of the game, it's probably one of the most challenging and complex things I've ever witnessed in a MMO.
For anyone whos never played any form of RS:
This game will be hard to get into. You will have to look at the wiki (the best in all gaming, but still), and youtube constantly to get enough knowledge for you to figure out what you want to do.
That being said, it's because you have the unfathomable level of freedom why you have to put the legwork in to study. It doesn't really play like an MMO, it's more of a charming RPG with people you can chat with, centered around accomplishing goals whether arbitrary or concrete.
I still don't think there exists a video out there that *really* captivates why this game is so amazing. It's just like an unreal amount of information to tell you, but at the same time for a normal player it just feels like knowing how to ride a bike, the alphabet, tying your shoe, etc. But to try to explain all of that at once just makes it too hard to retain attention.
This game's weakest point is the fact that it is incredibly hard to play this game without prior experience or in-game guides/friends. I promise you can preserve and learn how to enjoy the wiki/youtube/ your own exploring which means trying to find other players to give advice.
It sounds funny, but if you get past this wall it's the best and most unique game potentially in the world. To the point it becomes a life changing decision to play RS, i.e. any free time you have will become this game.
I remember seeing your channel back in the day and thinking 'hes going to get big'. Here i am
Your play videos are exceptional.
Man didnt think someone would sum up my entire life in 7 seconds
Runelite is a great client. I like the extra key functionality that lets me use the WASD keys to move the camera.
I have over 2000 hours played but I'm glad I watched the entire video so now i know I should play
Glad i helped.
I've been looking for a new mmorpg to scratch the old school itch. I never played Runescape in its heyday, though always heard people talk about it. I was in FFXI at the time. Now, I'm impressed by the game. Playing on mobile and loving it.
“Sometimes toxic PVP community “
@Odablock
Being toxic just comes with being a PvPer lol
@@Trippy_Times id call the redditors spite voting against pvp updates way more toxic
@@heftymagic4814 Pvpers spite vote agianst Pvmers too. just the way polling updates was always gonna go
You mentioned FFXIV in one part. It's funny I had an itch to play an mmo and so I chose that one but it just didn't quite scratch the itch. So I started playing Runescape, made a group hardcore Ironman account and I am having a blast. Thank God for Runescape.
I can't imagine somebody having not played this game yet.
It was me few days ago
It’s because we’re in the year 2021. If you think about it it, there are 14 year olds alive today who weren’t even born in 2006. That’s why it isn’t so popular among the newer generation. And they all have phones and tiktok and consoles now
Gotta say he is totally correct when he says it's a long term game with short term things to do. Been playing since before OSRS was even the current game. Used to be worse graphics on a JavaScript website window. Still haven't maxed an account. Of course I also lost my old account info through the years and it wouldn't have mattered for OSRS anyway as it is a different server. Still waiting on sea farring
Love your videos Josh. We are looking to use a clip from your video on a new essay. Would that be ok? We would credit you in the description!
I started playing runescape in 2019. Started with rs3 then switched to OSRS. Extremely Grindy but I enjoy it. I don’t sweat but the quests are interesting and it’s just a dope ass game. The game feels extremely alive to me and I’ve made lots of friends playing.
You may not be the chosen one, but you choose to be the one.
-Josh Strife Hayes 2021
Solaire & Siegmeyer come to mind immediately
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i thank you for this \[T]/ also that quote has power to it if you think about it.
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I just wish OSRS was 09-10 Runescape
I second this
what was 09-10 runescape? iv'e been on many breaks of years between playing so im not 100% sure on the difference of the RS versions over the years, i am almost exclusively familiar with just how OSRS is right now.
it pretty much is 09-10 runescape with reskinned items, you have the HD client, nex items, rapier/fang which are balanced chaotics, dungeoneering is in the form of raids and gauntlet, korasi is being added soon. its 09 without the power creep
I’m glad I got a head start of two months in 2020, I’m starting off 2021 as an absolute unit. A nooby unit, but a unit. Also starting 2021 with an Ironman to play while afking:)
I tried to get back into it in in May for dmm, then again in November. Didn't last two weeks each time; I think given the current shitshow pvp is, I won't be returning.
Im always off and on with this game. Ive had my account for about 6-8 years. I made an account after finding out the 2008 version i played as a kid was back. (I quit after it became newer runescape) i was such a noob again no idea what to do, started doing things i did as a kid. Just woodcutting and fishing and selling the stuff for money. After a while of just randomly leveling skills and buying new armor sets i started taking it seriously. Researching ways to make money leveling skill requirements for late game unlocks. A few years later im doing plenty of late game things, killing bosses, really good money makers, and unlocking untradeables. I think back on the whole journey very fondly. This game is a true fantasy adventure, its super goofy and doesnt take itself too seriously but, the whole thing was a journey, a slow crawl turning my guy into a real adventurer, a hero! Man, such good memories, i dont know what im gonna do when i max my account, i guess ill think about it when i get there. Until then im still on my journey!
Time to send this to all my friends ;)
One of us, one of us...
Every equippable item is iconic in it's own way. Almost everyone knows almost every armor piece and weapon in the game even though there are a lot.
A dragon dagger has its unique special attack everyone knows, godswords are these massive blades, and black dragonhide is what pures wear. Pures mean you focus on only a single combat skill in order to stay low level but do massive damage for example, "twinks". All the other thousands of items have their own place in the skilling/questing world. Oldschool runescape has the best skilling and crafting of any game by a huge marigin. As Josh said, you can play the game by only skilling, the content is endless. Every skill goes from 1-99 and you'll find something new to craft almost every level. You feel like your character is becoming stronger, you can mine and farm gold or now, you can make strength potions etc. and all of these things matter a LOT in the game's economy. Every skill is mecessary for the harmony, so everyone is important, no matter how you want to play.
Cheers!
who remembers watching I Kasoy I?
what
me :D
And kids ranqe. They were legends
Dude I thought this shit died a decade ago! I've been too busy having fun in FF14 stove ARR to realize it's been alive and well this whole time. After I give ESO another shot, this will absolutely be next up! Had a full rune set back in the day but lost it all from a scammer cause I was a dumb kid lol.
One month later and Old School RuneScape is on Steam.
Best video describing OSRS I've ever seen. You deserve more viewers and subscribers! :)
This game was released in the mid 2000s? I played this for the first time in 2001. I had a cool scythe and party hat.
If you can remember your login details then you're rich. Party hats sell for billions of gp, which translates to thousands of dollars irl
I had an account nearly 2000's to was a member back then has the red armor and party hats no idea what my log in is though 😂
I think o little mention of how complicated end game pvm would be nice as its the most fun aspect of the game imo. The skill cap is so high and the challanges are endless.
Some nightmare content or TOB on display would have been cool
whys the premier like 4+ days away
It's hard to find anything funnier than the end of the Romeo and Juliet quest.
I’m gonna play OSRS until the day the servers close forever!! ❤️
It's so popular that a fan based server will pop up in its place the next day and will have a steady 20k population on week 1. 😀
actually started playing this about a month ago thanks to this video. I dont think ill be playing anything else in the coming year.
Ironman just perfectly scratches that itch
One of the best games EVER made.
You’ve sold me, I’m playing Old RS again. Last time I’ve played this game was 2010
Others have already mentioned this in the comments but put some sort of indicator in your description or a pinned comment about the fact that downloading the RuneLite client from runelite.com or runelite.org will get your account stolen! Only runelite.net is safe.
cant even remmember where i downloaded from.. just uninstalled and installed the right one.. better safe than sorry! TY!!
@@kongkarry can never be too careful :D change your credentials too if you're worried
I just started playing a couple of weeks ago now and absolutely love it, best time waster ever
Run, escape, it's all we do.
i would argue that the only truly interactive and fun content is reserved (with the exception of a few mid tier quests) for near end game - raids, REAL pvp, challenging bossing, drops worth slayer-ing for, etc.