So, good to see a new player. As someone who is an OSRS Vet, I'm gonna give you some info based on your questions: Combat is a far deeper system then you might think, but you won't see the depth of that system until you face bosses. The regular over-world enemies are pretty basic, with a handful of exceptions. High level combat against raids and bosses involve precision based movement, timing, and gear swaps. Speaking of which, you'll notice there were no classes in OSRS. That's because OSRS expects you to be every class. You need to be the mage, melee, and ranged dps, the tank, and the healer, all at once. Since your gear determines what kind of attack you're doing, most bosses require you to carry multiple sets of gear and expect you to swap on the fly accordingly. And you'll be doing all that gear swapping while avoiding timed AoEs, dealing with summoned mobs, and making sure your own defenses are correct. Sadly, all of that complexity is locked behind members. Now, as for why people play it, yes part if it is the fact that you can leave and come back without ever having your bank be fully out-dated. That is nice. But that's not really been the main draw. To me, the main draw people seem to have for this game are three-fold: 1) You can literally play it how you want. There are people who never do a single bit of combat, and there are people who only do combat. There are people who focus entirely on quests, and those who have never touched a quest. You said you weren't really sure what to do, well that's the thing. You can do absolutely anything, because everything will advance your account. And in the end, you'll need to advance everything to finish everything. If you want a Quest Cape, where you've done every quest, you need a 60 or 70 in pretty much every single skill. And doing anything will get you closer to that goal. 2) The quests. OSRS quests are probably the best quests in any MMORPG I've played, and I've played a good number of them. Even quests from story driven MMOs like The Old Republic aren't as good as OSRS.If I go into a quest with The Old Republic, or WoW, I can expect to be killing a certain number of enemies, or I'll be clearing out an area filled with enemies, and that's about it. As fun as the story beats can be, the actual gameplay ends up being pretty similar. You might get a few dialogue options and cut scenes to break up the combat, but that's about it. Compare that to Recruitment Drive, a Novice Quest that has you doing a memory puzzle, two logic puzzles, and a pair of riddles to complete it. No combat involved. Or Dragon Slayer, where the majority of the quest is finding a way to reach the Dragon you have to slay, with the very end being a fight with a Dragon. 3) Time and attention. OSRs is probably the only MMO I've seen that uses attention and time as legitimate dials to determine how efficient something is. You can absolutely play OSRS AFK, and you'll progress your account, but AFK methods tend to be the slowest. The game's EXP and gathering rates are fine tuned such that you get more from doing things that require higher levels of attention, but you aren't punished if you decide you just wanna do some AFK things. For example, Farming is a skill that requires you to wait IRL hours. You hop into the game, plant something, then you can come back in 8 hours to get your Exp. At the same time, there's a time based mini-game that offers better exp rates, has some really nice rewards, but requires your full attention because its timed. And even then, the amount of effort you want to put into that mini-game is up to you. You could take a slow, relaxing route with the game, letting you take your time with it. Or you could go full sweat mode and use the method that only has about 0.6 seconds of leeway, but nets a shit ton more exp.
Thanks a ton for this!! I tried looking up more about the game after making this video, but most explanations I found were packed with abbreviations I couldn’t figure out. You explained everything so clearly, and now I totally get why some people enjoy the game. Really appreciate it!
@@Cocopanache Happy to help out. I honestly suggest choosing a quest and working towards it as a goal if you want some direction. As a free 2 Play, I'd go for Dragon Slayer. Its basically the end game for Free 2 Play, and getting there will give you a good taste of what you do in OSRS. Sadly you still won't run into any major combat depth, though if you want that there are some bosses you can do pretty easily in Members. Scurrius is a perfect beginner boss, though you'll need the protection prayers at level 43 Prayer. It'll give you an idea of what combat is like with the actual bosses.
@@Cocopanachethe early game can really throw off a wow player, but trust me, the minute you get to fight a boss you will be impressed at how complex the combat can actually be, like the other person said, Scurrius is a perfect place to start and won’t tale you too much time to get to the level required to fight him
As a player of both the main differences I find are; Community: The OSRS community is far less toxic overall, in my experience. Variety of gameplay: If I want to be more engaged I can do raids with teams or solo bosses. If I want to chill out I can train slayer, or non combat skills. You can play at any pace you're comfortable with. Content creators: OSRS has some of the best creators making fantastic content, hands down. Devs: Content updates get polled, and dev's genuinely listen to what the community want. Expansions: It's great not to have to pay for content expansions every ~2 years this video was basically killing boars in Elwynn forest then calling WoW dogshit
Asking “is this game just about clicking” when killing a tutorial mob is like asking if wow is “just about clicking” when killing ur first mob as part of the starter quest
Something that is very selling is how diverse the community is. Because you can do pretty much whatever you want in the game, there are a lot of content creators full of crazy ideas. If there is only one series I would recommend, that would be Swampletics. this dude got me back into a full osrs addiction. It is entertaining to people who don't even play OSRS.
Can you react to the video called I quit WoW and spent a year addicted to osrs it's the best video explaining osrs then that will help you decide if you want to play or not and I'd love to see your reaction to it
The game is legit about clicking, and can get more mechanical and intense, its based on a tick system, actions can be input at a set interval and some actions cancel others. Yes combat is clicking but it has other mechanics, positioning, timing, and other things to make it more in depth, but yes early its click and take a nap for a while.
You can buy bonds which give you 14 days of member for each one with in game currency once you get a higher level and start making cash in case you are wondering you don't need to buy membership with real cash.
As well as the progress saving which is huge as you mentioned - osrs is much better at not restricting how much you can play during a period, no weekly/daily limits on raids or seasonal limits etc. I found WoW a bit juvenile (like parental controls) with how it was controlling when and how much I'm allowed to play on my character which is why I stopped this expansion and returned to osrs.
So just trying to understand the combat complain where? When i start a new character in WOW and i right click a wolf in the starting zone and all i do is wait for the kill to be done how is that different from OSRS clicking a goblin and waiting for it to die? I get that you unlock abilities in wow later on to make those fight more interesting but the same apply in OSRS except it's not abilities but gears switch, change combat style, prayers, position, etc... My point is when you start a character in both games you click and wait there no difference until you progress later on.
Although runescape and wow are both mmorpgs, there are way too many differences that they cannot be compared. From controls, to quests/storytelling, to skills/jobs and all the way up to end game bossing and combat, everything is different. If you want to get a good idea of why runescape is as popular as it is, you're going to have to give it more time than the hour or two you gave it in this video. Wow likes to speedrun players into the endgame, whereas runescape takes you through everything the game has to offer over a long period of time, so that once you get to the end game, you're already invested into your account and character. I would love to see you spend a little more time on runescape and give it a fair shot. If you don't compare it to wow at every turn, who knows, you may even like it more.
I think Marstead put it best: Old School Runescape isn't an MMORPG, because it doesn't really share any of the systems a traditional MMORPG has. Its closer to a Massive Singleplayer Online Idle RPG, where you can put as much attention into the game as you like and you'll still progress. And you don't have to play in a group if you don't want to.
There are lots of bosses and raids and pvp, but to get to that point you do have to get a lot of levels and gear. You can do pvp pretty early on if you build for it and there is actually a ton of content for f2p that you're able to do. Some people just play in f2p and do pvp in there. Also, if you're late game, you don't need to spend any real money on the game, since you can buy membership with real world currency. I love this game it's the best and I think it actually has the most content out of any game I've ever played so many quests and so many hours of gameplay it's kind of insane.
WoW Classic was basically just clicking too. Sure you had some more skills eventually, but like, say you played Paladin. You were basically just applying your seal, judging, then going back to applying your seal. Then you just sat there and waited for like 30 seconds. I really don't see how that's much better.
Classic WoW player reaction haha, sole focus on combat and nothing else. My perspective is because that's all you have from where you came from 😅. Osrs is incredible at many categories, and complex combat is reserved for those who seek it via bossing
no offense bro, but world of warcraft isn't fun anymore. OSRS has so much more to offer, all WOW offers is "hey, beat this DLC and then buy a new DLC and start over"
Honestly I hated wow. You get to max level and unless you have a guild or friends there's not much you can do. With runescape PVP is insanely fun, the beauty of unlocking new things to craft, the prayer flicking to prevent all damage from five different enemies at once, exploring new areas, completing super frustrating puzzles like the elemental workshop without a guide, it's something I play while watching RUclips videos.
It’s always funny to see people with obvious preconceived opinions log into osrs. Could give this guy a maxed account and he’d die on repeat to every boss encounter 😂
I mean surely it's mainly ragebait, an 15 min - 1 hour of WoW doesn't provide much fun vision of the game either now does it You're comparing all you know about WoW against 15 minutes worth of gameplay Crazy talk to say "not for me", but I understand not wanting to continue from what you experienced. Its like doing a tutorial, killing a few starter mobs and saying its not the vibe ya know?
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So, good to see a new player. As someone who is an OSRS Vet, I'm gonna give you some info based on your questions:
Combat is a far deeper system then you might think, but you won't see the depth of that system until you face bosses. The regular over-world enemies are pretty basic, with a handful of exceptions. High level combat against raids and bosses involve precision based movement, timing, and gear swaps. Speaking of which, you'll notice there were no classes in OSRS. That's because OSRS expects you to be every class. You need to be the mage, melee, and ranged dps, the tank, and the healer, all at once. Since your gear determines what kind of attack you're doing, most bosses require you to carry multiple sets of gear and expect you to swap on the fly accordingly. And you'll be doing all that gear swapping while avoiding timed AoEs, dealing with summoned mobs, and making sure your own defenses are correct.
Sadly, all of that complexity is locked behind members.
Now, as for why people play it, yes part if it is the fact that you can leave and come back without ever having your bank be fully out-dated. That is nice. But that's not really been the main draw. To me, the main draw people seem to have for this game are three-fold:
1) You can literally play it how you want. There are people who never do a single bit of combat, and there are people who only do combat. There are people who focus entirely on quests, and those who have never touched a quest. You said you weren't really sure what to do, well that's the thing. You can do absolutely anything, because everything will advance your account. And in the end, you'll need to advance everything to finish everything. If you want a Quest Cape, where you've done every quest, you need a 60 or 70 in pretty much every single skill. And doing anything will get you closer to that goal.
2) The quests. OSRS quests are probably the best quests in any MMORPG I've played, and I've played a good number of them. Even quests from story driven MMOs like The Old Republic aren't as good as OSRS.If I go into a quest with The Old Republic, or WoW, I can expect to be killing a certain number of enemies, or I'll be clearing out an area filled with enemies, and that's about it. As fun as the story beats can be, the actual gameplay ends up being pretty similar. You might get a few dialogue options and cut scenes to break up the combat, but that's about it. Compare that to Recruitment Drive, a Novice Quest that has you doing a memory puzzle, two logic puzzles, and a pair of riddles to complete it. No combat involved. Or Dragon Slayer, where the majority of the quest is finding a way to reach the Dragon you have to slay, with the very end being a fight with a Dragon.
3) Time and attention. OSRs is probably the only MMO I've seen that uses attention and time as legitimate dials to determine how efficient something is. You can absolutely play OSRS AFK, and you'll progress your account, but AFK methods tend to be the slowest. The game's EXP and gathering rates are fine tuned such that you get more from doing things that require higher levels of attention, but you aren't punished if you decide you just wanna do some AFK things. For example, Farming is a skill that requires you to wait IRL hours. You hop into the game, plant something, then you can come back in 8 hours to get your Exp.
At the same time, there's a time based mini-game that offers better exp rates, has some really nice rewards, but requires your full attention because its timed. And even then, the amount of effort you want to put into that mini-game is up to you. You could take a slow, relaxing route with the game, letting you take your time with it. Or you could go full sweat mode and use the method that only has about 0.6 seconds of leeway, but nets a shit ton more exp.
Thanks a ton for this!!
I tried looking up more about the game after making this video, but most explanations I found were packed with abbreviations I couldn’t figure out.
You explained everything so clearly, and now I totally get why some people enjoy the game. Really appreciate it!
@@Cocopanache Happy to help out. I honestly suggest choosing a quest and working towards it as a goal if you want some direction. As a free 2 Play, I'd go for Dragon Slayer. Its basically the end game for Free 2 Play, and getting there will give you a good taste of what you do in OSRS. Sadly you still won't run into any major combat depth, though if you want that there are some bosses you can do pretty easily in Members.
Scurrius is a perfect beginner boss, though you'll need the protection prayers at level 43 Prayer. It'll give you an idea of what combat is like with the actual bosses.
@@Cocopanachethe early game can really throw off a wow player, but trust me, the minute you get to fight a boss you will be impressed at how complex the combat can actually be, like the other person said, Scurrius is a perfect place to start and won’t tale you too much time to get to the level required to fight him
As a player of both the main differences I find are;
Community: The OSRS community is far less toxic overall, in my experience.
Variety of gameplay: If I want to be more engaged I can do raids with teams or solo bosses. If I want to chill out I can train slayer, or non combat skills. You can play at any pace you're comfortable with.
Content creators: OSRS has some of the best creators making fantastic content, hands down.
Devs: Content updates get polled, and dev's genuinely listen to what the community want.
Expansions: It's great not to have to pay for content expansions every ~2 years
this video was basically killing boars in Elwynn forest then calling WoW dogshit
Asking “is this game just about clicking” when killing a tutorial mob is like asking if wow is “just about clicking” when killing ur first mob as part of the starter quest
Something that is very selling is how diverse the community is. Because you can do pretty much whatever you want in the game, there are a lot of content creators full of crazy ideas.
If there is only one series I would recommend, that would be Swampletics. this dude got me back into a full osrs addiction. It is entertaining to people who don't even play OSRS.
The end game bosses are pretty difficult. The most technical fight in the game would probably be something like Phosani Nightmare.
Can you react to the video called I quit WoW and spent a year addicted to osrs it's the best video explaining osrs then that will help you decide if you want to play or not and I'd love to see your reaction to it
Someone should show him late game combat
The game is legit about clicking, and can get more mechanical and intense, its based on a tick system, actions can be input at a set interval and some actions cancel others. Yes combat is clicking but it has other mechanics, positioning, timing, and other things to make it more in depth, but yes early its click and take a nap for a while.
You can buy bonds which give you 14 days of member for each one with in game currency once you get a higher level and start making cash in case you are wondering you don't need to buy membership with real cash.
try rs3 instead as an middle ground for osrs and what youre used to
As well as the progress saving which is huge as you mentioned - osrs is much better at not restricting how much you can play during a period, no weekly/daily limits on raids or seasonal limits etc. I found WoW a bit juvenile (like parental controls) with how it was controlling when and how much I'm allowed to play on my character which is why I stopped this expansion and returned to osrs.
Quest number one: "Beat 4 eggs to gain a spoon" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Coco is gonna get addicted to this, I can bet
This is going to be interesting AF lmaooooo
I just came back to osrs after a 3 year break to play a hardcore iron and its awesome!
So just trying to understand the combat complain where? When i start a new character in WOW and i right click a wolf in the starting zone and all i do is wait for the kill to be done how is that different from OSRS clicking a goblin and waiting for it to die? I get that you unlock abilities in wow later on to make those fight more interesting but the same apply in OSRS except it's not abilities but gears switch, change combat style, prayers, position, etc... My point is when you start a character in both games you click and wait there no difference until you progress later on.
Although runescape and wow are both mmorpgs, there are way too many differences that they cannot be compared. From controls, to quests/storytelling, to skills/jobs and all the way up to end game bossing and combat, everything is different.
If you want to get a good idea of why runescape is as popular as it is, you're going to have to give it more time than the hour or two you gave it in this video. Wow likes to speedrun players into the endgame, whereas runescape takes you through everything the game has to offer over a long period of time, so that once you get to the end game, you're already invested into your account and character.
I would love to see you spend a little more time on runescape and give it a fair shot. If you don't compare it to wow at every turn, who knows, you may even like it more.
I think Marstead put it best: Old School Runescape isn't an MMORPG, because it doesn't really share any of the systems a traditional MMORPG has. Its closer to a Massive Singleplayer Online Idle RPG, where you can put as much attention into the game as you like and you'll still progress. And you don't have to play in a group if you don't want to.
There are lots of bosses and raids and pvp, but to get to that point you do have to get a lot of levels and gear. You can do pvp pretty early on if you build for it and there is actually a ton of content for f2p that you're able to do. Some people just play in f2p and do pvp in there. Also, if you're late game, you don't need to spend any real money on the game, since you can buy membership with real world currency. I love this game it's the best and I think it actually has the most content out of any game I've ever played so many quests and so many hours of gameplay it's kind of insane.
WoW Classic was basically just clicking too. Sure you had some more skills eventually, but like, say you played Paladin. You were basically just applying your seal, judging, then going back to applying your seal. Then you just sat there and waited for like 30 seconds. I really don't see how that's much better.
Just google end game of osrs and check what people do xd as simple as that its not like you get into wow and you are raiding stuff :)
Classic WoW player reaction haha, sole focus on combat and nothing else. My perspective is because that's all you have from where you came from 😅. Osrs is incredible at many categories, and complex combat is reserved for those who seek it via bossing
Do RS3 next.
gota install HD tho
no offense bro, but world of warcraft isn't fun anymore. OSRS has so much more to offer, all WOW offers is "hey, beat this DLC and then buy a new DLC and start over"
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Honestly I hated wow. You get to max level and unless you have a guild or friends there's not much you can do.
With runescape PVP is insanely fun, the beauty of unlocking new things to craft, the prayer flicking to prevent all damage from five different enemies at once, exploring new areas, completing super frustrating puzzles like the elemental workshop without a guide, it's something I play while watching RUclips videos.
It’s always funny to see people with obvious preconceived opinions log into osrs. Could give this guy a maxed account and he’d die on repeat to every boss encounter 😂
I mean surely it's mainly ragebait, an 15 min - 1 hour of WoW doesn't provide much fun vision of the game either now does it
You're comparing all you know about WoW against 15 minutes worth of gameplay
Crazy talk to say "not for me", but I understand not wanting to continue from what you experienced. Its like doing a tutorial, killing a few starter mobs and saying its not the vibe ya know?
Trash game, wow is supreme
Said pretty much no one lmao
@@maskettaman1488 Its always wow players making vids trying out RS, never the reverse I wonder why
@@CeriseKingosrs players tend to be more open minded lol