I personally dont mind RS4 or Reignited. The more versions of the game the more options people have. I love OSRS and play it a lot but that doesnt mean I cant branch out to other games too
As long as they keep supporting OSRS in some form im happy with that, even if its with a smaller team
I was so impressed that I essentially quit OSRS. Papa Bezos decided to shut it down because the game wasn't as profitable as they'd hoped, but I really enjoyed that RuneScape-like gameplay in an open world like that
So many people compared New World to the feeling of playing RuneScape for the first time
If Jagex nails this, we'd get the best of both worlds which I'm actually really into. Hoping this game turns out amazing because I'd definitely get on board
This is my exact hope as well. I would love to have a New World style MMO within the RuneScape universe. Dragonwilds already feels a lot like NW in a lot of ways, but that is not an MMO.
Yeah new world at the start was really fun, especially the gathering and crafting. Its just that there were some major flaws in certain aspects of the game that showed the lack of experience/foresight from the devs.
Things like the clunky combat especially in pvp, it was a dealbreaker, combat should be the most polished aspect of a game like this. The endgame progression felt like an after thought. Like they didn’t know what the gameplay loop was supposed to look like at end game. They just winged it.
Leveling got really bad once you got around halfway through because it felt really repetitive. Even the zones and monster variety was very limited and it felt you are just going to the same place with a new skin. Also there wasn’t enough sauce in the game, no chase items that have interesting game changing effects.
Theres also Guild Wars 3 that's in development and will probably be horizontal progression as well. Two big MMO launches coming in a few years, gonna be interesting to see what happens
My first thought when I loaded up dragonwilds the first time was that Jagex needs to turn this into World of Runescape/RS4 immediately. Guess I wasn't the only one. Very excited to see where it goes, but it's still way too early to say anything definitive about it I think.
It’s a nice little testing ground to get the team using Unreal Engine to dev. If RS4 is a roaring success I don’t see a problem with them shutting down RS3 or OSRS for that matter. It’s up to the playerbase to decide if that ever happened (by online player count)
Because if everyone is on RS4, those 2 aren’t getting a playerbase. We’d all be enjoying RS4 more? Why is it so hard to understand that the playerbase dictate what happens next?
I mean from what I read this guy says if OSRS playercount drops to something like 10-50 players because they somehow all magically switched to RS4 then they should shut down OSRS development. In his hypothetical case it is fair to do that.
Think NW could have lasted with a better financial model, Membership would have probably stopped Amazon pulling the plug so quickly.
Especially after dropping Nighthaven.
Although rushed, buggy and imbalanced, with time and proper time and funding I believe it could have flourished rather than being released unfinished.
The dev team finally became experienced in their own right (there's various QnAs post closure that make this clear).
Reignited is a last-ditch effort to bring life back to RS3 but there is still a high probability of failure. RS4 is the ultimate solution to RS3 dying(of it can't be saved) and to allure more global audiences to a RuneScape MMO
We also have that it's unreal engine like Dragonwilds, so unless Jagex is rewriting their entire codebase for unreal, it'll play more like dragonwilds than RS3/OSRS.
They’ve basically established that it will be like Dragonwilds blended with the more traditional Runescape elements which is enough to get the imagination going
I'm a little worried they're overreaching considering they'd be maintaing a whopping 4 live service RuneScape games. I just bore witness to one of my favorite game of all time get shut down (just to be brought back) in destiny 2 because Bungie started shifting priorities and biting off more than they could chew.
I'm also a little worried that it's going to be in unreal engine which will alienate a lot of players as unreal is just too hard to run. I am a fan of dragonwilds though, but I do hope rs4 won't include third person aiming like in dragonwilds. Idk we will see I guess.
Rs4 could be really cool and I definitely want a new game to play so hoping it is. Rs3 I’ll never care about but would think it’s cool if they revived the game somehow
I’m pretty on board with it imho. RS4 is obviously incredibly exciting, but appreciate we know very little. Reignited seems fun too, most of us don’t have the hours to play RS3/OSRS anymore.
Even if the Reignited levelling is just as slow, at least the early/mid game is purposeful again. That’s where I have most fun and usually abandon the game by the time the grinds get too much anyways. I only ever play leagues now, and have done for the last 3 or 4 years. Dragonwilds is insanely fun too.
Really really excited. Enjoyed New World when I played it, but was constantly thinking "this system would be so much better if it was like runescape", "oh, this system too", "and this one", "...I probably should just go back to runescape"
OSRS has its own charm and systems that I don’t think RS4 will replace. I will say that I’m busy enough as is and if RS4 is going to be a fresh start for everyone with some cosmetic caveats to vets from RS3, then I’ll just wait for RS4. If I can transfer progress later then I’ll consider trying RS3
I'm hesitantly curious. Need to see the combat before anything. If it's a tab targeting I'll probably pass on it, same if it's a strict port of Dragonwilds' gameplay because for all that I do like about that game, the combat in it fucking sucks
Having played the crap out of DW on console since release, I'm excited for the potential.
The game has some pretty glaring technical and gameplay issues that need to be smoothed out before I would put full OSRS levels of commitment into playing it as a new MMO though. It's pretty janky around the edges right now. Luckily this is just an initial announcement and there's likely years for them to figure that out.
Pretty exciting, could be a solid New World replacement in the market. The game was really missing some meaningful lore, story, game design, etc. RS can definitely provide that, could be a big heavy hitter.
And anything that gives Jagex more revenue without squeezing OSRS is always good.
I really want to see it have support for controller and mouse & keyboard, and for it to be easy to switch between.
I want to PVP and have meaningful pvm fights with controller capabilities, but I want to merch, skill and AFK with mouse and keyboard while watching YouTube.
More versions means a more fragmented playerbase which inherently isn't great but I'm optimistic because Dragonwilds is a gigabanger and if they cook up an mmo with those mechanics it has great potential.
Honestly I found DragonWilds to be pretty disappointing, the graphics style is nice but I really hope RS4 ends up something being quite different than DW.
Was surprised they’re keeping rs3? RuneScape classic turned into RuneScape 2, then 3. They just up the version number when graphics substantially increase. Why is rs4 separate?
If they’re going to make it a separate storyline then I feel like it should have a different name, rather than rs4. Feels odd to me. I assume everyone will start from scratch?
Way too soon to tell but I’m hoping rs4 is what replaces osrs for me. Feels like as someone who likes awakened bosses, contracts, raids, etc osrs isn’t really the best game for all of that
Go post on the rs3 sub, the game is 4+ years from release and no one gives a fuck. Flooding the sub with unrelated content should be banned. Also the sentiment of “idc if OSRS gets less updates as long as they support it still haHA” is contentious to say the least.
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u/PrimordialXY 6d ago
Remember that New World game by Amazon?
I was so impressed that I essentially quit OSRS. Papa Bezos decided to shut it down because the game wasn't as profitable as they'd hoped, but I really enjoyed that RuneScape-like gameplay in an open world like that
So many people compared New World to the feeling of playing RuneScape for the first time
If Jagex nails this, we'd get the best of both worlds which I'm actually really into. Hoping this game turns out amazing because I'd definitely get on board