Comment on My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them
tburkhol@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMy 80-year-old mother is stil hooked on Hay Day (2012 Farmville clone). She doesn’t alarm-clock overnight events any more, but that could be because she can’t sleep through the night now. Got a team of other old ladies around the world for contests, and it’s right on the edge of where I think it’s great that she’s got something to keep her engaged versus might need an addiction intervention.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
I’m not usually one for those types of games but I had a lot of fun with the player economy of that game. You don’t even need to do any farming, there were always desperate players selling low ans buying high lol
ICastFist@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
WoW auction house feelings right there. Dunno how it is nowadays, but I remember that back on Battle for Azeroth, that was the only way to get the 5 million gold for a super exclusive mount