I never spent a dime on it, but I did play for over 3000 hours before rock star blocked linux. I enjoyed the grind rather than the reward, so it sort of became my little safe-space game when I was really stresses out. could always just go hang out with my buds for a few hours and grind out a million bucks. I’m still kinda torn up about the anticheat situation tbh, I would gladly play alone if there were any way to play the same game. but story mode just doesnt compare for me, completly different game :(
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stoy@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I got suckered into playing 800+ hours of GTA Online and paying thousands of SEK for shark cards over a year or two before I realized what a terrible game it is.
I was addicted to it, and paid money every month to buy shark cards.
When my work situation improved however, I took a few steps back and realized that I had wasted a lot of money on it and that I was only chasing the dragon that was just out of reach, kept away from me by carefully crafted mental mechanics of the game.
I was disgusted and refused to participate further.
I uninstalled it right away and have never looked back.
Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Shooie@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Super proud of you internet stranger. Addictions fucking suck and are hard to break. Congratulations!
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I never let it spiral out of control, but I did let ti take all of my lessiure money for a year or two, not fun.
But educational.