I spent a vast majority of my college years and mid 20s playing an MMO by the name of Puzzle Pirates. Honestly, if it had maintained a large enough player base for the content, I probably would’ve been addicted a lot longer. I’ve never come across another game quite like it and it’s a shame mismanagement of the company and shitty decisions about the direction of the game led it to a slow death.
Which game is it?
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Rainbowsaurus@lemm.ee 3 months ago
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 3 months ago
For me it was Warcraft 3 custom maps. And I’d probably still be playing it if blizzard hadn’t fucking destroyed it. Fuck blizzard forever.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
EVE Online?
GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 3 months ago
EXCUSE ME! Spreadsheet simulator clearly DOES NOT fall under the category of ‘worst game’ in any way whatsoever! Now hold on for a second while I log into my 7th account…
dai@lemmy.world 3 months ago
PlanetSide 2 for me, easily 8k hours into that game. Around 5k on my steam account alone.
So sad to see it’s still slowly collapsing, but I’ve not been on since the AU servers shut down years ago and the hackers took over the Asia server.
Mathazzar@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ah, I have fond memories of PS2. I slowly stopped playing when I started finding less and less coherent platoons working together. I’d join squads that were spread all over the map. It had so many fun things with it too, but somewhere along the way I started losing interest.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 months ago
When I was in college it was WOW. I have soooo many hours in that game. But it also helped fix a lot of issues I had with social anxiety. I went from basically never interacting with people in that game to being elected to run a 60 person guild. I didn’t even campaign they just nominated me for it when the previous GM left. It did a lot to help me feel like I could be normal. Then I got a job and a GF and didn’t have time to play as much anymore.
These days it’s Warframe but I don’t have enough free time to really get into video games like I used to anymore.
legendaryhero@infosec.pub 3 months ago
Siege
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Terraria currently. Satisfactory and DRG before.
MellowSnow@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They said worst games, not best!
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Years ago, I played Homefront: The Revolution which was a ridiculous premise (North Korea magically invents and develops microcircuits in the 20th century instead of the US, and invades the US) but had solid weapons and a really great remote-control car bomb.
Its version of the flying cameras from Half Life 2 that actually identifies you and calls for reinforcements also was spot on.
It also had a pretty cool pause-screen song.
Then it had trouble working with computer upgrades, and I moved on to other things.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 months ago
I have been collecting shinies in Pokémon Scarlet (140 so far) but my cartridge just died so now I’m beating PLA.
pero@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Euro truck simulator 2. I have already spent ~200 hours in that game. Personally I like it because of the multiplayer mod and there you can see all kinds of drivers over there… Ngh
Anyways, I recently bought 4 map DLCs for the game, I’m sure that will make me sink less time in that pit (/s)
Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I have over 2,000 hours in terraria and way more in minecraft. Really anything with good building or creative features is going to hook me for quite a while.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
JUST CUZ I GRINDED SMOKEYS FOR A CAT HEADBAND FOR 400 HOURS AND NEVER GOT ONE AND HAD TO BUY IT FOR MYSELF WITH MY DEAD BRANCH PROCEEDS IN RAGNAROK IN LIKE 2003 DOESNT MEAN I’M
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arin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
DotA 2 is not the worst game… Right?
Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Did you know on the original FFX on PS2 if you pay more than 9999 hours the hours played flips over to 0000 again?
andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 3 months ago
You can 100% the Sphere Grid in only a few hours, if you’re smart about it. My guess is they were going around using Clear Spheres to wipe unneeded spheres off the map and replace them. The default Sphere Grid doesn’t actually allow you to max your stats; You need to clear the existing +2 or +3 spheres, and replace them with +4 spheres instead.
Even then, maxing your stats doesn’t require 9999 hours. Unless OP was farming experience in Besaid Island (the starting area) it shouldn’t take that long to navigate the grid and farm enough replacement spheres.
fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
[deleted]WagyuSneakers@lemm.ee 3 months ago
People used to just play the endgame in single player games. I probably put more hours into Tales of Symphonia after I beat all the content than before.
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lots and lots of Blitzball, I guess.
fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Megaten
Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 3 months ago
My judgement will depend on which megaten game you no-lifed.
CasalSilva@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Man, I’m into Sword of Convalaria. I’ve finished it once, then twice, and am now on my third play.
Iceman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Teals of Maj’Eyal. Nothing like a real fucking rouge like
SolidShake@lemmy.world 3 months ago
subjective
Bennu@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Is it?
Also it’s just a meme.
Thelie@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Nuby’s Number Factory 🙈
dorky@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thank you for introducing me to my newest obsession
Thelie@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
You’re welcome. Just don’t let the sun explode. :)