I’m curious what game you guys have sunk the most hours into. Mine has to be RuneScape, I don’t know the total hours because I’ve had so many accounts over the years I don’t even remember half my passwords, but it’s definitely in the thousands of hours now. I’ve played on/off RS2, OSRS, and RS3 since 2004.
I’ve also probably sunk anywhere from hundreds to 1000+ hours into Skyrim and Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura, though I don’t know the counts there either since neither were through Steam. Embarrassingly enough I’ve never completed either of those two games - I get sidetracked making so many alt characters.
What about you guys? & What got you hooked on said game?
It’s either Elite Dangerous or Warframe.
*checks* uhhhh… Elite Dangerous.
1935 hours, and we played a while outside of Steam running the launcher directly, so let’s call it 2000 hours. Elite itself also tracks hours played (in a weird “weeks/days/hours” format for some reason), but we’d have to actually open it and log in and everything to find out.
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I think the game with the highest playtime for me is Final Fantasy XIV with around 1,2k hours. That’s only Steam though, I’m sure Minecraft is way, way higher than that.
Depends how we’re counting. Actively playing is probably WoW, but I have so many hours in Factorio, as i would just leave it running overnight. Had a server up for friends also, so probably have close to 1k hours of the game being open, but definitely feel like i wasn’t actively playing as much as WoW. Just to how many years i put into playing WoW.
Yeah, I don’t think I’ll ever focus on one game enough to catch up to my time in WoW. I had one character with over one year /played and I was also the type that had multiple raiding alts. Tbf, some portion of that time was afk or just shitchatting in IF/Org.
Probably still MW2 2011 I think I had a total of 50d playtime across both of my accounts lol.
Games are short (5 mins). Queues are short (less than 1 min). Cross platform. Runs on Linux. Controller support (preferred). Easy to understand, but high skill ceiling. Amateur leagues are fun. Keeps my reflexes sharp. Can turn chat off. A decent esports scene.
What a save!
One of the great things about rl was there were no cheaters but now with bots and anti cheat not sure where it’s heading next.
Im sure the new EAC anti cheat that was included in the latest patch will help with the botters. It works on Linux too. While its unfortunate some of the mods will no longer work when running in Online mode, you can still use mods in Offline mode. Plus they started working with modders to include some of their features in-game so that those who were used to playing with mods still have similar experience online.
This game really hasn’t been plagued too much with hackers and botters, and I think its good to see the devs are still attempting to keep them out.
This is definitely the answer for me, at least since Steam showed up. I have no way of knowing how many hours I sunk into Quake-Q3 Arena and OG Team Fortress mods though
I have a couple hundred hours in rocket league from playing with friends around ~2020. Was a ton of fun, even if I never managed to get any good at it. 🤣
Runs on Linux
Didn’t Epic say that they’ll implement Easy Anti-Cheat?
They deployed their anticheat on the latest patch. Its compatible with linux.
The progress you make from driving and bumping the ball to rocketing through the air and dunking is amazing.
Then the match making is so good that every match feels challenging but still fun.
Did not care much for the expansion, just didn’t like the game play. Didn’t even finish it, so it is almost all base game and mods.
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I I keep getting stuck once I get to blue science packs. I usually play without enemy spawns.
I really should try this game.
What didn’t you like about the expansion?
Biggest complaint I’ve heard (besides Quality complainers) is that they don’t like that T3 modules got retconned into needing other planets to get.
I personally find that a good change, and also quality is ignorable. I don’t have nearly the hours you have into it, but a respectable high triple digit number, and about 200 I’d guess of those has been post-space age. Haven’t actually played base since space age launched.
I didn’t like all the back and forth between planets. Just not my play style I guess.
I don’t think the expansion is bad, and I support the factorio devs in making a really good game. I just personally didn’t get sucked into it.
Yeah, fair. I dont do a ton of that, myself.
I build a heavy cargo ship with a bunch of raw supplies, assemblers, roboports, and ingredients for a rocket, go to the planet, slap down a rocket, some solar, a roboport, and logistics chests, and leave.
If I have to return in person, I have failed my challenge.
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Anything specific you didnt like about space age? I really enjoyed it
Mostly going back and forth between planets I found to be annoying. I liked the different worlds (some more than others), but the traveling and time suck made it annoying.
Also the space ship introduced a way to get stuck without save scumming, which the base game didn’t have. Or at least not nearly as bad, if you went out into the wilderness you could get a lot of biters on you but it was less of a problem. If you started a journey between two planets and your craft wasn’t good enough you basically had to just load a previous save. Afaik there was no “oh dear, this going bad. Let me turn back”, which well to be fair is realistic.
Doesn’t the space ship fall back down to your departure planet if you can’t make it to your destination? That’s been my experience at least. But maybe when you’re almost there it doesn’t.
I don’t remenber actually, maybe if you don’t have enough fuel? But I found the biggest problem was that it got destroyed by meteors rather than fuel issues.
It falls back to your origin if less than halfway there, and drifts to your destination if more than halfway there. The real answer is to not send it until you got a couple full tanks of gas and a pump circuit speed governor for fuel efficiency, plus guns, ammo and fuel generation onboard.
I have been playing Unreal Tournament (1999) since 2000. It is impossible for me to tally up those hours.
I miss arena shooters.
This battle royale stuff just doesn’t turn my crank.
great game
This isn’t a recent photo but also I havent played much since switching to PC sims
Final Fantasy XIV and it’s not even close… need to grind to get my girl new outfits
I’ve been playing since mid-2020 now and mostly spend my time either playing the story, doing side-content or making pretty screenshots of new glamours
FFXIV is one of those games that I liked, but wished I could like more. I wasn’t into progression raiding or crafting, so it was always a matter of time before my interest would fizzle out once the current MSQ was done.
Your character looks nice, btw.
I was scrolling down to find someone list the best game and here were are.
I’ve been playing since beta for 2.0, so it certainly is my most played game.
Hell, I played some over lunch today.
I just quit last year. Been at it since ARR. Don’t have time for it anymore. It is easily my top hours too.
I haven’t touched it in years, but I don’t think anything is going to surpass World of Warcraft in hours played anytime soon.
Next up would be Monster Hunter World and Dark Souls III with 2000+ hours each.
WoW for me as well with many weeks /played on multiple characters, but it has been years since I last played.
I actually just started playing it again after a nearly 2 year long break too, so that can’t possibly turn out to be a bad life decision.
If the 10,000hrs is correct then your Dota expert now.
I definitely wouldn’t say that, but it was kind of surprising how after that long of a break without playing any similar games I completely still had the muscle memory for it.
It’s impressive how long muscle memory lasts. I’ll forget how to play a game, but my fingers will naturally go to the right buttons to perform actions still, even without nearly this amount of time in a game.
Oh fuck me I managed to exorcise Dota from my memory like the cancerous tumor it is. Yeah that might be my most played game overall actually, across Dota 1&2.
Not that I’m suggesting you starting to play again is a bad decision or anything. I’m sure you’ll have a great time.
I’ve got over 2500 hours in Civ VI, and probably double that or more for all previous versions of Civ
Late to the party, but for me Endless Sky: https://github.com/endless-sky
As far as I know, it’s the only open source and crowed developed game out there.
If you remember EV series, it’s basically that. But better and under constant development.
Allow me to introduce you to BAR. (Also open source)
That looks really good and will scratch the ancient Starcraft itch. Thanks!
I’ve played it. It’s much more like Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander.
God I miss the heyday of playing TA online.
TA was great too.
Endless Sky looks cool. Definitely going to give it a try.
My two favorite open source games are Thrive and Cataclysm DDA
Thrive is an evolutionary survival game. Similar to Spore, you start as a single-cell microbe. You gather nutrients, evade dangers, and evolve adaptations. Eventually, you can progress to the multicellular stage, then macroscopic, etc. up to spacefaring. Currently everything after multicellular is placeholder, but the cellular gameplay is fun and has enough viable strategies to make replaying interesting. https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive
Cataclysm DDA is a zombie-survival rogue-like simulation game. You start as a single survivor and need to scavenge for food, shelter, and protection. If you like games that focus on system/simulation complexity over visuals (e.g. dwarf fortress) I’d recommend this one. For example, the vehicle system allows you to build custom vehicles, which can be anything from a dinky wooden bicycle to a monstrous RV-turned deathdozer+mobile base-on-wheels. https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA
I bought Spore for my kids when it came out but wound up playing it far more than them!
Spode demanding tribute to their religion again? Oh no! I destroyed all your cities and turned your planet into a nature preserve so you can never come back.
I had mixed reactions about Spore. The ambition/breadth of gameplay was impressive. The creature creator was impressive, and it was fun to see other people’s creatures show up in-game. I was disappointed at the shallowness of individual stages, how little earlier stages affected later stages, and the tediousness of space. I think without the pre-game hype, the balance would have been more positive feeling than negative for me, but I mostly remember it as few gems wrapped in disappointment.
My eldest son shares your views entirely.
According to Steam it’s Terraria with over 1200 hours. I bought it in 2012 and have replayed it regularly alone and with friends.
My second place isn’t even close, and it’s not actually a game. I bought Aseprite during the summer sale last year to see if I could stumble my way to something resembling visual art and I have about 250 hours logged, though I think a lot of that is me leaving the app open overnight.
It’s mine with around 750 hours. I was so excited for the game that I pirated an unreleased alpha and played that before it released. I bought it immediately at release and have played it off and on over the years. I just recently did another full playthrough and then some to get all of the new achievements.
I’ve bought the game many times to give away as gifts back when you could buy a 4 pack at a steep discount.
You ok over there?
Don’t worry, I haven’t played in over a year now.
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That’s eight hours a day for five straight years. You sure love those cookies.
