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I would disagree about KSP, at least for the first hundred hours or so probably. You're actively learning and adventuring, and discovering new things. After that, once you're figuring out how far you can push things or installing RP-1, you're right.
I once spent 40 hours testing a Duna lander
I had a thing for system-dominating single-launch ships.
These would have 10-12 probes on it, hanging from beams like bats. I would have massive stageable fuel tanks, and I would slingshot it past each planet and it's moons, drop a probe and try to get the probe into orbit or on the surface (often failing due to lack of ∆V), all in one launch, with the ships core functioning as a science outpost to collect science and relay or bring it back to Kerbin.
I never quite dialled it in and touched or orbited every body with a probe, but some of these missions would last like 30-40 realtime hours,and I flew dozens of them.
I’ve been in the design and planning stage for a Jool 5 mission for months now.
I don’t even need the science. I just have to do it.
Just... One... More... Turn...
Football Manager.
I would love to get into Football Manager or OOTP Baseball but I hate the yearly-purchase monetization scheme. I wish there was a good indie alternative, or something that scratches a similar itch.
An upside of SI tending to have very minor year-on-year upgrades between FM editions is that most people don't buy it every year. It's common to buy every two or three years, unless a momentous change is implemented. The sortitoutsi.net site has squad updates among its mods that let you play older games for longer.
Not that I want to be encouraging you to take it up, the game is literally like crack and I don't let myself play it anymore.
Ever tried SmokePatch Football Life for ePES? So good. Also totally free.
I have not. How does it compare to FM?
It's closer to FIFA (but way better). It started as a beloved mod for ePES/Pro Evolution. Then the developer(s) took the manager mode and built it into a standalone, free title that still works with other mods. It's crazy deep even without extra mods, but you can add in (amazing) team-and-player-and-country-specific chants, stadiums, player faces, balls, shoes, teams, fields, new announcers, it's fucking wild. I love that you can take a rookie, use him well, and it actually reflects in his stats. Then you trade him on a few years later for huge bucks. So addictive. If you get it all going, it is the most-fun, most-immersive soccer experience I've had. It's here, another updated version apparently incoming soon.
I'll take a look at it, but like I said above I don't let myself play FM anymore and this sounds equally dangerous. Do you need a PES install to play or is it fully standalone?
Oh, it is dangerous. Fully standalone and free. When PES went Free-to-Play, the developers spun the single-player/management component out into its own thing.
Runescaaaaape, you casual.
Minecraft
But did you get the free Anaconda from Hutton Orbital?
You got the Anaconda? Must have been before they switched to the Federal Corvette
RN It's Starwdew Valley. I keep staying up all night being like "Just... One more day and I'm done." 🤣
Every time I look up something I can't figure out, I am presented with a bunch of tangenital items that I haven't even seen yet and I've been grinding the game for two weeks now. And CA just announced it was getting more! This unassuming retro farming game is fucking massive. 😵💫
And that's without mods!
My first experience with this phenomena was rollercoaster tycoon
Ah yes, Rust
I'm still new to rust. Barely cracked 2,000 hours.
Me killing time with Game Dev Tycoon at work.
It's such a simple spreadsheet simulator. You can't even see what your games look like but I haven't been able to put it down for the last few days. I already played, beat, and got bored of it years ago. But it makes the last hour at my job feel like 15 minutes, so I went back to it.
Sounds familiar.
Looking at you, Dota 2.
And Starcraft 2
And WC3
And smash melee
DotA when it was a WC3 custom map.
FFXIV
I'm a huge FF fan, and 14 has a lot of praise so I had a go. I enjoyed FFXI somewhat so I thought maybe 14 would be enjoyable, but no matter how long I stuck around I just couldn't figure out if it was fun. I spent a lot of time making number go up, but when I stepped away from the computer I felt like I hadn't achieved anything.
I played through the base game. The first expansion. Began the second expansion. I reflected on my experience and I couldn't even tell you what the game was about. It's just walk here, click an NPC, walk there click an NPC, fight battle, repeat. And the battles are so boring; the expectation is that you learn the ideal rotation of attacks and abilities and you just apply that to 99% of battles and make sure to do them efficiently - if you can't do that you are labelled a noob.
Maybe the difference between 11 and 14 was that I did 11 with a friend, so it felt like I was spending time with him, whereas I did 14 by myself.
Much as I love XIV’s story, I really needed to break up story progression with other content, just for variety. I leveled up all crafters, did many daily raids, etc.
I tended to go do some Golden Saucer stuff because I just wasn't that interested in the crafting levels. I never really need anything crafted; playing solo the gear you get in msq is more than enough.
I've been playing Elden Ring for the first time (also my first fromsoft game). Yeah....
me with Satisfactory
and maybe now Space Station 14 - nah that game is definitely still fun, a multiplayer experience like no others (well, like 13 I guess)
I hate how I didn't even see the post title and immediately thought of Elite
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No Man's Sky
Was about to say this. I can't tell you what exactly I like about the game, but I keep feeling compelled to play it
Oh, shit, that reminds me, I have to finish my dailies.
Path of Exile? Dat you?
Kenshi
the blue game is amphetamine abuse
Aka Rocket League.
Man I'm still not sure if I like it
Inara up, playing the stock market freighting shit around and mining stuff. Hundreds of hours though so there's that
Terra Invicta
Every fucking game i play:
Star citizen (so much to unpack here fuck)
Tarkov (seriously it's only the second game on here, please put me out of my misery)
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise. (Get out of here stalker)
No man's sky
Factorio
Stardew valley
Rust
And last but certainly not least: project zombiod (this ones new to me, dammit how do I stop tripping, this is my fifth bleed in the last 15 minutes. )
I've heard of project zomboid, it was described to me as "cataclysm: dark days ahead, with graphics, but less mechanical depth", haven't tried it yet, but I do love CDDA, so I think I will eventually.
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Path of Exile after you hit a five digit playtime
FF11 followed by Guild Wars. I would probably have many more if I didn't get old and more responsibilities. When those came out, I was still living at my parents' home for a few more years. I remember playing all night, and my parents got up and got ready for work, and I would go to bed just to avoid the shame and immediately go back on when they left.
Rimworld, but I am having fun, I'm absolutely sure of it. The best fun of my life. Which is fucking concerning.
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