I was looking at my playtime for some games and realized I have over 450 hours in PlanetSide 2.

I’ve been wanting to find a new game to sink some hours into so I’m curious what Lemmy plays the most.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    72·
    6 days 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.

    • Shooie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      50·
      6 days ago

      Super proud of you internet stranger. Addictions fucking suck and are hard to break. Congratulations!

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        12·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, I never let it spiral out of control, but I did let it take all of my lessiure money for a year or two, not fun.

        But educational.

    • Caboose12000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      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 :(