Tuned in to Retro Vidya & Tech!

For me (OP) I used to almost exclusively play TF2, got about 1,500 hours, then almost exclusively played "Bully" (got about 200 hours) then almost exclusively played L4D2, got about 600 hours.

>>354
csgo, smite and now rocket league are my 'main' games, mostly because my friends play it, also because its comfortable

>>354
The main game I play is Sven Co-op, it's Half-Life 1 but co-op!

Lately I've also been playing Daggerfall Unity after not having played any Elder Scrolls games in 5 years. My current character is a stealth-oriented female khajiit.

I wouldn't say so. I usually play one game for a long time until I get burnt out. Then eventually I'll find some other game to play like that. Right now I'm not really playing anything.
>>357
Sven Co-op is really fun. I enjoy playing it some weekends, but I'll only play with certain people.

I've gone through 2 main games throughout my life, an MMO and a shmup. I like finding the perfect game for me and focusing on it. I'm not a fan of finding new games. Nowadays I only play games from when I was younger. I feel like I already have all the video games I need, I just wish they would be updated to take better advantage of modern hardware.

>>358
>I wouldn't say so. I usually play one game for a long time until I get burnt out. Then eventually I'll find some other game to play like that. Right now I'm not really playing anything.
That's how I am too. I'll usually cycle through games I've already played before. I'm into strategy games the most. I'll typically play matches against the computer and stack the odds against myself. Once I'm able to do that, I tend to either stop playing the game or try a different game mode.

>>354
Doom 2. Mainly I play alot of custom maps/make some custom maps of mine. Pretty much the only flexible game I can think of when it comes to modding some fun stuff in it.
My only greivances about it is the community keeps me from interacting with some users for crit62a794iques and advices>>354
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>>364
Yeah, oldschool Doom can be pretty cool but I hate the communities and related bullshit that's grown up around it. And I make that plural because Doomworld/ZDoom/Doomer Boards and I guess Zandronum are all pretty much separate warring states that occasionally hold a truce over common interests.

Try being a Heretic/Hexen fan though. All the fun of Doom communities plus most of the people there hate your game too even though their forums are pretty much the only online venue for it.

Better to just download all the WADs and carry them off to a nice hermit hole I suppose.

tetris has pretty much been my main game my entire life.

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>>365
Doom definitely has tons of replay value with all the content people have made over the decades. I definitely do keep all the fan groups at arm's length. I used to lurk Doomworld a lot and play online occasionally, but that's the closest I've gotten to other people. Doomworld is a complete dump now from what I've heard.
>>367
Tetris is a game that's never gelled with me. I ended up getting really into Columns though. Nowadays it's one of my favorite pick-up-and-play games.

>>354
I come back to FFT every year or so and try my best to make an entirely new party each time.

>>369
I feel like I don't have time for RPGs anymore, but that's one I'd like to try eventually. Same for Final Fantasy 6. My experience with the genre is really shallow. I finally beat the SNES version of Final Fantasy IV a few years ago and enjoyed it. I think it's the only RPG I've played enough to grow fond of that isn't Chrono Trigger.

L4D2 and MineCraft are the only games worth playing. Plus maybe a social deduction game.

>>406
Yuck.

Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure 2. The chao autism is never ending. There has not been a pet-simulator that has triggered my autism in this way since.

>>433
Hey, I was the same about a decade ago. I remember joining forums and everything to learn more about Chao. I eventually stopped but still miss those lil guys.

>>433
I've only played the 2D sanic games and didn't know that there was a pet simulator aspect to those games, but those characters look cute.

I keep coming back to MGS1 and 3. I played Peacwalker obsessively when it was released on PSP. I still do. I used to find MGS2 disappointing but its grown on me over the years. Its strange seeing how that game has been revived recently. I miss the Metal Gear series. There's really nothing like it.

>>354
For almost 2 decades, it was EVE Online, every day without fail.
got bored though, spent a year only logging in a titan when someone was caught, then just unsubbed all my toons and vanished, like most of my friends did.
Rejoined for a while to do some smallgang shit, but again, burnt out quick.
Now, I just play retro shit and occasionally ADHD anything that comes out for a few hours until i get bored and uninstall.

I don't play anything other than TF2 nowadays; I've spent a lot of time getting a lot of interlibrary loans and I plan to finish them.

Team Fortress 2 Classic, Counter-Strike Global Offensive (on Xbox and PC), and periodically American Truck Simulator to replace the hole in my heart left by 18 Wheels of Steel Across America.

oh and I guess some Slavic games too for good measure

>>454
>For almost 2 decades, it was EVE Online, every day without fail.
I'm glad I never got into MMOs. They seem like such a big time sink. I don't even play standard RPGs much for that reason. Do you feel like you got anything out of EVE Online? Vidya games in general have become more of a side hobby for me at this point, whereas when I was a kid they were an obsession for me.

>>354
Wolfenstein 3D and Doom were my mains for almost 4 years. I fucking loved those two games. Now I don't play games anymore.

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>>459
It's nice to see someone giving Wolfenstein some respect. A lot of people seem to act like it's obsolete just because Doom exists and improved on the formula in some ways. Although in others, I think it's less enjoyable. I think I might even prefer Spear of Destiny to Doom. As limited as the Wolfenstein arsenal is, the weapons feel more satisfying to me. I think Doom's non-zombie enemies tend to feel like bullet sponges, whereas even the pistol in Wolfenstein feels like its packs a decent punch for what it is (and I even prefer the firing sound to Doom's pistol). I also find the general gameplay more tense, even if the map design is downright monotonous compared to Doom's. Even the wimpiest enemies feel more threatening than the basic Doom enemies, and mutants are downright scary. I also like the way the player is given a limited amount of lives like in an arcade game but still has the option to savescum if that's not something he's into.

I think the biggest problem with the Wolfenstein games is the lack of a map feature, but ECWolf fixes that problem.

>>458
to be fair, I still have friends, lifelong friends, that i've met in EVE and still talk to every day, I even have one guys son named after me, who is now like 14, it's so weird
It was a less a game, more a social thing.
That, and I've got some memories, like when we grouped up in Iceland for Fanfest, ended up at a funeral parlor instead of a bar one night, being in some guys house after the pub crawl, someone pulled out a guitar and we all sang some song together that ended up quite a heartfelt memory.
the 20 years I played gave me friends from across the world, got me to visit countries i'd never seen or had an interest in, and gave me cherished moments i'll remember forever.

>>458
>>461 cont.

I think the main draw is the social part.
If you get into something like that, it the game allows for it, it becomes sort of like a hobby, but with others.
I joined when I got kicked out of my parents house, and was like 8pm, sitting in my house, looking for something that wasnt a chat room or a chan, and some advert for EVE popped up somewhere, it was an MMO game, and the only one i'd ever really played was Everquest for like a day, and this one was space ships and they allowed piracy and scamming and espionage etc.
I did a bit of research into it and made some character and then was like "wtf now" so I went out into lawless space and just shot at someone random and got instantly obliterated.
that person ended up sending me a message right after, turns out they were in some alliance, in a war, wondered why I as a very new player was out in their space, and then essentially took me in and showed me how to fight in a group.
I ended up tackle ( a person who would hold and stop enemies from warping) in a big fight that week, ended up in teamspeak with like 1500 people, and that was it.
I wasnt alone and bored in my new house, I had something to get back from work and do, i had fights alarm clocked, I had ways to make money in game.
it probably kept me sane, and as I grew, the people around me grew, and we ended up good friends, even if they left the aliance or group, if they became enemies in game, they were still friends. and that leaked into other games too,
for anyone who has been in that situation, where you're essentially alone, you come home from work, to an empty house, you sit in silence all night watching movies, occasionally chatting to people, tho MMO becomes your outlet, the big wars become your "nights out", the random roams into enemy territories or the gate camps become your "going round and chilling at a friends house".

>They seem like such a big time sink
They are, but it was a lot better than being the guy going out to a bar every night, or sitting alone.
And as you grow, it's easier to meet people, get hobbies outside, meet friends from work, like I do bushcraft, metalworking etc now, and have friends i've met from that, but at first, when you leave school, move town, there's no real guide to making friends, MMOs kinda facilitate that

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>>462
Wow, I wasn't expecting something that positive to have come out of it.
>for anyone who has been in that situation, where you're essentially alone, you come home from work, to an empty house, you sit in silence all night watching movies, occasionally chatting to people, tho MMO becomes your outlet, the big wars become your "nights out", the random roams into enemy territories or the gate camps become your "going round and chilling at a friends house".
>They are, but it was a lot better than being the guy going out to a bar every night, or sitting alone.
I never thought about it that way, but it does make sense. I've never been an MMO guy, but when I've played multiplayer games with strangers it's been more because it tends to be a better experience than playing against the computer with the games I'm usually into. I've never lived alone, so for me games are just more of a way to unwind by getting away from other people if anything. I get a bit self-conscious even playing games with other people if I don't know them and prefer not to interact with them outside of games. You seem to have a healthier disposition than I do, whereas I'm not sure I could get anything out of that experience. It's good that you aren't one of those people who feel like they wasted a chunk of their life over one of their pastimes and looks back in regret over it.

>>463
>It's good that you aren't one of those people who feel like they wasted a chunk of their life over one of their pastimes and looks back in regret over it.
Quite the opposite, actually.
Because I was away from my hometown, I didn't get into the late teens/early twenties drinking every weekend thing, or after work, going out on friday night, spending all my cash on alcohol and cocaine, doing the same on Saturday and feeling like shit on Sunday.
I missed out on all of that, and only did it on the very few weekends i'd be back to meet up with friends for occasions such as birthdays or weddings.
My career was my outlet, I ended up doing petrochemical demolitions, enjoyed my work and kept me active, and my only "spending" came when i'd either buy myself junkfood or a new TV.
in no way was I spending hundreds a night, so i accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the years
It also got me talking to people i'd never have spoken to before, people from different countries, and not typing to them, talking, having a laugh with them, and again, meeting them when I went abroad for fanfest or when i'd be doing a job in their country.
it's kind of ironic that due to me being "stuck in my house" away from people I grew up with, i became more sociable than most of my old friends were, because they essentially kept themselves to their very closed little community of schoolfriends.

>>462
>looking for something that wasnt a chat room or a chan
They really can be quite cold. Only communicating with text and images. Often not trusting each other, not telling much about oneself. Still, for some it's all they have.

>>463
According to my knowledge MMOs and online games in general ceased to be like that since 10 - 15 years. If some are still like that, then I don't know them.

>>458
>Vidya games in general have become more of a side hobby for me at this point, whereas when I was a kid they were an obsession for me.
I was absolutely addicted to them as a kid and a teen, now it has also slowed down a lot. One thing surely is work, the other having a houshold. Both eat a lot of time and tire me out. On the other han d it's also that they are quite different to what they used to be. Some new hooby/interest wouldn't hurt me though. To this day when I have nothing to do, I turn to games. When I am unemployed or have holidays it still amounts to a lot of time spent on them,

Spelunky 2. It's so frustrating but so much fun.

>>462
Thanks for articulating that the way you did. Mmos for me were very similar and I really miss having what is effectively a group of strangers who care about my existence from a distance. I haven't played mmos in almost a decade but I still crave logging in and seeing "wb" in the chat.

I play a lot of different games, mostly roguelikes. But one constant has always been Infra Arcana. Because it's less "big" than stuff like Caves of Qud and ADOM. So it's a good game to play on breaks

My main game is Destiny 2 despite my mixed feelings about its' current state. I need to finish my second run of Persona 5 and I have Ghost of Tsushima on deck after that.

My main game is "No greater glory, the american civil war".
I have been playing the game for years but never managed to beat it, i hate it at this point but i can't stop because i really want to win it but the computer seems to cheat every time you are supposed to win a battle.

>>486
Tried Helldivers 2 again and it's actually enjoyable when you can actually get in game and it doesn't crash every 10 minutes lol

>>354
Yeah I get angry at Overwatch about 2 times a week with friends. Currently sitting at 1900 hours in that game, longest one in my life. Recently did some comp games and got mad at that because I suck but I also dislike one of the friend's playing because his skill is really lacking and I can't be a dick and tell him to play better so I just seethe in silence.

I do have fun with the game for sure but I'm just naturally competitive and losing close games or not being able to do anything makes me very mad.

My main game has changed a lot over the years that's for sure. Can't remember before 2004 (but was probably current Pokémon)

>2004-07: Halo 2 (just the single player though)
>2007-08: Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (I'd raise Chao constantly)
>2009-10: Halo 3 (First time I played a multiplayer game online and loved it)
>2011: Halo Reach (same as above)
>2012-2013: Modern Warfare 2 (secondary friends loved to play this all the time so I'd join, had tons of fun with it)
>2014-15: Left 4 Dead 2 (Used to play on Russian 24 player servers on Expert. Got 1000+ hours out of it and loved it but fell off soon after)
>2015-16: Team Fortress 2 (Internet friend joined me on L4D2 once so I returned the favour and loved it. Played a lot until MyM ruined it)
>2016-19: Overwatch (Same internet friend got this so I joined him playing it. Consumed my life for a long ass time and I was never good)
>2020-22: Dead By Daylight (SAME internet friend started to play this a bunch so I joined him and got into it wayyyy more then he did.)
>2022-24: Overwatch (irl friends wanted something to do and I suggested this since a few of us owned it, all we play now pretty much)

I also put a lot of time into God Hand, Pokémon Sapphire and Monster Hunter World

>>497
I played a bit of Overwatch 2 when it came out but 5v5 is just awful. Blizzard has mismanaged that game so hard that I can't even think about it without feeling a mix of anger and sadness. I don't think I'll ever actually play it again, especially with Marvel Rivals coming down the line.

>>354
unironically heroes of the storm

>>354
For me, it's Troubleshooter.
A korean indie TRPG with an incredibly varied gameplay system, cute girls and cool headhunters.
Going to reach 700 hours playtime soon.

duck game, used to play it alot with friends

>>354
Hearts of Iron 4, I can't stop man. The base game is boring and nonsensical but the mods have a hold on me.

Notepad++. It's really fun.

I always come back to daggerfall for cozy vibes, spooks, and roleplay. I don't play a lot of PC games in the style or influence of ttrpgs and always come to that game for the itch. Of course I only do unity these days but I would play dos for a few years.

L4D2 , can't get enough of the retro feel it provides. Source engine games will always have a special place in my heart.

cant get enough of project diva, specifically f2nd

GTASA, it's the perfect balance between realistic and cartoony, couldn't get into IV and V because they were too realistic.

>>354
L4D2 has always been my main obsession. Recently getting back into Project Diva after not touching it in years though.

for me it's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It's too fun.

Yeah, Pokemon. I have 7 DS which I play at the same time to shiny hunt.

for a long time i was addicted to League of Legends. genuinely would play for 12 hours a day easy. now that i don't really play it as much i don't have the same drive to play other games which is kinda sad…

I have a lot of different games I go through. For a time, it was Demoncrawl (roguelite Minesweeper), then it was Bloons for a bit, but underneath it all I think it has to be Kingdom Hearts. The franchise. I play through pretty much all the games (even CoM, even Days) once or twice a year on and off.
Just recently purchased them on Steam and it's my first time 100% a few of them for the achievements. The later stages of KH2's gummis are really cool conceptually but that "superboss" sucks, thank goodness for the Donut Ship.

I have no way of measuring it but I put a crazy amount of time into playing Metal Gear Online that came with MGS4. When fans put the servers back up after its official closure it just wasn't the same. I never was particularly good at it and between people cheating and people who just got crazy good at the game it was hard to enjoy. That and people started putting restrictions on games and would kick you if you didn't obey. MGO is by far my most played online game though.

For single player games I've played Stalker SoC, Call of Pripyat, and mods for those two games a lot. Never got into Clear Sky really though and haven't been interested in Stalker 2.

>>1268
I somehow never heard that Kingdom Hearts got a PC release. I was big on that as a kid too. I got 1, CoM, and 2 on release but never really continued. The second game had a teaser for KH3 at the end, and I was excited for a while, but then they started focusing on the mobile games for a while and I just lost interest over the years. I'm sure KH3 at this point has no resemblance to the teaser in KH2.

I might try out the PC versions though and see if I'll still enjoy the games.

Weird tangent too but thinking of the Gummi ships in KH reminded me of raising chaos in Sonic Adventure 2. I spent a lot of time on that too.

The autistic glee I get from blobbing out and map painting in Europa Universalis IV never seems to get old

>>354
I've been playing mostly Mabinogi for around 4 years now. It's truly a treasure of a game. I love the community, the game, and on occasion the devs.

>>354
Factorio. It tickles my autism in a good way, but I haven't played in a while. Haven't played many singleplayer games lately.
I've been trying to get back into star citizen and play with a friend who logs in almost religiously, but I need to relearn the controls and it's quite a bit JANK still.

>>1270
It really was the era of games when you could ignore the main plot and play this whole second game slotted inside for no real reason other than 'the devs felt like it'. I get you, man. I loved that kind of stuff, too.

Ive been playing generals zero hour for well over two decades now, my favorite mod being contra. Rise of the reds is garbage though could never get into it.

Apart from that, ive been playing skyrim eversince launch, i dont really do anything in the game, i just walk around,camp,hunt and chill at a spot while i eat dinner.I mainly use it to unwind after work.

Also i play warcraft 3's campaigns one every 3 months,just for nostalgia.

>>354
Victoria II is my go-to game for when I'm bored and want to fuck around for an hour. Other than that, I got into SF3 3rd Strike a while ago and it's filled a similar role.

>>1273
mfw i will never be a tiny asian woman that can fit into a barrel and use it as a bath tub ;_;

I play a lot of Doom wads, especially total conversions. It's legitimately hard to get bored of Doom and all its possibilities. I also love other boomershooters like Blood and I revisit Postal 2 a lot. Other than that you can have endless fun with roguelikes like Shadow of the Wyrm and ADOM.