Reviewed at 42 hours. Played it for another 80 hours (in the past two weeks)
In my mind, their actions speak louder than words, and this game is worth it.
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There are plenty of reasons why someone's account might rack up hours in a game they don't particularly enjoy.
Being driven by a completionist streak, letting someone else play on their machine, needing a distraction from an unhappy life, supporting a friend who wants to play together, being bored of all their other games, leaving the game at a menu screen while they're doing other things... the possibilities are endless.
I won't discount a review for having a high hours count, but I might for being especially rude.
I have one particular game with a shit load of hours in the main menu because I like the soundtrack (N++).
I think my curiosity is complaining about it for 40 hours, then playing it nonstop for two weeks for another 80.
I wonder if they were quick to review and will return with a more insightful opinion?
My steam review for rinworld would say I have some 6000 hours in game, but I've only played maybe 300. I have a habit of leaving games open while I go to bed, or make meals, or go to work. I'll leave a game running for days just so I don't have to launch it again when I want to start. I only put so much stock into playtime because of that.
Just because you don't intellectually like something doesn't mean your brain won't crave it, unfortunately. I've done this with games like league of legends (4 years clean now) and path of exile. Friends have had the same experience with rainbow six siege and destiny 2. It's a common occurrence, and you should listen to reviews like this so you don't end up in the same shitty situation.
Have you played league of legends before? People (myself included) will trash on the game, call it and the community shit in a variety of fun ways, then dump another 500+ hours into it.
This is me playing GTA Online.