Dota Two.. Is that you?
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Think I have something like 16k hours across all my PC games, with EU5 having the most at ~1.7k, I'll never understand how someone can have more than 10k in one game.
Some people are afraid of trying new things. And they also don't mind doing the exact same thing over and over.
So they play repetitive games like Call Of Duty, Rocket League, LoL, Dota, Counter Strike, ... where every match is the same gameplay. And they don't get bored, even after 10k hours.
If they were to play Terraria, they would be the ones mining the entire map as a "challenge"
Idle games/games that have an idling mechanic
I have around 80 hours in fallout 76 and people say thay's too much
My most played games like Terraria are well under 1K. Even this was before I become a parent and started working full-time.
These days if I put more than 50 hours into a game its considered a lot. I just finished the Oblivion Remastered and literally this was the only game I played for many weeks, with a playtime of ~45 hours.
I can't imagine playing something for 10K hours.
I hope the 35k hours playtime was botted
I have much more played time on EverQuest, but I've been playing that game for 26 years, so....
I've left a game open on the main screen, or paused, so many times that my play counters are not remotely trustworthy
I did this with Garry's Mod, writing gamemodes and occasionally testing if it works.
Back before GMod 11 the game startup time was atrocious, so I just kept it running.
But in the end, it was about 5k hours
35000 hours is a lot though. Really a lot if not done on purpose
That’s almost 17 years at a full time job….
That's 4 years or 104 fortnights or 1,458+ poop socks.
To put that much time into something and say you don't like, obviously it capture that person's attention well beyond it's intended shelf life. How can anyone improve on something that captured someone's attention for four fucking years of playtime.
Something something fortnite joke
4 continuous years of 24/7 playtime, it’s important to say
The thing about this meme is those people are either review bombing because "reasons", or they are all masochists, either way I would disregard them as spam and look for better reviews.
Review bombing is when people who did not play the game get influenced to downvote it.
People with thousands of hours don't fall under it.
If a group of people are influenced by whatever, and suddenly write a bunch of negative reviews I would consider that a review bomb if they played 0 hours, or 10k hours. Adding the weird stipulation that it needs to be people that never played it is not a requirement I've ever heard. Now is it more likely that the trolls will be people who haven't played, absolutely, because the low cost (nothing) of doing so while the people that play games are actually gaming.
Review bombing is a coordinated online campaign where a large group of people post a deluge of negative reviews for a product, service, or business, often with the intent to harm its reputation or sales. This tactic is usually employed as a form of protest, coercion, or even just trolling, and is often seen in response to perceived issues with the product or its creators.
- Googles stupid AI
If they typed out an explanation like the game was massively changed for the worse after the vast majority of their game time then they are probably legit. Like if there was suddenly an additional 3rd party login added, or the game became unplayable due to a bug introduced and not fixed, or something along those lines.
Most "reasons" for players with thousands of hours tend to be pretty reasonable in my experience.
What game has so mich playtime until people give it a downvote?
Sometimes its strategy games like city builders and 4Xs that can be addictive without being enjoyable
Usually games as a service, they'll release a large patch or expansion that makes significant, unpopular, changes. So lots of long time fans will review bomb it, in a good way, to show their displeasure.
It's sometimes works too.
I’m pretty sure DOTA has stuff like this.
https://static.deltiasgaming.com/2024/12/dota2-steam-review-1.jpg
That's actually a brilliant review and sums up my feelings on having played League of Legends for several years.
Can confirm. Have 3500 hours, would not recommend
Man the only things I’ve spent thirty-five hundred hours on are shitting, sleeping, working and eating.
People that play 1-2 hours a day for the year for 5-10 years will have 3560 hours by the end of it. Anymore than that and it will be more.
+3k hours is not that hard for games that have been there for a while.
I wonder if I'd prefer DOTA for 8,5 hours daily or working
I'd get bored of it after a week when I have done everything the game has to offer. Unless it was behind grind-fests, then it would be sooner.
From what I've seen it means the game used to be good (or had good potential), then the developers messed things up.
Reminds me of disco elysium, but there not the dev but there publisher messed up...