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Wait, that game is still playable online? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Katana314@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Many of us only view a game's release in passing, and view it as an "event". Groundhog Smasher came out, it failed, and we don't hear of it again. Additionally, many of us associate "online" games with being "live service" - expecting the developers to announce a new skin, battle pass, game mechanic, or character every other week.

But some online games are just purely enjoyable, or get enough unremarkable patches, or sometimes don't even need a high playercount, to be enjoyed for years after the developers stopped emitting news.

This subject also gets confusing with cross-play games; even if one game has hardly anyone in its Steam playercount, sometimes between Playstation and Xbox there's just enough left to garner a following.

Which games do you play, or know about, that most people would've thought to be completely closed down, or at least had totally forgotten about?

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[–] earned_myself_a_gin@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is there any community or a different set of servers to point to? Titanfall 2 was my favorite game before the DDoSes, and when I've periodically checked you can try matchmaking but there's nobody left to play with anymore. Is there a Discord or another set of servers or something?

[–] Bogusmcfakester@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On pc there's a thing called the Northstar client that was pretty active during the ddos times

[–] Varying9125@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just found out about north star and looked into buying TF2, its $30 on steam! wtf I remember seeing it for like $3 before

[–] pedro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

You can get EA keys dirt cheap on the grey market. Alternatively just wait for a sale and it will be a few quid on steam

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

It's been on steep discount often, as recently as May 1st. Just gotta wait for the sale, it'll go on again. https://isthereanydeal.com/game/titanfall-2-ultimate-edition/history/

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm actually not sure, its my kid who plays. He was very excited and playing on xbox. I thought it was cool and unexpected but I guess maybe it died back down again.