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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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[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Guild Wars 1 - last month celebrated its 20-years anniversary :) I only started it in 2018, but it's a really solid game!

And both its developer and publisher are committed to keeping it alive as long as they can. It's been mostly automated in 2013, so apparently it costs very little to keep the servers running.