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

Tony hawk pro skater 2, played it often when it first came out and hearing about the 3/4 remake coming out soon reminded me of the games and it's been decades, I wanted to see if it holds up. It's showing some age in the fighter combo style tricks and arcade style levels, but the soundtrack is still good, and progression with unlocking stats and levels through goals is fun and wanting to beat a goal after failing a couple times keeps me coming back.

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Antimatter Dimensions. Free, I have 1,000+ hours. Incremental/idle game though.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Heh. How is that a game? I ran it for a couple days. There wasn't a whole lot going on.
But I have a similar pursuit. I have 396 (56%) achievements in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.
Most of it is offline time, of course, but it says I've played 6,323 hours.

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

To me, it's a game. I get some people might not think so because the game is all menus and numbers, with minimal other graphics (not counting achievement backgrounds). But for me, it's fun. A lot of people like these number go up games where the mechanics are about increasing the numbers fast without much other intermittent gameplay. !incremental_games@incremental.social. It's a whole genre. https://paperpilot.dev/garden/guide-to-incrementals/defining-the-genre/ might have some discussion on whether it's a game or not, I forget, but it sure is a nice read about incrementals.

Also, there's more, but it does take time to unfold.

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