I’m a huge single player Final Fantasy fan, and while this game is highly regarded by people who play it, I regretted making a purchase on it.

If you are a fan of MMORPGs and want a Final Fantasy skin on yours, great this is probably for you. but as someone who hadn’t touched the genre since it was a novelty, I loathed playing this game. It feels more like a chore than a modern Final Fantasy entry. The story is so chopped up, my immersion is broken by the limitations of an MMORPG, that I couldn’t follow the supposedly great writing. The best part of the game for me was the fashion, social, and customization, but the cool stuff requires IAPs. The players who pay get an avatar to call their own, and your trial and base subscription tier character will be a clone of those wearing the common gear for that level of progress.

I would recommend not investing time in this game.

It is just bad Photoshop.

If we could just harness the raw power of the fiery ball of hatred people have towards AI without any provocation, we could probably power those data centers no prob!

When you accidentally bump into someone you say “watch where ya walkin’!”

I chock this one up to generational prejudice. Both are useful computers that can accomplish essentially the same thing.

“Phone bad” was already sentiment being pushed before smartphone ecosystems became enshittified.

So many “memes” are cropped like this it’s going the way of putting “no one:” at the top of an image. Just post the image normally ffs.

Months. It took months of my med schedule before I was like “maybe these are working”. My motivation and functioning was like zero still, but I wasn’t depressed anymore.

Then doc put me back on a stimulant and it was so much more drastic an improvement I was frustrated we didn’t do that first.

Oh yeah, I didn’t think RS was very popular before RS2 so I wasn’t aware they made an original RS server later on.

I didn’t finish 4 personally either, but it was my 5th time playing the same themes if the Wii entry is included. Fans of the series claim 4 to be the best plot and say it’s the most fleshed out- the longest of the entries’ stories apparently.

The first game is still my favorite as it was fresh then, it had a lot of QOL at the time that Harvest Moon didn’t yet.

The only unique farming mechanic in the game was that the different dungeons and temples had different climates allowing you to grow crops out of season in them. The dungeons have variety, and contain different creatures, but nothing too complex that it stops being a cozy game.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Concerned Ape took the inspiration of combat in the mine from Rune Factory, Stardew combat is like a simple version of it. (RF having more weapon variety, Magic Spell casting, and Monster taming. The lite fantasy RPG elements are what made me stick around).

The first one has a much simpler story, I think you should try it out, but the second entry lets you play as your child that you have with your spouse which is refreshing once you’re that far in the game. So that might be up your alley too!

Vintage gaming?? Runescape??

I played during the height of it’s Runescape 2 popularity in middle school and I don’t think I’m that antique yet. 😭 Minecraft released while I was a high schooler playing alpha and the kids still like it!! I’m not old!

RuneScape’s age shows more I think because it was entirely playable in a browser window (which came with its limitations). Aside from having a hefty chunk of free content, this is what I credit its success to.

My poor self was happy to be playing anything on the, even at the time, old family PC. A choppy fps low polygon RPG on a java game, because that’s all I could afford, was quite swell after school with my friends online. Anyone could just pull it up on theirs, no DL.

It was accessible and didn’t require a lot of machine power. It’s got a player base today not because it’s a fantastic game, but because there’s a lot of people who are nostalgic for it.

I had an elderly grad school Mammalogy professor who was always thrilled to show us cute fuzzy creatures on a slide show, tell us what was unique, both taxonomically and phylogenetically, about them, and of course if or if not he had gotten a chance to pet them or wanted to still.

I would be thrilled to teach that course with half of the passion he did. Bonus points if it opened doors to work in the field and pet some of those mofos.

If you like Stardew, try out the series Rune Factory. They are very similar games only Rune Factory has a JRPG aesthetic and plot. With some light monster collecting to replace livestock.

God, I wish I were him.

Who be mockin’?

For the same reason the Blahaj is a trans mascot. Trans people said so. No real reason, it just happened enough it became a meme and then people took it in all seriousness.

I’m offended and grossed, but I upvoted because that’s about right.

I figure if you were an underage minor and these are two grown ex-legionnaires there would be no grey area on the ethics of it.

Who tf are you that your parents sent you off with two trained men as protection as I’m sure they have expenses also? Lol.

You’re an adult, I guess you can play the baby sitter game to appease your parents, but there’s not really a power dynamic there unless you let there be one.

Miniclip, Newgrounds, and similar felt more like mini games.

For free and in browser with some actual progression, I can think of RuneScape and those Artix Adventure Quest series games. I played both, but Runescape definitely felt like more of a complete game with 3D models and all.

God, I had forgotten how bad those Artix games were til I remembered them just now.

Runescape also was a free game at a time when those weren’t really common. I honestly can’t think of any others with the scope of RS.

Not only was it free, it ran entirely in a browser window.

That’s how it managed to build its player base, and it coasts on that nostalgia to this day.