nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agoI tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was rightwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down13cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.segames@sh.itjust.worksretrogaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkI tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was rightwww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.segames@sh.itjust.worksretrogaming@lemmy.world
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·16 hours ago8k hours is a lot. That’s like PhD level, into a game I’ve never heard of before now. Sure, It’s trust their input.
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoThose are rookie numbers for strategy games. Competency starts around 1500 hours.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoYup, I’m still a noob in EU4 after nearly 1000 hours. I’ll get the hang of it eventually. 😅
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 hours agoI’ve played osrs some 15000 hours but I suck at it.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThat is over 10 years at 4h a day every single day.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago~7 years, but couple breaks lasting up to half a year or something
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoIsn’t OSR a bit “plodding to success” as you can always grind up your skills?
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoYeah it kinda is, but the skill ceiling in pvp and pvm is massively high. There’s people who can do all the bosses in game eyes closed without hands and then there’s me who can sit clicking that same rock for a year
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoOh yeah I remember the mining clicking 😂 with the stone spontaniously combusting 😋
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoAnd breaking your pickaxe if you didn’t click away lol. Some of the random events were wild lmao
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 hours agoOld School RuneScape (I had to Google it)
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoThank you for the leg work on looking what it is and then replying, thinly remarking that I could have googled it instead ;)
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 minutes agoI wouldn’t feel bad about asking here rather than googling it yourself. I like the engagement, personally.
8k hours is a lot.
That’s like PhD level, into a game I’ve never heard of before now.
Sure, It’s trust their input.
Those are rookie numbers for strategy games.
Competency starts around 1500 hours.
Yup, I’m still a noob in EU4 after nearly 1000 hours. I’ll get the hang of it eventually. 😅
I’ve played osrs some 15000 hours but I suck at it.
That is over 10 years at 4h a day every single day.
~7 years, but couple breaks lasting up to half a year or something
Isn’t OSR a bit “plodding to success” as you can always grind up your skills?
Yeah it kinda is, but the skill ceiling in pvp and pvm is massively high.
There’s people who can do all the bosses in game eyes closed without hands and then there’s me who can sit clicking that same rock for a year
Oh yeah I remember the mining clicking 😂 with the stone spontaniously combusting 😋
And breaking your pickaxe if you didn’t click away lol. Some of the random events were wild lmao
What’s osrs?
Old School RuneScape (I had to Google it)
Thank you for the leg work on looking what it is and then replying, thinly remarking that I could have googled it instead ;)
I wouldn’t feel bad about asking here rather than googling it yourself. I like the engagement, personally.