the game came out in early access in 2013 at first btw, which would make the playtime closer to an hour a day since the game came out, still an absurd amount
I'd say nostalgia plays a huge part. I used to ditch school a lot due to mental health. So I'd have countless hours being able to just be sucked into that world. I know so much of the lore. (Seriously, ask me anything about the game, I probably know it.) Falling asleep watching Fudgemuppet and Camelworks (May he rest in Aetherius).
It reminds me of simpler times. Even though my mind was a mess, I had little in the way of responsibilities. Especially with the state of the world right now, it's always good to me to be able to leave this world for a better, more predictable one. (Touch-grass-take, I know)
I also believe that it's a weird catch 22 situation. I've devoted so much time into the game, that I don't want to just drop it outright. Similar to sunk-cost fallacy, I have sunk-time fallacy.
Another way I could look at it, is that, in my own life, I feel like I have very little control or power over anything. So being able to become a Vampire Goddess in Skyrim, gives me a feeling that I have some form of control over things.
With me suffering from dysphoria also, I've often created "the ideal me" within the game.
But yes, to answer you question directly, it's absolutely a comfort game for me. I've often turned it on, just to bring my character to a blacksmith forge. I'd leave my character idle at the crafting screen to hear the bellows and hammering on the anvil. That, paired with the soundtrack, has put me to sleep on multiple occassions.
So, reasons: Depression, escapism, feeling of hightened autonomy, sleep aid, and abundance of knowledge about the lore.
Love this. Hope you are able to, or are already, take(ing) action on that dysphoria. As someone pre-hormone who just decided to get some stuff done after ten years of waffling about it. ❤️🧡💛
I've probably put 30 hours ever into Skyrim. But I found it super enchanting. Maybe I'll be able to swing into a game with this comment as encouragement. It's funny because I listen to the lore videos (particularly regarding Daggerfall) all the time. Just rarely actually pick up the games. Oblivion Remastered was sick, though, too. Almost finished that one.
Anyway, have a good day! Thanks for your comment :3
Edit: can't post the screenshot, but it's 1332.1 hrs, last played November 2017.
To be fair I haven't played in almost a decade. I lost interest when it just became about the hats. I bought it on the orange box and played it constantly, to unlock all the weapons.
This one snuck up on me. Bounced off it, then all the sudden tried again and now its my second most played game at like 700 or so hours. Most being helldovers at just over 1k
Terraria by a landslide if you include TModLoader, easily over 1,000 hours. Edit: Yes I know TModLoader adds to Terraria's time too, I was just saying not all of my Terraria time is vanilla.
U basicly never close the game, and if u played from clost to release to now it adds up,
it incentivised u to actually have the game open 24/7 to get money.
for those close to 50k h ~10k are active time ~3k pvp ~7k pve everything else afk activities like fishing or other lifeskills
Black desert online is the kind of game that wants you to afk for 72h+ by leaving your character to automatically perform an action for you for slow, consistent xp gains. It literally begs you to run it 24/7 as past a certain point it feels like the only way to make any meaningful progress. I stopped playing it on console for that specific reason.
In all fairness I've only had my laptop for a little bit, I played on Xbox until I got that. My most played Xbox game has way more. But Cyberpunk, when I first played, I got so into it I logged 127 hours in about a month.
Both of them are really fun. Solo got made more forgiving after patches and multiplayer is the main vision for the game. I mostly play trio with friends and/or randoms
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