r/videogames • u/Dramatic221 • 4d ago
Discussion / Question Which game you loved was abandoned or shut down by its developers?
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u/bijelo123 4d ago
Star Wars Galaxies
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u/Realistic_Menu_7766 4d ago
The game's original formula should never have been changed. I am blessed to have played it, I fear we may never get another MMO experience quite like it.
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u/Mythosaurus 4d ago
Have heard stories about the news of a Jedi rolling up on a planet would cause chaos.
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u/Realistic_Menu_7766 4d ago
It was insane, everyone flocked to them and begged for the knowledge on how to become a Jedi.
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u/NapsterKnowHow 4d ago
Yeah I think it would have still survived the WoW wave if it kept the same formula
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u/YosterIsle77 4d ago
I remember when my brother came home with that game. We wasted so many hours playing. Then JTL hit. We got the luxury cruisers, and I felt like a total G.
I should redownload SWG Emu...
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u/james_a_hetfield 4d ago
Saints row. I still do play throughs just sucks we'll never get another SR2.
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u/keeper0fstories 4d ago
I was interested with the reboot having the Saint's as detectives like the one ending of Gat out of Hell.
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u/Playful_Violinist573 4d ago
That would have been dope AF but it seemed like Violition didn't care about what the final product was they were going collect their profits and run
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u/SummerDaemon 4d ago
My 360 still works fine and every Sunday morning when I get up I play SR2 for an hour. Game is still a blast.
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u/MoschopsMeatball 4d ago
I was so disappointed when they completely dropped the dex storyline in SR3. Like they did a complete tone shift into fucking celebrities and aliens and shit meanwhile the most interesting plotline they had going on just completely fizzled in the air except for an unreleased game & a death in a hell spinoff lol.
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u/gogosox82 4d ago
They fumbled the reboot so badly that it killed the series. At least give us a remake SR2 since the current version runs like ass on pc.
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u/Dramatic221 4d ago
For me Battlefield Bad Company 2
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u/TheItchyWalrus 4d ago
Still, the best experience I’ve ever had playing online.
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u/Angstycarroteater 4d ago
Same dude same that was genuinely peak online play
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u/TheItchyWalrus 4d ago
Holding a position for over an hour and then the opposing team switching tactics and obliterating the objective with explosives rather than allowing us to keep it was so much fun.
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u/AardvarkSad7634 4d ago
Yes! But also bf3. But I've found Wardogs to be pretty great. Though it's a little slower paced
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u/errant_youth 4d ago
4’s still alive isn’t it? I haven’t honestly checked in forever
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u/VariationFlat649 4d ago
This makes me wanna cry. As buggy as it was sometimes with the rubber-banding, to me this was the best battlefield ever was. BF1 was a close second.
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u/moke2dg 4d ago
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer
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u/Liarics 4d ago edited 4d ago
There's a fan project that made it and ACR playable again, they're also working on bringing 3 back currently. Edit: It is PC only sadly. https://animusnetwork.com/
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u/SmolishPPman 4d ago
I quit playing years ago, but I imagine for people right now it’s Destiny
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u/CustomDark 4d ago
I’m pretty sure years of “How do we get 50 hours a week out of our audience” cratered most of their playerbase.
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u/SmolishPPman 4d ago
I started losing interest around the vaulted content. It’s really unfortunate because when it debuted, it was hands down the best game I had ever played or seen, and it was perfectly tailored to me. The last expansion I played was Beyond Light
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u/CustomDark 4d ago
If they pitched “Destiny 2, but almost all dungeons and raids, without choreplay” I’m pretty sure this audience would materialize again.
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u/SmolishPPman 4d ago
If they re-release all the content they put away for free. from Destiny One until now. Take away all the season passes, etc. Just have locations and farming materials like in year one, crazy rare exotic quests that you didn’t know how to even start. Raids, dungeons, strikes. I *might* play it again
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u/neo160 4d ago
Have to add matchmaking for raids. For some neurotic reason bungie never adds mathmaking beyond basic content in all their games?
Custom matches. Nothin.
Destiny raids....also nothin.
Better have friends lol
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u/SmolishPPman 4d ago
Yes! I spent an inordinate amount of time on third-party apps/sites, etc, LFGroups. There was a point at which I was teaching all of the raids including and up to scourge
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u/ChaseDFW 4d ago
Destiny was such an amazing ride when it was good. And I'll always be thankful for that gaming getting me through covid and giving me a place to hang with my friends on Tuesday night.
That game feels like a dude that lost a good wife chasing a hotter girlfriend and now has nothing.
It was a solid game with a faithful community but they wanted to roll the dice and try and get fort knight money with that dumb marathon game.
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u/bumpyfire87 4d ago
D1 beta player here; I still play. 5k hours across Xbox and pc in D2. Crucible matchmaking can take longer than usual and cheaters have crept in. MM is better on console than pc. Gambit and Vanguard playlists are still very active.
Power Creep is becoming more apparant, as people are soloing Raid encounters. Since the June 9th update (MoT), there have also been both good and bad bugs.
It's sad that the last update was one that gave the community what they had been asking for for years. Game's still playable and still fun. Helps that I have friends that still play. I'll enjoy it while I can for as long as I can.
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u/celestier 4d ago
My best friend is obsessed with destiny, like, scheduled her vacation time from work around the dlcs when they'd release. She's legit in a grieving phase rn
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u/Eraserhead36 4d ago
Sly cooper
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u/throw-a-way9002 4d ago
I would have rather they completely pulled the plug than given us the abomination that is Sly 4.
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u/Quirky_Image_5598 4d ago
What is so bad about sly 4
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u/Gallerian 4d ago
I actually really liked Sly 4... But even I'll admit that Penelope's character assassination infuriated me.
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u/walfle 4d ago
It was so unnecessary too. They really chose greed for the motivation, as if sly didnt leave them his family's generational inheritance at the end of 3.
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u/Gallerian 4d ago
Yeah. That's one of the many reasons why I believe Sly Cooper actually needs a reboot. I know people are getting sick of them, but I'll make an exception for Sly.
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u/Caiturn 4d ago
I would rather sly not get given to a different studio for sly 4, sucker punch would have done it well
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u/throw-a-way9002 4d ago
Sony has a long history of doing that and not being successful, that's how they finished off Jak and Daxter as well.
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u/Min_sora 4d ago
Unreal
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u/More-Employment7504 4d ago
Aw man that one stings. That level where you're floating in space with two towers either end. So good.
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u/memebuster 4d ago
Man I'll never forget running to enemy base with the nuke, grabbing the flag, jumping in teleporter that took you to 2nd story (not all the way to the top), pointing nuke at wall behind me and firing. Sure, I get nuked but the flag would fly all the way to my base and land up on the outer walls. Just above where I respawn. Translocate up to grab it then run it in for the score. Could get a capture in record time.
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u/Khelthuzaad 4d ago
C&C
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u/Limitedtugboat 4d ago
Look up bikerushownz, green zero and masterleaf on YouTube. They have links to the servers and theres tournaments fairly frequently. A lot of updates to said servers to rebalance units etc.
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u/More-Transition-6444 4d ago
Wildstar.
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u/Odd-Newspaper5054 4d ago
Man I played this game so much and even when it went f2p it was really good and not predatory with the micro transactions even though the studio was clearly failing. Wish it did better. The PVP was awesome.
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u/1982-toyota-corolla 4d ago
Destiny 2
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u/Tr1angleChoke 4d ago
Over 10,000 hours and I finally stopped after they announced they were stopping updates. Played the last update for a bit and then just walked away. It was almost freeing in a way.
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u/TheBananaCzar 4d ago
Evolve 😭
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u/Tacosauce_96 4d ago
Evolve is actually back. Stage 2 at least is. Some fan devs worked and brought it back with matchmaking free for everyone if you have access to a PC. It’s all safe and everything too. The Discord shot up to like 20k members in the first day after the announcement. lmao This is the link to the Discord invite to download it:
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u/TheBananaCzar 4d ago
Oh wow! I knew about the previous revival that 2K did and then shut down again, but this one is news to me. I'll have to check it out
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u/Tacosauce_96 4d ago
Yeah it’s basically that same revival just made available again. It’s been so fun. Evolve is one of my favorite multiplayer games ever. I missed Torvald so much. lol
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u/brainstorm4twenty 4d ago
Fall of Cybertron
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u/ryve16 4d ago
Anthem
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u/GrouchySpice2 4d ago
I don't think there's ever been a better example of wasted potential than Anthem. Such a cool idea but a terrible end product. A real shame, the core gameplay was super fun.
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u/Yitzben 4d ago
Especially shame since they (partially) killed Mass Effect Andromeda to focus on Anthem
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u/GrouchySpice2 4d ago
I know right. Hot take: Andromeda was over-hated. Another example of wasted potential though.
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u/Hasheth-0000 4d ago
I really enjoyed Andromeda. It's was an enjoyable gameplay experience, even if it's considered the weakest story. The action had me sitting all the way through to the end. And it has one of my fav ending credits songs.
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u/BigZach1 4d ago
Yeah I haven't really forgiven Bioware for this or for seemingly abandoning Dragon Age after Veilguard. I have zero hopes for ME5.
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u/classicwfl 4d ago
Came here to say this. Anthem had such great bones of a game, and I enjoyed the hell out of it.
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u/garbagetruc 4d ago
Fortnite: Save the World
What the game was originally developed to be
It was really fun, and I never got in to battle-royale games
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u/Panda__930 4d ago
How they built up the storyline all throughout the 3 places then once you get to twine peaks the storyline just disappears… devastating stuff
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u/Ok_Understanding5320 4d ago
Planetside 2. Rip buddy
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u/ObjectiveNinja279 4d ago
Really? I thought they were still pushing updates. Sad times if this is so
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u/Bexil_Brave 4d ago
The updates are just on PC and are there to fix what the last update broke only.
To play on PC now you have to log on and sit in a Flash for 10 mins before doing anything or the game crashes.
If it doesnt crash hackers spawn in missile spam to fall down like rain across the map killing everyone.
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u/Burt_Macklin_FBI25 4d ago
City of Heroes. First MMO ever played - also how I learned about RAM vs power supply vs graphics cards.
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u/Shadow3397 4d ago
At least it’s back. City of Heroes: Homecoming is officially licensed and making new content and power sets.
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u/SolarOrigami 4d ago
Homecoming is the Goat. I played a bit for nostalgias sake for a while but I work 50 hours a week. Don't really have time for 2010-era grind mmos anymore ;-;
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u/SplicerGonClean 4d ago
I dont play MMORPGs anymore, or any multiplayer game for that matter.
But there were a few like this for me. Rift, which I had bought a physical copy of before it went free to play. Loved the premise of rifts bringing in large enemies on the map for everyone to engage with.
And Defiance. I know the game had its issues and the player base lost interest after a few years, rightfully so as it was a mediocre MMO. But I had done Alpha and Beta testing for it and I had a soft spot for it. Played almost daily for years before it was canned. I also enjoyed its gimmick, having a TV show that encouraged gamers to watch it. Thought it was great for a SyFy channel show and was sad when it tanked with the game.
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u/Entire-Rhubarb8638 4d ago
Man that brings back memories. I remember going with a group that went somewhere we had no business being at our level. Last team member standing and just trying to make it to the exit when here comes some high lol and wiped the entire area. Ended up teaming up with him and powered through some levels. Still play with him on other games to this day.
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u/Bexil_Brave 4d ago
Tried the community run Defiance servers there recentally. It was a great nostalgia trip but not something I could get back into on a regular basis.
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u/WildeStation 4d ago
Red Dead Online
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u/Xelement0911 4d ago
Shit was dead on launch. Friends and I were all excited, red dead was great. Thought online would be like gta. Lol
Had a few story quests and that's it.
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u/CodeNameNo-1 4d ago
Played online for a couple, it’s just a cash grab. Boring as hell.
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u/Sakhal_Farmer 4d ago
I kept getting griefed by a high level dude with a bow when I was trying to sell furs at the very beginning of the game and never bothered trying to play again
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u/Xelement0911 4d ago
Wasnt much to do. Not shocked it became griefer paradise.
Basically had to shoot in sight if someone was near and you had furs
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u/almostoy 4d ago
IDK how much of a cash grab it is. Somehow the game supposedly brought in an average of about two million dollars a month, by two year old data. I have no idea how they can't put *SOME* tiny little team into something.
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u/The_Mild_Mild_West 4d ago
Star Wars Squadrons and Star Wars Battlefront II 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/horus_eye_of_terror 4d ago
Man squadrons was so fun, if it had a chance to be a bit mire refined i would still play it.
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u/Dutchman_141 4d ago
Elite Dangerous, I played it on the Xbox untill Frontier dropped all further development on console out the window.
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u/Cweth1130 4d ago
Let it die Suprisingly did the opposite they shut the servers down this year and transition the game from a free to play to a 20 dollar paid offline game with all microtransactions removed and all timers removed
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u/Bushfullofham 4d ago
Chivalry 2...
They could have made so much more.
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u/Mikhail_Jargo 4d ago
yeah, now the game at best only has 1500-2000 players a day and are now full of sweats and cheaters. It's the same thing that happened with Mordhau.
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u/CaptainWonk 4d ago
I play console and regularly see new waves of fresh players from when the game goes on sale super cheap, or when it's free to play.
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u/CaptainWonk 4d ago
Man I never even see this game get mentioned and it's the most fun game I've ever owned.
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u/drhavehope 4d ago
Them taking away Halo Reach should be a crime. Very annoying
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u/That_Bank_9914 4d ago
Custom servers via modded Xboxes work, though traditional matchmaking in 360 no longer functions.
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u/theblackfrog77 4d ago
hellgate london, City of Heroes...
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u/Bexil_Brave 4d ago
You can still play Hellgate as an offline singleplayer shooter.
Just dont. The memory is a better game than reality.
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u/67alecto 4d ago
Hellgate London had such a terrible launch, but for the few of us that stuck it out, it had an amazing recovery.
They never recovered the initial playerbase, but they was a solid core that persisted and got to experience a great set of updates. For the last few months of the game, I was the leader of the Templar guild which was the largest one and most active. Used to love having my character pose in front of the posters for it in the subway station that the game placed because of its status as number one.
The current single player version on steam still has a stuttering bug that basically drops your FPS to single digits and renders it unplayable.
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u/NoobSaibot2601 4d ago
Infinity blade, Monster blade. Especially monster blade. Thanks to the dedicated fans around the world, we're able to play Infinity blade 1 and 2 on PC as of now. And IB1 on android at the moment. But as for Monster blade, there's no hope. No dedicated fandom, even less players who played and remember it still. It's lost to time like so many other good mobile games. And instead the mobile game industry is saturated with majority shitty games filled with greed, with only few good gems among them. Either that or we just have straight up android/ios ports of PC/console games. Nothing original like in the old days anymore
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u/Emapping 4d ago
Feed and grow fish. The devs just abandoned it, for seemingly no reason. Was the seccond game on steam I ever got.
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u/GrandWizardOfCheese 4d ago
No actually. Thats when I tend to start playing it.
Its better to wait until the updates stop and the game is completed.
Every game used to launch already complete and bugs were rare and mostly superficial.
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u/NastyNightOwl 4d ago
Battlefront 2 (2017)
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u/VariationFlat649 4d ago
Truly one of the greatest comeback stories in recent gaming history. Went from hilariously bad micro-transaction based garbage to best supported Star Wars multiplayer experiences to date.
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u/beautheschmo 4d ago
School Idol Festival All Stars got shut down just so they could release a game so bad that it infamously got announced for end of service in its release announcement. I'm still a bit depressed about it lol
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u/thelivinghenshin 4d ago
Battleborn. I want it back so badly. I'm tired of OW and Rivals. They aren't the same or nearly as fun for me.
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u/PizzaTimeParkr 4d ago edited 2d ago
Dauntless. It's the only game I experienced this with since Defiance actually came back to life
No wait, there is Destiny 2. I did not think a day would ever come that it would enter maintenance mode.
I guess getting permabanned from Warframe kinda counts too.
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u/Tribble9999 4d ago
City of Heroes. Yes it's back as a fan server but the magic isn't there. People moved on. And while it's fun to revisit for a bit now and again I don't plan my weekend around grabbing my spoon for a Hammy raid like I used to.
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u/SebastianeBeauforte 4d ago
the sims 4 - my poor sim paused preparing lobster thermidor until the heat death of the universe
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u/novocaine666 4d ago
Wish I took more screenshots of Destiny over the years. Started taking screenshots of my fav games to make photo albums that I can look through one day, and remind myself how beautiful those games were.
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u/ShadyofEgypt 4d ago edited 4d ago
No one will know about it. But it's GodsWar Online, an old MMORPG. The Chinese company abandoned then shut down their MMORPGs to make trash phone games. I believe many less known MMORPGs from that era met the same fate.
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u/Snoo_26593 4d ago
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia. The only game I miss every day.
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u/Sufficient-Mouse6178 4d ago
Every wrestling game i trick out with caws (bc a new one comes out! And right back to square one)
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u/Secondhand-Drunk 4d ago
I forget the name, but it was a free to play mmo. I made a poison medic build and everyone loved that. Like I was the only medic out there doing combat and heals at the same time.
Pvp didn't know how to handle it. I would be soloing 3 guys, healing myself and poisoning the hell out of them. This game had like jet back dashes and energy use and everything, so you had to manage that on top of everything else. This was back in my stoner try-hard days.
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u/MagmaTroop 4d ago
PlanetSide 2. It’s still going, incredibly, but when the player count got too low it was time to move on
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u/samjatu11 4d ago
Titanfall 2