I discovered today that my most played game on Steam is Astronner with about 500 hours, and my second most played is Surviving Mars with about 500 hours.
Mine should be Monster Hunter with roughly 2-3 k hours across the series. But single-game most played hours should be Final Fantasy XIV with a little more than 1.5k hours.
To be honest: Im not proud of any of this. Most of the time was accumulated when I was much younger and I wish I would've had the courage to engage in meaningful encounters with other people instead. Gaming used to be my main escape mechanism, which helped me get through some rough times, but held my personal progress behind by a good margin. A little playing on the side won't hurt though, nowadays.
I can totally see how that did happen! It's at least a pretty social and positive community. Not like I regret the time spent, it's more like that I regret the missed opportunities I had in RL because of my anxieties. I'm so happy that you found your wife in FFXIV, that means you get to spend your lax time with them, which is amazing!
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Mine should be Monster Hunter with roughly 2-3 k hours across the series. But single-game most played hours should be Final Fantasy XIV with a little more than 1.5k hours.
To be honest: Im not proud of any of this. Most of the time was accumulated when I was much younger and I wish I would've had the courage to engage in meaningful encounters with other people instead. Gaming used to be my main escape mechanism, which helped me get through some rough times, but held my personal progress behind by a good margin. A little playing on the side won't hurt though, nowadays.
I'm over 10k hours on FFXIV now... but on the plus side it's where I met my wife and some good friends, so the hours I put in paid off.
I can totally see how that did happen! It's at least a pretty social and positive community. Not like I regret the time spent, it's more like that I regret the missed opportunities I had in RL because of my anxieties. I'm so happy that you found your wife in FFXIV, that means you get to spend your lax time with them, which is amazing!