Your game of the decade (2010-2019)

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vivster said:

John2290 said:

How in the holy name of hell can you play 4000 hours of Rocket league. I thought 2500 hours of FF14 was insane and a good third of that is AFK time as it's an MMO and in four years playing that game took a toll on my mind. I can't imagine 4 years of rocket league at double that pace, has your brain not turned to mash potato?

Rocket League is a very cathartic game. I put it on whenever I need to have something to do with my hands but don't want to think much. So I put on music or my everlasting youtube queue and play away. I should mention that about half of those 4000h I played alone either in training or against bots.

I love playing with friends casually or fully concentrated in ranked. I like the thousands of customization items and since they introduced the Rocket Pass I'm compelled to play even more. I'm also very much engrossed in the esports side.

Rocket League basically completes my person. It gives me friendly social interaction without pressure, childish delight when getting new items, catharsis when just trying to relax and heart pumping entertainment when watching high level sports. At this point the game has become an integral part of my life and it's great because it is so simple, yet so fulfilling.

note: While I'm writing this comment I'm ingame in training with my watermelon themed car and I'm having the time of my life.

That's somewhat similar to me and Overwatch. It's my go-to online game and just default diversion if I want to play a game but don't want to get too wrapped up in learning a new game or only want to play for 30 mins or something. I can kick back and relax by playing against bots, play with friends in a more casual setting, mess around with the Arcade Mode options, or buckle down and go full-blown competitive, which is usually a lot more stressful but also more thrilling.

Rocket League is also becoming a sort of secondary default option for online gaming for me, especially when playing with my cousin who doesn't have Overwatch and isn't too keen on it but loves Rocket League. Only problem is I'm still not so great at RL heh.