Many of us only view a game's release in passing, and view it as an "event". Groundhog Smasher came out, it failed, and we don't hear of it again. Additionally, many of us associate "online" games with being "live service" - expecting the developers to announce a new skin, battle pass, game mechanic, or character every other week.

But some online games are just purely enjoyable, or get enough unremarkable patches, or sometimes don't even need a high playercount, to be enjoyed for years after the developers stopped emitting news.

This subject also gets confusing with cross-play games; even if one game has hardly anyone in its Steam playercount, sometimes between Playstation and Xbox there's just enough left to garner a following.

Which games do you play, or know about, that most people would've thought to be completely closed down, or at least had totally forgotten about?

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[–] riquisimo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Metriod Prime: Hunters.

It was the best FPS, arguably the only FPS, on the Nintendo DS. Nintendo has long since shut down their online service for the DS. However, if you go into your WiFi settings you can change your DNS to point to a server that spoofs Nintendo's credentials.

Thanks to this exploit you can play all the original DS games online with a legitimate game, on a legitimate console. There's even a discord for MP:H with a matchmaking channel, clans, and regular tournaments. (The same probably goes for Mario Kart DS)

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

hold up link me the discord, I played the absolute fuck out of this game as a kid. literally built a whole community by shooting friend codes on a wall to add people I'd match against LMAO

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

How many are insta kill "deathalt" cheaters....?