What free2play game are you currently hooked on?

I know older titles are usually the topic in this community but a lot of the popular f2p games are getting pretty old now too, and if you're like me you've been curious about some of them and even pleasantly surprised now and again.

There are many examples like League of Legends, Apex Legends, Raid: Shadow Legends etc and I usually get hooked on one and play it for some months or more. I'm not really trying to get into the "business" side of things, I personally very rarely purchase anything but if you do that's absolutely fine too.

The current ones I play regularly:

  • PC - Enlisted - A WW2 shooter with vehicles like the Battlefield games. Same publisher and game engine as War Thunder and has been in open beta for over 2 years now. Kinda janky still but regularly updated and enjoyable.
  • Android - CUE cards universe everything (I forget exactly lol) - Fun deck builder but very grindy if you don't buy shit. Pretty unique concept for a deck builder what I've come across. Short games too so good for a smoke break or the bus or whatever.

So, what do you play?

Brickardo ,

Warframe ever since 2012!

S_H_K ,

Here doing it since 2019 just reached 900 days last week

HipsterTenZero ,
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hell yeah warframe. I accidentally spent all of my arcane juice on steel path arcanes instead of eidolon arcanes in the sanctum, so I'm taking a break until the despair leaves my body, but I love that game

TimewornTraveler ,

someone shout out the dormizone sublem

i forgot how lol

Daxtron2 ,

Warframe

slazer2au ,

Good old Space Ninjas.

Daxtron2 ,

Its not a perfect game but its a great power fantasy

SolOrion , (edited )

A great power fantasy for the Grineer when I hit Steel Path lmao.

HipsterTenZero ,
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Maan, I remember hitting a WALL when I decided to take on SP earth with just excalibur, a braton, a lato, and a skana as a challenge. That challenge ended definitively when I hit an interception mission.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

Really more space wizards these days, but I do like to sneak around in a spy mission from time to time...

Honzai ,

PC - Path of Exile - This is an ARPG similar to Diablo 2. It has very well defined terms (outside of a few edge cases) that help guide your build creation. Lots of community support. They release a new league with content and updates every 3-4 months. While F2P, stash tabs are a useful purchase if you enjoy it long-term. I've been playing since 1.0 (over 10 years ago now)

Android - Idle Obelisk Miner - There is some initial manual mining, but then you'll unlock drones and bombs for mining. It's better as a screen-on idler, but can be played screen off, but much slower. In terms of an idler, I feel the pacing is done very well. (30 days of play time in game as of now)

Mini_Moonpie ,

Warframe and Lotro are terminal illnesses for me. I'm never done playing them. It's an endless cycle of dressing up a hobbit in Middle Earth or dressing up a Warframe in space.

Amir ,
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Predecessor is the best MOBA I've ever played, and it's not even out of early access yet. Right now just grinding Brawl because it's braindead action but the normal gamemode is also good.

steal_your_face ,
@steal_your_face@lemmy.ml avatar

Does wordle count?

SolOrion ,

Warframe and Warthunder. Lot of war happening, now that I think about it.

I'm starting to get a bit burnt out on Warthunder, though.

steal_your_face ,
@steal_your_face@lemmy.ml avatar

Is warframe fun?

SolOrion , (edited )

I think, so yeah. Warframe tends to polarize people- a lot of the time people either enjoy it a lot or hate it a lot and it just depends on your preferences. I think it's because of how grindy it is while it simultaneously has a very ridiculous amount of depth. That's a downside to a lot of people, but it's kinda entirely why I play the game.

The most important thing I can suggest is that when you have questions, ask someone. Either a friend that's knowledgeable, youtube, or hell just ask in Q&A chat. Don't just try to figure it out- that's probably not going to end well. The new player experience is miles better than when I started, but it's still kinda rocky. Things aren't explained incredibly well.

If you try it and end up having questions feel free to toss me a DM- I'm happy to help a new player out however I can.

PlzGivHugs ,

Currently two:

War Thunder - It has so many issues from the grind, to unadressed design issues (IE 10kg HE shells doing no damage on a direct hit), to balance issues including p2w vehicles. That said, under all the shit, theres a solid foundation, and no other game comes close to replicating it.

Super Auto Pets - Its an autobattler streamlined to the point where its the perfect casual game when I don't feel like anything else. It also doesn't have any of the normal f2p traps, and is monitized purely on cosmetics that can also be earned for free.

Edit: I guess Dota 2 counts too. I put a ton of time into that. I'm not a particularly good player, but its one of the best team-based games out there, so I enjoy playing it with friends.

Elevator7009 ,

Any time anyone ever says War Thunder all I can think of is people leaking military information on the game forums.

May or may not come back and edit with more links for the other times

SolOrion ,

There was another one a few days ago, too, from what I heard.

murmelade OP ,

Hey Super Auto Pets was pretty neat actually.

ECB ,

Recently got back into Dota 2. It's still incredibly good!

Crashumbc ,

World of Tanks was the last I was hooked on but burnt out and haven't played it in forever.

SolOrion ,

I never could get into World of Tanks. It always seemed interesting but didn't grab me.

I gotta get back into World Of Warships tho that game is neat.

Crashumbc ,

I much preferred the older versions of WoT them the current version which is more arcade first person shooter like.

I've played a bunch of warships also.

Resol ,
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I don't remember when Alto's Odyssey became free to play on Android, but it's honestly such an amazing game. Its prequel is pretty nice too, but I like this one better.

I used to be addicted to Super Starfish too. I'm even pretty close to completing it, but just never had my chance to do so because... reasons. I would love to see this game on the Nintendo DS.

I played the original Sonic trilogy. It was fine, I guess.

The Dadish series was super annoying and very infuriating despite looking like something a child could complete in one sitting.

Bean Dreams was absolutely phenomenal, though. I loved every second of it. Why on earth did they have to take it down from app stores???

I played Okay. It was okay.

Bart Bonte's "color" series of games are also pretty fun to play through. You actually can finish all of them in one sitting if you're brainy enough to do so. I did. "Black" was my favorite, since you get a glimpse of the Belgian flag at the end (Bart is Belgian after all).

I even played Goat Simulator on mobile (not the sequel, the original). For some reason I enjoyed that one the most despite how very obviously limited the mobile version is.

Conclusion: I like very niche categories of mobile games.

JustAnotherRando ,

Bart Bonte's games are really satisfying. The only one I didn't personally care for as much is Sugar Game, but all of the colors are fun little puzzle games.

Resol ,
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I especially remember playing the Flash version of Sugar Game a while back, it was my earliest memory of that guy. But yeah, that game specifically wasn't my favorite, but it was still pretty nice especially with the calm soundtrack that plays in the levels.

aregularbeaneater ,

Rocket League!

JadenSmith ,

I'm glad I still have this on my Steam account, from before the buyout from Epic.

iegod ,

Game Of The Year 9 years running.

caut_R ,

DISCLAIMER: The following is a subjective opinion, your mileage may vary

Wuthering Waves hit me blindsided. I went in with low expectations since Tower of Fantasy was so incompetently made (just IMO, no offense), but this game is easily a top 5 anime action RPG from what I‘ve played among the likes of Ni no Kuni II, Code Vein, and Genshin.

The combat has more skill expression (perfect dodges, counterattacks to break the enemy) than Genshin, and the story is more mature (human sacrifices for example), both of which I welcome. It has barely launched, has technical issues (stutters a plenty, no inverted camera option, etc.), and other things I could nag about (dudes too edgy, girls too uninspired), but the animations, graphics, and story presentation are surprisingly good and top notch as far as gachas go. I enjoy the story more than Genshin‘s too.

I recommend to give it a shot. In its current state it‘s already super fun even with its shortcomings. If this was a singleplayer game on Steam, I‘d buy it for 40 bucks, it‘s that good lol

crossmr ,

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830720/FreeInfantry/

Free Infantry. I wouldn't say I'm hooked, but it would be great if this really took off again. Was a great game back in the day. I've completely forgotten how to play it or do anything and mostly fumble around.

Ashtear ,
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Honkai Star Rail just passed the one-year mark and I'm massively impressed with it. I don't often play games on mobile and this is only the second gacha I've put significant time into (the first being Final Fantasy Record Keeper). I honestly didn't know my four year old, not-flagship phone could run something like this. I guess there's a reason Hoyo has enough money to buy a small country.

The battle system is crazy good. Turn based without rounds is my favorite RPG battle system, and this might be the best version of it I've seen. The presentation's great. The story and the writing is a little weird.

I wish it didn't throw a million currencies and play modes at me, but I guess that's the genre (or just F2P in general these days). Looking forward to when I can sort all that stuff out in my head so I'm not wasting time on it when I get a chance to open it.

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