It's actually pretty fun especially if you're watching something on another screen and just like to grind for items/levels. They have a free demo as well so I'd suggest anyone that finds this concept interesting to try it out!

It's a great idea, sadly the EQ gameplay does not interest me at all, but I'm all in for the idea of fake players in a single player/small coop only "FMMORPG". I'd love it if people tried to do this with every multiplayer game before sunsetting them.

One review I just read on steam said "great if you have dad game hours"

Massively single-player. I like it.

OMG, fuckin sold! LMAO

I feel like it could be a really clever way of making a horror game

I had the exact same thought when I read the premise. One of my favorite indie games of all time.

Respect for the GOG link (gotta reduce Steam's monopoly-like grip on digital games), but... CrossCode, despite its fantastic presentation, wore me down to the point of not finishing it. I feel like the devs ran out of ideas halfway through because **all** of the dungeons involve multiple ricochet-angling puzzles, even all the way to the last one. They just got so tedious and boring that I eventually ended up "finishing" by watching someone else's play-through. It has an interesting plot, but... yeah. Anyway, that was my personal experience.

I have not played either of these, but the premise of a dead post-MMO world, [PAGAN: Autogeny](https://oleandergarden.itch.io/pagan3), seems personally more interesting to me.

Sword Art Offline

I've been playing through the first one. It's definitely a good time.

I'd love to play WoW with this.

You can do basic 5 man content with AI players nowadays.

Thank you. Should be a damn rule you have to link the game in the post

I struggled with it as well. My main problem seemed to be that no matter how many side quests I did, I was still underleveled for most enemy encounters. I did read that upgrading gear is worth more than levels, but it was such a grind to go and find all the materials that I eventually got bored. Shame though, because it's really well made.

That looks like it's probably a great game for someone like 5 years older than me tbh. I think I _just_ missed the nostalgia train necessary for that kind of game

.Hack//Infection did a great job simulating an MMO for its time

What’s this gotta do with fake MMO? The games aren’t even related, they’re different genres.

I picked this up the other day and it’s great! The SimPlayers go on their own little adventures, party together, and fill the chat with nonsense. I had this one guy accuse another of being a bot. It’s really worth trying if you’re into the traditional mmo gameplay (grinding). But without the fuss of dealing with real people and their own schedules that fight against your own. For anybody who wants to try it out, there’s a demo which covers the first area.

But will they play like idiots and then offend my mom when I complain? Otherwise I'm not buying.