https://store.steampowered.com/app/2382520/Erenshor/

When did .Hack//Sign come out, again?

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.