Best multiplayer games of any genre that last for the next 100 years?

[SorenVC]

Hello. I was playing cs:go, guild wars 2 and call of duty MWII and the only reason I like to play multiplayer games more than singleplayer is because it feels like your time spent isn't wasted. For example, I can be a speedrunner for 50 years playing the same two singleplayer games, e.g. Rayman 3 and Warrior Within. If speedrun world record or not, after these 50 years, what have I really achieved?

That's why I like to play multiplayer games because grinding is fun and ranking up also. You can build your character, inventory, rank or whatever. But when I played MWII grinding for camos I realized there's gonna be a new call of duty, potentially MWIII in November 2023 and this current MWII is gonna be obsolete. I also got bored of playing cs:go and guild wars 2 so I searched for the best old mmos and I came up with guild wars 2, oldschool runescape, Tibia, Ultima Outlands, and EverQuest Project 1999.

Now I peaked at all the games I just mentioned and I came to the conclusion that I don't want to click things in runescape for 99 stats so Project 1999 is indeed the best mmo ever made. It's just more fun than all the other mmos. I made a Barbarian Shaman and am level 5 and a friendly player ported me to Freeport. I just wanted to ask you guys, let's say I'm 26 years old and I want to spend my time on one or two games only and when I'm old I can still play those games.

Does anyone of you know which games would be lasting another 100 years from here on out? Does the Project 1999 servers last 100 years into the future? The player ingame who helped me said Project 1999 wouldn't even last another 50 years but if we're honest, there is no other game like EverQuest Classic and if the servers of P99 happen to come offline someday, won't there still be a community that makes a new server and puts the people in there somehow? It seems like the EverQuest community is not decreasing but is steady, even gaining new players today.

I just wanna know what kinda games you recommend me to play that will still be popular in 50+ or 100 years? In my opinion Oldschool Runescape and CS2.0 seem like the best bets when it comes to that but I'm not sure. I just don't want to buy a new cod every 2 years and cs:go or cs2.0 is cool but I can't play that game alone forever.

Do you guys actually only play Project 1999 and nothing else? Is that what I should do? Because I've been playing like 5 different games all together at once and I got burned out quickly from this ****.

Also from these mmos what do you think is the best and why? Guild Wars 2, Ultima Outlands, Tibia, Oldschool Runescape, EverQuest Project 1999. Is it worth it to spend my time in EverQuest Project 1999 or will it all be for nothing once the community died and noone plays it anymore? That's what I'm asking here.

[Tunabros]

i aint reading all dat

[Jimjam]

Interesting basis of a study to investigate personality and mindset factors on perceived value of social hierarchical systems in games. Leaderboards do seem a popular design element.

[Loadsamoney]

Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor.

[magnetaress]

poll was terrible

hope this helps

[Toxigen]

league of legends ARAM

[Rager and Quitter]

league of legends ARAM

Literally the only fun part of LoL

[Rager and Quitter]

@OP if you haven't learned that video games are a massive waste of time by now, your life will end up in a dark, damp room at age 45, alone, poor, and empty.

Video games are a pastime, like watching TV or masturbating. In the end you have nothing to show for it, and you would have been better off developing yourself as a person or spending time doing a meaningful hobby.

Yes, P99 will be around for a long time, but the only people who will continue to play it are also shutins in a damp, dark room. Don't be that person.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

@OP if you haven't learned that video games are a massive waste of time by now, your life will end up in a dark, damp room at age 45, alone, poor, and empty.

Video games are a pastime, like watching TV or masturbating. In the end you have nothing to show for it, and you would have been better off developing yourself as a person or spending time doing a meaningful hobby.

Yes, P99 will be around for a long time, but the only people who will continue to play it are also shutins in a damp, dark room. Don't be that person.


I'm in the middle of a 12 hour valve replacement surgery on a 2 week old premie or I would detail for you, sir, that some of us are neuro-atypical, and simply have to multi-task.


EQ was a gift.


Tiny scalpel.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Sorry, that was meant for the nurse.

[Lune]

@OP if you haven't learned that video games are a massive waste of time by now, your life will end up in a dark, damp room at age 45, alone, poor, and empty.

Video games are a pastime, like watching TV or masturbating. In the end you have nothing to show for it, and you would have been better off developing yourself as a person or spending time doing a meaningful hobby.

Yes, P99 will be around for a long time, but the only people who will continue to play it are also shutins in a damp, dark room. Don't be that person.

I hate to break it to you, but it's all a waste of time. Anything you do for pleasure or to unwind, whether it's drinking in a bar, going to see an opera, whittling a piece of wood, painting a picture. Not everything has to be productive or generate something to 'show for it', and chances are that you will slowly grow to hate any hobby you turn into an enterprise.

Hangups about video games in particular are dogshit. If you're ending up alone and poor in a room at 45 that has more to do with decisions you've made in your life that go beyond your choice of recreation, and could just as easily happen with some divorced workaholic that neglects everything else in their life.

Exercise is important however

[Rager and Quitter]

I hate to break it to you, but it's all a waste of time. Anything you do for pleasure or to unwind, whether it's drinking in a bar, going to see an opera, whittling a piece of wood, painting a picture. Not everything has to be productive or generate something to 'show for it', and chances are that you will slowly grow to hate any hobby you turn into an enterprise.

Hangups about video games in particular are dogshit. If you're ending up alone and poor in a room at 45 that has more to do with decisions you've made in your life that go beyond your choice of recreation, and could just as easily happen with some divorced workaholic that neglects everything else in their life.

Exercise is important however

Well sure, I'm not saying that there aren't other things to waste your time, but objectively some things are less of a "waste" than others. And op asked "Is it worth it to spend my time in EverQuest Project 1999", which the answer is clearly "No!"

Hard to argue that any if this is worth the time spent.

[Raj]

poll was terrible

hope this helps

[cadoipi]

Does anyone of you know which games would be lasting another 100 years from here on out?



1) Coitus
2) Chess
3) Mahjong

[wuanahto]

i with tears of the kingdom was multiplayer, spend all day with penis swastikas flying around trying to take down people on hoverbikes just trying to play the game or running around trying to sneak attack people fighting silver lynels also trying to kamakazi people fighting greeloks

actually i gave myself an idea to fight greeloks. ganna go try and load up a buncha explosive barrels to a fan powered glider

[Arvan]

I didnt read all of that but none of the games you listed or ever were made really will still be playable in 100 years outside of special cases like how p99 is a museum piece at this point.

[SorenVC]

I didnt read all of that but none of the games you listed or ever were made really will still be playable in 100 years outside of special cases like how p99 is a museum piece at this point.

yeah... i do think Old School RuneScape and Project 1999 or some kind of new server for EverQuest Classic will still be available with a reasonable playerbase (as it is now) in 50 years. Just look at the 40 million people who play Old School RuneScape right now, there won't EVER be a new RuneScape type of game anymore. It is quite certain OSRS will still exist in 50 years in my opinion. I could bet my life on it.

As with Project 1999 the servers could shutdown but noone knows and if they do shutdown won't there be a new group of people who upload their own server and the playerbase will switch to that? Don't forget that Project 1999 actually still gets new players every now and then like myself and I believe they are here to stay. If you do find Project 1999 you will most likely stay, having come so far to actually find this game at all. I've researched a bit and I figured out the best MMOs currently are as follows:

Guild Wars 2
Ultima Outlands
Tibia
Old School RuneScape
EverQuest Project 1999

I prefer the last two because Ultima Outlands is too complicated for me and for this reason it doesn't really have a healthy income of new players I think and Guild Wars 2 probably won't last 50 years because by then they will have made Guild Wars 3. In all honesty, spending my time in EverQuest Project 1999 seems pretty worthwhile because even if the servers shutdown, there will be new servers and it's not like the game will change much then. So what I learn, I keep forever. And I'd rather play a 3D game and not click on ugly stuff a billion times in Old School RuneScape although I admit it's fun but just not as much fun as EverQuest Project 1999.

I'm 26 years old and I just played my Barbarian Shaman to Level 7 and I love the game! This is just my cents to this... At least I'm pretty sure OSRS and some form of EverQuest Classic will still be playable and fun in even +50 years. I mean you said it yourself EverQuest is a museum piece by now and people still play it. That's just how good it is. We all know new game engines can't quite capture the feeling of old engines like the graphics, the soundtrack, you know what I'm talking about.

[jebbasha]

Indeed, Old School RuneScape has already demonstrated its staying power with a large player base, and its nostalgic appeal has helped it maintain popularity. Similarly, EverQuest Project 1999, as an unofficial classic server, has managed to attract and retain players who appreciate the older game experience.

It's true that some classic games and private servers manage to survive for a long time, often supported by dedicated communities. Additionally, when official servers shut down, private servers or fan-made recreations can emerge to keep the game alive.

However, it's important to note that the gaming industry is constantly evolving, and technology, player preferences, and market dynamics can change significantly over the span of several decades. While the core elements and experiences of these games might remain timeless for certain players, others might be drawn to newer gaming experiences and technology.

[Crede]

Find some bros irl and bust out goldeneye for n64.

[Trexller]

not sure about Project 1999's plans for the future but TAKP is supposed to exist as a museum server forever or until electricity is gone

[BigPlays]

Diablo 2

[Arvan]

I think whether or not p99 or takp or runescape or whatever want to keep going for 100 years is kind of besides the point - because even in something like 20-30 years im guessing most of the client/server software will be incompatible with new operating systems and would either need to be re-written or played in something akin to dosbox.

[Jungleberry]

Just give me classic tribes and tribes 2 classic, thanks.

[strongNpretty]

Just give me classic tribes and tribes 2 classic, thanks.

Yessssss. Also Starsiege was super dope too. I think they were done by the same folks as Tribes.

[Rygar]

Fortnite is never going away

[Ooloo]

Everquest has already existed for a quarter-century if you include the development time. I'm going EQ

[ScottBerta]

I play p99 only. No other video games or computer games. Not sure how you would have time if you have a serious job, a family and other hobbies.

[cd288]

Not multiplayer but:

Hoping Starfield goes down as an amazing game. We'll see soon enough.

I've heard Baldur's Gate 3 is really good. Excited for the PC release which I think is in a few days.

Rimworld has longevity if only due to the amazingly massive modding community. Seems like there is any type of mod you could possibly think of for that game.

[Castle2.0]

Except for that one guy that amassed manastones then sold them for all for bitcoin. I guess he did something IRL with the game. For you and me and the rest of us, it's just about having fun!

[aussenseiter]

Except for that one guy that amassed manastones then sold them for all for bitcoin. I guess he did something IRL with the game. For you and me and the rest of us, it's just about having fun!

Inmate goals #TheTateSupremacy

[jebbasha]

That's why I like to play multiplayer games because grinding is fun and ranking up also. You can build your character, inventory, rank or whatever. But when I played MWII grinding for camos I realized there's gonna be a new call of duty, potentially MWIII in November 2023 and this current MWII is gonna be obsolete. I also got bored of playing cs:go and guild wars 2 so I searched for the best old mmos and I came up with guild wars 2, oldschool runescape, Tibia, Ultima Outlands, and EverQuest Project 1999.

Now I peaked at all the games I just mentioned and I came to the conclusion that I don't want to click things in runescape for 99 stats so Project 1999 is indeed the best mmo ever made. It's just more fun than all the other mmos. I made a Barbarian Shaman and am level 5 and a friendly player ported me to Freeport. I just wanted to ask you guys, let's say I'm 26 years old and I want to spend my time on one or two games only and when I'm old I can still play those games.

[Sirbanmelotz]

too many words

[magnetaress]

Mmos are unfortunately designed like online casinos instead of world sims.

That rot has infested velious aswell and veeshans peek.

Massive online games that cater to a wide audience are expensive to produce and we live in a capitalism. So until one guy with the disposable income and passion for world building can release an mmo without corporate sponsorship. You are going to be out of luck unless you just want to donate another yacht to a foreign multinational.

Your best bet would be to get into art and level design. Maybe load up Q3radiant and screw around and learn what it takes to make a zone like guk or sola. Or even just a cool city zone like Qeynos or highpass.

It's really hard and time consuming. You need a singular vision and level of obsession that means you are insane. In a way that typically prohibits you from actually being a functional and independent adult. That is why everything is being procedurally generated these days by big corps its much cheaper and you can trashcan your employees if they take to long or want value.

Hopefully this helps.

G-d bless.

And seek christ.

Video games are just a panacea.

[magnetaress]

if you need a game that embraces the grind butt isn't super social nms really embraces the grind on survival/permadeth

[Daloon]

Guild Wars 2 is good at getting you addicted for 2 months and spending $50, then you realize its target audience is middle/late aged women.