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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I played maple story in like 2007 and it was garbage then. My excuse at the time was I was broke, and there weren't many good free games out. Path of Exile wasn't until 2013. Same with Warframe. Huh I never realized those came out the same year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I didn’t realize 2007 was after the pinnacle of F2P gaming

Between demos that could be full games, flash games, open source, and Byond f2p used to be so huge