Bored? is a web-based game that launched in February 2023. Recent coverage has explored broader questions about player engagement and content longevity in live-service games, particularly MMOs and seasonal multiplayer titles. Discussion has centered on how players - especially those accustomed to Eastern design philosophies - experience burnout across successive seasons, with examples like Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2 illustrating how even well-regarded live games struggle to maintain engagement beyond a few seasonal cycles. The underlying question reflects ongoing industry conversation about what keeps players invested versus what leads to abandonment.
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Last month, I was reading a Reddit thread from a Chinese MMORPG player whose comments leaped out at me. He specifically called out Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2 as being games that hew to Eastern game design principles and can only “keep him hooked for a season or two” before he…