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7.7 hrs on record
this is the worst game on steam
Posted 31 March.
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137.0 hrs on record (125.4 hrs at review time)
Spending 125.4 hours inside OBS Project’s famous recording and streaming program can be an experience that ranges from productive to painfully frustrating. While many creators praise the software for being free and powerful, there is another side to the story—one filled with crashes, confusing settings, endless troubleshooting, and the slow psychological drain of wrestling with technology when you just want things to work.

To begin with, one of the most common frustrations comes from the overwhelming complexity of the settings menu. OBS offers an enormous level of control: bitrate, encoders, rate control, keyframes, scaling filters, color spaces, audio monitoring, scene buffering, and more. For a beginner—or even an intermediate user—this can feel less like a creative tool and more like a cockpit of switches waiting to break something. Over 125.4 hours, a user may repeatedly tweak settings hoping for the perfect recording quality, only to discover that one small change ruins performance, causes dropped frames, or produces blurry footage. The constant cycle of “adjust, test, fail, repeat” becomes mentally exhausting.

Performance problems are another major pain point. OBS relies heavily on system resources, and even moderately demanding recording settings can push a computer to its limits. During long sessions, users may experience lag spikes, stuttering recordings, audio desynchronization, or the dreaded “Encoding Overloaded” warning. Few things are more discouraging than finishing a long recording session only to discover the footage is choppy or unusable. After 125.4 hours, this repeated disappointment can make the software feel unreliable, even if the real issue lies in hardware limitations or configuration.

Crashes and instability also contribute to the negative experience. Although OBS is generally stable, it is not immune to plugin conflicts, driver issues, or random failures. A crash in the middle of an important recording can instantly erase hours of effort. Over time, this unpredictability builds anxiety: users may constantly worry whether the next session will succeed or fail, turning what should be a creative process into a stressful gamble.

Then there is the plugin ecosystem—both a blessing and a curse. OBS plugins extend functionality, but they can also introduce new bugs, compatibility problems, and performance issues. After enough hours, users often find themselves juggling plugin updates, version mismatches, and mysterious errors. Troubleshooting becomes a routine: searching forums, reading logs, reinstalling components, and hoping the next attempt works. This maintenance burden can make OBS feel less like software and more like a never-ending technical project.

Audio is another notorious source of frustration. Balancing microphone levels, desktop audio, monitoring, filters, noise suppression, and sync delay can be incredibly finicky. One small mistake can produce echo, clipping, silence, or distorted sound. Many users spend countless hours just trying to make their audio sound normal. When problems appear mid-recording, the result can be unusable content and wasted time—an especially painful outcome after long sessions.

User interface friction also adds up over extended use. Scene management, source ordering, and nested setups can become confusing, especially in complex projects. Accidentally muting a source, hiding a layer, or misconfiguring a scene can ruin a recording without immediate notice. Over 125.4 hours, these small frustrations accumulate into a sense that the software is constantly working against the user rather than helping them.

Another hidden difficulty is psychological fatigue. Recording or streaming for long periods is already demanding, and technical problems amplify that strain. The more time invested, the more frustrating each failure feels. Users may begin to associate OBS with stress, disappointment, and lost effort. Even when things work correctly, the memory of past failures lingers, creating tension during every session.

Despite all these criticisms, it is important to recognize that much of the frustration comes from the software’s power and flexibility. OBS tries to accommodate countless hardware setups, workflows, and creative goals, which inevitably introduces complexity. However, from the perspective of someone who has spent 125.4 hours battling settings, crashes, and performance issues, it can certainly feel like a deeply flawed and exhausting tool.

In conclusion, while OBS is widely respected and incredibly capable, extended use—especially over something like 125.4 hours—can reveal its harsher side. Confusing configuration, performance struggles, instability, plugin chaos, audio headaches, and mental fatigue can combine into an experience that feels overwhelmingly negative. For some users, OBS becomes less of a creative companion and more of a stubborn obstacle standing between them and the content they want to create.
Posted 16 February. Last edited 16 February.
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1.1 hrs on record
this game made me a married dad with 2 kids, named asriel and kris. one day, asriel left to go to college and it split up the family. my wife toriel wasnt the same and divorced me because of weird sus reasons but then i opened a flower shop with the help of C. after that, ive been trying to get toriel to come back to me because i didnt do anything wrong and i just want to be a happy family again so i try selling flowers and giving her flowers but it doesnt work so i go to the store and try to buy her stuff there but she doesnt accept it so i jump out of some bushes near church to give her my best flowers but she runs away and i end up giving them to kris and their friend named sussie who is a little weird but i dont judge anyways i also work for the mayor of hometown and we work together very well
Posted 1 February. Last edited 1 February.
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66.8 hrs on record (61.1 hrs at review time)
i think you should add 5000 more outfits and add the white skin color so i can be my favorite characters like slenderman and asriel
Posted 27 January. Last edited 9 February.
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65.7 hrs on record (61.3 hrs at review time)
After doing every route in this game (currently up to ch.4). I can definitely say that this game is worth the money. There is so much content to go into that it will lead you to spend tons and tons of hours exploring and theorizing and finding every key detail, even with my 61 hours I still have not found everything.

In other news, I killed my wife trying to find out who the knight is.......................................................
AND WE STILL DONT KNOW WHERE LANCER IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 23 January. Last edited 23 January.
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7.1 hrs on record
the hazbin hotel
Posted 6 November, 2025.
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96.4 hrs on record (94.3 hrs at review time)
be actually normally serious /h1]
Posted 27 October, 2025.
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1 person found this review helpful
6.9 hrs on record
its Actually Okay!
Posted 4 October, 2025.
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8 people found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
6.2 hrs on record (1.6 hrs at review time)
♥♥♥♥ you toriel i hate butterscotch
Posted 2 October, 2025.
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2 people found this review funny
1.5 hrs on record
no
Posted 20 August, 2025.
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