I agree with lots of what’s already been said and haven’t got much to add to those extant conversations, so let me try to add in some that I’ve not seen:
RuneScape is a candidate. I started way back with RS Classic (the sprite-based one!).
Oh, and Dwarf Fortress too. That began in 2009.
Achaea and/or Lusternia are way up there but I don’t imagine anyone but me can share the experience.
Oh, as well, Mount & Blade: Warband. Quite the adventure(s).
I don’t really game anymore. But this thread did dredge up some memories, old and new.
I actually did revisit it last winter around time of release. If anything, my lack of ability to summon up interest in it was one of the starting stepping stones of my realization that gaming just ain’t it for me anymore.
I don’t dislike it, mind you - neither gaming nor DF - it just doesn’t fulfill like it used to, nor possess the same attraction.
If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? (i.ytimg.com)
(Saw this question asked on another popular link aggregation website and it got me thinking)...