Great video, what a blast from the past. I grew up with Habbo and ran into the same roadblocks as you, premium items and parents who didn't like the idea of spending money on online games lol. I always thought it was cool how there always seemed to be a little community for any subculture you could think of.
2012-2015 it was pretty active to not as active but the Retro hotels had a few clients that had about 5-6k active daily users but it was only like 3-4 websites
I remebered this game bc I've been following Pixel Architect for a game he's making called "Chef RPG" and this game is one of his inspirations im happy to see its still up and running!
I'm 35 and fell down the rabbit hole of habbo one day when something triggered the memory of playing it as a child. I would love to see you exploring some of the user-made games in a follow-up video! Really well done, thanks for helping me remember a fun childhood memory!
When I was like 7-10 years old, i was really into the RP communities. It was like building your own fantasy or anime MMOs, and you'd just have to type your roleplay actions. It really sucks to see that's not really a thing anymore, after revisiting to see how it was.
Iv been a long time habbo player since 2006 and I still play every day! It was so cool seeing someone make a video on it that's literally only a few months old! I was low key seeing if I could spot me in some of the rooms you were going to, you went in to one of my friends room though! The Christmas photo room was made by a friend of mine!!
I Remember growing up with this game, i have lived most of my life in Finland, I remember my Finnish friends always telling me to create an account, so I Created a one in like 2012, and always played for hours with my friends, probably also one of my first experiences with multiplayer games. My dad never let me spend money in game but i still had fun exploring rooms :,D
Hmm…this video is making me realize the vast difference between the experience of boys playing MMO games online as a child in retrospect to girls. And I can’t lie, it’s definitely making me feel something-but whatever this feeling is, im gettin the vibe that it’s a tad bit bigger than I would like…so we’re gonna tuck that one away for later😂 Great video dude, love the detailed explanation as to what drew you towards the visual aspects of the game🎉
Great video, I loved this game as a kid and sometimes I still log in every now and then to check it out. Glad you did a video with positive vibes. Most people only do videos about scandals and when they actually create an avatar for a video they just troll people all the time and make fun of the game. It’s really annoying. I appreciate your effort! I wish Sulake would make ads and make them appear at YT or TikTok. They don’t really seem to care about the game dying. But I care.
I remember when I was little there where copy’s of Habbo hotel that where exactly like it (and I mean it was exactly like habbo furniture, clothes, etc) but everything was free and I would play them instead because I was a kid and had no money hahaha and habbo it felt like you had to pay for everything .
