i found the answer op. Your secrets are mine now.
All of us were wrong. It was maplestory
https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/1956da1/the_mapelstroy_experience/
actually that post is younger than op's. I still have no idea what the original was referring to. I just tried google reverse image search.
its fun, i guess, but theres still the problem of every planet being empty. still its made up for by haha cool spaceship
I'd say Diablo 4 but none of the times presented there would be even half as long as it takes to hit max level.
Rainbow 6: Siege. In the last 2 days I got berated and called slurs for not playing how one of my teammates wanted me to in two separate matches, played against 2 different people using obvious aimbots/wallhacks, and got dunked on by people who had pixel-perfect knowledge of a map that I never get to play on because everyone bans it.
I still love the game to death but I really cannot stand some of the community. The recent commendation system has helped more positive people be more vocal in the game thankfully.