We spoke to the only person who was still playing Babylon’s Fall last week

rockpapershotgun.com:

Square Enix and Platinum Games’ troubled action RPG Babylon’s Fall sank to a concurrent PC player count of just one when the clock struck midnight BST on Wednesday last week, despite only launching a little over two months ago. It's a dire state of affairs for a multiplayer-focused online service game, but what exactly is it like to play a game like this on your own? Well, we found the lone warrior keeping Babylon's Fall alive, and sat down to have a chinwag with him about the appeal of the game, and exactly what they were up to when they found themselves the only living inhabitant in its Tower of Babel.

It wasn’t entirely surprising to find out that the individual drawn to virtually abandoned games would work in the field in some way. Dashiell Wood, who writes for esports site Gfinity in the UK, popped his hand up on Twitter over the weekend to claim the honour of being Babylon’s Fall’s most dedicated player when the game’s exceedingly low player counts came to light.

Not a joke this is literally me https://t.co/bSB3dfCId7

Wood quickly took to heart the title of “Square’s bravest soldier” bestowed upon him by one commenter, even briefly changing his Twitter profile to read “World’s only Babylon’s Fall player, 00:00, 04/05/22”. Top lad. He must've been having a snooze yesterday at 1am though, because nobody was playing Babylon's Fall then, according to Steam Charts. Here's what Wood had to say about his new-found status:

RPS: What’s the appeal of Babylon’s Fall – is there something about the game you really enjoy?

DW: I suppose the appeal is in its unpopularity. Despite being an MMO, no one is really talking about it and I don’t imagine many people have even played it. When you factor in the fact that you can