What game causes you to suffer from this the most? I intended on going to bed before midnight yesterday but then the summer transfer window opened up in my game of Football Manager 2012, and, well... I'm so tired today. :(
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What game causes you to suffer from this the most? I intended on going to bed before midnight yesterday but then the summer transfer window opened up in my game of Football Manager 2012, and, well... I'm so tired today. :(
Civ IV, but of course!
There is no one game for me. This is just an ingrained habit I have for most games I play. :(
But which ones does it the most? Which ones makes you lose all sense of time despite knowing exactly what time it is? There must be one - or a few, perhaps - that have kept you up to ridiculous hours and made you late for work?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
Lets see here....Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBBut which ones does it the most? Which ones makes you lose all sense of time despite knowing exactly what time it is? There must be one - or a few, perhaps - that have kept you up to ridiculous hours and made you late for work?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
I've beaten Super Mario RPG in one sitting, I'd once played Dynasty Warriors 5 four, quite literally, 24 hours straight, Xenoblade Murdered the hell out of my sleep for over a weak. I could keep this list going for ages man.
I honestly can't tell you which has done it most. If you can't tell, I have a problem. :(
Edit: Well, thinking a bit more, I guess the worse case scenario for me was Xenosaga...
We won't get into details on that one...
okay it's been a while since I've played SMRPG but I seem to recall that it was at least 20ish hours so that is impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
I recall clocking in 30 hours, though given how long I'd been up I'm not sure if my memory of clock time is at all reliable. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Pikeokay it's been a while since I've played SMRPG but I seem to recall that it was at least 20ish hours so that is impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
>>> Disgaea games, my bladder suffered..:luca:
I warned you, BoB!Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Civ and FTL.
The last, tattered remnants of my dignity require that I do not go into any great depth in this thread... :erm:
Most recently: Far Cry 3. I thought it was going to be the last modern game I would play for a while, so I completed in roughly one day. One solid day. Including the night.
Golden Sun, and Golden Sun: The Lost Age, when I first played them.
It was...bad. It wasn't a case of staying up too late, so much as a case of "one minute late won't hurt...", which became two minutes, and you can probably see where this is going.
I thought of another one.
FF Tactics Advance.
Good WORD I could not ever put that game down.
Definitely! It wasn't until they ported it to the PSP that I was finally able to play AND go to the bathroom, but then I spent hours in the bathroom and then my butt suffered.Quote:
Originally Posted by black orb
Now it's Mass Effect. I can't stop playing these games, especially the ME3 multiplayer. It's always one more round and I'll stop, one more round and I'll stop, one more r-- I'm late for class, I better finish this round and try to make it.
In recent memory, Civ IV was the worst one for doing this to me. I even thought to myself "just one more turn" a number of times, which was a promise I inevitably broke.
I was literally obsessed with Star Ocean - The Second Story about 5 years ago, I spent several summer nights in a row and finished the game from start to finish every time - and I even managed to get 8 characters each night! :eek:
My motive was pretty lame, I just wanted to unmark how many endings I had seen, but that was a good enough excuse to restart the game over and over. :monster:
I felt that time passed incredibly quickly during those playthroughs, I could be like "hm, it's probably 3 AM or something-but-whoops it's 7 AM". :p
By the way, I personally think it's a pretty pleasant feeling to become completely absorbed into a game and just sit back and enjoy the moment - it's almost a bit like becoming absorbed into a book.
Dark souls
Good god dark souls
Also, pokemon nuzlockes
Fire emblem nuzlockes
Disgaea games
Final Fantasy XI: come on, just one more level!
Oblivion was the last game to really get me into that mindset.
Crusader Kings II before that had this mystical ability to remove time as a force in the universe. The very first play session I had ended with the sun coming up. Haven't had that in a while.
I often set "goals" when I play RPGs, when I decide to reach a certain point before I stop playing.
In Final Fantasy 10 I normally take my first 10-minute break right after Tidus is knocked off the Al Bhed ship, because this gives me the feeling that the ship accident actually did happen some time ago; then I keep playing until I reach the Mi'ihen Highroad, at which point I quit playing for the rest of the day.
You could think of them as "checkpoints" that I feel like I have to reach before I am satisfied.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrollHunter
Just one more invasion. Didn't go too well? Heck, let's do another one. Did it go really well? Can't stop now, can I?
"I wonder what the next area/boss will be!"
...10 hours later...
"How about the next one?"
...10 hours later...
"Maybe one more..."
...1 minute later...
"smurf you, Blighttown." *ragequit*
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Originally Posted by TrollHunter
`specially fire emblem....that game is hard to stop playing!:)
for some reason I hardly ever beat games but I beat all the fire emblem games i`ve played.
Any Civ game will do this to me.
well, I recently played through Metroid Prime in one sitting, but that was only about 14 hours. towards the end my thought process was "ok i'm almost done just finish" and then it was like 7am when I finished
I am guilty of this with FFTA and also with The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap. And obviously Civ IV.
Games that purpose a point. I by no means have to continue playing games like GTA over and over again, because it's sandbox and the point is usually part of the story. Whereas in games like RPGs or maybe the recent New Super Mario Bros where the point seems to be get a "perfect" (in the latter case THREE FRICKING STARS! BOOYAH! Thank you very much) I tend to play them again and again until I've reached perfection. If there's no perfect endgame purposed, then I don't have to devote a troutload of time to it.
Civ IV. So much Civ IV.
IV and V...omfg it is a sink hole T_TQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Echoing Civ 4. Watching Montezuma and Isabella having a catfight never gets old.
Civ IV.
OH, I had another one I forgot.
Burnout Takedown. I could play that game for DAYS without stopping.