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I just clocked my 100th hour on FFX, and I just had to tell someone.
So, in honour of such an historic moment (ahem) I'm starting a thread about video games. Specifically, those games which you spent (or spend) way too much time on.
As well as the FF games, I nominate Conker's Bad Fur Day for the N64, which I played every day for about six months after it came out. Genius.
Torment: Planescape, which is a weird game (well, if you know anything about Planescape the paper and pen game, you'll expect weird) but which is really good. Yeah, you beat people up and kill them (hall mark of any quality video game) but you're mostly working on improving your people skills (intelligence, wisdom, and charisma) so that you can figure out who you are and how you got where you are and figure a way out of it all.
Then there's the Baldur's Gate Triology, based on 2nd edition D&D (Forgotten Realms setting), which takes you from level one up to level thirty. Again, yeah, you beat people up, but mostly you spend the game figuring who you (the character) are.
And for pure strategy, I've always had a soft spot for Lord of the Realms. Just a fun game. (Again, you get to kill people, just more than in the other two I mentioned)
strangly enough I don't really play games much anymore....course that could have alot to do with the fact I sold my ps2 when I got out of the army. but oh well no biggie. I do play neverwinter nights and the sims on the PC , although not as much as I did in my hayday. maybe I should get back into it?
Grand Theft Auto has always been a fav. for me. I've even marked the different kinds of stuff you can find on the map that came with the game.
I also used to play Fifa 2000 for hours on end. And I've recently installed it on my dad's new computer and am again playing it for hours on end.
But that's just waiting for my brother to get back home for the weekend so I can install every add-on for the Sims. That game is seriously addictive.
But in the end it's probably going to be replaced by GTA3. Only two one more week before the salary comes in. [img]smile.gif[/img]
BTW how do keep track of how much hours you play any particular game?
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ April 16, 2003 06:15 AM: Message edited by: usmu ]</font>
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BTW how do keep track of how much hours you play any particular game?
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On the FF games it does it for you. This was the first of the series I'd played that kept me going for the big one-oh-oh so I thought I'd celebrate in a tiny way.
does Freecell count?
Don't worry, Jely, I know plenty of people who are addicted to Freecell.
My current and probably most time consuming is Diablo II (yes, eris, I'm still working on it). I seriously enjoy that game.
I remember spending about 90 hours on Final Fantasy 7 on the playstation. Started FF8, but stopped after prolly 30 hours (moved, got a gf, etc) and just haven't gotten back into it.
I'm also a big fan of Gran Turismo. I still play it when I pull out the playstation. Metal Gear Solid was also very addictive. The follow-up to it is why I want a PS2 (besides GT3).
The original Cilvilisation was a game that really took up way to much of my time. I only relised this when I sat down to play 'for a bit' after lunch and the next I know my mum is telling me its dinner time.
I am trying to cut back spending to much time on games but am currently playing Sim City4 and Moo3 (when the patch comes out [img]wink.gif[/img] )
Bran: Isn't MGS 2 coming out for the PC?
Asheron's Call for me. I've been playing it for about two years now. Its very addictive. Someone who plays less than 20 hours a week is considered a casual player. It's a Massive Multi-Player Online Game. Tryed afew of the others( Everquest, Ultima online etc) but seemed like just chat rooms with monsters.
PC games I ve been playing lately Civilization III, which was a bit of a burn as you have to buy the multiplayer seperate. [img]confused.gif[/img]
Waiting on Starwars Galaxies another Online game as well as City of Heros.
It's already out. BUT, I don't have a DVD-ROM drive. [img]frown.gif[/img]
I remember playing "Shining Force" on Sega once at my brother's apartment. Started playing just to see what it was like one Friday evening and next thing I knew, him and his roommates were waking back up on a Saturday morning.
(edited cause I misread Asis' question)
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ April 24, 2003 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Branflakes ]</font>
Shining Force is a classic, Bran. I've always loved those games. My favorite RPG of all time (so far) was the Phantasy Star games, mainly #4. Maybe it's because they were my first RPGs. Maybe it's because I've clocked more hours on PS games than any other game, ever. It breaks my heart that I've yet to really see PSO, much less play it.
A friend of mine got a PS2, and lent me his PS1. I've been playing Lunar Silver Star Story, and Chrono Chross. I'm almost done with Lunar, but it's taken me forever. It the type of game where you have to complete each dungeon in one sitting, or you get so lost that you have to leave and start the dungeon over. I kept getting interrupted, so it took me forever to get through it. Heck, I'm not even on the second disk yet. I think I've only got three more areas to go, though.
Chrono Cross is going to take me months to finish. I keep forgetting where I am in the game, and have to either run to a really crappy strategy guide that is not very accurate, or run to every location on the map. If I could just sit down and play for a few days straight, I'm sure that neither game would pose a challenge...
My next games are going to be Final Fantasy Tatics (I LOVE that game), FF9, and Grandia. I might finish them all by some time next year. Then he's got even more games for me to play. W00t!
I really couldn't get into Final Fantasy Tatics, but then again that maybe because I wasn't very good at it. Just watch out for the character dialoge it's the pits sometimes
I've never really gotten into any games like that. They take up too much time. Kind of like posting on these boards. [img]wink.gif[/img]
I loved Final Fantasy 9. It's the most light hearted of the FF games I've played. Didn't care for number 8 although I completed it.
Ugh, FF8 was the worst of the Final Fantasy games.
You're not wrong. I spent ages on FF8, finally completed it and sat there thinking "I didn't enjoy that at all."
Having said that, I enjoyed FF10 so much (made by the same team) that I dug FF8 and gave it another go. I was quite enjoying it, until the story got going.
I'm completely bloody stuck on FF6, though.
And I have a hankering to get FF1. I remember playing it on emulator and it being rock hard.
I like FF games.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Vox:
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When is the Starwars game coming out? I might get into an online game like that. Especially if I still haven't found work after I graduate. ;)
I started on FF Tatics and enjoyed it a lot, but got sidetracked so long ago that I'd have to start over at this point. My PS is in storage (the closet) since we moved (nearly a year ago) so I haven't played any PS games over the past year. Just Diablo II on PC (I don't get much time to play any games a week, so those few hours tend to go there). GF and I went through a period of time when we played her Dreamcast a lot (Tony Hawk games are just fun), but it's been neglected lately, too.
Here's a link to Star Wars Galaxy: http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/
I figure there's a good chance if I got into true multiplayer games, I'd want to do that one.
SWG (Star Wars Galaxies)is being delayed. I beleive due to the fact that most of the recent releases in this generie have been failures. Good art and graphics, lousy interface and movement. I've been in beta for SWG for sometime and I'm sure the producers want to put out a quality product so have pulled the release.