googoomuck22
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Gemini Rue and Hotline Miami come to mind for me.
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Best Games That Can Be Finished in One Sitting
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valkillmore
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TMNT: Turtles in Time SNES. Not bad beat-em-up.
Ordinaryundone
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Undertale! I did it in one sitting.
A six hour sitting, but a single sitting nonetheless.
Yeah. I never played Star Fox 64, but those other three were all single-sitting games I loved.
Another one I really enjoyed was Enslaved. I think I liked it precisely because I beat it in one session. I don't think I would've cared nearly as much for it if it had been any longer.
badboy78660
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Yep.
They can be, but I find gemini rue to be quite long for a one sitting game. Especially if you get stuck.
KingHenrik30
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Until Dawn?
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I finished Portal in one sitting. Then I spent the rest of the afternoon in bed because it gave me horrible motion sickness.
Spaced Harrier
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Streets of Rage.
Lumpy Onion
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Ys I is probably my most replayed game of all time because of how short it is. Several dungeons and towns with a tight little quest that takes little more than a couple hours. Probably been through 20 times since TGCD version through to Steam release.
Spring-Loaded
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Sad to hear the console port was subpar as playing it on PC was an absolute joy. Best Climbing in any game I've played.
googoomuck22
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Yeah I guess your first run through could be a fair bit longer, but can be breezed through on subsequent play thoughs, such a great game.
Chip N Chance
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Gone Home.
Robot Pants
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Braid gets my vote.
Xamtheking
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Bastion
Don Draper's Hat
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Don't think I've ever finished a game in one sitting.
I recently played Child of Light for the first time. Started on a Friday night and finished it on the Saturday night. 100%.
So I guess that's possible in one sitting, I don't know? One sitting for me is about 2 hours max.
Absolutely beautiful game though, Child of Light. Loved just about everything about it. Fantastic music.
I recently played Child of Light for the first time. Started on a Friday night and finished it on the Saturday night. 100%.
So I guess that's possible in one sitting, I don't know? One sitting for me is about 2 hours max.
Absolutely beautiful game though, Child of Light. Loved just about everything about it. Fantastic music.
Cosmo Clock 21
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You'd really have to cook to beat Shovel Knight in two hours.
metareferential
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Mirror's Edge.
One of the best game ever, and it's also a very short and (unforgettable) experience.
One of the best game ever, and it's also a very short and (unforgettable) experience.
Funyarinpa
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Thomas Was Alone, it will fuck you up. A bit on the longer end of 4 hours probably, though.
There's a great horror Flash game trilogy called Deep Sleep (play on Newgrounds for fullscreen support) and all three are great and probably barely last an hour all together.
Portal probably also counts. Amazing game.
Didn't play it much myself but To The Moon is praised heavily and is short from what I remember.
There's a great horror Flash game trilogy called Deep Sleep (play on Newgrounds for fullscreen support) and all three are great and probably barely last an hour all together.
Portal probably also counts. Amazing game.
Didn't play it much myself but To The Moon is praised heavily and is short from what I remember.
Spelunky, Binding of Isaac, Nuclear Throne, Crypt of the Necrodancer and a lot of other rouge-lites are games that you can finish many times over in one sitting; if you're skilled enough, that is. You may very well end up dying the entire time due to their difficulty, but that's part of the fun.
deltatheta
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Mario 3 didn't have save memory, so I guess you were expected to finish it in one sitting, but it was quite a marathon if you didn't use whistles.
I'm going to say either Pac-Man or Ninja Gaiden II for the NES. Pac-Man can't really be completed in a single sitting in the strictest sense (it's possible, but probably not for anyone on GAF) but all but the best of players are unlikely to survive for more than an hour.
Ninja Gaiden II is a combination of difficult and short but, owing to the infinite continues and generous checkpoints, I'd say most people would be able to get through the whole thing in a few hours of trying.
Ninja Gaiden II is a combination of difficult and short but, owing to the infinite continues and generous checkpoints, I'd say most people would be able to get through the whole thing in a few hours of trying.
tiggerkiddo
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Sonic 1,2,3 and S&K. All can be finished in a couple of hours, maybe faster if you're familiar with them.
The Doom roguelike. It is free, fast paced, and extremely easy to pick up and play. Surprising how well they get across the feeling of doom (play until you get a shotgun) in a completely different genre.
Found at: http://doom.chaosforge.org/
Oh and bonus-The tile art was made by none other than Derek Yu of Spelunky/Aquaria fame.
One of my favorite lunch break games on PC.
Found at: http://doom.chaosforge.org/
Oh and bonus-The tile art was made by none other than Derek Yu of Spelunky/Aquaria fame.
One of my favorite lunch break games on PC.
bennywhatever
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I flippin LOVED this game, but the first playthrough took me 8-10 hours. I wouldn't say that's one sitting, though that would be a great experience.
I'll also second "Never Alone."
Also, Pokemon Snap, if we're extending to other gens.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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Journey absolutely leveled me the first play through. Amazing 3 hour experience.
Shin Kojima
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Came to say it.
Super Metroid is usually the answer anyway in most best game/game things threads.
Sun Bather
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To the moon is probably on the top of my list. The Stanley Parable was fantastic too though.
I agree.
It's a bit of a stretch if you're playing it for the first time, really needing to explore... but if you know where you're going an average (not real speedrun) play through would probably take 3 or 4 hours.
mattwhite924
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I've probably beat it more than any other game. It's just so relaxing to fire it up and run through it.
Spinosaurus
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Star Fox 64 and Metal Gear Rising for me.
To The Moon
Journey is boring as
Hey!
You two!
Simmer down, both games are great!
randomengine
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Journey and Braid
Jawmuncher
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Is it really that short? I've been needing to play it forever but haven't.
Kor of Memory
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Shadow Complex.
I loved that game, and wish I could still play it (but alas, my 360 is died).
I loved that game, and wish I could still play it (but alas, my 360 is died).
