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What are your "WTF, why did I play this so much?" games?
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Rapping Granny
Banned
Ok, I knew this game was fun from all the praise it has been getting but I did not expect to play 3 hours last night and not get to another island.
But it's Sooooooo Goooooood.
But it's Sooooooo Goooooood.
Callo Merlose
Banned
Uno on xbox live.
British Monsoon
Member
I'm going to have to say Lost Eden for the PC - it was a point and click adventure game developed by Cryo (the guys behind the original Dune game) and has the distinct honour of being the first graphical adventure game I ever played - previousley we'd only owned an ancient Amstrad so I was restricted to text-adventure games like HitchHiker's Guide and Adventure Quest.
Anyways, I was suitably impressed with Lost Eden and stunned by the amazing FMV graphics;
But by todays standards, or even 1995 standards, it wasn't a very good adventure game. The first section was mostly running back and forth, talking to people and figuring out simple puzzles whereas the second section, and bulk of the game, sees you visiting different valleys, trying to negotiate peace between various dinosaurs, humans and apes, building citadels and successfully defending them from evil T-rex's. Beyond that, theres sod all else to do, and what there was wasn't much fun - but for some reason I just kept on playing it and playing it, until I discovered the wonders of the internet and sent a cheque to Apogee/3D Realms for Rise of the Triad, Alien Carnage & Commander Keen
Anyways, I was suitably impressed with Lost Eden and stunned by the amazing FMV graphics;
But by todays standards, or even 1995 standards, it wasn't a very good adventure game. The first section was mostly running back and forth, talking to people and figuring out simple puzzles whereas the second section, and bulk of the game, sees you visiting different valleys, trying to negotiate peace between various dinosaurs, humans and apes, building citadels and successfully defending them from evil T-rex's. Beyond that, theres sod all else to do, and what there was wasn't much fun - but for some reason I just kept on playing it and playing it, until I discovered the wonders of the internet and sent a cheque to Apogee/3D Realms for Rise of the Triad, Alien Carnage & Commander Keen
I'm 28, but I did the same. We're now three guys in the same age bracket doing exactly the same thing. How scary.Confusatron said:
Thankfully I got burnt out by the time I apparently had to go and beat the fantastic four or whatever they're called. I've caught Palkia and Uxie&Co, so I'm content. Ah well. It was fun, and I'd do it again. Plus you can say what you want, but Pokemon isn't a horrible game.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
you better don't know how atrocious this game is. It's terrible, horrendous, nonsense, with the crappiest and laziest design i've ever seen in a videogame
but I played it. A lot. And it wasn't even funny.
Vinterbird
Member
I feel so terrible inside when I think about I got the highest rating for every level and worked like a mad man on my Chao's.
Confusatron
Member
Cryptozoologist said:
I'm showing this post to my girlfriend when I get home from work so she'll stop laughing at me.
Confusatron
Member
I forgot to mention possibly one of my most embarrassing Pokemon experiences. I usually hide my addiction at home. But last Saturday I ventured out to Toys R Us to download Darkrai. I was easily the oldest person there, by at least 15 years.CTLance said:
The-Switcher
Banned
Zophar said:
Wait, what game is this?
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Anasui Kishibe said:
you better don't know how atrocious this game is. It's terrible, horrendous, nonsense, with the crappiest and laziest design i've ever seen in a videogame
but I played it. A lot. And it wasn't even funny.
All I remember about this is collecting a whole shitload of "shards". The rest would need to be coaxed out by a psychiatrist or hypnotherapist.
I haven't wasted time on a bad game since I was a wee lad and had to survive on one badly-chosen game for months. Hence my desperate attempts to convince myself that Xenophobe on the NES was lots of fun.
The-Switcher said:
It was SCEA's answer to FFVII. You played as Dart, turned into Dragoons of different elements which apparently can control the corresponding dragon (which you never actually do). It was 4 discs long. It was pretty graphically impressive for the time as well. Heres a screenshot.
DY_nasty said:
Don't know why I got this, for Xbox no less... But I can't seem to stop playing it. Even when they destroy all sort of continuity and awesome by sending me to Mordor.
Haven't beaten it yet,, but I hope it ends soon.just got kian
What. This game is amazing, much better than the first game (no retared puzzles/toned down fairy tale bullshit).
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
Durante said:
Joe Shlabotnik said:
:lol
yes, you had to jump from place to place trying to collect shards. Game had no options, and no interface. It had nothing. One button to jump and stop. If you fell on the ground, you'd die. If you TOUCHED the ground, you'd die
no informative text, no stats, no fucking clue about anything. What the hell? And YET I kept playing it..maybe I was insane at that time
BuckRobotron
Member
Kept playing and playing. Some combo of nice-sounding sci-fi weaponry and never letting a diffculty go unbeaten kept me going. But...yeah...wtf.
â Narayan
Member
Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden: Black. I spent around 300 hours on those games individually. I am NOT shitting you.
prodystopian
Member
Haven't done this with a lot of "substandard" games, but this one is considered the worst of the (SNES) series:
But I just had to get all of the DK coins.
I also beat Nemesis on FFX (Over 100 hours) and got to Yiazmat in FF12 (over 100 hours again) before realizing I wasn't going to waste 5 hours on one enemy. I've definitely put over 100 hours into DMC3 as well.
But I just had to get all of the DK coins.
I also beat Nemesis on FFX (Over 100 hours) and got to Yiazmat in FF12 (over 100 hours again) before realizing I wasn't going to waste 5 hours on one enemy. I've definitely put over 100 hours into DMC3 as well.
The-Switcher
Banned
User2k said:
Oh, okay. Cuz I was confusing it with this:
For a second I was like, 0_o
revolverjgw
Member
Struct09 said:
When I was a kid, I would play this game nearly every day. I'm not quite sure I ever really had much fun with it, but being a huge TMNT fan I just kept playing. When they released TMNT II: The Arcade Game for NES I was much happier.
YES, me too. I was a huge TMNT fan, and did not have discerning tastes in gaming back then. Plus I found ''non-linear'' games like this to be really fascinating and mysterious, and I had a high tolerance for difficulty/impossibility. I used to play games like this, Castlevania 2 and Rygar for hours, and I never got anywhere near the end of them. And that didn't bother me.
The Frankman
Banned
as of now, 450 hours. I'm trying to get all the combos, Spirit items, and unlockable items at the same time level my charas to beat lvl 200 Zentholee.
BravoSuperStar
Member
I had the whole game memorized.
BuddhaRockstar
Member
Played for hundreds upon hundreds of hours. Being my first (and so far only) MMORPG I had a lot of fun, but I am glad as hell to be out. Sold my accounts for a little over a grand though
I honestly don't know what you mean about Mordor. Dreamfall has a pretty awesome storyline.DY_nasty said:
Don't know why I got this, for Xbox no less... But I can't seem to stop playing it. Even when they destroy all sort of continuity and awesome by sending me to Mordor.
Haven't beaten it yet,, but I hope it ends soon.just got kian
slow-twitch
Member
On an Amiga 3000.
My dad had to delete the game because I would always fill the 50mb hard drive with save files.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Any of the Crusi'n games. For some ungodly reason, when I pass one of them, I play a round or two, despite the fact that they bow down to the awesomeness of Daytona USA 2. And yet, I CAN'T STOP PLAYING. On one Crusi'n Exotica machine, I racked up at least 150 wins.
King Seesar
Member
Whatever games were at the computer lab at school, mostly. All notable because I would not only sink a lot of time into them, but replay the same parts again and again. I won't get into my love-hate relationship with Carmen Sandiego, but Gold Rush! stands out in my memory as the next worst, with this one save I had that I'd stubbornly load up and go get killed in the jungle by ants from all the time. And the thing was, there was tetris; I liked tetris! I wasn't like I didn't have a choice. But I would just stubbornly go after the same games and get nowhere with them.
Most other games that I've spent a lot of time with I just liked without any complex issues.
Most other games that I've spent a lot of time with I just liked without any complex issues.