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Era, what's the longest game you played this year?
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My most played games this year were Animal Crossing: New Horizons (400+) and Dead by Daylight (300+, I think?), but neither is a game with a narrative, so I won't count them. I think I got so many hours in both, because I had 10+ irl friends playing both with me during a year where I could hardly safely socialize. I've never put this many hours into games in a year in my life. The longest game you can traditionally "beat" that I played many hours of was probably Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity at 55 hours. Hasn't been much of a big single player game year for me. I mostly beat lots of shmups, arcade games, rhythm games, and short indie games (Sayonara Wild Hearts, A Short Hike, Telling Lies, If Found..., etc.).
Next year, I have a number of long games I'd like to beat, but I'll probably fail.
Next year, I have a number of long games I'd like to beat, but I'll probably fail.
I'm pretty sure I've wasted more than 100 hours on Animal Crossing during the lockdowns alone.
For games with a clearly defined ending, probably Cyberpunk or Ghosts of Tsushima, i did around 35 to 40 hours on GoT and am already at 32 hours with CP.
For games with a clearly defined ending, probably Cyberpunk or Ghosts of Tsushima, i did around 35 to 40 hours on GoT and am already at 32 hours with CP.
I was in the 20-40 hour range with Revelations Persona, but then I remembered that I also beat Persona 4 this year. That was probably 45 hours. Currently working on Final Fantasy IX, so we'll see if I end up spending more than that on a game before the end of the year.
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Like I said, I'll be making a thread probably sometime later this week/next week - it's very good, so feel free to import it. For reference, my time is so far on par with a streamer that finished the postgame @ 142 hours.
I've played TLOU2 twice, back to back. Does that count? Anyway, I put a lot of hours into this long, amazing game, and loved every second of it.
Other than that - WoW, for sure.
Also, spent more than 40 hours in FFVII but haven't finished it.
Other than that - WoW, for sure.
Also, spent more than 40 hours in FFVII but haven't finished it.
It was Cold Steel III at around 100 hrs.
I might have spent more time in Animal Crossing tbh, but that's 'infinite' so not counting it.
I might have spent more time in Animal Crossing tbh, but that's 'infinite' so not counting it.
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Almost is a little bit of hyperbole, but it was around 120 hours, yeah. 40h for the first, 50h for the second and 30h for the third. With a lot of turbo mode, but i also used it in Cold Steel, so...
edit: and regarding side stuff, i dont do everything, but i did a fair amount of sidequests in all trails games
Three of the four longest games I played this year I didn't beat: Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, and Baldur's Gate 2. The longest game I beat this year (that I remember) was Baldur's Gate at 40-60 hours.
Edit: And Ring Fit of course, fell off in August but that's still up there.
Edit: And Ring Fit of course, fell off in August but that's still up there.
TLoU P2. That shit dragged on and on and on and on and on.
When I got to
the first time, I thought "yay this is it, we're at the end", but no sure enough it carried on even longer, even though it should have ended there.
When I got to
the farm
The longest single-player games I've beaten were probably 100%-ing the Pokémon DLC (about 60 hours) or Age of Calamity (28 hours), but I have played a ton of multiplayer games this year:
Black Ops 3 (220 hours this year)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (150 hours this year)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (95 hours this year)
Civilization V (35 hours this month)
Black Ops 3 (220 hours this year)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (150 hours this year)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (95 hours this year)
Civilization V (35 hours this month)
Longest of the year from what I recall
lots o' long games this year....quarantine hit hard lol
- Animal Crossing: 465+ hours
- Dead By Daylight: ~130 hours
- Xenoblade Chronicles DE: 95+ hours
- Genshin Impact: 90 hours
- Persona 5 Royale: 89 hours
- The Witcher 3: 80 hours. (prob like..5 of those are afk)
lots o' long games this year....quarantine hit hard lol
I spent what felt like an eternity to play Yakuza: Like A Dragon. It was a very fun eternity, though, but that game really was my entire life for a week.
Excluding WoW, maybe...AC Valhalla? At "too damn long", it has a long playtime, even if I enjoyed it. At least until I got Demons Souls, ofc.
Aside from World of Warcraft, which is by far #1 pretty much ever year, I haven't played anything that was super long. Bought Persona 5 Royal and Xenoblade Chronicles DE, but I doubt I'll get to them until next year.
I guess right now it would be FF VII Remake at like 43 hours, though with Christmas vacation coming up Cyberpunk may overtake that.
I guess right now it would be FF VII Remake at like 43 hours, though with Christmas vacation coming up Cyberpunk may overtake that.
Assassin Creed Valhalla took me about 125 hours, but I couldn't access the final battle because one of the NPCs got frozen in a field somewhere.
I finally Platinumed The Binding of Isaac, but I think that most of the hundreds of hours I spent on that game were clocked over several years. I don't think I played that much this year.
So it's probably Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag with 81 hours. The multiplayer section of the game took a couple dozen hours. The Ezio Collection is at 116 hours clocked, but that's across 3 games.
So it's probably Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag with 81 hours. The multiplayer section of the game took a couple dozen hours. The Ezio Collection is at 116 hours clocked, but that's across 3 games.