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You did it, you completed the game and reached the credits. Now look out your window...
- Thread starter Ex-Psych
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Usually during the day because I always assume a game will be longer than it actually is.
Like "oh wow, I'm gonna marathon this tomorrow!" to "oh there was only 90 minutes left"
Problem with game stories is they always set up sequels and it's usually pretty hard to tell
what's going to happen in this game or the next one. So I never know what point I'm at.
Like "oh wow, I'm gonna marathon this tomorrow!" to "oh there was only 90 minutes left"
Problem with game stories is they always set up sequels and it's usually pretty hard to tell
what's going to happen in this game or the next one. So I never know what point I'm at.
Late at night. If it's like 11 pm or midnight but I feel like I'm within a couple hours of finishing a game, I push ahead.
I tend to beat games on the weekend when I can commit longer play times, or before dinner on the weekdays so daytime for me.
Often early on in the night or really late into the night.
Early on when I overestimate how long I think a game is going to take to complete. Something like Resident Evil 3 from this year would be a great example of this.
Really late when the game just... keeps... going. The Last of Us: Part 2 was the worst for this. I thought I'd have it done by around midnight but I didn't see the end credits until around 6am or so.
Early on when I overestimate how long I think a game is going to take to complete. Something like Resident Evil 3 from this year would be a great example of this.
Really late when the game just... keeps... going. The Last of Us: Part 2 was the worst for this. I thought I'd have it done by around midnight but I didn't see the end credits until around 6am or so.
Either at night or darkness. Basically the only time I have to really focus on a game is Friday and Saturday nights. I think a month ago I was up until like 3am finishing RDR2.
It's at night, i am a vamp... errr... no.
I just don't have luck, and when i play on a sunday afternoon close to completion of a game, i usually poorly estimate how long remains and overshoot into the night.
If i finish the game during weekdays, it has to be at night.
I just don't have luck, and when i play on a sunday afternoon close to completion of a game, i usually poorly estimate how long remains and overshoot into the night.
If i finish the game during weekdays, it has to be at night.
Night is pretty much exclusively my time to game given I work during the day + my daughter is up, so I basically can't start until she goes to bed at 7-8 or so.
Sometimes I'll sneak in a quick session in the morning or on lunch (I love working from home) but generally I'm restricted to evenings.
Sometimes I'll sneak in a quick session in the morning or on lunch (I love working from home) but generally I'm restricted to evenings.
I try to avoid finishing a game during a short play session as I like to build as much momentum as possible going into the ending. as a result, I have a tendency to finish games very late at night. when poorly calculated, it has resulted in all-nighters in the past.
I have a full time job and a family. My game time is mostly done at night after the kids go to bed. So statistically, that's when I complete most of my games.
Usually night time. Having a job where I go in at 6am twice a week has made me a tired old man after about 10:30 so those long late-night sessions don't happen much anymore.
I've done this a bit. Three games I remember suddenly beating when I thought things were just ramping up were Darksiders 2, Child of Light, and Ori
"Darkness" because I'm a night shift worker who does most of my gaming during night shift hours on my days off.
Thought the thread title was mocking those cheeky "congratulations, you finished the game, now go outside" messages that a lot of games used to put in.
For me, since I work night shift and have most of my play time on my nights off, yeah it's always night. Or early morning. Time has no meaning on graveyard shift and the only natural light I know is the shitty beer.
For me, since I work night shift and have most of my play time on my nights off, yeah it's always night. Or early morning. Time has no meaning on graveyard shift and the only natural light I know is the shitty beer.
Ori is deceptively short! The same thing happened with me and Final Fantasy 15. I was running around doing side and then WAM!
It went through a massive lore dump. What I assumed was the halfway point was actually 5% left.
Which ironically you could have completed RE3 from beginning to end in that extra time it took you
I feel like, a lot of times, it's the morning. Like I'll be playing a game til like 1:30AM on a Saturday and get to the final level or end boss, and just not have the energy to complete it, so I'll turn it off, and come back to it refreshed and ready to kick some ass on Sunday morning.
I have these extremely vivid memories of playing telltales walking dead (season 1 and 2) in my undergrad college room. It was my evening game. Id start each episode at night, and would always finish each episode in the darkness hours of the morning. Each time the end credits hit there would be an atmospheric and moody music piece accompanying it. These moments are still so vivid in my head. Those stories and characters and the choices I had just made, mixed with the solemn music and dead quiet of the night had such a melancholy feel to it all. I love those memories.
I live in a busy household, so generally I wait until later at night (9PM-12AM) to sit down uninterrupted and play. I don't remember exact times, but I saw the credits for TLOU2 between 12AM and 1AM when I finished that.
My idea of a 'long' gaming session would be 4-5 hours, so I'm slower at chipping away at the big new releases.
My idea of a 'long' gaming session would be 4-5 hours, so I'm slower at chipping away at the big new releases.
My most recent game completion _would have_ been "at night" (a rarity for me since I'm usually bathed in darkness) but the game was Death Stranding... so even though I thought I completed it at 10pm, I had to walk the beach until 3am to finally end it. It actually kinda soured me a bit.
I didn't beat Skyrim until last year.
I had been playing the game off and on, with different builds, since launch.
I looked out the Window and it was 8 years later, I was remarried, and I had 2 more kids. š¤£
I had been playing the game off and on, with different builds, since launch.
I looked out the Window and it was 8 years later, I was remarried, and I had 2 more kids. š¤£
It varies from game to game. The time I play varies from day to day, and with the variation in game length and game sessions, I've likely beaten as many games first thing in the morning as I have in the middle of the night.
I usually don't sit down to game until after supper, be it weekday or weekend.
So after midnight feels most plausible. And since I'm not fit for all-nighters anymore, 3-4 AM is usually my cutoff point on weekends (earlier on weekdays, since I have to get up and work).
So after midnight feels most plausible. And since I'm not fit for all-nighters anymore, 3-4 AM is usually my cutoff point on weekends (earlier on weekdays, since I have to get up and work).