What video game have you wasted the most of you life on?

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2005-03-09 09:22pm

FFX, godless, the amount of time I spent on that, making sure everyone had their Celestial Weapons (the dodging lightning for LuLu was bitch) and had Ribbon, Break HP Limit, Auto-Haste and Auto-Phoenix on their armor was crazy. I played that game for like a year before I decided I was ready to fight Penance. Only ever managed to beat the bastard once.

And I may bitch about it something awful, but even compaired to FFX, I have wasted HUGE amounts of time on Star Wars Galaxies, over a year now I've been playing that damn game and from day 1 it caused problems, had to buy new graphics card, more RAM, had to get a Saitek X45 (beautiful HoTaS system that) when JtL came out, urgh, makes me tired just thinking of all the hassle, still, met some cool people in game, so it makes ok...nearly.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2005-03-09 09:29pm

Halo series and Star Wars Rebellion.

Faabio · Post by **Faabio** » 2005-03-09 10:50pm

The civilization series.ooh a new invention only 2 turns, hmm 10 turns for some wonder to be completed, ha 3 turns and that city is mine. on and on and on and... Honorable nostalgic mention to C64 game The way of the exploding fist, it just kicked so much ass

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-03-09 10:56pm

Stravo wrote:*snip* And you think...one more turn.

Oh man. When I play Rome: Total War, I find myself looking at the clock knowing it's time to turn it off, but only "one more turn" always pop into my mind and it's always ten turns later do I shut it!

I probably wasted most of my life playing Rebellion. Taking over and putting mines and refineries on uninhabited planets and building a couple good sized fleets and trying to name them was a pain in the butt.

But I have a good feeling Rome is going to take over Rebellion this summer...

Cabwi Desco · Post by **Cabwi Desco** » 2005-03-09 11:14pm

Morrowind and its expansion. Dear lart, killing nearly every NPC and getting away with it takes a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. And lets just put it like this, any guild or organization I was a part of? I ran it. Any Daedra that wanted me to help em? I did (goldbrand ROCKS!). And in the end? Vivec himself fell beneath my blade.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2005-03-10 12:20am

There's lots of games I've put a lot of time into.. KOTOR, assorted FF games, Disgaea...

Only Monster Hunter wins the prize on the time category though. 400+ hours... and it came out in late september... and I'm still playing it. In fact... I'm playing it right now.. precioussssssss

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-03-10 12:41am

Morrowing, and Pokemon, godlike games

Then Freespace 2, I think I have WAY too many hours logged there.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-03-10 12:46am

Of the contenders

1. Knights of the Old Republic: Beat it 27 times. Literally did every conciveable thing, and still replayed it.

2. Morrowind and expansions: Vivec and gang were all blowing me long and hard by the end of my rampage towards true divinity.

3. Final Fantasy 6: I got every single one of Gau's rages. Forget doing straight 99 level with 9999 HP and 999MP with absurd stats because of using really low levels then uber leveling. Getting all of monkey boys rages took real time. Kefka died in a span of seconds that I barely knew. Not even Sephy died so poorly.

4. World of Warcraft: I don't know...and it doesn't look like it's stopping. So far I've done a Rogue(fun but got a bit nutty trying to find a group), a Mage (Not bad...but quit around level 30), and so far Paladin(outlandish defense...shittiest offense...but every fucking group wants one.)

In reality, Morrowind likely wins the normal booby prize with WoW catching up easily.

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-03-10 05:56am

Stormbringer wrote:(snip)I don't think there is a Civ player out there that doesn't know exactly that feeling.

Amen to that (no pun intended). I still spend hours playing the damn thing, taking the Portuguese people into conquering all!
*sigh*
Diablo I and II (LoD included) as well. Passed many hours back then playing it in both SP and MP...
I also pass a lot of time with Neverwinter Nights and the mods being released constantly.
And, ultimately, I think Counter Strike: Source is making its way to the top as well.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-03-10 06:22am

1. Counterstrike
2. Diablo II
3. Eve online (currently)

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-03-10 06:46am

I'd say FF7.

I have a short attention span, but this game just held me like it was a gorilla lookng for love. There was no escape, though it was satisfying.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-03-10 07:10am

Civ,
CivIII
Master's of Orion 2.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-03-10 07:25am

I have just under 15 actual, real DAYS played in WoW

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2005-03-10 01:05pm

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I played it during any free time I had for at least a week straight.

Total Annihilation. I haven't played it recently, because I can't seem to find my multiplayer disc so I can play skirmish mode. It has been installed continuously since I got it around release time.

X-Wing Alliance. I haven't played it recently because it doesn't seem to like something about my video card (even though another guy on the XWA Upgrade forums has the same card, and it works wonderfully for him). It also has been installed since day one.

Half-Life. I've played through it so many times (at least 50), I could probably tell you the precise layout of any area of the Black Mesa facility. It's never been uninstalled since release day, but I did switch from the WON version to the Steam version. Strangely, there is one bug that was introduced in Steam and has not yet been fixed. If you hit a corpse with your crowbar, it does a sort of rapid-fire thing that ends up gibbing any corpse, even an ichthyosaur, in less than a second.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Let's put it this way: I know my way around Vice City better than my own town.

On that note, I can't wait for the PC version of San Andreas. With an entire state to play with, I'm sure I'll be at it for quite some time.

Pokemon Silver and Ruby. The only two I've played, and I have around 200 hours of combined playtime.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-03-10 01:49pm

Deus Ex owned my soul for the best part of 4 months when it 1st came out.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2005-03-10 02:09pm

Super Tecmo Bowl.

You've got to take them all to the superbowl with undefeated seasons, man. Every single team.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2005-03-10 07:56pm

civ 2, smac, diablo

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2005-03-10 08:13pm

Its a tossup between Descent and Freespace2.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » 2005-03-10 08:52pm

Madden, every single one of them since 01. My goal with every one of them has been to have the Bengals win three consecutive superbowls, with at least one undefeated season mixed in there. Luckily its been getting a lot easier with the newer ones, it used to be near impossible with some of the old bengals teams.

CDiehl · Post by **CDiehl** » 2005-03-10 10:12pm

Might and Magic VI. I have played that thing so much that I can almost do it blindfolded. I can beat the main quest in less than one year in-game, and I can achieve a Saintly reputation before the quest that gives it to you.

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2005-03-10 11:35pm

Definetily Morrowind - I've sunk more time into that than I can make any possible conjecture on, and I havn't even managed to get my self named Horator by all three houses yet. At least five games started, the first being the generic probe game to see how things are, and the next four being exparaments in character designs and attempts to create the ultimate twink character (my latest was on such a road, but that damn Orc mage in the Balmora guild fell through the floor, so I had to start again.

I've risen to the rank of Grand Imperial Dragon, become the leader of House Hlaalu, plundered every single article from the treasuries of Vivec, nicked every single item to be grabbed from every house I've come upon, and gathered and stashed piles upon piles of equipment and items in Hlaal Manor; I've slaughtered hordes upon hordes of the enemy, leapt across the entire island of Morrowind in a single bound, spelunked in dozens of caves and grottos, enchanted the most powerful regenerative rings and pendents, and have perfected my skills in every single catagory; I've made my name a thing to be revered and feared, known for generosity and diligence to the law and the innocent and for mercilessness and cruelty to the ill-willed, for being at every place at every time...

...and I'm still not tired of it. Alas, the 'Box being a joint venture between me and my brother, it remains at home while I am at university, and his presence ensures little to no time to continue my escapades. Hopefully, I can pick up one of my own someday and begin the frenzy once again, and complete that which I have yet to fulfill.

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-03-10 11:51pm

The Final Fantasy series as a collective; I've replayed evey game I've gotten my hands on so far except VIII, and that's just because I haven't finished yet.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2005-03-11 12:08am

X-Wing
TIE Fighter

Oooh the obscenities ...

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2005-03-11 12:21am

Probably XWA. Damn, that was a fun game.

Vicious · Post by **Vicious** » 2005-03-11 10:27am

EverQuest from December 1999 to December 2004...so 5 solid years, give or take? Played StarCraft alot, especially online. FFX has eaten a good 300 hours of my time. Civ III has consumed days, but the game I've played the most...Diablo. My God, has that game stolen more of my life than any other, except maybe EQ. Both online and offline, I've played it more times than I can count. I've beaten it 30+ times with a single-player warrior (same one), 12+ with a single-player sorcerer and at least 6+ times with a rogue. Online, I played a rogue everyday for hours for nearly a year before some PK bitch tricked me into getting killed by a horde of balrogs and made off with my gear.