Ever Randomly Got a Game And Became super addicted to it?

[deonte9109]

Oblivion. A friend "found it" and gave it to me. Didnt like it at first but after a little bit I was hooked. Spent every night just playing for hours not even doing anything main or guild quest related. On a side note though I finally finished the game on the 360 with all guilds and main quest completed. All in all it took me about 200+ hours of gameplay.

 

[MrGalactus]

Bought San Andreas about 7 times now.

 

[Deguasser]

Lets see,

Kane and Lynch 1 & 2
Fallout 3
Heavy Rain
Dead Rising 1 & 2
and Siren

 

[smithy_2045]

As an 11 year old, I asked for Mario Kart 64. Was terribly disappointed when I got F Zero X instead, but I've probably got at least twice the play time out of F Zero X than I could've Mario Kart.

 

[Kevonovitch]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. the 1st one, borderlands, ragnarok online, rainbow 6 vegas 2, GRiD, the witcher.

and thats all i can remember atm XD

 

[Mrrrgggrlllrrrg]

EVE online, because hey why not I was playing WoW and I wouldnt say addicted but its definitely a great change of pace.

 

[tharglet]

Deus Ex 1. I didn't actually buy it - my dad bought a bunch of games of slightly dubious origins - but I really enjoyed playing it, and got rather into it.

 

[Knife-28]

Read a couple recommendations of Minecraft, saw a free weekend, and-

...yeah.

I was addicted to the Creative mode. Then came the free weekend....and I was $13 dollars poorer....

 

[Blackadder51]

Gratuitous Space Battles.

Saw it on special on steam and thought fuck it.

A few hours later I also found a Star Wars Mod =)

 

[SalamanderJoe]

Mashed Fully Loaded. We used to have a common room with a PS2 in it last year at University, and it had no games. Out of a bunch of 10 games we got including Capcom vs SNK 2, Burnout 3 and Star Wars Battlefront, we played Mashed all the time, everyday. One of my mates decided to tally every lap he did of a track called Polar Wharf and he hit about 3000.

No common room this year though, and there is truly a whole in our lives where Mashed used to be...

 

[Nexus4]

Morrowind, fucking morrowind. Randomly bought it on xbox, I am still playing it on and off since its release in 2002

 

[w-Jinksy]

Dawn of War i just saw it one day and thought oh that looks cool. i got addicted to it and it even got you me into the tabletop game i still play DoW to this day.

 

[Gerrawn]

Mount and Blade. I bought it because I had some spare money and there was a sale on Steam.

Next thing I know I'm yelling at the top of my lungs at the screen as I conquer Calradia in the name of Swadia. This was repeated for months.

Oh, and Minecraft too!

 

[Izakflashman]

I got Mirrors Edge to spite my friends who all said it was shit (Although they themselves had never played it). I still obsess about it and check google every couple weeks to see if there are any new articles about a sequel.

 

[Natonator]

I got Audiosurf two days ago... I should probably eat now.

 

[plunderbunny]

I bought Jade Empire on a whim. Was able to get it cheap as part of a deal at GAME. I didn't have any high expectations for it. Anyway, ended up really enjoying it and played it a lot. I think it was the first Bioware game I ever played.

 

[NoblePhilistineFox]

I bought Monster Hunter Tri because I finally found a game that I could pre-order(yes, the only reason I bought the game was to say I pre-ordered it)
and im rank 89 with plans to buy a psp for Freedon UNITE!! and im also trying to import a copy of Frontier(and also make a japanese IP adress so I can play it T_T) because its so addictive XD
im itching to use the gunlance, it looks so cool XD

 

[supermariner]

i bought assassins creed 2 without ever witnessing any gameplay of either 1 or 2
i knew it had good reviews and whatnot
but bought it on no evidence i'd enjoy it
and it's one of the best games i've ever played
not THE best of course
that'd be in a bizarre topsy turvy world
but it was an amazing purchase

 

[blankedboy]

Minecraft! Oh god it is eating up all my free time lately. I tried it during the 'free weekend' on the request of a friend and the moment Notch's servers were stable again threw the $15 at him and ran away giggling madly like I got the bargain of a life time. So much fun and its only in Alpha, can't wait for the Halloween update pack =).

This to the end of the Earth.
By the way, I've found a server that DOESN'T CRASH EVERY FEW SECONDS!
No idea what it's called, but it has a kick-ass world... the IP's 98.202.184.133

 

[thespianicism]

Mass Effect. I walked in to Gamestop right after I got my 360. With my mind set on an RPG, I picked up Oblivion. I got to talking with the sales guy and he recommended Mass Effect. Seeing aliens on the cover, I felt a little iffy, but thought 'What the hell. It's only $20." In the intervening two years, I have sold my soul and my first born child to Bioware. Oh, and I barely played Oblivion.