Most ridiculously adictive games you've ever played... especially stupid ones!

[gorfias]

I've found my self clicking away madly at some good games, and stupid games, and they typically had one thing in common: a system that made me feel rewarded.

This is different than just thinking a game very well done and exciting. I loved Halo 1 and 2. Great graphics and controls. But I've practically been compelled to play:

1) Diablo: PC. Great actions RPG, maybe the first I'd ever played. I didn't even understand the upgrade system at first. Once I got it, it had me.
2) Fallout 3: This is kind of in between. When I played the space ship level, I was just crazed with greed, picking up great and valuable weapons. But the gameplay was something special.
3) While I'm having fun at this site and reading the Drudge report, I click over to another tab and play this stupid web game Thirst of Night. Dumbest game I've ever been addicted to. And I'm not willing to spend money on this free game, so, I'll only go so far (To really play, you have to buy stuff for a gargoyle. Not going to happen. I heard about Apple getting sued by parents whose addicted kids spent thousands on this sort of thing. But for now, stupid fun.

Your greatest addictions?

 

[krazykidd]

Diablo 2 back in highschool . Seriously of i spent only half the time i spent on that game studying , i would be a certified doctor right now ( i'm 23 ) . Unfortunately i got addicted and now i am a college drop out working at a grocery store ... ... Totally worth it .

 

[gorfias]

Diablo 2 back in highschool . Seriously of i spent only half the time i spent on that game studying , i would be a certified doctor right now ( i'm 23 ) . Unfortunately i got addicted and now i am a college drop out working at a grocery store ... ... Totally worth it .

LOL, I'm lucky I passed all my exams. Doom 2 for PC was the only great game to play at the time, and I didn't want to stop till I found every piece of armor.

Then before my license exam, had actually over studied and played Baldur's Gate II on the Gamecube.

All was well though.

 

[Hazy992]

Animal Crossing. That game is boring as fuck but it's so damn addictive!

 

[The Madman]

I always hesitate before starting up any turn based strategy game ala Civilization, GalCiv2, or Total War as it's pretty much guaranteed once I do so I'll be playing till the wee hours of the morning, work or no.

I really am a shameless 'one more turn' addict.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Monster Hunter.

Seriously, most addictive game I've ever played.

It presses all my buttons.

Lots of equipment to craft, killing monsters and carving them up to get those materials, super fun combat, brilliant animation, awesome difficulty.

The whole thing is just brilliant.

 

[SuperNova221]

Most recently it has been Ecoo the Dolphin. I won't stop until I beat it. Other than that, EVE Online until I quit not too long ago and SC2 took its place.

 

[gorfias]

Most recently it has been Ecoo the Dolphin. I won't stop until I beat it. Other than that, EVE Online until I quit not too long ago and SC2 took its place.

Got a buddy trying to get me into EVE. He does spend money on it, so, I'm just too far behind him to be a decent ally.

 

[Sixcess]

World of Warcraft. I play it rarely, but when I do I play to excess. I'm just hitting my burn out point for the third time. I'm almost glad that many of the changes coming with Mists seem likely to kill my interest in that game for good.

Almost.

 

[gorfias]

I always hesitate before starting up any turn based strategy games ala Civilization, GalCiv2, or Total War as it's pretty much guaranteed once I do so I'll be playing till the wee hours of the morning, work or no.

I really am a shameless 'one more turn' addict.

I'd like a reasonably new off line game. This stupid Thirst game I'm playing, 1/2 the fun is deciding what to build in my city next. Any of those you noted like that?

Monster Hunter.

Seriously, most addictive game I've ever played.

It presses all my buttons.

Lots of equipment to craft, killing monsters and carving them up to get those materials, super fun combat, brilliant animation, awesome difficulty.

The whole thing is just brilliant.

I've got to start writing these suggestions down. I'll definitely look into Monster Hunter.

 

[Razoack]

The Wonderful End of the World / Katamari.

Those games just are full of fun and if i start them i can't stop playing them.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

I almost flunked 9th Grade because of Warcraft 3 a decade ago. True story.

Nothing like skipping 40 days of school in a year to play video games!

 

[LilithSlave]

Both Harvest Moon and Terraria have very addictive qualities.

It's like they invoke your grinding instincts in the right way.

 

[smearyllama]

Total War: Shogun 2 and Fallout 3.
Before I cleared them to make room on my Xbox hard drive a year back or so, I had at least one file with over 300 hours in it. I was that much of a loser in sixth grade.
It was worth it, though. That game is seriously amazing.

 

[TephlonPrice]

GTA: San Andreas.

Fun forever.

Next up on that list:

Just Cause 2

 

[Username5550123]

Animal Crossing. That game is boring as fuck but it's so damn addictive!

Ha ha glad to see I'm not the only one to spend hours of my life playing this game.

But one game that i got surprisingly addicted to was Red Faction Guerrilla. Something about going around and destroying stuff was extremely entertaining for me. I restarted the game multiple times just to find the most effective and awesome ways to destroy a particular structure.

 

[AetherWolf]

Harvest Moon. Seriously, they're boring as fuck, the games never offer anything new, yet I constantly played them in elementary school.

 

[skywolfblue]

I'll second World of Warcraft. During Burning Crusade, (in addition weekly raids) hardly a night would go by without me logging on for about an hour or so to do dailies, level or do random quests. I don't play it anymore since Cata, but still good times were had.

 

[hecate-servant]

For me it was always "The Urbz" stupidest game ever however, I freaking could never put it away because I was doing some much grind or dressing them up or like comparing tattoos and piercings. That and the very old (just for girls I think) "Rockett's New School" back when I was younger. Ohh that game, I was always playing it when I was allowed on the computer.