Poll: Time invested into a single game?

[Xanthious]

I had well over 500 DAYS logged on my WoW account before I Sold it. Of course I have a new one now and I'm dividing my time between that and Old Republic

 

[Deadyawn]

Most games I will play till a beat it or get bored of it. I will usually come back at some point in the future and play them again. So most games would be under 50. However I havea few games that I have played significantly more than that. I have around 50 hours in Mass Effect, DX:HR and KOTOR2 (and probably some other RPGs that I can't remember of the top of my head). Most pokemon games would have something quite a bit more than that. Advance Wars: Dual Strike has a recorded time of 127 hours. Fallout New Vegas has 160. Super Smash Bros. on the N64 (which I used to play constantly when I was young) Probably has some ridiculously high number that I wouldn't want to hazard a guess at.

 

[Versuvius]

Skyrim: 300 hours
Everything else that isn't bioware or Beth: 50-60

 

[praetor_alpha]

It depends on if I like the game in question. If I really like a game, it will be over 100 hours. Steam says I have about 150 hours each for both Mass Effects, and almost 130 for Skyrim. Oblivion takes the cake though, got one character with gametime over 400 hours.

I remember playing Sim City 2000, Far Cry, and Starcraft for ages in the ages before "hours played" timers made you depressed at your life.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Generally I only spend 10 hours or so on a game. Some games I do spend ludicrous amounts of time on. Total War, Metal Gear, Mount&Blade, Sonic, Streets of Rage, and Gran Turismo are my most played game series. I honestly beat MGS3 at least 40 times, same with Demon's Souls (only about 5 times on Dark Souls currently).

 

[Togs]

It changes from game to game, but Id say however long it takes to complete the main story/quest/missions and a handful off side objectives.
But its a rare game that I put more then 30 hours into.

 

[nbamaniac]

Thousands of hours on Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft, Total War and Civilization games.

Hundreds of hours on Operation Flashpoint, Mount and Blade: Warband, Men of War, Baldur's Gate 2 and SW:KotOR

Bastion was limited to a few hours, but it was very much worth it..

On a side note: Skyrim = 10 hrs or so before I felt like a stupid robot as is the rest of the game world.

 

[1blackone]

Thousands and thousands of hours playing Unreal Tournament 2004. I don't have proof, but I know for a fact that I've spent more time in that game than any other. And I'm still playing it

Easily 1000 hours on FFXII. About 6 playthroughs, while doing all the sidequests and hunts and whatever.

I think GTA Vice City and Rome: Total War come very close to that as well.

I thought some people were lying with their "OvAr 1500 hourz pl4yed rawr!@!" numbers. Until, i saw my TF2 number on steam....I can't believe i spent 502 hours on a game i SWEAR i only played 1 or 2 hours a WEEK, tops.

That said...on games NOT created by the Daedric coven that is Valve, About 150 hours is my ceiling--usually on RPGs: ToV, Skyrim, and FFXII.

HINDSIGHT ENTRY: probably 2 thousand hours on a heavy-modded Tribes 2 , i know played the hell outta that waaaay more than i do TF2 now. Im talking 2 years past the official server shutdown date. Shazbot! with all those hours i coulda learned an instrument or another language!

 

[AngryMongoose]

Err...


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More than two months...

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World of Warcraft...

Not exactly proud of it. I keep thinking, if I had say, played on German servers, I'd be fucking fluent in German by now. Ah well; least it was fun

Otherwise, the limit for an amazing game comes in at around 150 hours, or 40-60 hours for a game I merely liked.

 

[Whateveralot]

Big difference. Call of Duty 1 and 2 have had me playing over a 1000 hours over the years.

There's also a lot of games that I have spent less than 20 hours with.

Right now, I think a good example is Skyrim. It's on 42 hours now and I'm just messing around. I'm probably not even halfway through the main storyline, I just want to become really strong first; focussing on one-handed weapons, bows, light armor, sneaking and smithing.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Really depends on the game.
Some I may only spend four hours on, other I can spend well over a hundred... And for some games, twenty minutes is enough.

 

[Cogwheel]

Generally not much. Enough to finish a lazy playthrough of it (not a speedrun, but not a completionist one at all, either) if I finish it at all.

Dungeons of Dredmor holds a lifetime record by far, though, at 282 hours.

 

[Weslebear]

On average around 70 ish.

Highest would be:

800+ hours On Oblivion, only made 2 characters as well.

400+ hours on Guild Wars, still playing this bad boy whenever I can.

 

[boxes]

about 500 hours of mw2, and i dont even want to know my wow time. my rule is, minumum 1 dollar=1 hour of time i expect to play it.

 

[Amphoteric]

I've got about 200 hours on Swtor so far.

Usually its no where near that.

 

[zuro64]

The game I have spent most time in is Battlefield 2 with about 340h and that is only online, offline I would say about 150h!

others:
CoD:MW2 :140h
CoD:Black Ops :110H
L4D :60h
L4D2 :40h
Mass Effect :150h
Mass Effect 2 :Still havent finished! I know, I know, shame on me

 

[Drummie666]

My longest is probably TF2, at 197 hours.

I only say TF2 because the consoles don't record that. Both MGS4 and Prototype could have well over 200 hours for all I now. I've played through those two games so many fucking times.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I was surprised to see I had actually played more of Skyrim than I had on Fallout Vegas. I love both of those games and have 200 plus hours on them on steam.

I have been playing wow for 6 or so years so...yeah that's a lot of hours.

 

[Commissar Sae]

For most games its usually under 50, but i do have some longstanding steam games that are running into 200+ territory and one thats heading towards the 600 hour mark. Thank you steam for telling me exactly how much of my life has been wasted playing games

 

[KrossBillNye]

I am surpised there is no 200-300 selection. Right now I am at 230 hours on Skyrim.

But the longest ever is TF2 at 1254 hours.

No that is not a error.