That Moment When You Realize

[SmallHatLogan]

I played the shit out of Triple Triad in Final Fantasy VIII, probably because I enjoyed it more than the main game. I also spent a lot of time playing the Donkey Kong and Jetpac arcade games in Donkey Kong 64, although to be fair that was a means to an end as there were rewards for beating them.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Dice Poker in the Witcher games was quite fun to play and a great way to get a ton of orens.

Pazaak also took a lot of time out of me while playing Kotor for the same reasons.

 

[Dandark]

The woodcutting in Fable 2. It had me in it's cold unshakable grip and I could not stop until I ran out of forests.
I loved Fable 2 and although I did like some of the things in the third game I kinda want to go back and play it again.

I never played the first one so I don't know how good it is but Fable 2 was a lot of fun even with it's many flaws.

 

[ExtraDebit]

Does mods count? I play more Desert Strike mod in starcraft 2 than the actual game, in fact I can't remember that last time I touch ladder.

 

[krazykidd]

The FF8 card game comes to mind, that shit was legitimate fun.

Also: the rock paper scizors fighting game in legend of legaia. That was tough and fun.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Dice Poker in The Witcher possibly took more time than the game itself, at least in Chapter 2. It basically is what I did when I had nothing else to do, and in Chapter 2, there's the possibility you may have large chunks of nothing to do.

In Twilight Princess, I spent an insane amount of time doing the various mini-games and fishing. Not sure if it ever accounted for more than the rest of the game, but it did a take a good chunk of the game.

 

[MMSouthpawVIII]

The Chao garden in Sonic Adventure 2. I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to make mine look right and getting it to win all the events.

 

[SKBPinkie]

Super Mario Bros for the DS. I played that one Bo-bomb game where you need to slide red / black bo-bombs into their respective areas.

Had a lot more fun playing that than the main game.