Football Manager, I say to myself just 1 hour and 6 hours later "Oh is that the time, one more game couldn't hurt" it's a vicious cycle. My addictedness rating is "Okay it's time to change your underwear"
The ultimate "Just one more turn..." game.
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Ever played the Arcade mode in a fighting game and got to the last boss, despite it being the wee hours into the morning and you have school/work/church/whatever the next morning?
I have.
I have.
For me, this will always be Missionforce: Cyberstorm. It's an old Dynamix game set in the Earth siege universe, where you lead squads of HERCS piloted by genetically engineered bioderm (read: cyborg) pilots against the forces of the Cybrids.
Maybe not the best turn-based tactical combat game ever made, but it's one of the ones I got the deepest into and had the most fun with. Try it out, if you can ever find a copy and have a high tolerance for Windows 95-era pixel graphics.
Maybe not the best turn-based tactical combat game ever made, but it's one of the ones I got the deepest into and had the most fun with. Try it out, if you can ever find a copy and have a high tolerance for Windows 95-era pixel graphics.
FF Tactics Advance. Getting that game back in grade 7 is likely why I've still got terrible sleeping patterns almost ten years later.
WoW was very much like that for me, at least when I was leveling a character. I'd waste entire weeks (not weekends, WEEKS) just staring at that screen, not even logging off to eat. But I quit that, so...
Typically, Team Fortress 2 has been like that for me lately, but before I had that I played a little F2P TPS called S4League. Both of these I'm completely unwilling to leave until I not only win a match, but can get within the top 3. It just always leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I stop playing on a loss, but there have been more times than I can count where I go "GRRR! One more match, I'll get it now! Wait, why do I hear the alarm clock in the other room going of-oh..."
Typically, Team Fortress 2 has been like that for me lately, but before I had that I played a little F2P TPS called S4League. Both of these I'm completely unwilling to leave until I not only win a match, but can get within the top 3. It just always leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I stop playing on a loss, but there have been more times than I can count where I go "GRRR! One more match, I'll get it now! Wait, why do I hear the alarm clock in the other room going of-oh..."
Pokemon mystery dungeon definitely. Most the time its "Just one more shot" when I can't beat a mission though.
Little Big Planet (both 1 and 2) come to mind. but now that people mention it, Total War games are even more like that. I've been known to spend all day on that game. The first time I won a campaign (as the Greeks) I'd played for about a week all day every day 
fun times
fun times
Civilization: Revolution.
One more turn seems to always result with me finishing the match that I'm playing.
One more turn seems to always result with me finishing the match that I'm playing.
I was going to say it, but it's not turn based, or even level based for that matter.CL4P-TP said:
Actually I'll say Minecraft anyway cause I need to go finish off my xp grinder.
for me it's a Disgaea series! The ultimate games that will never let me go if i need to sleep or eat.
Civilization 3. The awful part is how long each of those turns are since:
1) I turn off all victory modes, leaving the only victory to be wiping each civilization off the face of the Earth
2) Speaking of Earth, I play a Huge Earth map with 8 opponents (not a lot for that size, I know, I like to have some space)
3) I like to take my time and do a lot of conquering in the final, modern age
4) I make it a point never to destroy a city
5) I'm a perfectionist, micromanaging each of those billions of cities, workers (there's always loads of them, ready to clean up tons of waste and plant forests to combat global warming) and armies
So long story short, those turns at the end game can take some 10-20 minutes each and the "just one more turn" mentality still sticks.
1) I turn off all victory modes, leaving the only victory to be wiping each civilization off the face of the Earth
2) Speaking of Earth, I play a Huge Earth map with 8 opponents (not a lot for that size, I know, I like to have some space)
3) I like to take my time and do a lot of conquering in the final, modern age
4) I make it a point never to destroy a city
5) I'm a perfectionist, micromanaging each of those billions of cities, workers (there's always loads of them, ready to clean up tons of waste and plant forests to combat global warming) and armies
So long story short, those turns at the end game can take some 10-20 minutes each and the "just one more turn" mentality still sticks.
oh god...
Rome: Total War for one. BFME2 and it's expansion was another. "Ok, that was an epic siege guys, let's do another!" *2 hours later* "Oh, look at the time, schools gonna suck later today"
Rome: Total War for one. BFME2 and it's expansion was another. "Ok, that was an epic siege guys, let's do another!" *2 hours later* "Oh, look at the time, schools gonna suck later today"
As half of the comments said before me, the Civilization series created the term, with the Total War series in a close second.
Fire Emblem 7. Near the end game the missions can take an hour long each, and that's when you haven't had to restart because some archer did a critical hit and one-shotted your favorite character.
But it's just so much fun to send your over-powered walking death machine against ludicrous odds!
But it's just so much fun to send your over-powered walking death machine against ludicrous odds!
Playing Sword of the Stars against my housemates, games can often run past 3 in the morning, with us all saying "Just one more turn".
Fairly bad, since late-game turns can last in excess of half an hour due to all the combat and management going on. Has cost me failing to attend 9 o'clock lectures more than once.
Fairly bad, since late-game turns can last in excess of half an hour due to all the combat and management going on. Has cost me failing to attend 9 o'clock lectures more than once.