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What is the worst game that has stolen 40+ hours of your life?
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3liteDragon
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I like to torture myself.
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Diablo 3
Gta 5
Horizon Zero Dawn
Fallout 3
God of war 3
Uncharted 1, 4
Persona 3, 4
The longest journey
Planescape Torment
Quake 4
Doom 3
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600 hours wasted. I could've save the world but... nah...
Gta 5
Horizon Zero Dawn
Fallout 3
God of war 3
Uncharted 1, 4
Persona 3, 4
The longest journey
Planescape Torment
Quake 4
Doom 3
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600 hours wasted. I could've save the world but... nah...
UnravelKatharsis
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Lol you played a game for 40 hours that takes 20-25 to beat?
Neolombax
Member
Destiny 2
Honestly quite surprised its reached these numbers. Sometimes I don't know why I do it anymore. Sometimes its to just finish off the battle pass. Its no longer about the loot. I'm pretty comfortable with the weapons I have, they're pretty deadly in most scenarios for PVE and PVP. I guess I just want to see this story through, cant wait for the final expansion and lay this to rest.
Honestly quite surprised its reached these numbers. Sometimes I don't know why I do it anymore. Sometimes its to just finish off the battle pass. Its no longer about the loot. I'm pretty comfortable with the weapons I have, they're pretty deadly in most scenarios for PVE and PVP. I guess I just want to see this story through, cant wait for the final expansion and lay this to rest.
Muffdraul
Member
Immortals Fenyx Rising. It was like a barely 10 hour game somehow stretched into at least 40, probably a lot more. It wasn't the worst game ever, but definitely one of those cases where I was ready for it to be over waaaaaaaaaay before it finally ended. Any talk of it being a great game or "better than BotW" or even "better than Assassins Creed" instantly makes me go 
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
Literally never happened.
Maybe I suffer from Stockholm syndrome, though.
Maybe I suffer from Stockholm syndrome, though.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Y'all are nuts. Even when I was young and made of free time I wouldn't play a game for more than a couple hours if it didn't click.
I actually quite enjoyed Crackdown 3. I don't think there's really anything bad about it, if you judge it for what it is (the story would be the weakest point). I always felt like it was called a bad game because of the initial "cloud destruction!" reveal rather than what actually released.
Brigandier
Member
As a huge MGS fan the only game that really falls into this bracket is The Phantom Pain.... I kept going thinking the story was going to pick up and there was going to be some epic MGS type moments.
Instead I got a game where side quests and mission areas were reused and it felt cheap, the enemy ai was thick as pig shit (enemies can't see you in broad daylight running at them with a rocket launcher unless 20 metres away) and the very little story that was there was shallow as a puddle of piss.
The cutscenes of all the important relevant to the series and lore were relegated to tapes, Really....
Then that ending ROFL.
Instead I got a game where side quests and mission areas were reused and it felt cheap, the enemy ai was thick as pig shit (enemies can't see you in broad daylight running at them with a rocket launcher unless 20 metres away) and the very little story that was there was shallow as a puddle of piss.
The cutscenes of all the important relevant to the series and lore were relegated to tapes, Really....
Then that ending ROFL.
Mikado
Gold Member
Final Fantasy XII
It's a turd of a game that for some reason ate up over 80 hours of my life.
The game had no soul and told one of the worst Final Fantasy stories in the franchise's history complete with a cast of idiots.
It must be awful to be born without a sense of taste; I couldn't imagine what it's like
Still, we all have our challenges and kudos to you for living your best life despite your disability
Humdinger
Member
I'd have to say it was Two Worlds, back in 2007. A low-quality Euro-jank RPG if there ever was one. For whatever perverse reason, I was in the mood for that sort of thing back then, and so I voluntarily subjected myself to it.
I have to say, though, I had a bunch of laughs at how bad it was. It was one of those "so bad it's good" games -- or, if not "good," exactly, then at least entertaining.
I have to say, though, I had a bunch of laughs at how bad it was. It was one of those "so bad it's good" games -- or, if not "good," exactly, then at least entertaining.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Not 40+ hours but first god of war was a pain to go through, I passed first three hours or so and then were kinda decent except for that part in the ship where you move a box which was a pain due to horrible collision detections.
Then bigger enemies had to be executed with QTE with random inputs which I hated, but could have overcome by just failing and trying again... If it wasn't for the horrible collision detections to make the QTE prompt come out.
Then hades trial or whatever it's called and those fucking collision detections randomly falling in the thin paths section. I literally fell without moving or just jumping in place because that failed 7 times out of 10.
Then collision detections being shit in the another box that you had to move and mount before some spikes came from the floor. Then more enemies with random QTEs where the prompt never appeared sure to stupid collision detections. Then Hell's blades collisions again being shit.
Ffs that game was a chore to go through and I only lasted because it was supposed to be around 9 hours max but that shit felt like hundreds.
It was a shame because while the combat was dumb and easy it was shiny and level design was great imo.
Then bigger enemies had to be executed with QTE with random inputs which I hated, but could have overcome by just failing and trying again... If it wasn't for the horrible collision detections to make the QTE prompt come out.
Then hades trial or whatever it's called and those fucking collision detections randomly falling in the thin paths section. I literally fell without moving or just jumping in place because that failed 7 times out of 10.
Then collision detections being shit in the another box that you had to move and mount before some spikes came from the floor. Then more enemies with random QTEs where the prompt never appeared sure to stupid collision detections. Then Hell's blades collisions again being shit.
Ffs that game was a chore to go through and I only lasted because it was supposed to be around 9 hours max but that shit felt like hundreds.
It was a shame because while the combat was dumb and easy it was shiny and level design was great imo.
SakkanartSilentJealousy
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Sorry to hear that, FF12 was my favourite FF and I keep coming back to play over and over. I still hope new FF is as deep and has a lot of customize like FF12.
Walter Matthau
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Rudius
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I could never finish XII, despite liking FFX a lot. It felt like a chore after some dozens of hours.Sometimes we see these negative Steam reviews with hundreds of hours spent playing a game. Those reviews are funny, but it got me thinking. Have you ever just kept playing a game you didn't like for 40+ hours because you felt like you had to finish it? The one that really sticks out to me is:
Final Fantasy XII
It's a turd of a game that for some reason ate up over 80 hours of my life. I just kept it playing it because I was determined to kill all the giant tortoises. The game had no soul and told one of the worst Final Fantasy stories in the franchise's history complete with a cast of idiots. Fortunately, Lost Odyssey came out fairly soon after and gave me my Gooch fix.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Destiny 2, buy new DLC and getting some mates who we used to D1 and early D2 raid with to buy it. Only for us all to be so fucking sick of the grind for high level content we never even played it together, shit takes weeks to level through. Fucking dumb. Last D2 DLC I buy, that's for sure. If Marathon is anything like that goodbye Bungie, you have lost your way. Get back to the cool shit like D1 raids and open events but let matchmaking and LFGs drive it, not fucking grinding and RNG.
Generic
Member
Same. Also Okami, which is basically a 40 hours long walking simulator.Sometimes we see these negative Steam reviews with hundreds of hours spent playing a game. Those reviews are funny, but it got me thinking. Have you ever just kept playing a game you didn't like for 40+ hours because you felt like you had to finish it? The one that really sticks out to me is:
Final Fantasy XII
It's a turd of a game that for some reason ate up over 80 hours of my life. I just kept it playing it because I was determined to kill all the giant tortoises. The game had no soul and told one of the worst Final Fantasy stories in the franchise's history complete with a cast of idiots. Fortunately, Lost Odyssey came out fairly soon after and gave me my Gooch fix.
These games made me learn to NOT trust gaming hype.
TerribleAtThisGame
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RDR2. One of the worst gameplay experiences in one of the best packages ever. It's hilarious how wide the gulf between game design and presentation is.
It somehow took me close to 40 hours to admit that I thought the game was just fucking terrible to play because I loved looking at it and being in its world.
I've also never played a game like Doom Eternal. It's like I hate-played thrpugh an entire game and I have no idea why I did that in hindsight. Just to shit on it by myself on the couch?
It somehow took me close to 40 hours to admit that I thought the game was just fucking terrible to play because I loved looking at it and being in its world.
I've also never played a game like Doom Eternal. It's like I hate-played thrpugh an entire game and I have no idea why I did that in hindsight. Just to shit on it by myself on the couch?
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Shifty1897
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I know you didn't create this thread just to trash my second favorite FF.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
Okami is so beautiful and so fucking boring at the same time. A game I want to love but good lord, it just never gets out of its own way.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
I don’t think I’ve ever played a game more than a few hours that I wasn’t enjoying.
El Muerto
Member
Assassins Creedy Origins and Odyssey. As someone who played every AC game (including psp and ds versions), Odyssey and Origins were an absolute slog. But i felt compelled to beat them as i beat every game in the series. I still have a copy of Valhalla sealed, owned it for 2 years and i really dont feel like playing it.
This ^ word for word.
Also, while not really 40 hours, The Last Us 2. The game overstayed its welcome for way too damn long. I eventualy did finish it though, but with the please be over already mindset.
Edit: How could i forget FFXV. Such a fucking disaster.
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Sleepwalker
Member
FIFA from fifa 12 to fifa 20, probably 1000+ hours per year lol
saintjules
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I said that once to someone on here who didn't like Starfield after 40 hours. They said that you can't determine a game is bad in 2 hours.
I mean 40 hours is like a few games worth of time if they aren't rpgs. Wild.
NinjaMouse
Member
Too Human
For some reason, I expected this game to get good and I forced myself to find out that it never does. I then had a friend who guilted me into playing it all the way through again in co-op so he could also eventually find out it was shit. He was also addicted to achievements, so I stuck around for chasing those, too. Never again. Against.
For some reason, I expected this game to get good and I forced myself to find out that it never does. I then had a friend who guilted me into playing it all the way through again in co-op so he could also eventually find out it was shit. He was also addicted to achievements, so I stuck around for chasing those, too. Never again. Against.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
I rarely play MP games. The only ones I can remember playing for a long time are:
- COD MW (og) | 50+ hours
- COD MW 2 (og) | 100+ hours
- Titanfall 2 | ~60 hours
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 | ~110 hours
- Rocket League | 660+ hours
I tried other MP games: Destiny 2, Apex Legends, COD MW (new), Vampire Masquerade, etc. but quit only after a few hours in all of them as I wasn't enjoying them. Same principle. So no regrets either way
belmarduk
Member
Sometimes we see these negative Steam reviews with hundreds of hours spent playing a game. Those reviews are funny, but it got me thinking. Have you ever just kept playing a game you didn't like for 40+ hours because you felt like you had to finish it? The one that really sticks out to me is:
Final Fantasy XII
It's a turd of a game that for some reason ate up over 80 hours of my life. I just kept it playing it because I was determined to kill all the giant tortoises. The game had no soul and told one of the worst Final Fantasy stories in the franchise's history complete with a cast of idiots. Fortunately, Lost Odyssey came out fairly soon after and gave me my Gooch fix.
Wow. That's one effeminate looking dude.
Also, why would you want to kill giant tortoises? I get that they were enemy tortoises but giant tortoises are awesome. I'd like to go to the Galápagos Islands one day and see them.
March Climber
Member
I rarely play MP games. The only ones I can remember playing for a long time are:
No regrets about playing any of these. Had a blast in all of them.
- COD MW (og) | 50+ hours
- COD MW 2 (og) | 100+ hours
- Titanfall 2 | ~60 hours
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 | ~110 hours
- Rocket League | 660+ hours
I tried other MP games: Destiny 2, Apex Legends, COD MW (new), Vampire Masquerade, etc. but quit only after a few hours in all of them as I wasn't enjoying them. Same principle. So no regrets either way
So you’ve had a perfect record since childhood? I might have enjoyed some games as a child but even I can admit some of them were just average or shitty games back then because I had nothing else to play at the time.
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A.Romero
Member
Not even mp games. I don't have that much time for games anymore...
killatopak
Member
Clash of Clan.
I tried really hard because everybody, my friends, classmates, co-workers and their dogs used to play it.
It was the beginning of my villain saga against GAAS.
I tried really hard because everybody, my friends, classmates, co-workers and their dogs used to play it.
It was the beginning of my villain saga against GAAS.