Games that have occupied that most time in your life?

Cuda1447

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I'm not interested in your top 10 games, I'm interested in the games that have been the most addicting for you, across all platforms.


1. Ultima Online - That game was like crack for me back in the day, its probably a good thing I eventually got banned.
2. Counter-Strike. First great FPS I was exposed to, and just like UO I played this game NON-STOP thru High School.
3. Starcraft - I suppose this game along with the previous 3 were the most addicting because it was during High School and my major gaming days.
4. Call of Duty 4. Without a doubt the best/most addictive modern FPS. I love this game.
5. Madden Series. Online play is tons of fun. Single Player is great, franchise mode is usually a lot of fun. All in all this game (whatever year) will always occupy a few months of my time.
6. Tecmo Bowl. When I was a kid this was the ONLY game I ever played for Nintendo. So shitty yet so awesome. Even after the Genesis came out and even into the Playstation days I would go back to Tecmo Bowl.
7. Unreal Tournament. I mainly got into this game to play with my friends, but you get a LAN party going with 12 people playing its chaos and a lot of fun.
8. Forza - Great car racing game. I tore my ACL slightly after this game came out, needless to say I spent a lot time in doors over the next few months and I got very good at this game.
9. Asherons Call. Not as addicting as Ultima Online, but a few of my buddies played it and it had far better graphics. I was def. hooked on this game for awhile, but ultimately I went back to UO despite the far worse graphics.
10. Fight Night Round 3. When I worked at Circuit City and this game first game out that is all we would play. We had a league going with rankings and everything. I'd go on break, grab some McDonalds from across the street real quick and hurry back so I could watch whatever matchup was going on in the break room. Hell, we'd even stay late an hour at night to play after the store closed. When I left that hell hole I was the undisputed Fight Night CC Champion. I miss those days.
 

ggnl

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WoW...

Everything else pales in comparison to the amount of time I wasted on that game.
 

Cuda1447

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Originally posted by: ggnl
WoW...

Everything else pales in comparison to the amount of time I wasted on that game.

I suspect this will be a common answer in this thread. MMORPG's should be outlawed for this very reason!
 

MikeyLSU

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I'm confused, you say you are not interested in our top 10, just the top game, but you list your top 10 games.

For me, it is a tie between Starcraft and CounterStrike(not source). First couple of years of college were filled playing these games.
 

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Starcraft
Civilization series
Counterstrike
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3

(I was too poor for console gaming from the end of the SNES generation to the mid/end of the PS2 generation)
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
I'm confused, you say you are not interested in our top 10, just the top game, but you list your top 10 games.

For me, it is a tie between Starcraft and CounterStrike(not source). First couple of years of college were filled playing these games.

He means he's not interested in your 10 favorite games like the other thread
 

KeithTalent

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Phantasy Star 1-3 Consumed a tonne of my time and I replayed them over and over.

Halo PC multiplayer I ended up playing with some really cool people consistently and had a tonne of fun with it.

CS Source Same as Halo

Super Mario Bros Was really the only game I had for the NES for a very long time so just played it over and over and over and over, well you get the idea.

Altered Beast Same as SMB as this was the only game I had for Genesis for a very long time and played the crap out of it. I literally could complete some of the levels with my eyes closed after playing it for so long.

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KaOTiK

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Rainbow Six - I would play it every free moment I had, was rated one of the best in tournaments in solo and clan play.
Everquest - First MMO and my god I love it still. If it wasn't for WAR coming out soon I would have went back to EQ already.
World of Warcraft - Spent a ton of time in this game, was in a end game guild on really popular server (DnT, Drama, Warensamble, and some others were our main competition but by the time WE got up there most our guild retired)
Midtown Madness 3 - Spent countless nights on Xbox Live with friends and we would always play the cop game where one started as the cop and had to hit other players so they would turn into cops also
Warcraft 3 - Love 4v4 battles and DOTA
C&C Red Alert - me and my best friend would piss our parents off dialing each others modems to the weee hours of the morning every night hahah
Mario Kart 64 - Everyday after school we and 3 of my friends would play this till we had to go to work
Goldeneye - the other game we would play besides MK64
Tribes - Oh man how I they would just revamp it and release it again
Unreal Tournament - Use to play every night I came home from work

Each of those games I'd say I've logged at least a few hundred hours into with the MMO's reaching 100+ days each

 

Yreka

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EQ 1&2 + the Civ series off the top of my head.. Wasn't so much the games, but the time in my life when I had hours on end free to dedicate to such things. Now, I am lucky to get in 4-5hrs per week.
 

techwanabe

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I spent many hours on:

Baldurs Gate I
Baldurs Gate II
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale II
Never Winter Nights
expansion packs for all of the above

Sacred

Zelda:WW

RoseOnline MMORPG

This is a mix of PC and Console.
 

Kabob

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1. Diablo 2 - By far the most time consuming game for me
2. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - Been playing of and on since Jedi Outcast
3. Tekken 3 - I spent a surprisingly large amount of time on this game
4. America's Army
5. Call of Duty 4
6. Gears of War
7. Final Fantasy VIII - Beat this game 3 or 4 times.
8. Counter Strike/Counter Strike: Source

*edited for lack of Roman numeral finess...
 

Riverhound777

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Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Rainbow Six - I would play it every free moment I had, was rated one of the best in tournaments in solo and clan play.
Tribes - Oh man how I they would just revamp it and release it again

Did you play on Mplayer by chance? I was also hardcore into R6. Played daily for many hours for over a year. My name was River. Also played Tribes.

Anyway my list would be:
Eve-Online: 3 years
Diablo II: 2 years
Rainbow Six: 1yr+

Thats about it. Lots of other games but those are the only ones over a year I think.
 

bl4ckfl4g

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1. WoW (broke that habit finally
2. DAOC
3. Persona 3
4. COD4
5. FFXI
6. Quake 3
7. Disgaea
8. FFVII (currently replaying again)
9. UT original
10. Mechwarrior 3

Something like that more or less in that order.
 

nycxandy

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PC: Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Warcraft III (DotA)

Xbox 360: Call of Duty 4

Nintendo 64: NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant

Super Nintendo: Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB, Madden 93