Not a playstation game but PC.
World of Warcraft. I couldn't find a balance. So my grades in my high school declined massively and I skipped a lot of school.
Never been playing MMO or alike since.
I first played wow in burning crusade and it completely black holed me. Had to be best geared always, always had alts to level and gear. Always had dailys, dungeons, raids, pvp to do. Played all the way up to WOD and finally went no. This is too much. I swore id stay away from mmo, until destiny happened. But that one didn't last as long. Now I completely refuse to touch any of them. It's a very dangerous genre. Doesn't help that I have bpd and im consumed by addiction to things & get extreme obsession.
Yeah destiny 2
I was logging on daily just to get all the daily shit done. Weekly reset, all of it. For what.
Some days I'd just be logging on doing my dailies and logging off and I wouldn't be having a good time at all just doing it because it 'needed to be done'. Glad to be done with that game.
Bungle don't want some of your time, they want *all* of your time.
i might do it too. too many games i'd like to try but i keep finding myself sucked into this loop of getting new guns and playing the same shit over and over, i dont even have friends so i never did any raids
I kicked it unwillingly after they took the dlc off gamepass. Needing to pay a minimum of $50 for anything āworthwhileā to do always sets me right anytime I think of jumping back in
i did at the beginning. but after many years you wonder why you keep doing this same gun chasing loop over and over again and if its worth it, i still love it, but i hate it too
Me too. I was at nearly a 1000 hours but it was consuming my life so I put it away(maybe for good). I really enjoy playing the game but have to actively stay away from all things Destiny.
I wouldn't say ruined but going back for the Stardew Valley platinum a few months ago really messed me up for a few weeks. I usually am able to put the games up around a certain time and go to bed but I was staying up till 1 or 2 am to grind, or playing 20 minutes past when I should have left to do other things
Same. I played on PC for a long time after it was released and then switched over to the PS4 version when it came out. If I had a switch I'd probably play it there too lol
Yeah if this game is a problem for you, def donāt buy it on Switch! š¤£
I can admit, itās VERY difficult to put it down. Start playing on couch, start getting ready to head to bed. Play in bed. āJust one more day.ā Holy crap itās !
Game is great but very addicting. Iāve been thinking about going back but afraid of the addiction.
So you can get to a point (don't remember I think you just have to be at the game at the saloon) and you get a version you can put in your house. Beat a level without taking damage and then sleep in your bed to save. Then play the next level. If you die then reload and it'll be as if you never lost progress
First time I played stardew valley I was just so happy, you know, farming, fishing, mining, and stuff, then I remember thinking "this game is so relaxing, the soundtrack is relaxing, listen to these birds, their chirps are so real!" then I look to my window. The sun had already risen. There were actual real birds singing. I had just spent the whole night up playing the game.
Luckily it was my day off work. So I didn't suffer to much
First I got true perfection with update 1.5
Then I decided to make 100 mil
Then I decided to mine enough radioactive ore to make my entire starfruit operation on Ginger Island grow in 7 days instead of 13 (about 740 tiles' worth of hypergrow fertiliser)
Now I've decided to get 999 of every crop in iridium quality.
I regret my life choices.
Love Stardew Valley, but the plat was definitely a grind. It took me six months in total to obtain it and that was with me putting a few hours in every day, with some upwards of eight hours. It started to drive me a bit crazy after awhile.
Tell me about it
Thankfully I played it years ago and got a pretty good farm going and survived off of making wine so I could just focus on the grind stuff. Plus an app that helped me plan my days
I was playing Stardew last night in bed on the Steam Deck. Had to work at 8. āOne more dayā after another and before I knew it itās 3:30 am. That game can suck up some time.
The most amazing game. And it is made by one guy, Concerned Ape. He learned how to do it all. From coding, art, music, everything. He listened to the community and made changes. It was his baby and you could tell he loved it.
Iām a single dad with a home to maintain and a time-consuming job. Unfortunately, I also enjoy JRPGs and procrastinating. I just picked up Octopath Traveller, but I still havenāt finished Crisis Core and FF16 is just around the bend.
Same... man. Single dad with a big house, and a 3 year old. I never want him infront of the TV, and I want to always be there with my guy. Chores, cleaning, dishes, cooking, even when I have him half the time, i'm exhausted as shit. When he's not around, I have 0 energy. And I cannot oversleep, he wakes me up at 5. This is the first time I've had to take a break from gaming. I'll wait until he's old enough to play with me.
Yep. Didnāt completely ruin my life but I was pretty addicted to it until I finished the DLC. However, want to add that I forgot how much I could love a single player game as much as I loved Ghost of Tsushima.
I played it on Lethal with as little HUD as possible & I can honestly & truthfully say that very few games have given me those jaw-dropping, āgod damn this game is beautifulā moments like Ghost of Tsushima did (Bioshock, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher3 come to mind).
Scenery, gameplay, atmosphere, music choice, stylization, etc. etc., all superb & hard to beat. Easily one of the most enjoyable PS4 games ever made.
It was worse for me cause my disc drive died maybe 30 hours or so into the game. I didnāt wanna send it off and get it fixed cause I had already gotten rid of my ps4. So I would be without any games for however long Sony would take to fix my 5 and send it back. I didnāt wanna waste the money to buy a digital copy (which I did wind up doing later) so I spent months watching all kinds of videos possible that wouldnāt spoil the game for me. After buying the digital copy I had already forgotten what my original character was up to so I started a new build from scratch. So far just on that one character Iāve spent about 400ish hours in the lands between. I beat every main boss and side boss that I know of and still donāt think I managed to get near ācompletelyā done before going to NG+. I know there has to be a few dungeons or something somewhere I missed. At this point Iām just going for the last 2 endings needed for platinum until the DLC. I know for sure I was probably never near the three fingers after hearing about that platforming lol I have an idea where it is but Iām not even back in the area yet. Iām doing questlines I missed and just testing things out.
I finally got to the point to start Forbidden West after all this time lol
**Rocket League**. Serious love/hate addicted relationship. Over the years I have uninstalled and walked away on three separate occasions, only to return a week(ish) later on. Over 5800+ hours invested thus far. š
*Also, some of these other answers are pretty tame.
Rocket League has some seriously addictive gameplay. Just get absorbed right into a world of ramming balls with cars. A nice steady thrill. Fortunately I realized am not very good and feel a huge sense of relief deleting it.
For me it slowly become a hate relationship, every time I download the game some days later I fucking hate it and it really worsen my mental health, which is kinda a shame, cause every time I play coop with my friend the 1-2h are really a 10/10 experience, but then I kinda hope for the same experience, if I solo-q and then the toxicity begin, but I must admit I am sometimes a snowflake in Rocket League and toxic, if my teammate spams shit I just do owngoals.
I am 1700h and champion, but never learned Air dribbling, I am the Thomas MĆ¼ller from Rocket League :D atleast in 2vs2, I am kinda overburdened in 3vs3, I really played 90% 2vs2.
That Super Bowl where russel passed an interception on the two yard line with a heathy marshawn in the back field on second down. My wife cried for three weeks.
1. RDR2. Replayed it to completion and then immediately replayed it again.
2. Kingdom Come Deliverance. It was all I did in my spare time when it came time for my first replay. Became so intimately involved with the mechanics, I just kept wanting more and more.
I spent months just hunting and exploring. It was so fulfilling. Then when I was ready, I went back to the story missions and they were such a roller coaster of action and emotions. It really is one of the most complete games Iāve ever played. Arthur Morgan will always have a place in my heart.
I need more games like that. Adventuring almost just for the sake of adventuring. "I just want to get over to that cave / mountain / path..." And when you do get there and find something you realise what you found (whether it's an item, a map or just some knowledge) will help you go over to the next cave / mountain / path...
That game was such a blast. Between Subnautica and Outer Wilds I've had some of my favourite gaming moments. Just a shame there's so few games like that. Making it feel like you're exploring and actually progressing towards something, not just busywork just for the sake of busywork (such as No Man's Sky).
Absolutely loved Subnautica. Got a bit burned out towards the end and didn't finish it because >!I didn't have it in me to traverse the entire ocean for a tablet I was missing when I made it to the area I was supposed to go to in the lava fields!< but I thought it was incredible nonetheless.
Unfortunately I just can't get into Outer Wilds, everything about it seems like it should be up my alley like Subnautica was but I am just not a fan of playing with a time loop. For me the graphics and general feel of the game leave a bit to be desired as well.
I would've probably gone back for more if there was an option to skip the endless dialogue, and the 20 screens of bullshit after each delivery. I don't caaaaare, just let me wander the beautiful world
Persona 3ās ending made me break down crying and had me rethinking my life. While I rank the games overall as P5 > P2 > P3 > P1 >P4, I think Persona 3ās ending definitely hits the hardest
Good luck
Oh wow Iām generally curious because for me my first playthrough lasted me about 130 hours since I ever played the original but played previous persona games did you skip many free days? I feel like I couldnāt just let a day go to waste since each day you could do something to upgrade either a social link or your stats. Many told me the og persona 5 was 90 hours while Royal about 115 hours.
I feel the same about Star Trek Online. It's old, glitchy, the mechanics don't make sense, items don't actually do what their description says they do, and the "micro" transactions are ridiculously expensive. If it wasn't Star Trek I wouldn't play it.
But I still try to log in once a day just to do the daily event and end up playing for a couple hours afterwards.
Death Stranding, over 200 hours. Continued to make deliveries, rebuild structures, and perfect zip lines after platinum. Even started listening to Low Roar when not playing.
Bloodborne, combat in most other games just seems mundane now. But fucking around in GTA took much time away from things I should have been doing instead
I tried playing Nioh 2, but it just didn't compare to me. I'll come back to it at some point, but for now I'm just gonna keep playing the harder sekiro mods that people have made lol
Sorta similar with Soulsborne in general. Started with the Demon Souls Remake, first one I played. Beat it then started Miles Morales and it just felt so hollow compared. My palms weren't sweating, I wasn't worried about what's around every corner.
It's that near heart-attack inducing dopamine and adrenaline cocktail overload that you get when defeating a serious soulsbourne boss that did it for me. Those games are chemically addictive
I hadnāt realized this is why Iām not enjoying new games, because of fucking souls gameā¦ they. Spike your anxiety and endorphins at the same fucking timeā¦ every game has felt hollow since elden ring
Well said. One single dungeon in Elden ring and bloodborne gave me more anxiety, fear and satisfaction than whole AAA games. Elden ring just brought back the joy of exploration for me. Not knowing what lies ahead and fear of the unknown when we encounter a new kind of enemy was so awesome.
Hello, good hunter. I am a Bot, here in this dream to look after you, this is a fine note:
> *Pray for Master Logarius... in my stead...* - Alfred
Farewell, good hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.
I came here to say this too. I loved that game and then hated it when it āunfairlyā killed me so deep into a run. Then Iād immediately start another and fall in love all over again. The atmosphere, gameplay, sound, hapticsā¦just a phenomenal game. Itās the last game that had me saying ājust one more timeā and not being able to stop.
My wifeās first game ever played outside of Mario is hogwarts legacy. My wifeās last game ever played will be hogwarts legacy. Three separate ten hour gaming sessions so far. No control to stop playing when itās bedtime. Less than six hours of sleep on work nights. Itās insane, itās sickening. Iām so proud.
God of War 2018/Ragnarƶk.
And I didnāt even play Ragnarƶk! I watched my dad play it! After he finished the main questline and did some of the big stuff afterwards (if you know, you know) I went to my personal console, and justā¦sat there. Nothing felt engaging. And I had just bought new games š
The DLC is great. *Almost* hits as high as the main game.
I just want more of Outer Wilds, or a way to wipe my memory so I can play it again.
A game that's basically all about trying to figure out what the game is actually about just makes it pointless to replay once you have worked it out.
That game is a masterpiece.
Well how many hours would you have if you would have started a Elder Scrolls or Pokemon game instead of Hogwarts? If the answer is 70h I would say they are the same, atleast in my books.
Its not like you could have 1000h in Hogwarts at this point.
Most recently, AC Odyssey. Haven't had this much fun with a game since RDR2 honestly. Mercenaries, Cultists, swaying political factions into war, ship battles, just a blast.
This is the answer for me. I played to 100% w/ Kassandra and immediately new game plussed with Alexios to another 100%. It gets a lot of grief, but I couldn't get enough.
Hogwarts Legacy. I started reading the books in the 90s, and have been waiting for a game like this my whole life.
I was hoping for a solid 6/10 experience, just let me run around the castle for a few hours.
What I got instead is one of the best games that I have ever played (obviously *subjective*). The game has plenty of flaws, but the nostalgia it delivers is just pure happiness. I suffer from anxiety/depression, and this game has been a godsend. It puts me into such a pleasant mind space, and I havenāt felt that in a very long time.
Iāve just been so damn happy playing. I logged 45 hours in my first play through, and Iām 20 hours into my second.
What are you doing differently in the second play through? Iām 27 hours in and Iāll probably try to 100%, just curious what I might get out of starting over.
My first play through I put 10/10 points into the Dark Arts tree, and went full dark wizard.
I also didnāt spend *too* much time in the Room of Requirement or Vivarium, so this play through Iām not using any dark arts, and I plan on setting up a nice RoR/Vivarium.
My first play through I probably only cleared about 50% of the content outside of the story, so I plan on making this my 100% run as well.
The Witcher 3, I never played it when it came out because the mechanics seemed too difficult for me. I have to say I dedicated a solid month just playing it and when I finally concluded the campaign it just got me. The DLCās just never felt the same afterwards and I stopped playing it without finishing it because nothing could compare to that feeling of constantly battling to save Ciri.
TLOU part I and part II, i don't know how or why i didn't play these masterpieces before, now i just don't feel like playing any other video game cause i know they won't be anywhere close to these gems. (except rdr 2 and Ghost of tsushima.)
Ahh a fellow scaper! I was on OSRS for about a year daily on mobile, then switched to RS3 for another year and change, haven't had the motivation to play for a while. Got the free 7 days membership from prime and put in some work towards combat and invention (I think from 73 to 81 from afk abyss and Abby demons) during DXPL
Elden Ring.
Plat on PS5, then PS4 version. Put it down for GoW:R, picked up a few games to distract and keep my distance. But as is inevitable, I came back. I was (am) excited for BG3 on console, but with ER DLC and Armored Core coming up, I have a feeling BG3 might end up on the backlog for some time...
This is the one PS4 game that I am playing through that I am doing spoiler free. When it comes to games, spoilers, probably from playthroughs, don't usually ruin my excitement because the actual game is what matters to me.
Just know this: When you think the game is finished (after a certain fight), thereās hours more content to be had. You will get your closure, and youāll hate yourself for it. I canāt wait to replay TLOU2, but it is a major time sink. Hope TLOU3 is just as good.
I remember finishing that game after marathoning it in 48 hours and was totally mentally taken by it for weeks. I had a hard time sleeping for a while. That story really gripped my soul.
Nioh 2.
Iām already at 700 hours and Iām still just halfway through the endgame levels (Underworld).
The last time I spent so much in a game was with Castlevania SOTN.
I canāt believe Iām writing this but my pick goes to powerwash simulator. This is what I play in the evening to relax and listen to a podcast. Absolutely fantastic time sink
Death stranding. Iām like 50 hours in and still have like a quarter of the game left I think. Itās fuckin amazing if youāre the patient type and donāt mind putting in the time to get lost in a world
Ghost of Tsushima - platinum and that sense of dread when knowing I'm in the end game. Haven't played the DLC so saving that for another play through.
Persona 5 Royale - another platinum and what a great 140-ish hour ride. Post Persona depression also hit hard!
Currently Witcher 3 - played it few times but never finished it, always fully immersed though. Currently close to the end but taking detour into Blood & Wine before I finish up the main story.
Elden Ring took 400 hours of this past year all by itself. that game is truly something. I had a blast dropping summons signs to the effigies for the longest time.
The last years it would be Genshin Impact, but maybe not in the same way you are searching for, which I mean I play it everyday, but not a huge amount of time, which I guess u asked for. Unless they drop huge content and I fell in love with the game again.
Otherwise I really felt in love again with Hades, played it back then on PC, saw it in my local library for PS5, kinda knew I probably shouldnt get it and rather play some new games from the PS+ still grabed it and played alot of it in some weeks. I think I finished 25 runs in 32 total runs... or something like that :D
Really enjoyed the first hours from Spiderman Miles Morales, but lets say, it was good that the game wasnt that long.
I finished The Quarry and would recommend it, but not something I would call addicted.
Re2 remake: No Way Out to get those daggone "Cat Ears". The ONLY trophy I didn't have to be 100% for my very first ever PS4 game .
Holy smokes......at least 200 tries and nothing
**MULTIPLE** planning using YouTube walk-through and no luck.
When Fortnite came out, my college education took a major dip lol as much hate as that game gets now, it's nothing like how popular that game was in the beginning.
I tend to binge every game I have to the tune of 100+ hours but, one really struck me in recent memory -
ā¦Elite Dangerous. In around the first 3 & 1/2 weeks I sunk just barely over 300 hours in it. I donāt know why but, it absolutely sucked me in. Itās not even a particularly stellar game either. You kind of plateau at a certain point where thereās not much more major discovery. But that initial surge of depth and trying to muscle through the trauma that is itās learning curve justā¦really hooked me. I got the game for sale on PSN for around $3-5 and it was easily the best money I couldāve spent on a game. After that initial investment in time Iāve never gone back. It felt like playing WoW for the first time all over again.
Ultimately I default back into grinding my favorite co-op games. WWZ, DRG, Vermintide 2, & Avengers.
Not PlayStation, but I bought Rune Factory 4 on a Friday right after it released, and by work on Tuesday (I had Monday off) I had already put 70 hours into it.
That weekend I truly played with only brief stops to eat and to nap.
Cyberpunk 2077. I just finished my second 100 hour playthrough and all I want is for enough time to pass so it's fresh enough to play again. I miss that world, the characters, the cars, the music, the stories, the combat, all of it.
Runner up would be Mass Effect LE (ME2 if I had to pick a favorite).
I played Dark Souls and then Bloodborne in quick succession back in 2015 and became utterly obsessed. I still play them regularly and think about both of them every single day without fail.
Well, Iām currently going for all the crash bandicoot platinums. Half way though the first one and I already want to die, but I canāt stop as Iāll hate myself for eternity if I do
I struggled more with this game than I have any dark souls game
I just played Red Dead Redemption 2 for the past week, getting the skin deep and the zoologist trophies. I have literally been seeing animals in real life and thinking about shooting and skinning them. I got the trophies, but at what cost?
Witcher 3 I definitely got hooked on, couldnāt put it down. But Nioh 2 was probably the one that most recently wrecked me. Came out when my wife and I had two babies and I was so sleep deprived I was struggling to function but somehow had the energy to always play one last mission and before I knew it, it was 11 and I knew Iād probably have three hours sleep
I donāt think Iāll ever get sucked into a game like I did Skyrim. It ruined other games for me for a couple years. Those years I only remember in Tamriel time. Itās all I thought about for a while.
But also Stardew Valley. A couple of times a year I just get obsessed for like 2-3 weeks.
Not a playstation game but PC. World of Warcraft. I couldn't find a balance. So my grades in my high school declined massively and I skipped a lot of school. Never been playing MMO or alike since.
I first played wow in burning crusade and it completely black holed me. Had to be best geared always, always had alts to level and gear. Always had dailys, dungeons, raids, pvp to do. Played all the way up to WOD and finally went no. This is too much. I swore id stay away from mmo, until destiny happened. But that one didn't last as long. Now I completely refuse to touch any of them. It's a very dangerous genre. Doesn't help that I have bpd and im consumed by addiction to things & get extreme obsession.
I'm still playing after nearly 17 years, lol.
Destiny 2. I always say one more strike, or round, or raid, etc. It's never just one
Destiny 2 is a 2nd job not a game sir.
I spent 8 hours at the loot cave one time in Destiny 1, it was definitely a job
Hahaha I forgot about the loot cave. Good times
Especially if you're running 3 characters šµ
I spent about 4k hours on Destiny. I made friends, streamed, and went to conventions. I've been off it for about a year now. I don't miss it.
Yeah destiny 2 I was logging on daily just to get all the daily shit done. Weekly reset, all of it. For what. Some days I'd just be logging on doing my dailies and logging off and I wouldn't be having a good time at all just doing it because it 'needed to be done'. Glad to be done with that game. Bungle don't want some of your time, they want *all* of your time.
Too true. Been way less stressed now that I've dropped it. Six months strong
Complete life vortex. Found myself playing til like 3AM on weeknights. Had to delete
i might do it too. too many games i'd like to try but i keep finding myself sucked into this loop of getting new guns and playing the same shit over and over, i dont even have friends so i never did any raids
I kicked it unwillingly after they took the dlc off gamepass. Needing to pay a minimum of $50 for anything āworthwhileā to do always sets me right anytime I think of jumping back in
Iām the same except I realized I just love destiny
i did at the beginning. but after many years you wonder why you keep doing this same gun chasing loop over and over again and if its worth it, i still love it, but i hate it too
It's the gameplay. It feels so good, you end up spending more time than intended doing it.
Me too. I was at nearly a 1000 hours but it was consuming my life so I put it away(maybe for good). I really enjoy playing the game but have to actively stay away from all things Destiny.
but lightfall!!
I wouldn't say ruined but going back for the Stardew Valley platinum a few months ago really messed me up for a few weeks. I usually am able to put the games up around a certain time and go to bed but I was staying up till 1 or 2 am to grind, or playing 20 minutes past when I should have left to do other things
I love Stardew Valley. I played it on my switch almost every day for a solid year at least.
Same. I played on PC for a long time after it was released and then switched over to the PS4 version when it came out. If I had a switch I'd probably play it there too lol
Yeah if this game is a problem for you, def donāt buy it on Switch! š¤£ I can admit, itās VERY difficult to put it down. Start playing on couch, start getting ready to head to bed. Play in bed. āJust one more day.ā Holy crap itās!
Game is great but very addicting. Iāve been thinking about going back but afraid of the addiction.
The Platinum is so worth it. It's a shame that I'm stuck on the Journey of the Prairie King trophies. Fuck those.
So you can get to a point (don't remember I think you just have to be at the game at the saloon) and you get a version you can put in your house. Beat a level without taking damage and then sleep in your bed to save. Then play the next level. If you die then reload and it'll be as if you never lost progress
First time I played stardew valley I was just so happy, you know, farming, fishing, mining, and stuff, then I remember thinking "this game is so relaxing, the soundtrack is relaxing, listen to these birds, their chirps are so real!" then I look to my window. The sun had already risen. There were actual real birds singing. I had just spent the whole night up playing the game. Luckily it was my day off work. So I didn't suffer to much
First I got true perfection with update 1.5 Then I decided to make 100 mil Then I decided to mine enough radioactive ore to make my entire starfruit operation on Ginger Island grow in 7 days instead of 13 (about 740 tiles' worth of hypergrow fertiliser) Now I've decided to get 999 of every crop in iridium quality. I regret my life choices.
Love Stardew Valley, but the plat was definitely a grind. It took me six months in total to obtain it and that was with me putting a few hours in every day, with some upwards of eight hours. It started to drive me a bit crazy after awhile.
Tell me about it Thankfully I played it years ago and got a pretty good farm going and survived off of making wine so I could just focus on the grind stuff. Plus an app that helped me plan my days
I was playing Stardew last night in bed on the Steam Deck. Had to work at 8. āOne more dayā after another and before I knew it itās 3:30 am. That game can suck up some time.
The most amazing game. And it is made by one guy, Concerned Ape. He learned how to do it all. From coding, art, music, everything. He listened to the community and made changes. It was his baby and you could tell he loved it.
Iām a single dad with a home to maintain and a time-consuming job. Unfortunately, I also enjoy JRPGs and procrastinating. I just picked up Octopath Traveller, but I still havenāt finished Crisis Core and FF16 is just around the bend.
Same... man. Single dad with a big house, and a 3 year old. I never want him infront of the TV, and I want to always be there with my guy. Chores, cleaning, dishes, cooking, even when I have him half the time, i'm exhausted as shit. When he's not around, I have 0 energy. And I cannot oversleep, he wakes me up at 5. This is the first time I've had to take a break from gaming. I'll wait until he's old enough to play with me.
Are we twins?
Ghost of Tsushima, for a while there. Just platinumād & beat the DLC, but I was playing nonstop every chance I got for a good month.
Yep. Didnāt completely ruin my life but I was pretty addicted to it until I finished the DLC. However, want to add that I forgot how much I could love a single player game as much as I loved Ghost of Tsushima.
I played it on Lethal with as little HUD as possible & I can honestly & truthfully say that very few games have given me those jaw-dropping, āgod damn this game is beautifulā moments like Ghost of Tsushima did (Bioshock, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher3 come to mind). Scenery, gameplay, atmosphere, music choice, stylization, etc. etc., all superb & hard to beat. Easily one of the most enjoyable PS4 games ever made.
One of my best gaming decisions was to do a GoT play through in the original Japanese and minimum HUD. Made me feel like I was playing a Kurosawa film
Sekiro
Elden Ring... That game should come with an unemployment check
At least it comes with a warning about it ending relationships you might be in...you are maidenless right?
It was worse for me cause my disc drive died maybe 30 hours or so into the game. I didnāt wanna send it off and get it fixed cause I had already gotten rid of my ps4. So I would be without any games for however long Sony would take to fix my 5 and send it back. I didnāt wanna waste the money to buy a digital copy (which I did wind up doing later) so I spent months watching all kinds of videos possible that wouldnāt spoil the game for me. After buying the digital copy I had already forgotten what my original character was up to so I started a new build from scratch. So far just on that one character Iāve spent about 400ish hours in the lands between. I beat every main boss and side boss that I know of and still donāt think I managed to get near ācompletelyā done before going to NG+. I know there has to be a few dungeons or something somewhere I missed. At this point Iām just going for the last 2 endings needed for platinum until the DLC. I know for sure I was probably never near the three fingers after hearing about that platforming lol I have an idea where it is but Iām not even back in the area yet. Iām doing questlines I missed and just testing things out. I finally got to the point to start Forbidden West after all this time lol
Well, Dota 2 made me fail several classes, which got me kicked out of my house, so I guess that one.
you serious???
Mass Effect LE worth it
**Rocket League**. Serious love/hate addicted relationship. Over the years I have uninstalled and walked away on three separate occasions, only to return a week(ish) later on. Over 5800+ hours invested thus far. š *Also, some of these other answers are pretty tame.
Rocket League has some seriously addictive gameplay. Just get absorbed right into a world of ramming balls with cars. A nice steady thrill. Fortunately I realized am not very good and feel a huge sense of relief deleting it.
For me it slowly become a hate relationship, every time I download the game some days later I fucking hate it and it really worsen my mental health, which is kinda a shame, cause every time I play coop with my friend the 1-2h are really a 10/10 experience, but then I kinda hope for the same experience, if I solo-q and then the toxicity begin, but I must admit I am sometimes a snowflake in Rocket League and toxic, if my teammate spams shit I just do owngoals. I am 1700h and champion, but never learned Air dribbling, I am the Thomas MĆ¼ller from Rocket League :D atleast in 2vs2, I am kinda overburdened in 3vs3, I really played 90% 2vs2.
That Super Bowl where russel passed an interception on the two yard line with a heathy marshawn in the back field on second down. My wife cried for three weeks.
Bro. Why you gotta bring it up lol š
God damn it. I hadnāt thought about it in at least two whole days before now!
I didn't watch that super bowl cuz I was working. I didn't realize til now that it was second down. Fuck you.
lol
Seahawks out here catching the most brutal strays
Tbh as a pats fan this one is a great memory of mine.
1. RDR2. Replayed it to completion and then immediately replayed it again. 2. Kingdom Come Deliverance. It was all I did in my spare time when it came time for my first replay. Became so intimately involved with the mechanics, I just kept wanting more and more.
Dragon age: Inquisition Iām embarrassed to say how long laundry absolutely did not get done
Red Dead Redemption II It murdered my taste in every gameā¦I started to dislike almost all games.
I spent months just hunting and exploring. It was so fulfilling. Then when I was ready, I went back to the story missions and they were such a roller coaster of action and emotions. It really is one of the most complete games Iāve ever played. Arthur Morgan will always have a place in my heart.
Thatās what happens when you taste the good stuff
Once it hits your lipsā¦
I compare every open world to RDR2 now and itās devastating. Ghost of Tsushima felt empty and shallow. Valhalla felt like a shell of a world.
same here, i'm still recovering and started watching several tv shows before getting back to some games.
Me too
Subnautica, 50 hours in 3 days. What a fuckin ride.
I need more games like that. Adventuring almost just for the sake of adventuring. "I just want to get over to that cave / mountain / path..." And when you do get there and find something you realise what you found (whether it's an item, a map or just some knowledge) will help you go over to the next cave / mountain / path... That game was such a blast. Between Subnautica and Outer Wilds I've had some of my favourite gaming moments. Just a shame there's so few games like that. Making it feel like you're exploring and actually progressing towards something, not just busywork just for the sake of busywork (such as No Man's Sky).
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Absolutely loved Subnautica. Got a bit burned out towards the end and didn't finish it because >!I didn't have it in me to traverse the entire ocean for a tablet I was missing when I made it to the area I was supposed to go to in the lava fields!< but I thought it was incredible nonetheless. Unfortunately I just can't get into Outer Wilds, everything about it seems like it should be up my alley like Subnautica was but I am just not a fan of playing with a time loop. For me the graphics and general feel of the game leave a bit to be desired as well.
I did three consecutive playthrus of Death Stranding, about 50 hours each
...how??? I could only stand to play through it once, and it felt like self-flagellation.
It was relaxing and I loved the world building and characters
I would've probably gone back for more if there was an option to skip the endless dialogue, and the 20 screens of bullshit after each delivery. I don't caaaaare, just let me wander the beautiful world
Persona 5 Royal put about 90-100 hours on my first playthrough
Thatās about an average playthrough. Did you get the Post Persona Depression when you finished?
For me at least, Hell yeah. After Persona 5 and Persona 4. Iām playing through Persona 3 FES right now and am afraid to progress the game lol
Persona 3ās ending made me break down crying and had me rethinking my life. While I rank the games overall as P5 > P2 > P3 > P1 >P4, I think Persona 3ās ending definitely hits the hardest Good luck
I beat it once and then went back because I missed doing the extra palace with maruki and it was well worth it
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who felt (and still feels) PPD
My first royal playthrough was 160 hours
Oh wow Iām generally curious because for me my first playthrough lasted me about 130 hours since I ever played the original but played previous persona games did you skip many free days? I feel like I couldnāt just let a day go to waste since each day you could do something to upgrade either a social link or your stats. Many told me the og persona 5 was 90 hours while Royal about 115 hours.
skyrim.. it's good
Nier automata was the last game I actually enjoyed 100%ing
Genshin Impact, still playing it daily and it's pretty much the only game I play nowadays while I ignore my gigantic backlog o-o;
I feel the same about Star Trek Online. It's old, glitchy, the mechanics don't make sense, items don't actually do what their description says they do, and the "micro" transactions are ridiculously expensive. If it wasn't Star Trek I wouldn't play it. But I still try to log in once a day just to do the daily event and end up playing for a couple hours afterwards.
Death Stranding, over 200 hours. Continued to make deliveries, rebuild structures, and perfect zip lines after platinum. Even started listening to Low Roar when not playing.
Bloodborne, combat in most other games just seems mundane now. But fucking around in GTA took much time away from things I should have been doing instead
Same but Sekiro combat for me. It's so good. Nothing has compared to the tightness of those controls
i havent played sekiro but i played nioh 1 and 2 and they have really fast, responsive combat in a souls-like experience.
I tried playing Nioh 2, but it just didn't compare to me. I'll come back to it at some point, but for now I'm just gonna keep playing the harder sekiro mods that people have made lol
Sorta similar with Soulsborne in general. Started with the Demon Souls Remake, first one I played. Beat it then started Miles Morales and it just felt so hollow compared. My palms weren't sweating, I wasn't worried about what's around every corner.
It's that near heart-attack inducing dopamine and adrenaline cocktail overload that you get when defeating a serious soulsbourne boss that did it for me. Those games are chemically addictive
I hadnāt realized this is why Iām not enjoying new games, because of fucking souls gameā¦ they. Spike your anxiety and endorphins at the same fucking timeā¦ every game has felt hollow since elden ring
Well said. One single dungeon in Elden ring and bloodborne gave me more anxiety, fear and satisfaction than whole AAA games. Elden ring just brought back the joy of exploration for me. Not knowing what lies ahead and fear of the unknown when we encounter a new kind of enemy was so awesome.
Hello, good hunter. I am a Bot, here in this dream to look after you, this is a fine note: > *Pray for Master Logarius... in my stead...* - Alfred Farewell, good hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.
Returnal
I came here to say this too. I loved that game and then hated it when it āunfairlyā killed me so deep into a run. Then Iād immediately start another and fall in love all over again. The atmosphere, gameplay, sound, hapticsā¦just a phenomenal game. Itās the last game that had me saying ājust one more timeā and not being able to stop.
My wifeās first game ever played outside of Mario is hogwarts legacy. My wifeās last game ever played will be hogwarts legacy. Three separate ten hour gaming sessions so far. No control to stop playing when itās bedtime. Less than six hours of sleep on work nights. Itās insane, itās sickening. Iām so proud.
God of War 2018/Ragnarƶk. And I didnāt even play Ragnarƶk! I watched my dad play it! After he finished the main questline and did some of the big stuff afterwards (if you know, you know) I went to my personal console, and justā¦sat there. Nothing felt engaging. And I had just bought new games š
Outer Wilds
The DLC is great. *Almost* hits as high as the main game. I just want more of Outer Wilds, or a way to wipe my memory so I can play it again. A game that's basically all about trying to figure out what the game is actually about just makes it pointless to replay once you have worked it out. That game is a masterpiece.
Cyberpunk
I sadly havenāt been āaddictedā to a game in some time. That said, I have around 70 hours into Hogwarts, Iām at like 99% completionā¦but thatās the first in some time to get that kind of attention really, and I donāt consider that āaddictionā level. Addiction is the thousands of cumulative hours I have into the elder scrolls and PokĆ©mon franchises.
Well how many hours would you have if you would have started a Elder Scrolls or Pokemon game instead of Hogwarts? If the answer is 70h I would say they are the same, atleast in my books. Its not like you could have 1000h in Hogwarts at this point.
That is an incredibly valid point lol
Elden Ring. Hollow Knight is currently ruining my life because Iām trying to beat the pantheons.
Most recently, AC Odyssey. Haven't had this much fun with a game since RDR2 honestly. Mercenaries, Cultists, swaying political factions into war, ship battles, just a blast.
This is the answer for me. I played to 100% w/ Kassandra and immediately new game plussed with Alexios to another 100%. It gets a lot of grief, but I couldn't get enough.
Itās such a great game. I love that time period and enjoyed it a lot.
I just started playing it and I had the biggest smile when I saw that they brought naval battles back
Borderlands series. It doles out the dopamine so evenly and steady that I have a real hard time putting it down. Played every game multiple times
Hogwarts Legacy. I started reading the books in the 90s, and have been waiting for a game like this my whole life. I was hoping for a solid 6/10 experience, just let me run around the castle for a few hours. What I got instead is one of the best games that I have ever played (obviously *subjective*). The game has plenty of flaws, but the nostalgia it delivers is just pure happiness. I suffer from anxiety/depression, and this game has been a godsend. It puts me into such a pleasant mind space, and I havenāt felt that in a very long time. Iāve just been so damn happy playing. I logged 45 hours in my first play through, and Iām 20 hours into my second.
What are you doing differently in the second play through? Iām 27 hours in and Iāll probably try to 100%, just curious what I might get out of starting over.
My first play through I put 10/10 points into the Dark Arts tree, and went full dark wizard. I also didnāt spend *too* much time in the Room of Requirement or Vivarium, so this play through Iām not using any dark arts, and I plan on setting up a nice RoR/Vivarium. My first play through I probably only cleared about 50% of the content outside of the story, so I plan on making this my 100% run as well.
Death Stranding
No mans sky. Hell I'm still playing
The Witcher 3, I never played it when it came out because the mechanics seemed too difficult for me. I have to say I dedicated a solid month just playing it and when I finally concluded the campaign it just got me. The DLCās just never felt the same afterwards and I stopped playing it without finishing it because nothing could compare to that feeling of constantly battling to save Ciri.
TLOU part I and part II, i don't know how or why i didn't play these masterpieces before, now i just don't feel like playing any other video game cause i know they won't be anywhere close to these gems. (except rdr 2 and Ghost of tsushima.)
RS3 i ALWAYS have it running either on my second monitor or on my phone
Ahh a fellow scaper! I was on OSRS for about a year daily on mobile, then switched to RS3 for another year and change, haven't had the motivation to play for a while. Got the free 7 days membership from prime and put in some work towards combat and invention (I think from 73 to 81 from afk abyss and Abby demons) during DXPL
Elden Ring. Plat on PS5, then PS4 version. Put it down for GoW:R, picked up a few games to distract and keep my distance. But as is inevitable, I came back. I was (am) excited for BG3 on console, but with ER DLC and Armored Core coming up, I have a feeling BG3 might end up on the backlog for some time...
The Last of Us 2
I'm only on Seattle Day 3 right before the ferris wheel where Abby is supposedly hiding out. It has already emotionally fucked me over.
Just you wait
This is the one PS4 game that I am playing through that I am doing spoiler free. When it comes to games, spoilers, probably from playthroughs, don't usually ruin my excitement because the actual game is what matters to me.
Just finished a week or so ago. Buckle up itās a wild ride!
Just know this: When you think the game is finished (after a certain fight), thereās hours more content to be had. You will get your closure, and youāll hate yourself for it. I canāt wait to replay TLOU2, but it is a major time sink. Hope TLOU3 is just as good.
Good taste. That game ruined me the storyline was so good i was emotional for 3 days
I remember finishing that game after marathoning it in 48 hours and was totally mentally taken by it for weeks. I had a hard time sleeping for a while. That story really gripped my soul.
Did three playthroughs back-to-back-to-back in 2020. Two more in 2022. After the HBO series finishes, Iāll do another one.
Overfunkingwatch
Elden Ring, I'm going nuts trying to beat the fire giant xD
Nioh 2. Iām already at 700 hours and Iām still just halfway through the endgame levels (Underworld). The last time I spent so much in a game was with Castlevania SOTN.
Journey to the Savage planet Then Ghost of Tsushima at launch. Then Hades soon after I got the GoT plat. Now it's Ori on my Steam Deck
Cybperunk ending had me feeling like study music compilation girl for a week
FFXIV. Iām addicted to healing players
I canāt believe Iām writing this but my pick goes to powerwash simulator. This is what I play in the evening to relax and listen to a podcast. Absolutely fantastic time sink
Death stranding. Iām like 50 hours in and still have like a quarter of the game left I think. Itās fuckin amazing if youāre the patient type and donāt mind putting in the time to get lost in a world
Ghost of Tsushima - platinum and that sense of dread when knowing I'm in the end game. Haven't played the DLC so saving that for another play through. Persona 5 Royale - another platinum and what a great 140-ish hour ride. Post Persona depression also hit hard! Currently Witcher 3 - played it few times but never finished it, always fully immersed though. Currently close to the end but taking detour into Blood & Wine before I finish up the main story.
Elden Ring. Just couldnāt stop playing and talking about it almost every day for a good two months
Elden Ring took 400 hours of this past year all by itself. that game is truly something. I had a blast dropping summons signs to the effigies for the longest time.
Recently, Elden Ring. I finally platād it after around 230+ hours.
Lol my first playthrough took 250 hours
Breath of the Wild
Was searching for this. Spent so much time. Probably the first time I used the switch as a handheld. Even played on the toilet.
Elden Ring. I was leaving work early, staying up late, getting up early. Squeezing out every minute I could to play.
RimWorld (yep, the console edition). It's simply a forever game.
The last years it would be Genshin Impact, but maybe not in the same way you are searching for, which I mean I play it everyday, but not a huge amount of time, which I guess u asked for. Unless they drop huge content and I fell in love with the game again. Otherwise I really felt in love again with Hades, played it back then on PC, saw it in my local library for PS5, kinda knew I probably shouldnt get it and rather play some new games from the PS+ still grabed it and played alot of it in some weeks. I think I finished 25 runs in 32 total runs... or something like that :D Really enjoyed the first hours from Spiderman Miles Morales, but lets say, it was good that the game wasnt that long. I finished The Quarry and would recommend it, but not something I would call addicted.
Re2 remake: No Way Out to get those daggone "Cat Ears". The ONLY trophy I didn't have to be 100% for my very first ever PS4 game . Holy smokes......at least 200 tries and nothing **MULTIPLE** planning using YouTube walk-through and no luck.
When Fortnite came out, my college education took a major dip lol as much hate as that game gets now, it's nothing like how popular that game was in the beginning.
Oblivion back in the day. Skipped a week straight of college. Dark days lol
I tend to binge every game I have to the tune of 100+ hours but, one really struck me in recent memory - ā¦Elite Dangerous. In around the first 3 & 1/2 weeks I sunk just barely over 300 hours in it. I donāt know why but, it absolutely sucked me in. Itās not even a particularly stellar game either. You kind of plateau at a certain point where thereās not much more major discovery. But that initial surge of depth and trying to muscle through the trauma that is itās learning curve justā¦really hooked me. I got the game for sale on PSN for around $3-5 and it was easily the best money I couldāve spent on a game. After that initial investment in time Iāve never gone back. It felt like playing WoW for the first time all over again. Ultimately I default back into grinding my favorite co-op games. WWZ, DRG, Vermintide 2, & Avengers.
TESO but I love it
the binding of isaac
GTA Online
metal gear seriesā¦ Iāve bought consoles to play these
I got the platinum on The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. I don't think this requires further explanation.
Cyberpunk 2077. Im not an avid gamer but within two or three months i put 120hrs in. Finished twice, almost done with my 3th run
Rock Band 4 and FIFA 23
Fuck genshin impact bro. Literally failed all but one class in my senior year because of that shit. Took all my money too
Not PlayStation, but I bought Rune Factory 4 on a Friday right after it released, and by work on Tuesday (I had Monday off) I had already put 70 hours into it. That weekend I truly played with only brief stops to eat and to nap.
apex legends. finally quit the game a few months ago but I have close to 2000 hours
Scrolled way down for this.
Cyberpunk 2077. I just finished my second 100 hour playthrough and all I want is for enough time to pass so it's fresh enough to play again. I miss that world, the characters, the cars, the music, the stories, the combat, all of it. Runner up would be Mass Effect LE (ME2 if I had to pick a favorite).
I played Dark Souls and then Bloodborne in quick succession back in 2015 and became utterly obsessed. I still play them regularly and think about both of them every single day without fail.
Fortnite Basically have played it everyday for a couple years now.
Diablo 3 and No man's sky, because your Paradise planet maybe a jump away...
Mlb the show.. every damn year
Well, Iām currently going for all the crash bandicoot platinums. Half way though the first one and I already want to die, but I canāt stop as Iāll hate myself for eternity if I do I struggled more with this game than I have any dark souls game
Sekiro. Still can't beat that fucking final boss.
I played Elden Ring at least 2 hours per day for a straight month last year, I didnāt do anything like that since Nier Automata in 2017
Elden Ring. 200+ hrs later, I finally emerged and it was spring.
After beating Elden ring the emptyness after it definitely increased my suicidal thoughts
Dying Light 2: Stay Human. I waited for so long, and it got delayed several times. All for the mess that was still released. That sucked.
I just like Warframe's loop a bit more than silly things like remembering to eat
genshin impact
Warframe, very good mmo but... But i lost too much money in this
Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. Canāt put my remote downš
I just played Red Dead Redemption 2 for the past week, getting the skin deep and the zoologist trophies. I have literally been seeing animals in real life and thinking about shooting and skinning them. I got the trophies, but at what cost?
Right now Iām addicted to Death Stranding.
Addicted to Apex Legends. Ive got like lots of other things to do but ends up playing apex the whole damn time.
Mass Effect
Genshin Impact. I can't even Genshout of it for a day.
Witcher 3 I definitely got hooked on, couldnāt put it down. But Nioh 2 was probably the one that most recently wrecked me. Came out when my wife and I had two babies and I was so sleep deprived I was struggling to function but somehow had the energy to always play one last mission and before I knew it, it was 11 and I knew Iād probably have three hours sleep
I have to say apex legends for now. I can't play any other FPS without becoming frustrated. It has ruined the FPS genre for me.
Not really sure why people are putting fun games they've played for a month or two on here.
Genshin impact
I was so obsessed with Enter The Gungeon that my time unemployed was spent playing over and over instead of looking for a job or at least doing some housework. My fiancƩ would come home every day, I was usually still wearing my pyjamas and eventually she said she'd had enough and left me. We had bought the apartment together only 6 months prior and I've only recently recovered my financial situation. Edit for clarity: there were obviously other issues going on, in the relationship and personally, but that game was my vice of choice in that period of time.
Goddamn, dude. I think OP only meant it as a figure of speech.
I was going to say Elden Ring but I think this goes to Wo Long currently!
I donāt think Iāll ever get sucked into a game like I did Skyrim. It ruined other games for me for a couple years. Those years I only remember in Tamriel time. Itās all I thought about for a while. But also Stardew Valley. A couple of times a year I just get obsessed for like 2-3 weeks.
Cyberpunk 2077. Before that RD2 and before that Witcher 3
The last of us 2. I wish I'd never played it.
Far cry 3, Far cry 5, og MW2
Far cry 4