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1)   2 Jul 2009 13:10

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This week, staff will be dropping in and out of the thread to post responses to the question below and reply to yours. From there, feel free to keep the discussion going until next Wednesday when a new topic goes up. We may even respond over the weekend while we're playing Genre Wars.

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This week's discussion topic: It was recently revealed that Grasshopper lead Suda 51 has logged over 700 hours of playtime with Burnout Paradise. What was the last game you found yourself seriously addicted to?

2)   2 Jul 2009 13:12

A lot are gonna say it but world of warcraft,before that Rome Total War,also add TES IV Oblivion and Fifa to the mix

3)   2 Jul 2009 13:12

It's safe to say I've played at least 100 hours of Skate 2 so far. A few hours a day really creeps up on you.

I'll also get addicted to WoW for about a month at a time then not play it at all for two months.

4)   2 Jul 2009 13:13

The culprit in my scenario was Oblivion, i was going on to 160+ hours without doing much of the actualy story. I would get home from work and just explore the damn wilderness for hours and hours. Luckily my xbox decided to do its monthly breaking ritual which put an end to my addiction.

5)   2 Jul 2009 13:14

The original Saints Row, seeing as it was the first next-gen sandbox game I could play, and I was seriously enthralled with it's "variety."

Still hoping to get Saints Row 2 sometime soon.

6)   2 Jul 2009 13:14

Well, I'm seriously addicted to several games:

UT3
Fallout 3
Empire: Total War
Neverwinter Nights 2
Galactic Civilisation 2
KOTOR
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Dawn of War series
Last but not least, Myst series.
Sins of a Solar Empire

The most addicting out of that list? Galactic Civilisations 2. Think of Civilisation except in space, but with more options, content and depth because it focuses on the single-player aspect rather then having a mulitplayer option, so the AI is extremly intelligent and the gameplay is never the same.

Ah yes, it's good to be back from suspension *flexes*

7)   2 Jul 2009 13:15

tendo82:
It's safe to say I've played at least 100 hours of Skate 2 so far. A few hours a day really creeps up on you.

I'll also get addicted to WoW for about a month at a time then not play it at all for two months.

100 hours on such a technical game, you must have thumbs of steel! I played tonyhawk for about 2/3 of that once and i couldnt feel my thumbs for a while after that.

8)   2 Jul 2009 13:16

i have about 400 hours gametime on olivion i think. It may be more XD
And i have a couple of hundered on Mass Effect too. My Mass Effect time keeps increasing, i just cant stop playing it. It doesnt help that i spend about ten hours just doign the Citadel when you first arrive there XD

9)   2 Jul 2009 13:17

I was for a bit, seriously addicted to the multiplayer on COD4, if that counts... Also I was addicted to Fallout 3 for a bit, just trying to do everything in the game (all Bobbleheads, explore everywhere etc...).

10)   2 Jul 2009 13:17

KoTOR, both games.

I would finish either in just 2 to 4 sittings, though the bright side is that they were games that had 'endings'. I have been lucky to have not been addicted to games that have '100% completion' or no ending at all [MMO's]

11)   2 Jul 2009 13:22

Truly addicted? Probably Runescape Shudder
I played that game sooo much, nearly 2 years of playing, didn't count the hours, but I did a few weeks worth of all-nighters, and thats without random hours here and there...
Thanks goodness I never really got into WoW
That could have ended badly

12)   2 Jul 2009 13:25

my friend has an unhealthy addiction to oblivion at the moment... every time we come in for him, he'll be sitting at his ps3 playing it. But personally, it was left4dead. I still would be addicted if i hadn't lost my old steam account.

13)   2 Jul 2009 13:25

fallout 3.
Age of Empires II.
Call of Duty: United Offensive.
Halo.
Populus.

14)   2 Jul 2009 13:26

Fallout 3 - I've put in 190 hours abouts with the expansions. Just love it. Incredibly immersive and surreal.

15)   2 Jul 2009 13:26

Fallout 3, Killzone 2, and Now Prototype

16)   2 Jul 2009 13:29

I had a Morrowind addiction a few years back. The resulting damage has scared me out of falling into the same trap again.

17)   2 Jul 2009 13:31

Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Guerrilla and I couldn't stop myself from playing online horde in Gears 2.

18)   2 Jul 2009 13:32

World of Warcraft, easily.
Then Warhammer Online.

Before either of those, Age of Empires II and Warcraft III.

19)   2 Jul 2009 13:32

Probably Plants vs Zombies. I've spent god knows how many hours playing that game and completing all the mini-games. I know it's a casual game made by popcap but it's so damn addictive.

20)   2 Jul 2009 13:33

Between all the Monster Hunter games I've played, I have around a thousand hours in the past couple months.

21)   2 Jul 2009 13:34

max payne/ninja gaiden 2

22)   2 Jul 2009 13:38

Mass Effect. Fourth Playthrough on Insane mode level 59 Shock Trooper. Just love all the side quests and different ways to approach situations. Even after getting to 60 and finishing insane I will probably start a new character with a different class/background.

23)   2 Jul 2009 13:46

sword of the stars 100 hours or so

24)   2 Jul 2009 13:58

I've logged nearly 150 hours and over 1,500 matches in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I played it at least once a day for almost two months straight when I first got it. Even now, I'll still pop it in the Wii and play with it for about an hour or so every once in a while. That game truly has infinite replay value.

25)   2 Jul 2009 14:14

I was addicted to playing Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer for a while.

26)   2 Jul 2009 14:34

Company of Heroes (I shall crush you with my mighty tanks!), Red Faction: Guerilla and Team Fortress 2 (95% achievements without farming.. yeah).

27)   2 Jul 2009 14:39

tendo82:
Want your opinion heard? Have questions for the staff? Now's your chance!

This week, staff will be dropping in and out of the thread to post responses to the question below and reply to yours. From there, feel free to keep the discussion going until next Wednesday when a new topic goes up. We may even respond over the weekend while we're playing Genre Wars.

Consider this your chance to join us in some lively debating and hopefully good times. We can't wait to discuss.

This week's discussion topic: It was recently revealed that Grasshopper lead Suda 51 has logged over 700 hours of playtime with Burnout Paradise. What was the last game you found yourself seriously addicted to?

I suppose Resident Evil 4. Not exactly addicited, but closest thing to it.

28)   2 Jul 2009 14:40

Oblivion and fallout 3 are the only games I've spent over 100 hours playing.

29)   2 Jul 2009 14:42

i logged over 200 hours on FF9

30)   2 Jul 2009 14:50

Don't know if I'm addicted now, but I've played a lot of Shadow of The Colossus recently. Must...Kill...Them..All. But other than that, Left 4 Dead or Final Fantasy VII. Played many hours online and killed some zombies, and FFVII, between 4 days and a week, I played over 30 hours.

31)   2 Jul 2009 14:53

A while back it was SSBM. I played that for years, pretty much daily.

32)   2 Jul 2009 14:55

Definatly Oblivion and Burnout Paradice. Sadly Paradice is starting to feel old, I never really like Big Surf Island.

33)   2 Jul 2009 14:57

World of Warcrack. I kicked it about 3 times before it stuck. Still unsure how I could have gone back knowing what was waiting ><

34)   2 Jul 2009 14:59

Starcraft the original and broodwar. Couple summers ago it was ridiculous how much time I had spent on that game. Right now, I still play starcraft, not nearly as much. I play the orange box pretty frequently though.

35)   2 Jul 2009 15:01

TF2, but I'm starting to get back into playing Star Wars Battlefront.

Why they took the Sniper's disguise in the demo of Battlefront and replaced it with the standard Recon Droid, I will never know.

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