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I think this video showcases an interesting aspect of gaming that I never really thought about before. In their case, they play more games for a shorter amount of time vs spending a large portion of their time in few games.

Personally I'm on the side of spending more of my time in a select number of games. By far I have put no less then 3000-4000 hours in Minecraft. Logged by Steam, I got 1300+ hours in both GTA V and American Truck Simulator

More recently I've been really into Rocket League and Trackmania. These games are notable because I am constantly working to improve and get better at the game. As much replay-ability as much I find enjoyment in succeeding.

From time to time though, I do really enjoy getting into shorter, more story based games. Great examples being Portal 2, Road96, and Firewatch. What kind of gamer are you?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There are a lot games i played over 100 hours. Every big mmorpg i played in the past has for sure over 100 hours. That would be Guildwars and Elsword for me. But since i'm a big jrpg fan, there are a few games that just take over 100 hours. Persona 5 for example. I played the original Persona 5 and Persona 5 royal, so about 200 hours on this game. The Trails of the cold steel series has quite long games, 3 out of 4 took me over 100 hours and i played them all one after another, so it took me about 400 hours to finish this series. I played Genshin impact for 500 hours i guess, but forget about that...i'm finished with this. I played maybe every Fire Emblem entry for over 100 hours, reaching on Three houses about 400 hours and on Engage already about 250 hours. Final Fantasy X is my favorite FF game i have played so much. Over the years for sure about 10 times, so i guess i played to 300+ hours. So there are a few fighting games i played for a long time, my favorite in the last years is Soulcalibur VI. I played Soulcalibur VI for about 800h i think. I still would say i play a big variaty of games, but i invest in some of them a bit more time. But i doubt i reach 1000h in any game recent game, only in the mmorpgs, but that was a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

According to steam I have some games with 100 to 120 hours (Dead Cells, XCOM, Rogue Legacy 2 and Hades). I prefer story driven games to be 20-30 hours, but keep replaying short sessions of single-player roguelites.

I think I've played more than 120 hours on Magic Arena but don't have the hours tracked. It's one of those games that give you incentive for playing every day and grinding a number of wins, and I've done that for maybe 3 months, then got tired and dropped it. I like the idea of replaying a game and getting better at it, but not the log in and grind everyday part of online games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It really depends on the game, games like pokemon, ck3, ffxiv, wow, minecraft, and the elder scrolls, stardew valley, animal crossig etc I put a few hundred to 1000 hours in and I play them on and off throughout the year. Other games I play once and then maybe again in a few years if I liked it. It really depends. games I play for a long time need to be games I don't feel bad for NOT playing for a long time.

But I am someone who always kinda has her own little story about the character I am playing while I play, so it's always something new when I decide to make another playthrough. And which is why CK3 is the most dangerous timesink for me because you don't just play one character

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

around 40 to 60 each week depending on how much work i got

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

800 in dark souls 3 and elden ring, just over 100 in dark souls remastered and dark souls 2, and all the rest are pretty evenly distributed from 1 to 80

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It depends really, for MP games I usually put in 300 hours or so, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Monster Hunter World I have 300 hours, but I have like 692 hours on a more replayable game like Skyrim if you combine the playtime I have on the normal and Special edition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of replayable games, esp things like Roguelikes. I usually have one "main" game at a time, and sink in about 100 hours or so until I feel like I've got the "meat" all eaten and transition to something new. Multiplayer games also serve a great role for me since they are naturally varied, and I'll easily put 200-300 hours in my initial kick, and occasionally come back for shorter stints over time.

Occasionally, a game really grips me. I've got ~700 hours in RimWorld, I was depressed and unemployed and it kept me going. I've also got about that much in Binding of Isaac, IMO still the greatest Roguelike made and has metric tons of content. I also have like 800 in Stellaris, but that's because I used to play it full time during my WFH call center job, I never play it on my own time haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I end up gravitating towards favorite games that I play tons of, as well as additional games that I play through once for the experience.

The "core game" I keep coming back to these days has been XCOM 2, which I never really got tired of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

While I'm no completionist, it takes me a LONG time for me to finish games. Whether it be because I bounce between multiple games (Street Fighter 6 and Tears of the Kingdom currently), I do nearly everything in a game, or I set a stupid challenge for myself. I like to kneecap myself for no discernible reason in video games and TTRPGs. I'm attempting a 4 (but might be 3 soon) heart run in Tears of the Kingdom on my first run through. Why? Shrug

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are a handful of games that I've logged more than 100 hours in. I tend to get bored. Right now, I am enjoying Tears of the Kingdom and approaching that burnout period. There are enough side quests to maybe keep me going for another week or two, but I am getting ready to just complete the main quest and stop playing. I almost never replay games because I'd much rather be exploring something new.

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