How of much of your life has been used up playing RPGs?

Originally posted by square_marker
FF7 - Beat it 6 times at about 60 hrs a piece

FF8 - Beat it 3 times at 45 hrs a piece

FF9 - Beat it 2 times at 45 hrs a piece

FF10 - Beat it 2 times at 65 hrs a piece

LSSSC - Beat it 1 time at 35 hrs

Kingdom Hearts - Beat it 1 time at 45 hrs

Vagrant Story - ....played it for 18 hrs  

Xenogears - ....played it for 25 hrs

Chrono Cross - beat it 1 time at 50 hrs

Chrono Trigger - beat it 1 time at 25hrs ???

i got more...but i cant think of any

Good list, SM... although I\'m surprised Xenogears occupied the shortest amount of your time ~ I spent more time on that than any other RPG!  Of course, it also happens to be my all time favorite, so maybe that has something to do with it... Are you gonna play Xenosaga when it\'s out?  (this month, too... YES!)

too much time :

- Seven saga , chrono trigger , chrono cross , legend of mana , legend legaia , ff2 , ff3 ,ff4 ,ff5 ,ff6,ff7 , ff8 ,ff9 ,ffx , suikoden 3 , etc etc etc

I bet i\'ve spent around 20 hours (FF7) and thats it. it\'s not that i disike the genre, but it just doesn\'t do much for me

i must admit some of my all time favourites have been stuff like


GT3
Ico (Best PS2 game to date) - (For emotion evoking qualities and emotional movement/manipulation & art style)
Most Rally Games
Tomb Raider 1
GTA3 (i must admit, VC was a little bit weaker imho)
Ratchet & Clank
Resident Evil
Soul Caliber / Edge

and some other arcade/immediate games that dont take much getting into.

I\'m now getting to the age where immersion is dwindling for me (27) and i\'m finding myself less and less
impressed with games of recent. Ico stands out to be probably the best game ive played to date, but other
than that, most have failed to drag me in. i\'m wondering if any of you people are begining to feel simlar feelings.

I\'m currently going through a little bit of depression, well.. i have done for a few months now, but i feel that i no longer
want to play games at all.. sure, there are some good games about, but i feel guilty of spending time sat at a tv
screen, knocking through some game just so i can say i completed it. it just doesnt feel as if ive accomplished
anything.. who cares if i finished GT3 or Ico.. nobody!.. is that a bad thing?... Ultimatly i kind of wished i got off my ass
and did something usefull like decorate the house/sort the garden...etc...

Gaming just seems to take my time up so much, even tho\' i\'m not playing anymore.. heck, i keep checking
forums/websites etc all to do with gaming, so it must be something within me to keep interested.

I dunno.. i\'m just hoping that this is just down to my current depression and it\'s not going to last.

StAnZo

Originally posted by StAnZo
GTA3 (i must admit, VC was a little bit weaker imho)

StAnZo

StAnZo, I guess I\'m a bit shocked... with all the new boats, motorcycles, the fully-flyable planes and helicopters, the new weapons, the larger map, the larger number of enterable buildings, the far superior all-star voice-acting, the larger number of missions, the ability to buy property and earn money off of your own businesses and the superior graphics....  I guess I\'m having trouble following your claim that Vice City was \'weaker\' than GTA3.

Originally posted by aj142


StAnZo, I guess I\'m a bit shocked... with all the new boats, motorcycles, the fully-flyable planes and helicopters, the new weapons, the larger map, the larger number of enterable buildings, the far superior all-star voice-acting, the larger number of missions, the ability to buy property and earn money off of your own businesses and the superior graphics....  I guess I\'m having trouble following your claim that Vice City was \'weaker\' than GTA3.

not at all m8, there are some brilliant additions to VC, but i think that Liberty City was \'Bigger\'. The taller buildings,
urban setting and that \'first time\' play made it unforgettable. i cant lie, i liked VC but i think Liberty City was
more of a natural habitat for the goings on. True, the graphics were better in the \'draw distance\' area
but i found that there was less geometry and architecture in VC. like i said before, i also think that the 2x bigger
size of VC was an over exageration. i thought GTA3 was bigger, maybee it\'s just me, i dunno.

It\'s all down to personal opinion, both are class games, but i thought GTA3 retained that urban feel
VC was like GTA3 on holiday.

I gotcha.  I must admit, it\'s hard to out-do that initial pleasant shock of how great a game GTA3 turned out to be.. but I gotta tell ya, as soon as the opening credits and theme song for Vice City started the first time I popped that DVD in the PS2 ~ I knew I was going to be in my own personal gaming heaven for awhile.  You\'re right - it all boils down to personal preference.  In some ways, I\'m definitely a sucker for the "new thing".  In others, I\'m a stickly for the way it "used to be".  In this case, I own and love both games... and I can\'t wait for GTA 5 (assuming they keep going with it).

Frankly, I hated GTA3 but I actually enjoyed GTA:VC. The problem with GTA3 is the graphics engine is just not up to mark with frequent frame drops that bogs the gameplay.

GTA:VC, although doesn\'t improve substantially in graphics quality, managed to keep the frame rates at a constant 30fps for most of the game which makes the whole thing a pleasant experience. And the music in GTA:VC just beats anything.

probably around 200-300 hours

Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy VII-X, SKies of Arcadia, Grandia II, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross...

I\'m guessing around 350-400 hours.  I usually just beat a game and don\'t worry about finding everything.

[SirMystiq]

NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER FINISHED AN RPG!!

I started and got pretty far in FFX but I had to give it back to my buddy.

Skies of Arcadia is nearing 40, and I\'m just finishing the Ruins of Ice!