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| Toxico 4083th Post
 
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|  "OT -> How many hours?" , posted Sun 26 Jun 02:53
The question is simple; wich games have you played the most in your entire life??
Well; for example just a few days ago I was playing Disgaea and after acomplishing big things (beating the first Baal) I decided to give the game a rest for a few weeks... I have been playing it from the year that has been released, that would be 2 years now... Then I realized.... 408 hrs of game time, that's one freaking big amount of time; I can recall surpassing the 100 hrs and stoped caring for game time after that...
Due to that I was thinking back to my hard core gaming days and thought of every game that I have just played to death... I came up with these. The order is the order on wich I met these games:
1.- Final Fight -> the first game I truly learnt how to play and properly beat, I spent 4 credits a day every day for more than 2 years, with every credit I would beat the game... TV is no fun when a military dictatorship runs the country, so videogames where the main fun; so when I wasn't hiding from the MP, I was at the arcade skipping lunch hours beating down streets punks with a ninja and an iron pole. That was just priceless.
2.- Final Fantasy 1 -> this game just taught me english as I know it (yes, that's how crappy the translation was) I remember that I wrote down every dialoge of the game on a copy book and translated it word by word. More than 6 months playing for beating the game the first time and then kept playing the game from time to time, I have easily finished more than 15th times; even thought I played a huge pile of NES games (easily more than 2000) this just stands as the first place, insomnium knows no borethom and I still have the copybook with the translation.
3.- Final Fantasy 3 -> Similar case, when I got a SNES this was the only game that I got and that fact remained for more than 3 months; after that I got BoF 1, Chrono Trigger & BoF 2; and after that it took me more than 3 years to get more games. BoF 2 would be a very close second place; games where damn to damn expensive back then.
4.- KoF 97' -> On my arcades every game was available on the week of their release in japan; so we got KoF 97' right away... But just after getting it the arcade had economical problems and didn't brought more games until the 99'. During that time I played this game 1 hour after school every day and on the weekends after hanging around with the gang we always crashed on someone's house and played the PSX version of the game from something like 12:00 AM to 10:00 AM, more than 10 hardcore gamers locked up in one room produce endless hours of tight matches and underage alcoholic consumtion... A Close second place was Samurai Spirits Korin, wich we played simultaneously with this game... A third place here would be KoF 99', on wich I spent more than 2 summers and many week days beating down people, I have even fought japanese players.
5.- Tekken Tag Tournament -> I remember that only Tekken hardcore fans heeded TTT becuase it was a expensive maching down here; KoF 99' was worth "50 pesos" the credit; TTT was worth "200 pesos" the credit, it just was too damn expenise.... Until one day someone realized that we could fit in "10 pesos" coins on the credits slot by force instead of the "200 pesos" token and thus became the cheaper game of the arcades. I played simultaneously KoF 99' & TTT for many hours, and after a few years the KoF 99' machine was gone I didn't have more choices other than focusing my time on this; I mean, with 3 hours void on classes you can't go drinking all day; it's too expensive, better expend some credits and beat everyone to dust... On this game I have truly become an icon of both, arrogance and high level competitive play; even though everyone hates my 'first season hokuto no ken villian dissing style' everyone knows that I'm no diet cookie, down town no one can say that they beat me.
Well, that's that for now, if I think of something more later I will add it... If you, kind reader, by any chance have a game that truly has affected you and you have spent an important part of your life then please stand out proudly and said so. I already feel curious to know what would be Rugal Berstein, Rid's and Iggy kita choices
See??? He is a God...
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| Rid 6705th Post
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|  "Re(3):OT -> How many hours?" , posted Sun 26 Jun 10:00:
Final Fantasy Tactics: played through it two times, over 100 hours each.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles: my original Sonic 3 cart was a pirate one, so I couldn't save. I had to play through the full thing with no saves :D And I played it often.
Castlevania SOTN: several plays through it, the last one around 60 hours with both items dropped by each kind of enemy marked.
Tales of Phantasia: second time I played it, around 80 hours.
Played FF7 three times, FF9 three times, Xenogears two times, Star Ocean 2 three times, Tales of Eternia two times, Tales of Destiny two times...
Also I spent a lot of time in SRW Alpha trying to figure out how to play a SRW.
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| VManOfMana 617th Post
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| "Re(3):OT -> How many hours?" , posted Mon 27 Jun 06:01
Eternal Fighter Zero
I haven't left this game since I started playing it like four or five years ago. I started with the first demo, then the second demo, then 1.20, then Blue Sky, then Bad Moon and its many patches all the way to 3.10, and since every version makes changes/additions/etc on the characters, its like starting fresh.
Ironically, this is the fighting game I have played the least against other people. But the thing is, the CPU is smart enough that it won't bore you right away, and the game is so deep that I am still learning new things.
Before I had access to Japanese replays I would learn the oddities of the game engine by myself (including simple loops), and now, every time I see a good replay there *always* is something new. This prompts me to go back to training mode, learn new tactics and loop timings, practice them against the CPU, and then new replays pop up, and the endless cycle never ends...
I will finally face good competition during AX. A dream comes true.
Tasofro, my deepest respect for you.
And I still hope for EFZ 4.x featuring Clannad.
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Street Fighter III, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Marvel vs. Capcom, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Super Turbo
The fighting games I played with the local people at El Paso during my college years. 3S, CvS2 and MvC2 are the main games played right now, but MvC1 with which we met each other. Third Strike took over quickly, and MvC2 and CvS2 then came in as well, although I don't play them as seriously as 3S.
ST is seldom played, but I still enjoy it a lot and is covered under Street Fighter II.
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Secret of Mana
I don't remember how many times I have finished the game, but in my last game I have Level 99 with 99999 experience, 9999 gold, 9:99 magic... you get the point.
I also managed to find some glitches on my own, like how to crash the game while fighting the Dark Lich.
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Street Fighter II
I grew up playing this game on its many different incarnations.
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Super Mario Kart
You know you and your brother play the game a lot when both reached the peak of Toad and Koopa Troopa to the point that races are decided with a 1 hundreth of a second difference (it happened once at Mario Circuit 2)
Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/
"Tameraeba makeyo!"
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 3429th Post
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|  "Re(2):OT -> How many hours?" , posted Tue 28 Jun 21:45:
i've been avoiding this thread because it kinda hurts my head. but here i'll play. i won't bother mentioning any fighting games
Final Fantasy IV (completed at least four times) - once when i was still in elementary school (rented it from a store that doesn't exist anymore), once in college (borrowed it from a friend), and a couple of times on emulator some time between elementary and college
Final Fantasy V (three times) - the first time was on emulator (lol piracy) long before it came out in the states
Final Fantasy VI (at least three times) - before my old computer exploded, i had a rom save with so much cool shit on it. i don't remember too much about it, but about half my characters had Genji Gloves. i played it mindlessly and monsters kept dropping them. it was great
Final Fantasy VIII (at least twice) - on my final run, i maxed out my guys as much as possible and kicked the crap out of Omega Weapon
Final Fantasy Tactics (at least three times) - it used to be a ritual of mine to start a new FFT game every winter break
Skies of Arcadia (twice) - my FFT ritual ended with this game. played it first on dreamcast, winter of 2002. second, on gamecube, winter of 2003. on my second run, i collected everything, discovered everything, and brought home all the bounties. oh man those bounties were fun
Hoshigami (over 100 hours) - wasted my summer (of 2003) because of this game
Disgaea (over 150 hours) - wasted my summer (of 2004) because of this game
Pokemon (???) - it was all the rage back then. my Meowth owned the sky. that thing could turn on a dime. macross zero style
MUDs (???) - back before the mmorpg craze, i'm sure i've logged over a thousand hours on those servers. i'd probably be more of an mmorpg guy than a console rpg guy now if all the drama from MUDs didn't discourage me so much. i was banned so many times from some of my favorite places. but i guess i deserved it. i was always starting trouble, pissing off the immortals (admin), sparking guild wars, pking outside of my range, exploiting bugs, finding new innovative ways to abuse spells. ah, memories
honorable mention to Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy IX, which i've played through twice each (i think). i'm probably leaving something out. not that it matters, but if i think of anything later, i'll go back and edit. nevermind. i've spent way too much time playing way too many games. i think i've listed enough
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| kurushimi
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| "Re(1):OT -> How many hours?" , posted Wed 29 Jun 00:08
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The question is simple; wich games have you played the most in your entire life??
DDR, without a doubt - though technically, that refers to the series in general and not a specific game. Let's see, began with First Mix, but the Revolution didn't really begin for me until 2nd year of college. This local Disney Arcade (now shut down) had a special where you bought a yearly pass, and could come in to play as much as you want. I usually went 3 times a week, and spent an average of 4 hours. Then on the days I didn't go, I had the console version, and would spend about 1.5 hours. SOOOO:
(3 * 4) + (4 * 1.5) = 18 hrs/week
52 - 14 = 38 weeks (didn't play during summer and winter breaks)
18 * 38 = 684 hrs/year
Of course, that was only one year, and my playtime has decreased substantially since. I still do about 3 hours a week at another arcade. It's weird though, it doesn't feel so much as playing a game anymore, as it does like, say, jogging - albeit a lot more fun.
Outside of that though, most game time has to go to Master of Orion and Master of Magic for PC, with the original Civilization following closely behind. I've had a PC longer than I've had a console, and I'm a sucker for turn-based strategy, so I think I've racked up about 200 hours for MoO.
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