for those of you 1 or 2 years + of anime

[DukeJesse]

Originally Posted by KelsieKatt

I doubt I'll ever even come close to getting either one of those on this site. I don't watch anime very often.

Although, I more than likely passed the 2 year mark when it comes to Video Games a while ago..... (Yes, I'm being serious.)

That's probably not a good thing.

If MMOs constitute any of that playtime, then it seems much more plausible. If not - How do you afford all those games?

[KelsieKatt]

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

If MMOs constitute any of that playtime, then it seems much more plausible. If not - How do you afford all those games?

I used to play video games a decent bit when I was younger, but it didn't really pick up to an obsession until age 10 onward I spent almost all of my time playing video games. I faked being sick a lot and when I couldn't I skipped school enough to the point that I was on the verge of being expelled for having too many unexcused absences throughout high school. And when I was actually in school I ignored most of it and played handhelds whenever the teachers weren't paying attention. Then I dropped out at 16 and spent the rest of that time playing video games until the current date as I had nothing else to do, while hoping someone might hire me for a job, but there's not a lot of options where I live.

Otherwise, I spent every single bit of money I got on games throughout all of my teenage years, sometimes skipping lunch to spend it on games instead. Would have been easier if I had a job, but chore money and holidays still allowed me to buy a lot, and my dad would occasionally be nice and buy more expensive stuff for me once every couple months.

Other than that, I would either rent newer console games, emulate older console games, or pirate stuff on PC since you can't rent those.

I played some MMOs for a bit, but I was never a big fan of them and the most I ever put into one specific MMO was about 2000 hours on World of Warcraft in total over a prolonged number of years, but I've played Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 more than that easily.

Basically it's a combination of wasting the majority of the last 10 years of my life doing essentially nothing.

Although, lately I've been reorganizing my life and got rid of a few hundred games and narrowed down my overall collection I keep to things I plan to replay multiple times over and keep for years to come exclusively. So, I don't buy single playthrough games anymore, but I've only been doing that for about a year now.

At this point, now I'm going down entire lists of games for every platform dating back to the original Nintendo and reading up on, watching, and/or playing them (if I'm curious) in order to find all the games I've missed over the years. It's as tedious as it sounds.

[DukeJesse]

Everyone has their hobbies. I know the feeling of feeling like you've wasted time. When I graduated in '06 a friend of mine decided it would be a fantastic idea for me to play World of Warcraft with him. Needless to say, I think he just used me for thirty free days, as he never did anything with me in the game. Sadly, the hooks were sunk, and until I quit for good last November, the only thing I can really recall since '06 is World of Warcraft.

I'll be perfectly honest, I kind of envy you for being able to even start and play games. I collect RPG and strategy games (all other games, unless open world, just don't have enough of a return on the money for me), and I just haven't been able to push myself to dig into my collection much at all. This could perhaps come from my extreme gaming OCD however - If I find out I've missed getting a rare item *shakes fist at the Final Fantasy series* I will usually have to restart the game to stay sane. I've been wanting to play through Persona 4 for the past year-and-a-half but have never been able to get past the first month before something comes up.

Anyways, I wish you luck on finding those games you've missed out on over the years! I must now stalk eBay and see if some of the games I've been watching for are at sane prices again.

[KelsieKatt]

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

I'll be perfectly honest, I kind of envy you for being able to even start and play games. I collect RPG and strategy games (all other games, unless open world, just don't have enough of a return on the money for me), and I just haven't been able to push myself to dig into my collection much at all. This could perhaps come from my extreme gaming OCD however - If I find out I've missed getting a rare item *shakes fist at the Final Fantasy series* I will usually have to restart the game to stay sane. I've been wanting to play through Persona 4 for the past year-and-a-half but have never been able to get past the first month before something comes up.

Well, the main reason why I started playing games so much to begin with was I was fairly depressed when I was younger, but eventually it worked out in the end to some extent and I love gaming a lot.

My personal favorites are RPGs (mostly western, I'm a lot pickier about JRPGs, but I play them too), Platformers, and Action games. Other than that, I play just about every other genre except for mini-games, Flight Sims (I enjoy more arcadey flight games), and Racing Simulators (Again, I enjoy more arcadey ones.) I'm also slightly pickier than other genres when it comes to Strategy games as well, as I have a tendency to enjoy the more tactical side of them in battles than I do resource management and base building. Although, I do enjoy building stuff too, but that's more a creativity thing rather than trying to make an efficient base.

Speaking of open world, I can't stand GTA or a lot of other sandbox games, the only one I enjoyed at all was San Andreas due to the amount of variety and content in it, but even then I got rid of it after playing through 3/4 of it. Main problem I have with Sandbox games is their game mechanics have a tendency to not be quite up to par compared to most other genres and they tend to recycle things too much as they try to spread everything out over a big world. Despite having lots of random missions all over the place, each mission doesn't usually play out any differently, it's just a matter of what order you pick them in, but they're all still pretty linear and have a tendency to be of lower quality than traditional linear games.

Edit: Almost forgot. I don't play Sports games very often either.

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

This could perhaps come from my extreme gaming OCD however - If I find out I've missed getting a rare item *shakes fist at the Final Fantasy series* I will usually have to restart the game to stay sane. I've been wanting to play through Persona 4 for the past year-and-a-half but have never been able to get past the first month before something comes up.

I have a tendency to do similar things on a lot of games. Mostly games involving choice and character building. If I make enough decisions that I'm not entirely happy with, I wind up losing interest in the character and need to start again. One of my friends gets mad at me for it a lot because he believes it's more important to reach the ending than be satisfied with the overall experience.

[DukeJesse]

Well, the main reason why I started playing games so much to begin with was I was fairly depressed when I was younger, but eventually it worked out in the end to some extent and I love gaming a lot.

Depression is a evil mistress that hits us all in different ways. Be lucky that it that worked it out when you found something you love though, and that it didn't snowball into much more grievous conditions like it did for me.

My personal favorites are RPGs (mostly western, I'm a lot pickier about JRPGs, but I play them too), Platformers, and Action games. Other than that, I play just about every other genre except for mini-games, Flight Sims (I enjoy more arcadey flight games), and Racing Simulators (Again, I enjoy more arcadey ones.) I'm also slightly pickier than other genres when it comes to Strategy games as well, as I have a tendency to enjoy the more tactical side of them in battles than I do resource management and base building. Although, I do enjoy building stuff too, but that's more a creativity thing rather than trying to make an efficient base.

I do love how drastically different western and eastern RPGs can be. I'm not picky about which ones I play, but it's always western ones that seems to edge out the eastern ones in terms of satisfaction. There are exceptions if I particularly like the story (I'm a Xenosaga fanboy for example - Even the second game has it's merits for me. The battle system which made most people throw the controller in a fit of rage at the television made my brain swim with tactical bliss), but the game play of western RPGs usually always edge them out. I prefer simulator games as opposed to aracdey ones myself, and saw it as a personal insult when they turned the MechWarrior franchise into the arcadey MechAssault.

Speaking of open world, I can't stand GTA or a lot of other sandbox games, the only one I enjoyed at all was San Andreas due to the amount of variety and content in it, but even then I got rid of it after playing through 3/4 of it. Main problem I have with Sandbox games is their game mechanics have a tendency to not be quite up to par compared to most other genres and they tend to recycle things too much as they try to spread everything out over a big world. Despite having lots of random missions all over the place, each mission doesn't usually play out any differently, it's just a matter of what order you pick them in, but they're all still pretty linear and have a tendency to be of lower quality than traditional linear games.

I can understand where you're coming from, but I wouldn't be able to agree with you, seeing as open world games are the ones that usually draw me in the easiest. That said, I stopped playing Grand Theft Auto IV when I got to a mission in which I had to climb up through an abandoned building, but due to the shitty combat mechanics I was unable to kill the enemies who were up a level and on all sides of me. I haven't touched Red Dead Redemption much, as I've been waiting for a gamer phase to dig in, but I hope the same sort of fake difficulty won't occur.

Edit: Almost forgot. I don't play Sports games very often either.

Sports games are carcinogenic - I don't blame you. I'd rather acquaint my face with a concrete wall that play a sports game.

I have a tendency to do similar things on a lot of games. Mostly games involving choice and character building. If I make enough decisions that I'm not entirely happy with, I wind up losing interest in the character and need to start again. One of my friends gets mad at me for it a lot because he believes it's more important to reach the ending than be satisfied with the overall experience.

Glad I'm not alone! It's become a huge problem for me. I often need to play with a walkthrough or a character build guide so I don't make any mistakes. I would truly love to get over this problem, but it's probably similar to how I cheat in computer strategy and 4x games by reloading when things don't go my way. Oh how immature I truly am when it comes to these things.

I think I'm going to buy a second TV (my current one is my computer monitor) later this month to help encourage me to play games more often. I'm able to play computer games extremely easily as they don't seem to pry me away from my obsessive need to have information, so hopefully having such information available at all times will allow me to scale my massive wall of unplayed games.

What are some of your all-time favorite games?

[KelsieKatt]

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

Depression is a evil mistress that hits us all in different ways. Be lucky that it that worked it out when you found something you love though, and that it didn't snowball into much more grievous conditions like it did for me.

Well, it wasn't the games that fixed it, but they did keep my mind distracted from going to darker places. That said, I have sorted out a decent bit of my life at this point, but I still need get myself a job and/or into college to get my life moving forward. Really tired of being stuck in limbo, but that should be a lot better soon as we're moving into a new area that isn't sitting in the middle of nowhere.

Main thing I mean is that while I did waste a lot of my life and primarily got into games because I was depresed, in the end I'm not too bothered by it considering that because of that I found something I enjoy a lot.

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

I do love how drastically different western and eastern RPGs can be. I'm not picky about which ones I play, but it's always western ones that seems to edge out the eastern ones in terms of satisfaction. There are exceptions if I particularly like the story (I'm a Xenosaga fanboy for example - Even the second game has it's merits for me. The battle system which made most people throw the controller in a fit of rage at the television made my brain swim with tactical bliss), but the game play of western RPGs usually always edge them out.

Main thing that draws me into RPGs is choice for building up your character and/or party members, the ability to influence the storyline and/or world, and how you express your customized character/s in combat.

In a lot of cases, a number of JRPGs either offer very little control over that, or none at all, which doesn't appeal to me remotely. However, not all are like that.

I've never been a big story person when it comes to games as I play them primarily for the interactivity, which is what differentiates them from all other types of media. Granted, story, atmosphere, etc it's a nice minor addition, but it doesn't make very much of an impact on my overall experience very much.

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

I prefer simulator games as opposed to aracdey ones myself, and saw it as a personal insult when they turned the MechWarrior franchise into the arcadey MechAssault.

Actually, speaking of mech simulators. I do actually own one, and it's the only Mech game I've played that I personally like.

Steel Battalion.

It's a little gimmicky I suppose, but the controller just adds so much to the overall experience like nothing else I own.

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

Glad I'm not alone! It's become a huge problem for me. I often need to play with a walkthrough or a character build guide so I don't make any mistakes. I would truly love to get over this problem, but it's probably similar to how I cheat in computer strategy and 4x games by reloading when things don't go my way. Oh how immature I truly am when it comes to these things.

Mainly it's decisions that bother me, which is primarily an RPG thing, or if I don't like how I completed a fight and think I could come up with a more entertaining alternative.

So if it's something easily fixed short term, I might just do the same sequence multiple times in a row, or in long term stuff such as if I make multiple decisions, or dislike some skills I picked, or items I chose, etc, I might start over if I don't have an earlier save.

I did that on Knights of the Old Republic recently 3 times in a row. First time I restarted because I didn't like how I chose my character's skills and second time I restarted because I didn't like my character's morality, plus I also forgot to get Dominate Mind earlier on so I couldn't force people to do things in conversations until later than I would have liked.

Originally Posted by DukeJesse

What are some of your all-time favorite games?

There's no particular order to most of these, except for being alphabetical. Although, BG1 & 2 are my two absolute favorites of all time to this day.

Some of my favorites are:

Baldur's Gate (PC)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn/Throne of Bhaal (PC)
Bayonetta (Xbox 360)
Beyond Good & Evil (Xbox)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
Gears of War (Xbox 360) (I know a lot of people consider it overrated, but I liked it a lot and have beaten it dozens of times over. I have to replay the second game again to decide my feelings about it, but I know I enjoyed the second half a lot, but I figured I should leave it off the list, since I'm unsure at the moment.)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC)
God Hand (PS2)
Grim Fandango (PC)
Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
Gunstar Heroes (Genesis/MegaDrive)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) (I hate the sequels with a passion, but I enjoyed the original a lot.)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Metal Arms: Glitch In The System (Xbox)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Metal Slug (Neo Geo) (Sadly, I don't have a Neo Geo itself as they're really expensive, but I might consider buying one of I find more games I'd want on it.)
Metal Slug X (Neo Geo)
Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo)
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Panzer Dragoon: Orta (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox)
Psychonauts (Xbox)
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Ratchet & Clank (PS2)
Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando (PS2)
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Dreamcast/PC)
Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube/Wii)
Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis/MegaDrive)
Sacrifice (PC)
Silent Hill (PS1)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
Unreal Tournament 99 (PC)
Vanquish (PS3)
Viewtiful Joe (Gamecube)

There's other games I'd be tempted to put on my list, but I haven't played enough that I would consider them a 'favorite' quite yet.

[DukeJesse]

Well, it wasn't the games that fixed it, but they did keep my mind distracted from going to darker places. That said, I have sorted out a decent bit of my life at this point, but I still need get myself a job and/or into college to get my life moving forward. Really tired of being stuck in limbo, but that should be a lot better soon as we're moving into a new area that isn't sitting in the middle of nowhere.

Main thing I mean is that while I did waste a lot of my life and primarily got into games because I was depresed, in the end I'm not too bothered by it considering that because of that I found something I enjoy a lot.

I understand what you mean by being stuck in limbo, as I'm in the exact same boat. I did however attempt college last September, though I only made it a week before my medication I was on thought it would be hilarious to play a prank on me and make me have an episode. That said, I don't think I'll try college again. If life is a pursuit of happiness, I'd be happy living in a shack if I were able to pursue my interests.

Main thing that draws me into RPGs is choice for building up your character and/or party members, the ability to influence the storyline and/or world, and how you express your customized character/s in combat.

In a lot of cases, a number of JRPGs either offer very little control over that, or none at all, which doesn't appeal to me remotely. However, not all are like that.

I've never been a big story person when it comes to games as I play them primarily for the interactivity, which is what differentiates them from all other types of media. Granted, story, atmosphere, etc it's a nice minor addition, but it doesn't make very much of an impact on my overall experience very much.

Building characters is quite entertaining, but I wish games would stop including useless or obviously inferior skills to choose from. I think a lot of OCD gripes I have with games would be solved if games would include a 'respec' feature of sorts. Of course, in some games this would be impossible to implement, and it could be easily abused.

Actually, speaking of mech simulators. I do actually own one, and it's the only Mech game I've played that I personally like.

Steel Battalion.

It's a little gimmicky I suppose, but the controller just adds so much to the overall experience like nothing else I own.

Words can't express how much I envy you right now. I've wanted Steel Battalion for years and years. Something about mech simulator games turns me into a giddy little schoolgirl of sorts. If my computer weren't absolute crap I'd get Crysis with the MechWarrior: Living Legends mod installed. I know that there's currently a new MechWarrior game in production, but I fear the worst currently. However, if I go into something glass half-empty, the experience may be glass half-full.

Mainly it's decisions that bother me, which is primarily an RPG thing, or if I don't like how I completed a fight and think I could come up with a more entertaining alternative.

So if it's something easily fixed short term, I might just do the same sequence multiple times in a row, or in long term stuff such as if I make multiple decisions, or dislike some skills I picked, or items I chose, etc, I might start over if I don't have an earlier save.

I did that on Knights of the Old Republic recently 3 times in a row. First time I restarted because I didn't like how I chose my character's skills and second time I restarted because I didn't like my character's morality, plus I also forgot to get Dominate Mind earlier on so I couldn't force people to do things in conversations until later than I would have liked.

I've only played Knights of the Old Republic twice sadly, the first time I made it all the way to the Sith planet before reading that the skills I chose were absolute crap. Second time I followed a guide and was a happy denizen of the dark side all the way through. I really wish I could have killed Carth though.

Baldur's Gate(PC)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn/Throne of Bhaal (PC)
Bayonetta (Xbox 360)
Beyond Good & Evil (Xbox)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
Gears of War (Xbox 360) (I know a lot of people consider it overrated, but I liked it a lot and have beaten it dozens of times over. I have to replay the second game again to decide my feelings about it, but I know I enjoyed the second half a lot, but I figured I should leave it off the list, since I'm unsure at the moment.)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC)
God Hand (PS2)
Grim Fandango (PC)
Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
Gunstar Heroes (Genesis/MegaDrive)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) (I hate the sequels with a passion, but I enjoyed the original a lot.)
Heavy Rain (PS3)
Metal Arms: Glitch In The System (Xbox)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Metal Slug (Neo Geo) (Sadly, I don't have a Neo Geo itself as they're really expensive, but I might consider buying one of I find more games I'd want on it.)
Metal Slug X (Neo Geo)
Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo)
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Panzer Dragoon: Orta (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox)
Psychonauts (Xbox)
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Ratchet & Clank (PS2)
Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando (PS2)
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Dreamcast/PC)
Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube/Wii)
Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis/MegaDrive)
Sacrifice (PC)
Silent Hill (PS1)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
Unreal Tournament 99 (PC)
Vanquish (PS3)

I went through your list and marked the ones I've played with italics, and the ones I've beaten with bolding. Out of all of them, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest is the one that I have the fondest memories of. Endless days and nights as a child I played that game, looking for all the secrets. It's rare that a game can bring forth such a feeling of adventure in me.

All in all, I'm very much behind the curve when it comes to most action games. I can usually only play through an action game once, although there are exceptions. None the less, if I see any of these games for cheap I'll be sure to consider picking them up.

On a side note, this conversation is completely out of sync with this thread, as well as the section of the forums. Would you perhaps like to continue it via message instead?

[daekiljen]

I'm probably up to 2 years just for fapping. Where's my badge for that?

[yaang]

here you go
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[darkraiders]

Originally Posted by KelsieKatt

I used to play video games a decent bit when I was younger, but it didn't really pick up to an obsession until age 10 onward I spent almost all of my time playing video games. I faked being sick a lot and when I couldn't I skipped school enough to the point that I was on the verge of being expelled for having too many unexcused absences throughout high school. And when I was actually in school I ignored most of it and played handhelds whenever the teachers weren't paying attention. Then I dropped out at 16 and spent the rest of that time playing video games until the current date as I had nothing else to do, while hoping someone might hire me for a job, but there's not a lot of options where I live.

Otherwise, I spent every single bit of money I got on games throughout all of my teenage years, sometimes skipping lunch to spend it on games instead. Would have been easier if I had a job, but chore money and holidays still allowed me to buy a lot, and my dad would occasionally be nice and buy more expensive stuff for me once every couple months.

Other than that, I would either rent newer console games, emulate older console games, or pirate stuff on PC since you can't rent those.

I played some MMOs for a bit, but I was never a big fan of them and the most I ever put into one specific MMO was about 2000 hours on World of Warcraft in total over a prolonged number of years, but I've played Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 more than that easily.

Basically it's a combination of wasting the majority of the last 10 years of my life doing essentially nothing.

Although, lately I've been reorganizing my life and got rid of a few hundred games and narrowed down my overall collection I keep to things I plan to replay multiple times over and keep for years to come exclusively. So, I don't buy single playthrough games anymore, but I've only been doing that for about a year now.

At this point, now I'm going down entire lists of games for every platform dating back to the original Nintendo and reading up on, watching, and/or playing them (if I'm curious) in order to find all the games I've missed over the years. It's as tedious as it sounds.

For a minutes i though it was me you was talking about XD

Joking aside it's funny to see how your description is so close to what i have been doing when i was younger until 2-3 years ago.