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What was the last game you played that made you lose an hour or more and not even realize it?

Prometheus Zero

Prometheus Zero

Member
Oct 25, 2017
66
So last night I decided to check out Steam World Dig 2. I figured I'd just boot it up and see whether or not it was in my wheel house. Lo and behold I check my phone to look up some impressions and several hours had passed. I love it when I find a game so engrossing that time just melts away. When was the last time you tried a game and it was suddenly 3am? I'm curious what has completely captivated you guys.
 
y3k

y3k

Member
Oct 25, 2017
181
I'm usually really good about this stuff, but there was something about Spore back in the day when I was in college where if I started it up then OOPS it's the next day what the hell. It's been stuck in the very bottom of my desk drawer for close to a decade for that very reason.
 
OniBaka

OniBaka

Community Resettler
Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,525
Sydney
Mine would probably be stardew valley, be so into planting crops and fishing that I lose track of time.
 
Fruity Speckles

Fruity Speckles

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10
New York City
It's happened to me with a lot of games but recently, Persona 5. I'd never known a thing about Persona or SMT as a whole but I decided to pick it up after a friend heavily recommended it. That game fucked up my sleep schedule for a while.
 
shimon

shimon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,583
Last time?That would be me playing Cold Steel 1 for the first time. Time flew by instantly :)
 
Zukkoyaki

Zukkoyaki

Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,294
Lately Shadow of War has made 3-4 hour sessions feel like nothing. "One more nemesis mission" turns into an extra hour of play freakishly easily.
 
freakybj

freakybj

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,428
The only thing that makes me lose sense of time is playing multiplayer games with my friends. We're all hooked on PUBG and time just files by when playing that game.
 
Golding

Golding

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,808
Last time this happened to me was playing gears of war 3 with my wife -- ahh fun times I tell you.
 
Kill3r7

Kill3r7

Member
Oct 25, 2017
24,462
Destiny 2. Just about every night. Oh hey, I will do nightfall and maybe help folks with the raid but there I am 3-4 hours later, like clockwork.
 
Samimista

Samimista

Member
Oct 25, 2017
961
The new South Park game. I played seven or eight hours of it on release day, and it didn't feel like that long at all.

Aside from that, whenever I play Euro Truck Simulator 2 since I always have an audiobook/music in the background.
 

McNeelyJ

Member
Oct 26, 2017
10
Prometheus Zero said:
So last night I decided to check out Steam World Dig 2. I figured I'd just boot it up and see whether or not it was in my wheel house. Lo and behold I check my phone to look up some impressions and several hours had passed. I love it when I find a game so engrossing that time just melts away. When was the last time you tried a game and it was suddenly 3am? I'm curious what has completely captivated you guys.
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XCOM 2 - all the XCOM games get me to lose hours upon hours...
 
Godcannon

Godcannon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
545
USA
Forza Horizon 3. I'm new to Xbox, and have been starved for a good racing game for years(Blur, Sonic All Star, Burnout). I can seriously just get lost driving around forever in FH3, listening to classical music, punk, rock, or Groove until I realize it's 3am.....then play some more :)
 
パンダさん

パンダさん

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,810
Stardew Vally on the Switch, got it on launch, few days after I got sick and stayed at home for for two weeks. Those flew away like nothing.

My day was basically: Get up, eat, Stardew, sleep, repeat.
 
Jenoss

Jenoss

Member
Oct 26, 2017
436
The evil within 2, but this year many games made me feel like the time is running away from me..
 
Deku

Deku

Member
Oct 25, 2017
242
Stardew Valley. Just one more day. I've always got plans I never have enough time to do.
 
bionic77

bionic77

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,895
Breath of the Wild.

It would be time to sleep before you knew it.

Especially during the first 40 or so hours when you are not overpowered. That game sucked you in.
 
Crooked Eye

Crooked Eye

Teyvat Traveler
Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,021
Elite Dangerous has been my time sink this year. I could lose days just exploring and outfitting ships if I didn't have work and a family.
 
Seijuro

Seijuro

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,858
Yakuza 0. My first Yakuza game, and time flew by when I just wanted to play further in the story... only instead to do side missions, the real estate and cabaret club mini games, telephone dating... and an afternoon goes by without continuing the story at all!
 
Chopchop

Chopchop

Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,171
XCOM does that to me. Previous games this year that did that were Persona 5 and BoTW.

BoTW is especially bad about this. You go "hey, what's that over there" and then suddenly it's been 4 hours.
 
thebeeks

thebeeks

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
1,353
Texas, USA
Totally Stardew Valley on the Switch. I already put dozens of hours into the PC version, I didn't think I'd get hooked the same way again. Turns out I did.
 
Buddy

Buddy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,295
Germany
Yesterday i started playing resident evil 4 again (for the 20th time or so) and after 3.5 hours i realized i schould go to sleep because its 2am and i have to work in the morning
 
Buddeh

Buddeh

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
793
Divinity 2 destroyed me. I could have 12-14 hour sessions completely swallowed. Not even Bloodborne made me go this crazy.
I was sick from work for 3 weeks, and I actually set my alarm to 7AM so I could get up and play as much as possible. I'm 30 years old lol.
 
Stoof

Stoof

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,807
Most recently would be Golf Story and even Picross S. The one more puzzle mentality got me really hard.
 
Dust

Dust

C H A O S
Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,347
When Lumines came out I could say "onoe more go" and play for four hours more.
 
NCR Ranger

NCR Ranger

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,873
Divinity: Original Sin 2.

I have been playing co-op and time just flies by in that game. It is insane just how ridiculously fun that game is. Part of it might be due that since I am playing co-op I am forced into going with the flow rather then trying to always get the best outcome.
 
jacks81x

jacks81x

Self-requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,460
NYC
Persona 5. I usually need a break after an hour or so when gaming, but with P5 I was able to play 3-4 hours straight with no problems.
 
Akari

Akari

Member
Oct 25, 2017
57
This happens every time I start up The Binding of Isaac Rebirth for better or worse.
 
Adathir

Adathir

Member
Oct 25, 2017
768
The last couple for me would have to be Skyrim SE (and the original when it came out of course) and Civ 5. I just started Destiny 2 on pc a couple days ago so we'll see if that catches on.
 
iceblade

iceblade

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,224
Horizon: Zero Dawn.

It's incredibly immersive, and that's even ignoring the fantastic graphics. Of Sony's first party efforts so far this gen, I honestly think his one is the one to beat.
 
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