What game have you played the most over the years
What game have you played the most over the years
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pistonheadforum

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1,200 posts

141 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Regardles of age of game.

For me probably Grand Prix 2, Falcon on Atari ST, Automobalista (current) and Boulder Dash on the 8 bit.

Spent hours and hours on GTA also I think across the years.

Must have spent days as a kid playing text based adventures (Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls games). Ah Infocom ... when all you needed was imagination.

Any game that you consitently go back to?

For me it's Robobtron 2084 but only for 5 mins then I remember how rubbish I am.

pistonheadforum

Original Poster:

1,200 posts

141 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Oh forgot - also Mercenary on the Atari ST - one of the first open world games, spent ages exploring that.

Off now for a quick blast of Robotron 2048 as it's been a few months.

PhilboSE

5,581 posts

246 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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In terms of hours played, probably Left For Dead 2. I think Steam tells me I’ve got over 3500 hours in that, however, that’s because it plays on almost any old hardware like laptops when travelling and it can be picked up and put down in half hour bursts.

I’ve also sunk a huge amount of time into Elite:Dangerous in the early years. I also played many many hours on 8 bit Elite in the 80’s so aggregate that probably edges it.

I was late to the console party, Horizon:Zero Dawn probably has most hours logged.

boxst

3,806 posts

165 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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For some reason Postal 2 was always a favourite. One of those games you can play for 10 minutes or so. Still do it every so often.

Super Sonic

11,334 posts

74 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Forza. Have an Xbox 360, so am playing Forza3. Before that it was Project Gotham Racing.

Turn7

25,093 posts

241 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Half Life, in all its forms.

Just perfect.

hotchy

4,758 posts

146 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Counter strike by a country mile. Thousands upon thousands of hours. Perfection of a game. Still go on to this day to play on cs_office because its awesome.

Acorn1

2,506 posts

40 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Battlefield 2,

The height of the BF series for me.

More recently Lock On Modern Air Combat which then morphed into DCS

LimaDelta

7,691 posts

238 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Since I started gaming, Microsoft Flight Simulator from v3 in 1988. Started transitioning to X-Plane with v9 in 2008 and have been exclusively X-plane since V11 in 2017.

I have several thousand hours in DCS, since getting back into military flying sims in 2012.

According to Steam I have 800+ hours on Command: Modern Operations since release in 2019, with who knows how many on CMANO before that.

But, I guess not many of those count as 'games', so I'd say the original Doom & Doom II, the GTA series, and Gran Turismo, from 1- 6, though I barely touch it these days (don't even know where my PS is). What finished it for me was that every time I thought I'd jump in for a quick race, there would be a huge update (same reason I haven't touched the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator). Eventually I just stopped bothering.

Oh, and Minecraft, how did I forget Minecraft. Still play a lot with the kids, as we work on projects together, even when I am overseas, it is a good way to chat and spend time together, without the awkwardness of forced conversation which sometimes presents itself during a FT call.

Narcisus

8,713 posts

300 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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LimaDelta said:
Since I started gaming, Microsoft Flight Simulator from v3 in 1988. Started transitioning to X-Plane with v9 in 2008 and have been exclusively X-plane since V11 in 2017.

I have several thousand hours in DCS, since getting back into military flying sims in 2012.

According to Steam I have 800+ hours on Command: Modern Operations since release in 2019, with who knows how many on CMANO before that.

But, I guess not many of those count as 'games', so I'd say the original Doom & Doom II, the GTA series, and Gran Turismo, from 1- 6, though I barely touch it these days (don't even know where my PS is). What finished it for me was that every time I thought I'd jump in for a quick race, there would be a huge update (same reason I haven't touched the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator). Eventually I just stopped bothering.

Oh, and Minecraft, how did I forget Minecraft. Still play a lot with the kids, as we work on projects together, even when I am overseas, it is a good way to chat and spend time together, without the awkwardness of forced conversation which sometimes presents itself during a FT call.
Probably around the same for Command but for the whole series god only knows. Hooked after spotting Harpoon in a little computer shop in 1989 ( Amiga ) later bought all the Battlesets and have had every version since. It's the ultimate time destroyer.

Shadow R1

3,840 posts

196 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Gta san Andrea's, on pc. It's been on every machine I have built since the game first came out.

More recently, Skyrim 1000's of hours into that one.

Cyberpunk I have 300 hours into, to have the longevity of Skyrim it will need the very high quality mods that game has.

LosingGrip

8,535 posts

179 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Football Manager I've lost countless hours to (actually not countless thanks to Steam telling me!). Roller Coaster Tycoon as well is another one.

Online I've played Torn City since 2004. Had a bit of a break around 2015ish and deleted my account, but joined again around four and a half years ago. Become a bit obsessed with it at times.

db10

291 posts

283 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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project reality - its the only game ive played for the last 15 years other than fifa i think

Silverbullet767

10,978 posts

226 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Destiny and destiny 2. Over 1600 hours combined.

https://wastedondestiny.com/

dundarach

5,875 posts

248 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Longest played No Mans Sky PS4

However still continue to play and enjoy Tetris on the Gameboy and the greatest game there ever was



Starquake ZX Spectrum

skeeterm5

4,377 posts

208 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Silverbullet767 said:
Destiny and destiny 2. Over 1600 hours combined.

https://wastedondestiny.com/
Almost 1100 hours of em across the 2.

Neith

622 posts

160 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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The game I've played the most is Phantasy Star Online, I've probably sunk 3-4000 hours into it over the years. I don't play it too often now bit still find myself going back to it occasionally.

More recently my go-to has been Monster Hunter (World and Rise). I'm hopelessly addicted to it hehe

BritishBlitz87

734 posts

68 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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I dread to think how many hours I've spent on the original Star Wars Battlefront 2. It must be into the thousands, my brother and I absolutely played the life out of that game. Splitscreen galactic conquest could keep us occupied for a good six-hour sitting.

Advance Wars Dual Strike gets an honorable mention, 157 hours and that's only in the past couple of years. I had a pirated copy on my M3 card when I was still in infant school and yet I'm still not bored of it in the slightest!

Matt p

1,106 posts

228 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Diablo on PS1. Myself and friends carried out multiple 36hr stints back in the day.

Letting my 10yr old loose on Diablo three on the switch and we’re having a riot playing together rampaging through the levels smile

An honourable mention goes to C+C Tiberium wars for epic multiplayer carnage.

Glasgowrob

3,311 posts

141 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Football manager in various yearly iterations, although nothing this year frown just lost interest. First time i've not bought the current version in over 20 years all the way back the CM days.

Currently play a lot of Anno 1800 and very occasionally will drop onto Red dead redemption for a quick half hour