Out of curiousity: what was the most addicting game you ever played...

[KamikazeSailor]

I've actually been addicted to several games over the years...

I used to be incredibly addicted to MUDs, text-based role-play games... so much so my school suffered... then I was addicted to Age of Empires, not so much addicted as such I just kept playing it... I would try other games but always went back to Age of Kings...

That was probably the last major game I was addicted to... I have had very large cravings for Shadowrun but because I'm forced to stop playing it due to no internet connection I'm not fully addicted to it... but when it first came out I played it nonstop for a couple months, racked up some 600-700 games in a very short amount of time...

 

[UndeadAreGo]

Dance Dance Revolution

I played regularly for about four years and had a $5/day habit of it for a few months. I enjoyed it, but part of the reason it became an addiction was because I was losing weight, fast. I dropped 40lbs on that machine. As I got thinner, more agile, and more toned, I also got better at the harder songs and it spiraled from there. Unfortunately, I played it to the point of neglecting my non-DDR friends. I don't play anymore, for lack of a good arcade, but I still think about it a lot.

 

[JaguarWong]

Addictive for fucks sake.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

World of Warcraft. I can't say any other game has managed to hold my attention for as long as WoW. I am far too afraid to type /played.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Starfox 64.

It's been 11 years now and I'm still trying to break 2000kills in one play through.

 

[Mikit0707]

Addictive for fucks sake.

THANK YOU!

I would have to say Oblivion too.... my save game file is sitting at 184 hours. And I still haven't finished Shivering Isles.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I would have to say Oblivion too.... my save game file is sitting at 184 hours. And I still haven't finished Shivering Isles.

Just 184 hours? That's it?

 

[riftinducer]

Morrowind was a massive timesink a couple of years ago. Almost forgot about the outside world. I think between the different character I created, I easily spent about 400 hours or so on it. Then I got Bloodmoon and Tribunal...

 

[Juan Regular]

MGS1. I play it every few months since its release from beginning to end. I think I'm at 52 playthroughs. And I have a little ritual on christmas night: I watch the theater mode every year.

 

[smuttbullen]

Guitar hero series. From guitar hero 1 in a game store, to beating Jordan on expert was a journey far to long.

 

[Tanthalos]

Tetris but that was addictive for my mother and I. When I was younger we would sit and play Tetris for hours and hours everyday.
Mind you even Tetris' addictiveness could not stop me from watch the Conan cartoon the moment it was suppose to start.

 

[laikenf]

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 for the PSP. 300+ hours and still going.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Civ, Master of Orion, Xcom. All three interfered with other aspects of my life with their insistant need to be played. Since then, I've been careful about gameplay... and, looking at those titles, it looks like the death of Microprose is helping me stay on the wagon.

-- Steve

 

[Milkshakedrinker45]

Madden 2004. PS2. No other Madden game can compete with that. I rented '07 once to try it out and brought it back the same day to continue playing 2004. But recently, I've been playing a lot of THAW.

 

[Nikita89]

gta san andreas... used to play it for hours although NOW i really don't understand why ^^

 

[LewsTherin]

The original Super Mario Bros. for NES.

7-9!

 

[FranicalFrazical]

For some strange reason Viva Piniata and Mass Effect...
Get in from college and its the first thing I do...
Plus Mass Effect started to warp my mind so I had to get rid of it, and thank god I did...

 

[Duck Sandwich]

Diablo 2, back when my standards for games were lower. I used to stay inside all day during the summer and play it. Back in those days, summer was just one giant video game binge for me, with the occasional trips to theme parks and hanging out with friends. Looking back on those days, I really should have gotten outside more, even if there's nothing to do outside but go walking/running.

 

[AlexHarman]

There aren't too many games that can immerse me for so long really, as I often get bored after about a month... Although Crackdown has been the one that I've picked back up the most probably..