where did the hours go (to the video game)

[BAMBI-JJ]

okay I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but when was the last time u sat down and started playing a new game and then looked at the clock and 4-6 hrs have passed and u have no idea where then time went. (i hope i phrased that right)

anyway for me it was Assassin's creed Brotherhood

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

That happened to me with Assassin's Creed 2, Borderlands, and God of War 3. Funny thing about GOW 3 though, I played it immediately after I got it at the midnight launch and played until about 4 am, I had to be at work by 8 am and I already had a long day before all that.

I've been known to loose track of time when I play games.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

Condemned 2.

I sat down, popped it in and got ready to play for an hour or so.

8 or so hours later, I had beaten the game, stood up, and immediately fell over because my legs were asleep.

 

[RuralGamer]

Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Oblivion and both Mass Effects have done that; a whole afternoon has disappeared. Actually most games I have do that at some time.

 

[Drakmeire]

Persona 4.
played for LONG periods of time
83 F***ing hours to get true ending... SOOOOOOO worth it
I will most likely play all the way through New Game+

 

[Spud of Doom]

Minecraft is notorious for this. But honestly a lot of games do this to me if they're good. I remember a few weeks ago I played And Yet It Moves, expecting to spend half an hour and then get tired of another cheap indie game. Instead I spend like 3 hours and played through the whole thing non-stop. Limbo I also wasn't that into at the start but I played through it at a friend's house at night on a big TV and it was so awesome we just couldn't stop until we were done.

 

[Pearwood]

I'm about halfway through my first insanity playthrough on Mass Effect 2. I started playing at around 14:00 yesterday and next thing I knew it was 1:00 and I was hungry.

 

[BAMBI-JJ]

lol yea playing for hours on end and then the sudden stop and the wave of hunger hitting u happens to me too, tho its mainly on the first runs i don't think I've had a where did the time go moment while doing a replay through

 

[demotion1]

Every Paradox game - i remember once playing Hearts of Iron 2 i looked out the window and the sun was up!!!. The early Total War games. Championship/Football Manager. The Witcher.
Lords of the Realm 2 was the first.

 

[ApeShapeDeity]

Turn based strategy games like Civilisation are evil for this. The set up makes you go 'I'll just get this thing done, and I'll turn it off...' but there's always these small, incremental bits and pieces that draw you along. Next thing you know, you've grown a beard.

This is also why I don't play MMO's.