8 Video Games That Stole Your Life

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#1  Edited By dimpley
LET ME KNOW! 
Im kinda working on a list of my own, just not finished yet!

Im just wondering cause nowadays I get into a game, but then im straight back out again...
Last game i was fully immersed with was maybe Burnout Paradise... But still nothing compares to unconcious hours lost in Halo 2's multiplayer! 
So yeah jot down your 8...
Cheers! 
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#2  Edited By Drebin_893

1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

2. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
3. Burnout Paradise
4. Skate
5. Flower
6. GTA: Vice City
7. Persona 4
8. Guitar Hero (The Original)
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#3  Edited By cc23574

-Every FF game
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Persona 4 (I still have to complete it)
-GTA San andreas
-Halo 3
-Tekken 5
-Mass Effect
-Fallout 3
-Kingdom Hearts series

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#4  Edited By Wolverine

Halo 2 was the worst for me. I did the math and P spent 8000 hours playing that game over a year and a half. I regret it so much but I guess its just water under the bridge now.

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#5  Edited By Video_Game_King

Eventually, somebody will post "all of them."

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#6  Edited By DaemonicGrim

FFX
GTA 3-4
Fable 1+2
WoW
FarCry 1+2
MGS series
Assassins Creed
CoD4 multiplayer

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#7  Edited By Jambones

Interesting. Why eight?

Cannot name eight off hand, but I know Sim City 2000 had single handedly destroyed weeks of time back in the day.

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#8  Edited By mikemcn

1. KOTOR (Reason i never bought another RPG)
2. COD2
3. Mount and Blade ( in fact im going to go play it now.)
4. COD4
5. Super Mario Galaxy
6. Sim (City, Park, Safari, copter and just plain sims)
7. Civ 3
8. The Entire Age of Empires series

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#9  Edited By ververdan0226

1. Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
2. Gran Turismo 4
3. Burnout Paradise
4. Final Fantasy XII
5. Pokemon Ruby Sapphire (even at the age of 14, which I was at the time, and they're still solid RPG's)
6. The Ratchet and Clank games...
7. The Jak games...
8. Fallout 3

P.S. Been playing a bunch of KZ2 lately...

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#10  Edited By LincoIn

1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
4. Halo 3
5. Grand Theft Auto 3
6. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
7. Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
8. Final Fantasy X

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#11  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

In no particular order:
1. The Sims
2. World of Warcraft
3. Halo
4. Maplestory
5. Puzzle Pirates
6. Burnout Paradise
7. Super Mario Sunshine
8. Pokemon

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#12  Edited By Soviet666

1. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (four long years...)
1. Diablo 2

'nuff said.

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#13  Edited By Log

WoW is pretty much the only game I play that i would say steals my life, I sometimes used to skip things with friends IRL to play with my buddies on WoW.

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#14  Edited By ninjakiller

Uh

EQ pc
WoW pc

Never again shall I play another life stealing MMO for they....what?...really?  Oh shit!

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#15  Edited By Diamond

1. Everquest
2. Doom
3. Secret of Mana
4. Star Wars Galaxies
5. Quake
6. Super Mario Kart
7. Tie Fighter
8. Zelda LTTP

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#16  Edited By ImperiousRix

1.) Street Fighter IV
2.) Civilization Revolution
3.) Call of Duty IV
4.) Team Fortress 2
5.) Fallout 3
6.) UFC 2009: Undisputed
7.) Guitar Hero 2
8.) Donkey Kong 64
Honorable Mention: GTA IV (+ The Lost and Damned)

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#17  Edited By WitchHunter_Z

I don't know if I can think of 8 exactly, but here goes:

Diablo 2: The worst offender, if you value your life do not take this thing online. I spent about 600 hours on this bad boy when it came out, and another 100 or so after dropping it and rediscovering it a year or two ago.

WoW: The obvious one, I played for about a year or so, clocked in around 120 hours or so on my main character.

Kingdom Hearts: The odd one out, I didn't even really like this game all that much, but for some reason while I was playing it I went through an addiction phase that lasted exactly 1 playthrough, only notable because I bothered to grind for the Ultima Weapon for some reason... yeah, I'm ashamed of myself too.

Street Fightert IV: The recent addiction, 73 hours and counting.

A Link to the Past: My favourite game of all time, beat this about 11 times.

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#18  Edited By tekmojo
  1. Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
  2. Counter-strike
  3. Warcraft III
  4. World of Warcraft
  5. EVE
  6. Diablo
  7. Team Fortress Classic
  8. Rise of Nations
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#19  Edited By TobyD81

It has to be eight? Here are some games that I not only got totally immersed in, but also ruined some other aspect of my life at the time:

-Super Mario Bros 3
-Goldeneye
-Final Fantasy 8
-Counterstrike
-Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
-Mario Kart 64
-Metal Gear Solid
-The World Ends With You

My time in college would have gone a lot better if it weren't for a few of those games.

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#20  Edited By Dalai

I don't think I have 8, but I've probably spent more time playing The Sims, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Earthbound than any other game.

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#21  Edited By dimpley

Okay I think im ready...

1. Halo Franchise
2. Skate Franchise
3. GOW 1
4. Burnout Paradise
5. Unreal Tournament
6. COD4
7. FIFA Franchise
8. Oblivion

And i dont know why 8... 5 too little, 10 too many ;)
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#22  Edited By Puck

Civilization....unquestionably my biggest time stealer
Online shooter du jour (CS, Halo 2, Call of Duty...and Shadowrun (highly underrated fwiw))
HOMM
Chessmaster
WRPG's - Baldurs, Neverwinter, KOTOR, Oblivion, Fallout (all of the RPG's), etc

I never got hooked on a RTS or JRPG....I didn't even get to the end of FFVII or FFX.

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#23  Edited By Expletive

- Fallout 3

- MGS 4
- Halo 3
- Mass Effect

thats all I can think of
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#24  Edited By crunchUK
@Wolverine said:
" Halo 2 was the worst for me. I did the math and P spent 8000 hours playing that game over a year and a half. I regret it so much but I guess its just water under the bridge now. "
8000? Are you sure you don't mean 800? Because 8000 games implies roughly 50.000 games played
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#25  Edited By JJOR64

Street Fighter IV, WoW (when I used to play it), Super Smash Bros. Brawl to name a few.

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#26  Edited By Big_D

Monkey Island series

SSX Tricky

Gran Turismo 3

GTA 3

Rogue Galaxy

Dragon Quest 8

Fallout 3

Rock Band 2

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#27  Edited By sammarco7

1. Starcraft
2. World of Warcraft
3. Final Fantasy vii
4. Dark Cloud 2
5. Final Fantasy x
6.Final Fantasy viii
7. Metal Gear Solid 2
8. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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#28  Edited By crunchUK

halo 2 and halo 3 >:D

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#29  Edited By RHCPfan24

8? I am not sure.

I can say that GTA IV, The Sims, Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Super Mario 64, Fallout 3, Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Rock Band 1/2 are up there. Well, that is 7. Let us add in Alien Vs. Predator (the original) for some more variety.

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#30  Edited By Snipzor

1. Deus Ex (No contest)
2. Every GTA game
3. Fallout 2
4. Fallout 3
5. System Shock 2
6. X-Com
7. Perfect Dark and Goldeneye (Together actually)
8. The Sims

That's about it, well actually these are the worst offenders (But the best games).

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#31  Edited By Azteck

Fable: The Lost Chapters has taken me a loong time to complete..

Recently it's Mass Effect, going through my 3rd playthrough now, but before that it was CoD4, spent a lot of time on that one.

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#32  Edited By Black_Rose
  1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  2. Age of Empires II: Age of Kings 
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  4. Fifa 2007
  5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
  6. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  7. The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
  8. Okami
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#33  Edited By euge

Hands down championship manager/football manger collectively has taken away a good 1000 hours over the last 2 decades. An immense amount considering the next is probably pro evolution at about 200 hours and then final fantasy VII at 100 hours.

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#34  Edited By mracoon

Half-Life 2
Team Fortress 2
Final Fantasy 12
Pokemon Yellow
KOTOR
Deus Ex
The Sims
Metal Gear Solid 3

There are others but these came to my head first.

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#35  Edited By dsplayer1010

1. The Tony Hawk Series

2. Animal Crossing: Wild World
3. GTA4
4. Guitar Hero 1-3
5. NBA Street V1-V3
6. Gears of War 2
7. Team Fortress 2
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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#36  Edited By ValkyrieGoddess

Sacred 2 for the X box.

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#37  Edited By CoolDrMoney

Halo 2
Animal Crossing
Burnout 3
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Super Mario 64
Warioware
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
Guitar Hero 2

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#38  Edited By gazel_ministry

1. The Orange Box
2. Rome: Total War
3. Deus Ex
4. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
5-8. Metal Gear Solid Series (played 1-4 back to back last month)

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#39  Edited By RsistncE

1. All of them.

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#40  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

Halo 3
Disgaea 2
Fallout 3
Elder Scrolls IV
Quest for Glory
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Suikoden 5

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#41  Edited By subject2change

World of Warcraft
Counter-Strike
Diablo 2

Are the games I put the most time into, nothing even comes close to them.

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#42  Edited By Synapsid
  1. World Of Warcraft
  2. Starcraft
  3. Oblivion
  4. GTA:3
  5. Counter Strike
  6. Goldeneye
  7. Fallout 3
  8. The Sims
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#43  Edited By Claude

Out of this World a.k.a. Another World
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
ICO
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Half Life 2
Deus Ex
Every Tiger Woods game I have ever played.

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#44  Edited By BreakfastKing

In no particular order:

1. Civilization IV
2. Halo 2
3. Rock Band
4. Star Wars Galaxies
5. Animal Crossing
6. Super Mario World
7. World of Warcraft
8. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

While this is certainly not my list of the top 8 greatest games of all time, these are the ones that have consumed the most amount of time from my life as I played them.  My original list actually included several other Star Wars games (such as the Rogue Squadron series and even Galactic Battlegrounds) however I removed them for varieties sake.

Also, a note about Civilization: I think that most people who don't have that game on their list just haven't played it. Not saying its for everyone, but those of you that do get into the game will inevitably end up spending a ridiculous amount of time with it.

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#45  Edited By RandomHero666
  1. Final Fantasy VII.
  2. Oblivion.
  3. Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  4. Orange Box.
  5. GTA IV.
  6. Forza 2.
  7. Runescape(back in the day).
  8. Soon to be: Forza 3.
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#46  Edited By buzz_killington

1- Age of Mythology
2- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (failed a University test cause of this)
3- Super Mario World
4- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
5- FIFA 2003
6- FIFA 09
7- Unreal Tournament (missed my Grade 11 English ISU cause of this)
8- Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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#47  Edited By gimmysumcowbel

all ima say is thank god my parents kicked me off WoW.  the game ruins lives.  but it is amazing

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#48  Edited By snetErz

1. Counter-Strike

Finished.

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#49  Edited By Cerza

WOW, Morrowind, Oblivion, Baulders Gate I & II, Zelda TP (still haven't beaten it), Star Fox 64, and Goldeneye just to name 8. Ragnarok Online really belongs on that list too though. God only knows how much time I invested in that back in the day.

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#50  Edited By FrEeZe

1) Halo 2
2) Starcraft
3) Counter-Strike

I don't even want to know how many hours I lost to Halo 3