Playing games on your DS can be seriously addictive.  I should know as I have been playing Advance Wars Days of Ruin almost non-stop since I bought it.  Sure, I have breaks with plenty of other games, but I seem to keep coming back to this game.  Before it, Advance Wars Dual Strike filled that spot.  The other day I decided to look at the History of the game and I have clocked up some serious hours. 

Sadly, with all the spam, this disappeared, so I am hoping some of the DS owners will see this, as I am actually very interested in the level of commitment owners have to a single game.  Hell, if there are games on other consoles that have logged times, that is just as interesting.  Maybe someone on WoW can show exactly how much of their life has been given over to it?

Holy shit, that kind of play time makes me want to check out these games, which one of the two would you recommend more?

Yow! I think I put a ton of hours into the Castlevanias. I don't have a total, but its a lot. Especially with all the different character modes and stuff.

I can't wait until someone posts their time in Pokemon and shames everyone.

I was hoping to get a DS for my birthday soon, so I'll add Advance Wars to my list haha. Heard it was good from a few others, this makes me want to try it even more.
 
Also, over 300 hours is fucking insane. I haven't put 300 hours into anything in my life ever.  Then again I don't play MMOs, so that time played seems crazy, even more so for a DS game. Impressive-ass shit (very important hyphen placement there).

I have put about 50+ hours into Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor .

" Holy shit, that kind of play time makes me want to check out these games, which one of the two would you recommend more? "

One of my friends played monster hunter over 7500 hours. I'm not kidding ...It's ridiculous.

"Impressive-ass shit (very important hyphen placement there). "  

That's crazy for a DS game, the longest time I put in anything would sadly be WOW clocking over 700 hours. It taught me never to play a mmo again.

" One of my friends played monster hunter over 7500 hours. I'm not kidding ...It's ridiculous. "

Hmm.  Good question.  I don't have my DS with my currently but my guess is probably about 150+ hours into Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2.  Maybe.  I know it's above 100.
 
If MMOs were in this scenario.. I'm sure we would have people who have over thousands of hours into a game.  Those things are addicting.  I know I've spent well over 500 hours into some games.

" One of my friends played monster hunter over 7500 hours. I'm not kidding ...It's ridiculous. "

The longest game I've played was pokemon red with 390-ish. 

" @Sil3n7 said:

" One of my friends played monster hunter over 7500 hours. I'm not kidding ...It's ridiculous. "

Man, that is over 312 days of a life - approaching a whole year.  I get an image of Cartman in the WoW episode when I read that. "

I think something like 400 hours in a pokemon game 

" I think something like 400 hours in a pokemon game  "

" I have put about 50+ hours into Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor ."

exactally 200 hours with pokimon diamond, my ex and i lived together, we spent a lot of time on that game, lol 

Dual Strike all the way.
 
Days of Ruin makes me cry like a little girl. I played it for a month or two after it came out, but I got stuck on on the late-game missions. It's so dman hard. I also didn't like how they took out the RPG stuff and a lot of the extra modes.
 
I can't top that time anyway. I think the most I have is about 180 hours on pkmn diamond.

A bit over 100 hours on Pokemon DIamond.
 
340 hours on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, this is not counting the times I''ve failed and reset the game. Probably 400 hours if I count all of that into the mix.

Ya, best I got's 170 hours in pokemon pearl lol.  400 hours is a shit load.

" Dual Strike all the way.  Days of Ruin makes me cry like a little girl. I played it for a month or two after it came out, but I got stuck on on the late-game missions. It's so dman hard. I also didn't like how they took out the RPG stuff and a lot of the extra modes.  I can't top that time anyway. I think the most I have is about 180 hours on pkmn diamond. "

I can't seem to play any game quite as much as you. At least you get your money's worth. I'm up over 80 on clash of heroes, and just as much on Disgaea(fuck that game) but I'm pretty confident I don't have anything approaching triple digits. 

" I can't seem to play any game quite as much as you. At least you get your money's worth. I'm up over 80 on clash of heroes, and just as much on Disgaea(fuck that game) but I'm pretty confident I don't have anything approaching triple digits.  "

I don't know how many hours it was, but definitely Advance Wars: Dual Strike for me as well, wenn I plowed through normal and hard mode.
 
That game is a masterpiece, and a monster of content. Hard mode was so great because it didn't simply change unit stats, but delivered completely alternative situations and objectives for every map. Simply, truly great.
 
But 480 hours, that's crazy.

" I don't know how many hours it was, but definitely Advance Wars: Dual Strike for me as well, wenn I plowed through normal and hard mode. That game is a masterpiece, and a monster of content. Hard mode was so great because it didn't simply change unit stats, but delivered completely alternative situations and objectives for every map. Simply, truly great. But 480 hours, that's crazy. "

I have probably 200 days worth of play time across my WoW characters.  I played Pokemon Gold quite a bit, but probably no longer than 30 hours.  I don't have the game any more, so I can't check :/

" I have probably 200 days worth of play time across my WoW characters.  I played Pokemon Gold quite a bit, but probably no longer than 30 hours.  I don't have the game any more, so I can't check :/ "

I have 260 hours on Pokemon Pearl alone, although I know people who have gone well over 1000 there.

" @xobballox said:

" I have probably 200 days worth of play time across my WoW characters.  I played Pokemon Gold quite a bit, but probably no longer than 30 hours.  I don't have the game any more, so I can't check :/ "

Imagine how many hours the average South Korean plays on Starcraft!!!!!!!!!! "

" @oldschool: Okay whoah whoah whoah.  Are you insinuating that Days of Ruin is better than Dual strike?  Cuz Im a HUGE Advance Wars fan and if thats the better version for the DS I NEED to know.... "

" @oldschool: More than I can imagine :P  I'm trying to resist getting back into WoW.  Blizzard being the mischievous bastards that they are gave me a 7 day free membership yesterday, and I'm really wanting to start it again.  I really don't have the time to play it, but it's so hard to resist. "

I wish I had a record of how much Diablo II I played.  I would get home from school and just do cow run after cow run.  Then Baal run after Baal run.  I had 4 level 99 characters and countless other high level project characters.  My addiction to Diablo II carried over to new computers and was on again off again from it's release until about a year and a half ago when my account got hacked and I stopped playing.  Damn Blizzard, also got me addicted to Starcraft, Warcraft III and WoW. 

" @Kyreo said:

" @oldschool: Okay whoah whoah whoah.  Are you insinuating that Days of Ruin is better than Dual strike?  Cuz Im a HUGE Advance Wars fan and if thats the better version for the DS I NEED to know.... "

No, no, no, no, no.  Settle down there big guy.  Dual Strike is a much better game, but Dark Conflict has newer features, being online and more maps, that would make it generally a better recommendation to others.  The best part about Dual Strike is the records so you can keep trying to beat you highest score, plus the "friendlier" story is much better.  That is why I want a new game, like Dual Strike, and with the online features of Dark Conflict. "

I put a huge amount of time into Castlevania Portrait of Ruin. God that game is awesome.

" @oldschool said:

" @Kyreo said:

" @oldschool: Okay whoah whoah whoah.  Are you insinuating that Days of Ruin is better than Dual strike?  Cuz Im a HUGE Advance Wars fan and if thats the better version for the DS I NEED to know.... "

No, no, no, no, no.  Settle down there big guy.  Dual Strike is a much better game, but Dark Conflict has newer features, being online and more maps, that would make it generally a better recommendation to others.  The best part about Dual Strike is the records so you can keep trying to beat you highest score, plus the "friendlier" story is much better.  That is why I want a new game, like Dual Strike, and with the online features of Dark Conflict. "

I wish Intelligent Systems would make the Hybrid game that has the shiny bright troops and happy smiles aspect to war and the features of Days of Ruin.    but would you recommend Days of Ruin to a guy like me?  (a guy that Bought, played, played, wore down, lost, bought again, and played some more Dual Strike) "