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[The Sum of Zero]

Elder Scrolls (both Oblivion and Skyrim)
FFVII (and Remake and Rebirth)
FFXVI
Mass Effect (all 3)
Armored Core VI
Witcher 3
Fate/Samurai Remnant
MGSV Phantom Pain

Could probably come up with more, those were just off the top of my head.

EDIT: Oh, from when I was much younger

Colony Wars
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

 

[TBiddy]

World of Warcraft and Football Manager.

 

[IDKFA]

Where to start. So many.

Total War (especially Medieval 2)
Football Manager
Planet Zoo & Planet Coaster
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
XCOM 2
Age of Empires 2
Fallout 3
Oblivion
Skyrim
GTA V
Total Annihilation
FIFA career mode

Probably many more I can't think of.

 

[Team Andromeda]

I love those moments where you are so deep into a game you can't believe the time when you look at the clock.

Some of mine over the years would be

F29 Retaliator - Atari ST

StarFlight - Mega Drive

Lunar - Mega/Sega CD

Wing Commander - Mega/SEGA CD

Super Metroid - Snes

Super Mario IV - Snes

Exhumed/PowerSlave - Sega Saturn

Duke Nukem 3D - Sega Saturn

PSO - Dreamcast

Maken X - Dreamcast

Goldeneye - N64

Riddick - OG Xbox

Oddworld Stranger - OG Xbox

God Of War - PS2

The Division - Xbox One

Halo Infinite - Series X

SilentHil 2 remake - PS5 Pro

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Series X

 

[nemiroff]

Civilization - In a bad way, hours feels like seconds, and leave me empty

Elden Ring - My favorite way

Gray Zone Warfare - These days, also in a good way

 

[BeardSpike]

Witcher 1, 3.
Thief 1,2,3.
Dishonored 1, 2.
TES Skyrim
Gothic 1,2
Splinter Cell 1,2,3, Blacklist
Hidden and Dangerous 2
Sniper Elite 1,2
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1,2, Blood Omen 1, 2
Alone in The Dark New Nightmare
Tenchu 1
Resident Evil 2,3,4 both OGs and remakes.
Tormented Souls.
Doom 3
Half-Life 2.
Hogwarts Legacy
Tomb Raider trilogy reboot
Ghost of Tsushima
God of War 2018
MediEvil both OG and remake. (my first PS game ever, I forgot about that one)

Just from the top of my head.

yogaflame Huh, I can now add Gloomwood to the list.

I booted it up first time after I bought it on sale.

Just to try it I said to myself and six hours has passed to me like 10 minutes .

It reminds me of Thief 1 and 2. A lot.

 

[Plies]

Football Manager.

Time well spent, though, since you learn how to manage a team.
You can use those skills in different aspects of life and even spruce up your C.V.

 

[larrybrady]

Easy one, sky rim.i must've did like 15 different 10+ hour game sessions

 

[Player Respawn]

1st days of new releases up until 2011 did this for me (when I was a kid)

Simulation games were the main ones though: c&c3 and red alert, the sims (specifically 3), simcity (2000 and 2013), civ 5 (woke up late one morning to play and after some time I was done and it was turning night lol), and StarCraft 2. Loved these games and that sort of experience.

Wish I felt this way today

 

[phant0m]

VR is a real time sink since you lose all visual connection to "reality" around you

I was playing Elite Dangerous in my Quest doing a bunch of smuggling missions. When I put the headset on it was a little after 9pm. When it took it off it was 2:30 am and it had felt like I played maybe 2 hours at most.

 

[Dacvak]

BotW for sure. Civ V. Smash Melee with friends.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Elder Scrolls games 3 and up
Fallout games 3 and up including NV

Resident Evil Resistance
Hearthstone
World of Warcraft

 

[Laptop1991]

The Elder Scroll's games and Fallout's, Half Life 1 and 2, Fear 1, Dishonored 1 and 2, and the Witcher 3, also some of the Assassin's Creed games

 

[Plies]

Civ V

Im still stuck on Civilization IV !

 

[Zacfoldor]

Armored Core VI

Baldur's Gate 3

Fire Emblem

 

[TBiddy]

Time well spent, though, since you learn how to manage a team.
You can use those skills in different aspects of life and even spruce up your C.V.

True. I'm polishing my resumé as we speak and have submitted an application to Manchester City, since I'm clearly a better coach than Guardiola!

 

[CashPrizes]

Civilization 2. I would be playing late at night and "just 1 more turn" again and again and again and all of a sudden the sun is rising in the East. Like 4 to 5 hours blew by and it seemed like an hour and a half, happened several times. With that game more then any other for sure. X-Com and World of Warcraft as well.

 

[Paasei]

TES
Fallout
OpenRCT 2
WoW when I still played it
Hitman
Cities Skylines
Balatro
Vampire Survivors
Thief

Basically (a mix of) immersive sim, RPG, tycoon/RTS and open world.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

It can definitely happen to me with a good RPG; particularly one that's a bit more dungeon crawler-y. Once I get into that rhythm, I don't want to stop.

The absolute best is when I chuck my phone into a different room so I really have no distractions or anything to pull me out of the game. I'd highly recommend that.

 

[DelireMan7]

Stuff like Civilization is famous for that ("just one more turn!"

This is so me on Civ 3. So many time I did "just one more turn" then 3 hours laters I was still there.

Same for any fighting games online. "One more fight and I am done", but there is always an excuse to do one more "Ha but this one was not a good fight" "I lost it but could have win let's do another" "I won but it was too easy" "My opponent was too strong no chance to win, let's do another"....

EDIT : also MGS2. As a teenage I did an extreme (european ? don't remember) run and I was at Fatman. After many tries I beat him but had to defuse a last bomb. The defuse take 5 seconds and I started at 4 seconds something... I lost and it was set : I will beat Fatman before sleeping ! After manies tries and rage I finally beat him then watch my window : the sun is coming up... Ho shit !

But honestly I think most of game can makes me lost the sense of time.

 

[hinch7]

World of Warcraft. Grinding for Grand Marshal in Classic PVP. Not my most proudest gaming achievement lol. Took me months of hardcore play and playing Alterac Valley on repeat.

Was fun though and met a lot of good people and friends along the way.