For me:

  • Breath of the Wild: 400 hours in, have done only 50% of the game. But now that TotK is out, I’m not sure if I’ll ever complete BotW. Perhaps if I’m stuck on a deserted island with my Switch and have nothing better to do, I may pick it up again.

  • Skyrim: Countless hours, never really done much of the main storyline, always get lost in modding and optimising the game. Own it on practically all platforms too. But one of these days, I’ll get to the main quest…

  • Dangerous Dave: Been playing this DOS game on and off since 1990 but still haven’t managed to beat it. I always die around level 6/7, blasted sun keeps killing me.

    • Deebster@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I loved that (and Flashback) as a kid but always got stuck in the maze-ish bit under the water. Luckily, the 20th Anniversary Edition came on PS Plus so it gave me the push I needed to pick it up again.

      I don’t think I finished Flashback either, I wonder if that’s also got a new version…

      • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Got stuck in the same spot. I eventually got through that I’m sure. I wonder if I finished flash back? I’m going to have to play it again now.

        • Deebster@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It looks like you can play Flashback (without emulators) nowadays; a quick search shows it available on Steam, Switch, PS4 disc. There’s also a sequel announced, but this doesn’t seem like the place to discuss it ;)

          • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I have purchased Another World again from GOG, so I legitimately own it (again). I’ve purchased it many times over the years. It runs just fine on linux, so all is happy here. Flashback, I’ll find another legal source. Always happy to pay, if fair priced and accessible.

  • fishy 2.0 (he/him)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Minecraft i beat the ender dragon plenty of times sure but a lot of my world i just get sidetracked with doing something else instead oh and hyper light drifter ive started playthroughs plenty of times but always leave them off around the first boss for whatever reason

    • thegiddystitcher@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been playing off and on for a decade and never even seen the ender dragon! I’m always too busy building cool bases and then just sitting in them like a hermit.

  • h3rm17@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Rimworld and Skyrim.

    Skyrim, same reason as everyone, I’ve finished most guilds though (yeah, not you, Companions).

    Rimworld I just can’t be arsed to work towards any of the endings, playing thematic colonies with mods is where it’s at for me.

  • Raineacha@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Does EVE online count? 1k+ hours, only dipped my toes into null sec a few times. Mostly spent in low sec blowing up expensive things.

    • SpoolCron@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I loved that game pre family, will never have time to go back to any game in that way until retirement. I also low key miss Dust 514.

  • Dathknight@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Until last week it was BotW. Like my switch I bought it on the release day and had a blast. But somehow I never finished it, there were always some “only this one thing before I go beat the boss”. It took TotK to finally push me to finish it.

    My second big game is Space Engineers. I currently sitting at around 2500h and still having fun, still having ideas. I’m just to easily entertained by “space ship go boom” But technically one can’t even finish the game, because of it’s sandbox nature.

  • 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Sonic 1. I got it as a kid when it came out, and still go back and play it occasionally. But I’ve never played through the whole game in a sitting.

    I have for sonic 2 and 3 many times, though. For some reason never 1.

    Honourable mention: skyrim

    Dangerous Dave is a classic as well, though I never gave it a good effort. Looks like you can play it in-browser on archive.org. What a world.

  • karce@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Rimworld. The game has an end, but it really isn’t worth getting to. The journey is the best part.

    • Moonguide@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Only gotten the archo ending once. Never ever have gotten either the ship or royalty endings. Almost 3k hours in.

  • andreibosco@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Witcher 3, Oblivion and Skyrim. I always get caught up doing the sidequests. And I don’t even play around with mods (yet).

  • donio@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Classic roguelikes. Been playing Nethack for about 20 years, Crawl (DCSS) about 10 and Brogue more recently. Have yet to ascend in any of them.

  • Sims@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Magic The Gathering. From the original mtg (with Shandelaar), to manalink3, and forge. Not sure if the game can easily be ‘finished’ tho, but it sticks…

  • caterpillar_party@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Guild Wars 2. Granted it doesn’t really have a “finish” but that doesn’t stop be trying to complete more and more of it.

  • aRatherDapperFox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Skyrim, hands down. I own that game… Let’s see, 360, PS3, PC, PC Special Edition, 4 times. I own that game 4 times and have been playing it on and off (more on than off) since it came out. Never even gotten halfway through the main questline.

  • bundes_sheep@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Skyrim for the same reasons.

    Satisfactory 1200+ hours, and I usually end up rethinking my setup around the time I get to Aluminum production and never stay to finish things. I much prefer the beginning and middle of the game. I’m weird, though, I do the one big base thing.

    Quake I have no way knowing how many hours I played LAN Quake after work with coworkers. Started with the alpha release. Eventually I did Quake World. I’ve sunk a lot of hours into the single player game, too, but not nearly as many.

  • RiseAndShine@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Valheim. There is so much to do, explore and discover! I play VH either with friends or solo. We’ve never finished all bosses yet and are currently less active, but we often get very active in bursts of time. I can get lost for HOURS in this game, completely forgetting the time and world around me. Then I notice I’ve played for 6 hours straight and mostly gathered some wood and improved my house a bit. I never gets boring though.

    Don’t Starve. I’ve spend a lot of time in this game and I think I’ve not even seen a quarter of all the content. I’ve never even defeated a boss.