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Avatar List added by Grand Assault on 17 September 2008 12:01

I want my life back!

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1. Metal Gear Solid - PlayStation
Estimate: 14 hours (~0.5 days)

Back when games were simple and challenged you to complete them quickly! I remember these game times so vividly they might as well be tattoos.
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People who added this item 133  Average listal rating (88 ratings) 7.7  
2. Command & Conquer: Red Alert - PC Games
Estimate: 24 hours (1 day)

Not only did I online skirmish and campaign with this game, secret ant missions and a tasty map editor bundled up the hours as well.
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People who added this item 96  Average listal rating (64 ratings) 7.6  
3. Gran Turismo 2 - PlayStation
Estimate: 30 hours (~1 day)

One of my favourite games as a child. I played this game to death. Given some of the endurance races were over two hours long alone, I racked up the hours. Throw in a few friends to joint campaign with and you've got a whole lot more of wasted life.
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People who added this item 46  Average listal rating (27 ratings) 7.1  
4. Empire Earth - PC Games
Estimate: 39 hours (~1.5 days)

The campaign mode might as well not have existed, it's all about the multiplayer. What better way to spend a weekend than in a co-op match with your house mate that lasts for 24 straight hours?
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People who added this item 478  Average listal rating (254 ratings) 7.9  
5. Final Fantasy IX - PlayStation
Estimate: 54 hours (~2 days)

Not a favourite game of mine. Have completed it twice without ever bothering to thoroughly complete it.
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People who added this item 133  Average listal rating (89 ratings) 7.7  
6. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - PC Games
Estimate: 60 hours (2.5 days)

One of the only RTS games I ever got good at. That skill doesn't come for free! Online skirmishes were the soup of the day, not to mention a brilliant campaign mode.
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People who added this item 451  Average listal rating (214 ratings) 8.1  
7. Final Fantasy XII - PlayStation 2
Estimate: 63 hours (~2.5 days)

Still trudging through this one. My game clock reads the above time.
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People who added this item 74  Average listal rating (43 ratings) 8.8  
8. Fallout 3 - PC Games
Estimate: 65 hours (2.5 days)

I finished the actual story mode after a meagre 20 hours. I thought that wondering the wastes wouldn't be able to take up much more of my time but I was proven completely wrong. Great fun has continued to be had by all!
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People who added this item 937  Average listal rating (448 ratings) 7.8  
9. Final Fantasy X - PlayStation 2
Estimate: 83 hours (3.5 days)

I completed this game just once and thanks to it being utterly impossible to complete thoroughly without sending you insane, I never bothered with all the side quests in their entirety. Sadly I played Blitzball to the max!
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People who added this item 20  Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.5  
10. Football Manager 2005 (PC/Mac) - PC Games
Estimate: 106 hours (~4 days)

This is where my life takes a turn for the worse. Thinking back, Southend were the team I guided to glory in this game. But I was still a part time gamer!
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People who added this item 28  Average listal rating (16 ratings) 6.5  
11. Football Manager 2006 - PC Games
Estimate: 112 hours (~5 days)

Getting quite good at this game now... Grays Athletic, it's your time to shine! Sadly, I only took them to The Championship before starting a two season game with Preston.
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People who added this item 152  Average listal rating (85 ratings) 8.1  
12. Deus Ex - PC Games
Estimate: 128 hours (~5 days)

It wouldn't be fair to call a game your favourite without completing it at least twice a year! I remember a crowning achievement of taking on an all nighter to try and complete it in one go. I failed. Completed it through twice, played it to the end about 5 more.
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People who added this item 25  Average listal rating (17 ratings) 8.4  
13. Medieval: Total War - PC Games
Estimate: 160 hours (6.6 days)

What a truly epic game. I remember grand conquests with the Danes, the British, the Aragonese, the Byzantines (*spit*) and the Italians. I'm reckoning each successful campaign is at least thirty hours long. Doesn't even begin to account for skirmishes.
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People who added this item 564  Average listal rating (304 ratings) 7.7  
14. Final Fantasy VIII - PlayStation
Estimate: 190 hours (~8 days)

I completed this game through properly two times. Second time around I obtained every card, limit and magic possible. I remember maxing the clock out once. I was recently playing it through again but did not finish it.
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People who added this item 717  Average listal rating (385 ratings) 8.4  
15. Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation
Estimate: 290 hours (12 days)

I have completed this game through properly five times. Three of these times I went to the effort of maxing out all Materia, levels, limit breaks and items. Only once have I maxed the in-game clock to 99 hours, 99 minutes.
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People who added this item 23  Average listal rating (19 ratings) 8.4  
16. Football Manager 2007 - PC Games
Estimate: 600 hours (25 days)

The mighty Peterborough were the recipients of my fine footballing tutelage this time around. Thought I had broken all the records with my time on this game. At least until next year...
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People who added this item 18  Average listal rating (12 ratings) 8.3  
17. Football Manager 2008 - PC Games
Estimate: 926 hours (~38.5 days)

Still a game in progress...aye carumba. I'm sorry, God.
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Comments

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 18 9:58
Haha great list....72.5 days on FM....saddo (Shifty Eyes)
Posted : 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jan 10 16:14
LOL same way I feel about 24, but still worth it!
Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 30 2:15
Ha ha cool name. Fm rocks.

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Description

I've estimated the amount of time I've spent on these games during my life. I've undoubtedly squandered a great portion of my youth on these bad boys, but I wouldn't change it for the world! I never even considered myself a heavy gamer...

Helped by in-game clocks and my own general knowledge, the estimates are likely to be LESS than the amount of time I've actually spent on them. Hot damn.

For the sadists, the total amount of time calculated from just these games alone works out as:

2944 hours (~122.5 days)

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