Game Discussions Objectively the best game

Soron Silin · Oct 26, 2019

I've just had a browse through my Steam library:

Aporia: Beyond The Valley	9 hours	probably over 50% complete	game breaking bug
Bastion	2 hours	only playable with a controller
The Beginners Guide	113 minutes	complete	recommended
Binary Domain	a few hours	a few hours	hit a skill spike, good game
Bioshock Remastered	22 hours	completed
Bioshock 2 Remastered	84 minutes		game breaking bug
Broken Age	16 hours	complete	recommended
Cities Skylines	19 hours		a bit meh
Condemned Criminal Origins	54 minutes		a bit meh
Creeper World 3	31 hours	all but final mission	skill spike
Crossing Souls	3 hours
Crystal City	3 hours	50% achievements
The Descendant	4 hours		must get around to finishing it at some point
Dreamfall Chapters	34 hours		must get around to finishing it at some point
Dujanah	about an hour	kickstarter backer	not really my thing
Skyrim	254 hours	not finished	got bored
Fallout 2	6 hours
Fallout 3	completed
Fallout 4	274 hours	not completed but several runs
Fallout: New Vegas	80 hours	completed more than once
Gone Home	5 hours	completed	recommended
Gorogoa	8 hours	completed	recommended
Half-Life 2	11 hours	hit an annoyingly intricate puzzle
House Flipper	26 hours	completed
A House of Many Doors	76 minutes	Kickstarter backer	not really my thing
Kerbal Space Program	90 minutes
Lifeless Planet	17 hours	completed	recommended
Mass Effect 1	13 hours
Mount & Blade Warband	7 hours
Planet Coaster	10 hours
Portal	7 hours
Return of the Obra Dinn	3 hours
Rise of the Tomb Raider	18 hours
Rome: Total War	24 hours
Rumu	3 hours	completed	recommended
Scavenger SV-4	3 hours
Civilization V	14 hours
Space Engineers	4 hours
The Stanley Parable	a few hours
Stellaris	145 hours
Submerged	8 hours	completed	recommended
The Swapper	85 minutes		hit a skill spike
Tacoma	4 hours	completed	recommended
The Talos Principle	10 hours
Total War: Attila	11 hours
Transistor	9 hours
Undertale	2 hours
What Remains of Edith Finch	3 hours? (seems low)	completed
Xenonauts	39 hours	Kickstarter backer

Elite: Dangerous: 418 hours, since July 2019, still going strong

Deleted member 182079 · Oct 26, 2019

Clocking at around 2000 hours myself, no other game comes even close, across various platforms and throughout 30+ years of gaming.

Bit of a caveat though, a good chunk of that time was spent sitting in front of screen bored of staring down a timer or loading screen.

But I still come back to it almost daily, I can't quite tell why at this stage as I've done and seen the majority of what the game has on offer. In theory, I should've moved on ages ago.

andrewg_oz · Oct 26, 2019

So.... that's your top 50 Steam games? Nice!

...grabs calculator...

418hrs is a great start - I'm over 6000 myself (since beta), and I know of others with a lot more...

Northpin · Oct 26, 2019

I'm at 2190 hour in 11 months.
Still going strong.

But i usually focus on a single game, rarely play other things except the main game and if it's happening it comes down to sessions not lasting more than a couple hours.
And ED is only starting for me.
I played Dark Age of Camelot for 7 strong years. I still consider it the best mmo pvp (rvr) game ever.

audiodistortion · Oct 26, 2019

3,500

Burned out on the current content, NEED MORE!!!

C'mon FDEV.

WR3ND · Oct 26, 2019

Minecraft isn't on Steam.

Just saying...

Old Duck · Oct 26, 2019

Does Steam count when ED is alt-tab in the background and I'm here on the forums instead?

This forum is objectively the best game IMO (grammatical irony intended).

Soron Silin · Oct 26, 2019

WR3ND said:
Minecraft isn't on Steam.

Just saying...

I've got a few hours in Minecraft, but nowhere near enough to make a difference.

Old Duck said:
Does Steam count when ED is alt-tab in the background and I'm here on the forums instead?

This forum is objectively the best game IMO (grammatical irony intended).

I believe Steam counts all the time the launcher is up. That might take 50 hours off me, but no more. I usually shut it down when I'm finished playing.

-VR- Max Factor · Oct 26, 2019

I have 1000s of hours too. To me it shows just how good a game ED is even with the flaws and issues.

Seizewell Warrior · Oct 26, 2019

Deus Ex Mankind Divided - 200 hours.
Elder Scrolls/Skyrim - 307 hours.
Euro Truck Sim 2 - 94 hours.
Elite Dangerous - 528 hours.
Fallout 4 - 1033 hours
Farm Sim 17 - 147 Hours
Train Simulator (aka Railworks) - 2382 hours! (Most of that trying to build routes though).
X3 Terran Conflict - 240 hours.
X-Rebirth - 158 hours.

Above list does not include non Steam games like the Mass Effect series (played through several times), GTA San Andreas and GTA V or other older games. Of course much of the time in ED spent hop skip and jump on exploration to Beagle Point etc. However discounting the train sim, Fallout 4 is the undisputed champion, ergo bring on space legs and Super Mutants!

JesusRocks1988 · Oct 26, 2019

Crossing Souls is excellent
But watch out for the difficulty spike at the end

And you need to finish Undertale. But watch out for the mind-melting endings.

Old Duck · Oct 26, 2019

Seizewell Warrior said:
Deus Ex Mankind Divided - 200 hours.
Elder Scrolls/Skyrim - 307 hours.
Euro Truck Sim 2 - 94 hours.
Elite Dangerous - 528 hours.
Fallout 4 - 1033 hours
Farm Sim 17 - 147 Hours
Train Simulator (aka Railworks) - 2382 hours! (Most of that trying to build routes though).
X3 Terran Conflict - 240 hours.
X-Rebirth - 158 hours.

Above list does not include non Steam games like the Mass Effect series (played through several times), GTA San Andreas and GTA V or other older games. Of course much of the time in ED spent hop skip and jump on exploration to Beagle Point etc. However discounting the train sim, Fallout 4 is the undisputed champion, ergo bring on space legs and Super Mutants!

But your objectively conflicts with the OP's objectively.. I objectively object!

(to the use of the word "objectively")

WinterKing2112 · Oct 26, 2019

Soron Silin said:
I've just had a browse through my Steam library:

Aporia: Beyond The Valley
9 hours
probably over 50% complete
game breaking bug
Bastion
2 hours
only playable with a controller

The Beginners Guide
113 minutes
complete
recommended
Binary Domain
a few hours
a few hours
hit a skill spike, good game
Bioshock Remastered
22 hours
completed

Bioshock 2 Remastered
84 minutes

game breaking bug
Broken Age
16 hours
complete
recommended
Cities Skylines
19 hours

a bit meh
Condemned Criminal Origins
54 minutes

a bit meh
Creeper World 3
31 hours
all but final mission
skill spike
Crossing Souls
3 hours

Crystal City
3 hours
50% achievements

The Descendant
4 hours

must get around to finishing it at some point
Dreamfall Chapters
34 hours

must get around to finishing it at some point
Dujanah
about an hour
kickstarter backer
not really my thing
Skyrim
254 hours
not finished
got bored
Fallout 2
6 hours

Fallout 3
completed

Fallout 4
274 hours
not completed but several runs

Fallout: New Vegas
80 hours
completed more than once

Gone Home
5 hours
completed
recommended
Gorogoa
8 hours
completed
recommended
Half-Life 2
11 hours
hit an annoyingly intricate puzzle

House Flipper
26 hours
completed

A House of Many Doors
76 minutes
Kickstarter backer
not really my thing
Kerbal Space Program
90 minutes

Lifeless Planet
17 hours
completed
recommended
Mass Effect 1
13 hours

Mount & Blade Warband
7 hours

Planet Coaster
10 hours

Portal
7 hours

Return of the Obra Dinn
3 hours

Rise of the Tomb Raider
18 hours

Rome: Total War
24 hours

Rumu
3 hours
completed
recommended
Scavenger SV-4
3 hours

Civilization V
14 hours

Space Engineers
4 hours

The Stanley Parable
a few hours

Stellaris
145 hours

Submerged
8 hours
completed
recommended
The Swapper
85 minutes

hit a skill spike
Tacoma
4 hours
completed
recommended
The Talos Principle
10 hours

Total War: Attila
11 hours

Transistor
9 hours

Undertale
2 hours

What Remains of Edith Finch
3 hours? (seems low)
completed

Xenonauts
39 hours
Kickstarter backer

Elite: Dangerous: 418 hours, since July 2019, still going strong

Until I bought ED I was more a survival horror and FRPG fan. Played all the early Res Evils up to and including #5, TES 4 and 5, Dark Souls 1 and 2, Dead Space etc. All wonderful and iconic games.... but I am now almost 1 year into ED and I feel like I am only just getting started.

znôrt · Oct 26, 2019

i would object to "time played" being considered a determinant factor of "game goodness" (let alone taken in isolation), but anyway i stopped describing the world in terms of "x is the best" since, dunno ... puberty?

Bigmaec · Oct 26, 2019

My top 3 games are

Elite - 3400 hours
Kerbal Space Program - 1500 hours
Stellaris - 600 hours

Atm I'm back to KSP but I still have more then double the hours in E: D

M00ka · Oct 26, 2019

Life (the greatest game) - 381,960 hours (oops, fat fingers with the calculator), real number is 525,960 hours

Jakester13 · Oct 26, 2019

Elite has he most hours for me, too, probably around the 10-11 weeks.

Now you made me look at my (mostly not installed) Steam Library. Eeeek!

I have several hundred hours across FPS games (in Steam - not counting other "launchers", BF series in Origin, for example, oh, 245hrs - yes I just went and looked)
BF: Bad Company -151hrs; MoH Black Ops - 54 hrs; TF2 - 60.

A couple of hundred in GTA IV, Episodes and V;

157 hours in Prison Architect... I love that game!

o7

znôrt · Oct 26, 2019

M00ka said:
Life (the greatest game) - 381,960 hours

my life is 100,000h better than yours!

M00ka · Oct 26, 2019

znôrt said:
my life is 100,000h better than yours!

I doff my hat to you good Sir, well played

KillZoneGB · Oct 26, 2019

Seizewell Warrior said:
Fallout 4 is the undisputed champion, ergo bring on space legs and Super Mutants!

Microsofts doing Xbox(Beta) Game Pass. (PC Windows 10)
£1 @ the moment, some really good games.

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/XboxGamePass

If you love Fallout4 (bug edition) your going to love "The Outerwolds" developed by Obsidian Entertainment.

So far so good, Two thumbs up

Game Discussions Objectively the best game

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