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Century List

by undeadpool

Some games come and go...some you never, ever stop playing. These games are the ones I've sunk over 100 cumulative hours into. This also proves that, throughout my life and especially in my childhood, I had an ABUNDANCE of freetime.

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EarthBound

EarthBound

Because of COURSE I have. I play this game just about every year. Don't always beat it even, I just really, really love that first third.

Chrono Trigger

Chrono Trigger

A game with over a dozen endings gets re-released on the DS with a massively better translation? How could I NOT unlock them all again?

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VI

See above only without the endings. Just playing through this game twice would probably get you over 100 hrs.

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

This one disappeared for awhile (from my life, anyway) then Sega Genesis Collections started cropping up. So it's back, baybay! This game was killing protagonists when Final Fantasy VII was just a glimmer in Squaresoft's eye.

Shining Force II

Shining Force II

Never actually owned a copy of this (nor Phantasy Star IV for that matter) until it was in a collection. Rented them both a LOT as a kid, though. The game that introduced me to tactical, strategic, turn-based games, though it would take me a few years to comprehend the strategic aspects.

Super Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV

I'm combining my time with Street Fighter IV and this, though I probably don't need to. I lived in a house with five other dudes for two and a half years and this was one of the games we played almost every day. And in fact, I still do.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

My roommate at the time probably knows the music of this game by heart for how much I played it. Then FES came out (again, combining those two times) and it was time to learn all over again.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

Played this and used the Endurance Run as background noise for when I had to grind levels/fuse. How very meta of me.

Mass Effect

Mass Effect

Everyone say it with me: Sci-fi RPG. Aaaaaaah, there really aren't enough. Letalone enough done THIS well, the game was a revelation when it came out and remains strong, ensuring its status as a classic for years to come.

Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect's kid bought a motorcycle and took off speeding. Shorter, but more streamlined, it might not have the grand, sweeping plot of the first, but its vastly more replayable.

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