do you think 8000 + hours spent on a single game is acceptable ?

[UwU King👑Pikachu]

or it is ubnormal and non acceptable ?
or it is normal for u and acceptable and understandable ?

[Mighty Alien Dwarf]

Abnormal, but acceptable, as long as that number is spread over a long period of time.

[Phirestar]

As long the person's having fun playing that game, I see no reason to say that it's not acceptable. I've been playing RuneScape for 15 years, accumulating close to 5,000 hours in that time, and still to this day it is my favorite game of all time. There's still so much in it that I've never experienced, as well.

The one issue that I do see with it, however, is the fact that so much time in one game can take away from other experiences - be it other video games, other forms of entertainment, or whatever else. Lately I've been thinking about the way that games have grown in size to a point where just one title on its own can house an overwhelming amount of content. Sometimes I'll look at a game on my wishlist (like Grim Dawn, as a recent example), and I get put off when I think about the amount of time it could potentially suck up. The trouble for me is that I am someone who loves trying new things and discovering experiences I've not had before, but simultaneously I'm also the sort of the person that, when they're really invested in a game, wants to experience all of that game's content. I don't always necessarily care about "beating" the game, like a completionist would with going after all of the achievements. But I do always want to play every class in an RPG, find every secret boss or challenge, explore every location that can be visited in its entirety, and so on. And when so many games offer those things in large quantities these days, buying new games makes doing that progressively more difficult.

Most of my favorite games are the type that have huge amounts of potential for replayability, and so it's quite hard for me to put things down even once I've completed that first playthrough. I have no intention of giving those sorts of experiences up, but at the same time I've begun to see appeal in games that're a one-and-done deal, where I finish it and move on. (That's part of the reason I chose to buy the Spyro remakes this last sale, which I'm 2 / 3 of the way finished with at this point.) Because with those, there's the comforting feeling of knowing that it isn't sitting there in my library pulling me to come back to it.

[Phirestar]

Originally posted by Phirestar:

And as a quick side-note: this has also made me think about the idea that a lot of content that developers create for their games now-a-days is made to be experienced by only a small portion of all the people that took enough interest in their games to purchase them. Now-a-days we tend to try and rush through games to get them done, partly due to how fast new and interesting things are cycled in and out of public interest, but also due to the over-abundance of other games that we wish to play in addition to it.

It has led me into this mindset that says you should some take time to appreciate the few games that you, personally, choose to stick with and see everything there is to see in them. Not many other people out there were willing to do that same thing that you did for those particular titles, and that makes them that little bit more special because of it.

[patch.macho.2007]

i have like over 20000 hours on realm of the mad god since its a rougelike soooooooo

[TwisterCat]

I've probably spent that on League, assuming I played for 1k hours every year, which is very possible. My social ability has improved vastly, I've been a much more agreeable person when mutual benefit is involved, I've generally improved as a person, and I've adopted a complete willingness to accept criticism without taking offence. I've certainly improved at nearly everything related to multitasking aswell, and I've in no way been degraded as a person by playing, so I'd consider that worth it.

As for time, I have my own ideas and plans for lifestyle which make it all possible, and I'm perfectly content with them. Not everything is going to work for everyone, in saying "is it acceptable?" I'd need to completely dodge all the potential variables of the question to give a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

Their playtime doesn't affect me in any way, so it's fine.

[☎need4naiim☎]

8000+ hours in single game means it has become an aspect of your life. You probably won't leave it behind easily when you get old.

[Murassa [TR]]

Originally posted by i love u gaben give my life luck:

Originally posted by makew_3410:

it's better than having 2 games with +3k hours and one game with +1k hours
i want your scenario to be mine, you have no idea how much of a fairy tale come true your situation is to me. you have no idea how jealous i am

you won't be jealous , im still a noob after 8k hours in that game

The problem is not on the 8k hours

The problem is you are noob after those 8k hours

[Murassa [TR]]

Originally posted by TRASH:

It's fine I spend more than 8000 hours pooping on the toilet and im a girl

Thats some rookie numbers

[Hamsterpeek]

I've roughly 50.000 hours in CS/WoW combined, only thing I didn't do is travel and go to parties. Study, work, partnership, sporty hobbies and friendships still exist and always were more important.

When you enjoyed the 8000 hours in this game there is nothing wrong with it.

[Your Mom's Oshi]

I don't even want to know how much time total I have played Diablo 2. Needless to say I've played enough that I have no interest in the remake.

[Dutchgamer1982]

depends.. steam is terrible in registrating play time...
I had games I never got to run.. yet amassed 2 hours of playtime just by the many times attempting to pres start.. just to have them failing to boot...

I often let my pc on.. with a game also running... adding up 24h/day.. even though I am only playing a fraction of that....

not sure how steam registrates offline gaming.. but it totally is possible to play many hours without those ours being registrated at steam.. just as many hours that are registrated are not truelly played.


and it also depends over what time period.... a game you really really love... and have basicly always logged in... pauzing it for sleep, school/work, social life, only to play 1-2 hours a day.. and repeat... yeah I can see that happening....

ACTUALLY having played a game for 8000 hours.... well how old IS this game we talk about....
morrowind... I take as an example..... owned it since releasedate in 2002.. and never stopped playing it.. still even than thats a little over an hour ever day since release... granted there were weeks I played it 30 hours a week... but also many weeks I not played it... so even for morrowind true gametime is more likely 2000-3000 hours than 8000... but if you really only love 1 game and had nearly 2 decades.. yeah than it can be done..

however if you have no work.. or school, or life... and basicly game 120 hours a week....
(only sleeping less than 7 hours a day, nolifing completely not playing anything else... and ordering all your food delivered to not waste time on that.. ) 8000 hours would STILL take 15 months... of THAT kind of insanely unhealthy lifestyle... and that would not at all be a good sign..

[Z i o ⚡]

Non-acceptable, non-negotiable. It's just ok.

[Candyy]

Originally posted by TRASH:

It's fine I spend more than 8000 hours pooping on the toilet and im a girl

Im probably way more time on it lol

My parents definetly hated since always finding me in the toilet doing my things when they wanted to enter xd

[Candyy]

Originally posted by i love u gaben give my life luck:

or it is ubnormal and non acceptable ?
or it is normal for u and acceptable and understandable ?

Well, its ok

Why wouldnt it be acceptable?

I mean if you like it and you are happy with it ,go ahead, there is nothing with it