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SvennoJ on 18 July 2017
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Kai_Mao said:
Jumpin said:
I hit 100 hours this weekend, one of the very few games I have done that with in my 30+ years of gaming.

This is the Zelda game I've wanted since 3D became a possibility for the franchise, since before Ocarina of Time was announced. Many Zelda fans dreamed of sitting on top of mount doom and looking over the vast Kingdom of Hyrule; this is the first game that succeeded in doing it, and on such a grand scale that it is beyond our dreams.

After about 10 hours of play, I figured this could be the greatest game I have ever played. After a few months and 100+ hours, I am absolutely certain of it.

I personally had a twelve hour session with BoTW once during my over 100 total hours. I rarely do that due to priorities and such throughout my gaming life but I became so invested in BoTW that I didn't want to stop exploring and finding new things along the way. Whatever I see interesting I was determined to get there. I don't think I've invested in such hours in one session since Pokémon in my earlier years when I had more time. I was lucky I didn't need to do anything else at the time, but otherwise, it was special because I never felt so engaged and invested in a game that i didn't even realized I played that long at once. I was just happy to enjoy playing a video game without worry.

Despite my criticism on some of the game mechanics, BotW is one of the very few games that have entertained me for more than 150 hours. (170 to be exact) Thanks to the evil genius that is the Switch I was playing it 6 hours a day thanks to handheld mode. I hate playing on handhelds!

Other games that have managed that level of play time dedication (not counting level/map editing) from me are Civilization, Everquest, WoW, GT5 and Elite Dangerous. A great achievement for a game that has no online to keep you going.