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mitsuhide on 29 July 2007

I can usually just pick up and play except with FFVI(PS1)I havent played that for ages and i can remember where i am up to but i cant remember what i was doing and then there are things you have to remember i hope i dont have to start it again when i next play it i really dont want to start it again i am quite far through.(Vague SPOILERS)If anyones interested I am up to(I think) finding the StarIsland that as the Emperors tresure in it.....somewhere.



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mrstickball on 29 July 2007

Any game as long as it's a good one..........

Upto 5 years or so if I can remember what to do.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

godf on 29 July 2007

I've never restarted a game because I left too long a gap. Just tried to finish off Mario World after a 5+ year gap.



WiteoutKing on 29 July 2007

Entirely depends on the game. I've taken years-long breaks on some games and returned and continues as if nothing happened.

Worst game to take a break from: Enter the Matrix.

I took a break from that for three days once. I tried playing it, and forgot all the moves (you get a new move about every 15 minutes).



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360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)

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01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.

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Game_boy on 29 July 2007
ArtofAngels said:
@Game_boy: I find it weird you get attached to Quote=*In-depth* RPG's yet claim you care nothing for stories.


Um, did you see the word "never" before "attached"?

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akuma587 on 29 July 2007

It took me about one year to go back to FFXIII and finally beat it. Glad I did, cause the ending was great. The game itself was alright, but not much more than that, though once you're characters were totally suped up they were pretty amazing.



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DeltaXIII on 29 July 2007
ArtofAngels said:
Shambolic said:
On the point of what distracts you from a game, I don't know whether this is true of anyone else but I find I can actually get distracted from completing a game by the game itself.

I mean, on a game such as one of the Final Fantasy series, before I go into the last area where the final showdown takes place, I take some time to complete sidequests, get armour and weapons, maybe level up a bit. After a while I get a bit bored by this, some sidequests get rather dull, especially the collect x number of objects, and put the game down for a bit and end up forgetting about it.

I like to complete the game fully but sometimes it's just a bit boring doing that.

Exactly, good point.

Perfect example for me is FF XII, I got up to the last boss, but before fighting I went around finishing all the quests and I got bored doing so and gave up on the game as a whole.


 Ah, Oblivion syndrome or more like Elder Scrolls syndrome. Of the 10-12 people I know who played it, only 2 actually beat it. The others just went around doing side things and eventually stopped playing. I have left games including RPGs for up to 2-3 years before, but it's much more common to just take a few months long breaks. I tend to end up playing about 5 games at a time. It also takes me a little while to get back into games and remember what's going on if I take more than a month or two break.



 

mitsuhide on 29 July 2007
akuma587 said:
It took me about one year to go back to FFXIII and finally beat it. Glad I did, cause the ending was great. The game itself was alright, but not much more than that, though once you're characters were totally suped up they were pretty amazing.

 You mean FFVIII?



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PlayStation 4: 12-15million

Xbox One: 7-10 million

Wii U: 8-9 million (Changed 01/04/2014 from 7-9 --> 8-9 million)

ItsaMii on 29 July 2007

Up to 3 years.



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ArtofAngels on 29 July 2007
mitsuhide said:
akuma587 said:
It took me about one year to go back to FFXIII and finally beat it. Glad I did, cause the ending was great. The game itself was alright, but not much more than that, though once you're characters were totally suped up they were pretty amazing.

 You mean FFVIII?


Or maybe FFXII.