I.e., games that hooked you in and you couldn’t stop playing until it was finished. Not games that just happened to be unexpectedly short. And by “completed” I guess I mean the main story etc, not 100%ing the game :).

For me, it would be Catherine, Bioshock Infinite and Black Mesa (although I think I got to the final area then had to go to sleep and complete it the next day). I also played an ungodly amount of Hades in one sitting, but didn’t get the “full” ending in one day.

  • madception@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    What Remains of Edith Finch. I ended up in tears after playing it. So beautiful.

    Also on Android Monument Valley and its sequel. Mesmerizing games.

  • Jck2905@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I also completed bioshock infinite in one sitting with my brother when I was younger. That shits a core memory for me now lol

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I first played Infinite in college and the game took me about 15 hours to complete on PC. That game is a work of frickin art. One of the prettiest ever made.

      I actually only just played BioShock 1 & 2 for the first time recently because the whole series was on sale in the Nintendo store for dirt cheap. So I ended up playing the whole series on our Switch while my wife watched. She’s more of a watcher than a player. I’ve been loving her watching me play the new Zelda. It’s cute.

  • TrustingZebra@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Spec Ops: The Line. I started playing it in the morning, the story kept me engaged (and the gameplay was fun enough). I played it all day to its conclusion.

        • VordusEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Because it’s a game that’s constantly telling the player that they should stop playing it. That everything is going to get worse if you do and it’s all your fault. That you’re going to cross the line again and again and again until every single person in the game is doomed. And then we play through the entire thing anyway, because it’s so fucking good.

  • TrashPanda1110@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    Return of the obra dinn. Both because it’s good and because I was worried my train of thought would be interrupted if I took a break. Took me ~9 hours and gave me a really bad headache afterwards, no regrets.

  • CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Carrion. I was surprised how much fun it was. There’s some nice but not overly difficult puzzles and some frantic bursts of combat