gaming The longest it has taken you to beat a game

[VengefulStrudel 1,486]

About 70-100 hours for Skyrim, only because I wanted to complete everything, or at least as much as I could, before going on to face Alduin. And also because I spent half the time messing around and pickpocketing everything

[HailTrixie 239]

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I still have yet to finish it. Game's too damn hard and everyone has finished but me . At least I finished the original gane...

[Hopes and Memes 391]

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Over 300 hours getting RPG (Real Platinum God)

I hate The Lost.

[Steve Piranha 29,411]

POKEMON SERIES.

 

I have been playing them since they came out and i dont think that im ever gonna catch em all.

That's one of the reasons I got bored of it, I've  never caught all in one generation, and suddenly, a new generation comes  . Though I can't deny the good times I had with the first 3 generations 

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I'm not sure if you mean in-game time, or real life time to beat a game  . If it's the former, I think Ni No Kuni took me the longest in-game time to finish the main story (over 75 hours). If it's real life time. I got four games that fits within the list, due to me being a n00b who didn't read dialogues and stuff as a kid  : Zelda ALttP, OOT and Majora, and Mario RPG. Paper Mario also took me very long, but it can be discarded because I had Mario RPG earlier, and I've finished it much later 

[Izanagi 176]

I barely spend much time on games. but the most time..probably around 32 hours on kingdom hearts 2 Final mix. I'm a rather big gamer and can beat a lot of games releatively quick, for example. the Dark souls games take me about 15-20 hours.

[Guest]

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Took me 43 hours total game time, 2 months in real time. 

[EQ_Theta 449]

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2: about a few months in between being unable to finish the penultimate race full of rubberbanding racers and cops easily doing over 300 mph (and outrunning Ferraris as well). Maybe I was a terrible player when I was a kid back then but even so, the AI was just ridiculous.  

[Miles 2,512]

*Puts on shield*

Technically, I've never 100% beaten any game.

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But... I did beat the main story line of GTA IV, which to be honest I don't remember how long it took me, as I prefer to free roam rather than do missions.  Of course, even despite getting to the credits on GTA IV, I never completed all the side/odd jobs that weren't a part of the main story.  

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I just like playing games for fun more than actually trying to beat them.    

~ Miles

Edit: In retrospect, there's one game I do wish that I'd have tried to beat, but never even cared to attempt it back then, as I was very young... my favorite N64 game: Banjo Kazooie.  

Maybe one day I'll get the ol' N64 back out and try.  Hopefully it still works, heh.

Edited October 5, 2015 by Miles

[catnet 9,356]

I'm not sure which game's taken me the longest, but there's a Zelda game or two I stopped playing for years because of something scaring me in them (don't get me started on the Phantoms in Phantom Hourglass >.<). It also took some years to complete Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, thanks to some touch screen issues on the one part of the game where the touch screen was used. x.x Wasn't until I bought a 3DS that I could actually progress through that part, but I still remember how annoyed I was at the time. x3
 

[Metallic Strings 185]

The legend of zelda: majoras mask took me 2 years to beat the first time through(did it without guides or walkthroughs).

[Ghosty13 39]

skyrim it took me 2 months because I wanted to do all the side missions and get the best armour and weapons then I finally did the main missions.    

[Terawolf 23]

It took me a good 3 years to beat Half Life 2 the first time.

 

I had gotten to the Highway 17 level when I accidentally corrupted my save somehow. Not wanting to get all the way back there again I just left it alone. After about 3 years or so, I decided it was time to beat the game.

 

There are still games I have had since back in 2013 and '14 that I still haven't finished. Speaking of which, I should probably go finish those...

Edited October 21, 2015 by Terawolf

[Holiday Agnaktor 1,435]

400+ hours of trying to finish Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP. The fun thing is, I still haven't finished the game.

I know that feel... I got 300 hours into Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and I got about half-way. Yeah. And then the next game got released.

[Speed 33]

It took me well over 200 hours to complete Monster Hunter Freedom Unite since there is a constant need to grind for better equipment.

[Envy 6,116]

The one that pops up to mind for me is Ocarina of Time. I first played it sometime around 2001/2002. However, I skipped over the Shadow Temple because it was too scary for me to handle. So I never actually beat it... I think I came back to it in 2009, and finally beat it then. Lol.

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

2 years. Zelda, The Minish Cap, I'm looking at you.

[Moony the Cat 3,702]

Circa 12 or more years : Worms Armaggeddon.

 

For years and years ive tried to get every gold medal and beat the damn game, but this game was so hard for me...

 

But after a lot of patience...A LOT of patience, i finally did it over the years 

 

The worst thing about this game was, that if you fail a level and then win the second time, you only get a silver medal and if you fail even more, you get no medal. Even if you dont use the extra help that you get, after the failing, you still get a worse medal.

Everytime i failed, i had to restart the game, which almost braked my ps2.

But after a long long long time, as i said and a lot of patience and restarts, i finally did it...so that i can finally forget the nightmare, that is this game.

Just kidding, i love the worms series   ( even if they are extremely hard for me )

Edited October 22, 2015 by Velvietta

[Dark Horse 12,922]

There are some games I have which I've never gotten around to beating. I guess they're all still ongoing. Many many years at that.

 

Never finished Tomba/Tombi, played the heck out of it as a child... umm, close to 15 years?

[Kivil 1,721]

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask took me 8 years to finish. I started it at a kid but I was too afraid of the game to continue.

[Cipactli 43]

Dragon Quest VII, in ps2, I think. It took me eight months to finish it all the way to the dragon trials.

[Retro*Derpy 3,180]

It took me a long time to finish Metroid prime, since I was both 11 and without a guide at the time, taking about 2-3 months.

[Lost 1,410]

Trying to think of the oldest game that i have left unfinished in recent years...

 

Far Cry 2, i intend to finish it some day, so 7 years thus far.

[IcyHaze 594]

I suppose technically it took me 15 years to complete the original Spyro the Dragon on PS1. I mean, I completed all the levels plenty of times during my lifetime, but it wasn't until earlier this year that I finally sat down, got all the gems and dragons, and finished the final bonus level to get 100% completion.

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I tend to beat games quickly, the longest its taken me to beat a game was Wizard 101 and it took me 6 years to beat but thats because its an MMORPG... the longest its taken me to beat a single player game was Paper Mario 2 it took me 4 years to beat, but thats cause I wasnt into RPGs back then... as for games I try to beat (and dont put down for months) usually take me 2 months at most and 1 day at the least

[Discordian 6,015]

Not counting when I've taken a break mid-game or anything it took me about two or three months to play through the Mass Effect series. This whole working for a living thing ain't working out. :okiedokielokie: