35 hours for 1 game

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by Alex
I tend to not like loooong games because I don't have much time to play... sometimes it is hard to remember all those little details about a game that is already more than 40 hours long if you don't play it regularly.

If it is the end of the session and I am done for the day, I just write down anything I need to attend to when I start back up the next day.

[Proserpine]

I haven't played an epic game for ages but 100 hours plus is not unusual. Just waiting for units to move in the late game can add hours.

Suggestion . . . turn unit animation OFF.

The other problem is the hours spent not in the game, but thinking about it (how can I destroy Persia, get Great Lib., etc). They don't call this game the time stealer for nothing.

[Kuciwalker]

I usually get bored before the end...

[Mad Bomber]

My average game is about 125-150 hrs (250 x 250 map, Regent, Bloodlust) but this is my longest to date.

[vmxa1]

Wow, you have got staying power that is for sure.

[Kuciwalker]

I saw an SS of a ~312 hour game

[Dis]

and I think games over 20 hours are long.

[Alex]

That map must have been really huge, MB... a domination victory in 242 hours!

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Alex
That map must have been really huge, MB... a domination victory in 242 hours!

I raised the domination limits to 80% and about 50 hrs was nothing more than CPU time.

[TheArsenal]

My games appear to be in the 50-60 hour range (usually, large map). It is difficult to tell though. On weekends, I turn the computer on in the morning, leave the game up all day, and play an hour here, twenty minutes there, while doing everything else that life requires.

[psumbody]

242 hours!! Talk about commitment to one game. That's amazing.. I would find it hard to remain dedicated to such a long drawn out game. I like playing shorter games so that I play more of them. Most of the fun for me is starting a new civ, exploring the map, and discovering who are the neighboring Civs. Once I get to Industrial/modern age I want to complete the game quickly so I can start a new one.

[Vince278]

I'm playing one now that is going on and on and on. I think I just past the Energizer Bunny's skeleton a while back.

[Aeson]

Checking games at the HOF and GOTM I've ran into a couple which have reset the timer one way or another. It goes up to ~500hrs IIRC.

400 hours is my best guess as to my longest game played. I know SirPleb's latest Sid game's timer was over 400 hours. It's probably a good estimate for time necessary to really squeeze every last drop out of a Huge map.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Good God.

50-80 hours is my norm, and I have never played a game through until more than the first quarter of the modern age. Sometimes I win, sometimes I get so close it's boring. These are Medium/Large maps on Monarch, usually.

[psumbody]

Once I start a game I must complete it to the very bitter end. I guess that is another reason why I prefer a shorter game experience. Less tendency to get bored. I am on my thrid Small map game and loving every Civing moment.